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Five VR Games To Hold You Over Until ‘Star Wars: Squadrons’

VRScout

Get your space fix with these five VR spaceship games. One of the most highly anticipated Star Wars VR games is almost here, united alliance of fanatic Star Wars fans around the world are chomping at the bit to jump into our VR headsets to test our pilot skills. You’re not flying a starfighter in this game. Project Stardust.

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A Complete Guide to Virtual Reality

XR Today - Virtual Reality

These headsets offer users cutting-edge technologies, often with 6 degrees of freedom, spatial audio , foveated rendering, and bespoke hand, face, and eye tracking for avatar movement and gaming. Entertainment: Many of the initial innovations in VR began with entertainment and the video game sector. The History of VR.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Partnering with National Geographic to show off the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah in full 360 degree glory, Facebook took its first steps into live spherical video. In a Room, you and your friends can watch videos together on a giant 2D TV screen, play guessing or matching games, or launch a multiplayer game.

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Neuralink announces new BCI: why us VR people should care

The Ghost Howls

“BCI” stands for Brain Computer Interface, that is a hi-tech solution (hardware+software) that lets you read or insert information directly into your brain. Neurable setup: as you can see there is a game that you play with a modified version of the Vive including an EEG (Image by Christie Hemm Klok for The New York Times).

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2018 Highlights: Award-winning VR gloves, global customers, and a growing team

HaptX

Weeks later, we traveled to Park City, Utah to debut our HaptX Glove prototype at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. The software that powers our haptics. While our gloves garner the most attention, our software is the invisible force that makes them so powerful. Our 2019 game plan.

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You Can Now Enjoy the Best Screensaver of All Time in Your Web Browser

GizModo VR

On the pre-internet PCs of yesteryear you had two primary tools for procrastination: you could either play games like Solitaire, or you could simply stare at a mesmerizing screensaver. None were as captivating as Windows’ 3D pipes , which you can now enjoy in your browser with some welcome upgrades. Read more.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.03.01): Sony confirms PSVR 2, Facebook teases Quest 2 Pro, and more!

The Ghost Howls

They “will incorporate some of the key features found in the DualSense wireless controller, along with a focus on great ergonomics”; There will be a “new generation” of games and experiences for it; It is still under development and won’t launch in 2021. So, we can expect a beta 120Hz mode coming in March-April.

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