VRScout

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Watch YouTube with friends, mix your favorite music, or go head-to-head in a variety of classic board games. Another month, another round of free games and apps for the Oculus (Meta) Quest 2. Never Board is a board game lover’s dream. Couch is available free on Oculus (Meta) Quest via the App Lab. NEVER BOARD.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 14, 2023

Unreal Engine, one of the leading creation tools in the digital development market, has its own selection of valuable VR modes and technologies specifically suited to virtual reality. The latest version of Unreal Engine, UE5 (Unreal Engine 5) shipped in April 2022 this year, after an initial period of early access in 2021.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

It was an exaggerated world in Red Alert and its sequel, released in 2000, which offered players both an escape from the real world combined with a satisfying feeling of control over their destiny in the game. On a base level, these types of games are ways for us to flex our tactical prowess.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

One of 2022’s most talked about games looks absolutely stunning in VR. In addition to its stunning visuals, the third-person adventure game features a heart-wrenching storyline propelled by an eclectic cast of supporting characters. Upcoming Stray VR Mod – The Most Beautiful VR Game I’ve Played Yet from virtualreality.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The device employs a variety of features completely unique from that of conventional VR headsets, including a 3D audio system, immersive haptic feedback, and a distinctive control system. As for controls, players interact with the in-game world using a pair of sensors mounted to the base of their feet. Image Credit: Diver-X.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Games’ highly-anticipated Hogwarts Legacy game hasn’t even been officially released yet and modders are already hard at work bringing the action-adventure RPG to life in 6DoF VR. That said, I love the idea of using motion controls to cast spells or fly a magic broom. “You’re a wizard, (insert name here).”

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 11, 2025

More info (Samsung Project Moohan may launch in Q3 2025) More info (Samsung headset may use displays from Sony) Other relevant news (Image by Wooster Games) Animal Company has been the most grossing game on the Meta Store If you think that Gorilla Tag is the game that is earning the most money on the Horizon Store, you are wrong.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Facebook already had full control of my Oculus and Facebook accounts, so it had already my XR data. That’s why Avi Bar-Zeev in a tweet on this topic talked about “the illusion of control” of our data : actually, Facebook already had it all. What other devices are so cheap, have the best games, a continuous stream of updates?

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Road to VR

APRIL 15, 2022

Epic Games announced it’s doubled the amount of cash it raised last year to kick off its metaverse ambitions. Now the company, which owns Unreal Engine and popular battle royale shooter Fornite , says it’s secured $2 billion to further build out its future metaverse platforms.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

A new free tool injects VR support into almost any modern PC game made with Unreal Engine. If you've been in the consumer VR scene since the early days you may remember VorpX, a paid injector tool that promised to let you play hundreds of PC games in your VR headset. and above, including Unreal Engine 5.

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VRScout

JANUARY 5, 2019

Gaming’s most frightening hallway is even creepier in VR. In August of 2014, Konami Productions published a short-form first-person psychological horror game entitled P.T. Developed by independent developer @RadiusGordello , Unreal P.T. Unreal P.T. itself eventually being removed from the PlayStation Network.

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2019

Epic Games today announced at GDC that the company is set to turbo-charge their long-running developer grant initiative with ‘MegaGrants’ and the largest pool of funds yet, $100,000,000. Developers can also apply for a grant to help transition existing or in-development games to UE4. Interested?

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VRScout

JUNE 5, 2017

” SteamVR will also be joined on Mac systems by the Unreal and Unity video game engines, all tying directly into today’s newly announced Metal 2 video-processing API. Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi took the stage and confirmed that “Valve is bringing SteamVR to Mac.”

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Road to VR

MAY 4, 2021

Epic Games, the creators of Unreal Engine, said it would consider building a launch title for Sony’s “next VR platform” during negotiations about Fortnite cross-play on PlayStation in 2018. And though Epic hasn’t made any VR games since then, it seems that in 2018 it was still ready and willing.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 31, 2024

The gamification trap… XR is always linked to gaming, whether business like it or not. The real-time 3D engines powering AR/VR/MR applications, like Unreal and Unity, found fame and traction as gaming development tools. Especially in the past 20 years, when gaming has become massively mainstream.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

update , Cyan announced Firmament has switched to OpenXR and moved from Unreal Engine 4.27+ to Unreal Engine 5.3.2, Ray-traced reflections are now supported on Windows and Mac, NVIDIA's DLSS can now be used in VR, and some VR controller bindings have been adjusted. Update Moves To Unreal Engine 5 & OpenXR Myst update 2.0

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The article is a summary of the most interesting information that came from our chat… including the mind blowing moment when I realized that with this technology, people in Unity and Unreal Engine could work together on the same project :O. And a consequence of this openness is that… people in Unity and Unreal could work together!

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Road to VR

JULY 26, 2017

The Wizards is a single-player spellcasting combat game from Carbon Studio, the makers of Alice VR. The game is set to launch in Early Access on Steam for the Vive and Rift this Friday, July 28th. Carbon Studio’s previous game, Alice VR (2016) , wasn’t particularly well received.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 14, 2024

But until recently , the only way to build XR apps for Meta's headsets was with a game engine, such as Unity or Unreal, and Meta didn't provide any kind of UI framework for either.

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VRScout

MAY 19, 2022

Earlier this week, virtual production studio Dark Slope, developer of the mixed reality game The Bogey Ogre , announced that it has partnered with Canadian production company Insight Productions to develop a new form of “experiential television” that will blend metaverse technology with the reality TV genre.

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Upload VR

MARCH 14, 2025

RoboCop: Streets of Anarchy is an official VR game based on the acclaimed sci-fi film, and it's coming in late 2025 to Quest 3 and PC. While we've yet to see a trailer or even a wider announcement, RoboCop: Streets of Anarchy recently emerged on developer Coffee Moth Games' official website.

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Upload VR

APRIL 18, 2025

Holydh's mod isn't just a simple drag-n-drop of San Andreas' pancake controls into a VR setting. Instead, the port offers full first-person support, 6DOF motion controls, plus camera improvements across both gameplay and cutscenes. Rockstar has been litigious in the past, as we've seen with the Luke Ross VR mod for Grand Theft Auto 5.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 25, 2018

Limitless, a company developing content and tools for creating cinematic VR experiences, has joined Lytro to build out tools for combining light-fields and real-time rendering directly in game engines. The post Lytro Picks up Limitless Team to Build Tools to Work With Light-fields in Game Engines appeared first on Road to VR.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 13, 2019

Vertical Robot’ s acclaimed indie game Red Matter has just been ported to Oculus Quest and the title has already got a lot of interest. I have been so lucky to have the possibility of trying the game in preview , so here you are my review of Red Matter on Oculus Quest! The game is all about solving puzzles.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Apple headset will not be focused on gaming. A new report seems to suggest that the upcoming Apple headset won’t be focused on gaming at all. Unity should anyway be the first engine partner, something that doesn’t surprise me considering the litigation between Apple and Epic Games, the company behind Unreal Engine.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Location-based VR experiences company Zero Latency and fantasy miniatures manufacturer Games Workshop are teaming up for a brand-new immersive VR adventure. The VR experience will be a companion to the much-anticipated Space Marine 2 game. Gamers who played other Warhammer 40K games will recognize familiar locations and characters.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The HaptX SDK makes it easy for any developer to bring a realistic sense of touch to their VR games and apps. In order to create a realistic sense of haptic feedback, the Gloves G1 features a lightweight, wireless Airpack that generates compressed air and precisely controls its flow to create that physical feedback.

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ARPost

JUNE 22, 2020

With our devices, astronauts can see and virtually interact with the switches and control panels inside their Starliner capsule and read the real-time data on their crew displays. Custom Boeing computers and controllers were required to make the training experiences as realistic as possible, according to documents Varjo shared with ARPost.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 22, 2022

Epic Games, the parent company of the popular real-time 3D (RT3D) development suite Unreal Engine 5, recently released MetaHuman, a framework for creating highly realistic digital human avatars. Epic Games designed the MetaHuman project alongside longstanding avatar creation experts 3Lateral and Cubic Motion.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 21, 2024

Unity vs Unreal: Which is the best option for companies creating content for extended reality ? Unreal, or “Unreal Engine”, on the other hand, excels at enabling the creation of visually stunning graphics. However, each option has its own unique pros and cons to consider.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

The guide, which specifically targets app and game engine developers, can be found here. Oculus offers a bevy of resources through its developer portal , such as documentation on how to develop VR experience for PC-based VR, mobile VR, Web VR, and both Unity and Unreal Engine.

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Road to VR

JULY 6, 2022

Epic Games, the company that makes Unreal Engine, recently released a substantial update to its MetaHuman character creation tool which for the first time allows developers to import scans of real people for use in real-time applications. A 3D character made with MetaHuman | Image courtesy Epic Games.

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Road to VR

MARCH 16, 2017

After years of making some of the most impressive VR tech demos of their time, Epic’s Robo Recall is not only the company’s first VR game proper, but a culmination of what the company has learned about VR game and engine design since the beginning. I’d also played the game from start to finish and felt inclined to agree.

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Road to VR

JUNE 6, 2017

Lauren Ridge, programmer at Epic Games, was backstage to operate the demo (which you can watch in the video heading this article). SEE ALSO Watch Epic Games' Nick Donaldson Build a Scene in Unreal's VR Editor.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

From healthcare, education, social, training, cinema, gaming, and more, VR has a lot of Killer Use-cases. Every day this week leading up to the 2017 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, we’re featuring insights on the hunt for the killer app from virtual reality’s leading companies. Nick Whiting.

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Road to VR

JULY 3, 2018

Like many VR gloves, haptic feedback is generated by linear resistant actuators (LRAs), which are similar to the vibrating motors found in game controllers and smartphones, but placed on each fingertip of the glove. Plexus won’t arrive with a tracker/controller however, so it’s BYOC (bring your own controller).

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Raicuparta reveals Human Fall Flat studio No Brakes Games actually bought experimental VR support from the modder after having seen a video of some early control concepts at work. “I showed the video to the creators of the game, and they were very excited,” Raicuparta reveals in a Patreon post.

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