I had the great pleasure of talking with Dave Weinstein, Director of XR at NVIDIA, about the amazing job that
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News from various tech sites, space, animals and more!
VR Champions League Inaugural Season to Feature Ready At Dawn’s Echo Arena
VR Champions League launches their inaugural season with 5-months of VR esports featuring Ready At Dawn’s Echo Arena. Registration is open now and competition begins July 5 with teams seeking a professional environment based on traditional sports protocols.
Robert Miranda, a 20-year-old college student better known as Polestar in game and founder of the VR Champions League (VRCL), began playing Echo Arena during the heart of the pandemic in 2020.
‘Myst’ VR Remake Planned for Launch on PC This Summer (including non-VR mode)
Myst (2020) developer Cyan Worlds announced today that its VR remake of the game is finally due to launch on PC later this Summer. The VR remake of Myst launched initially on Oculus Quest late last year. At the time it was clear that the game would eventually come to PC as Cyan Worlds had already […]
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Quest Exclusive ‘Little Witch Academia: VR Broom Racing’ Releasing on PC VR & PSVR July 15th
Little Witch Academia: VR Broom Racing (2020), the Oculus Quest racing game based on the popular anime series, is finally leaving Quest exclusivity next month, with a SteamVR, Rift and PSVR release headed for July 15th. Initially released on Quest back in October 2020, Little Witch Academia: VR Broom Racing offers up 10 tracks dotted across […]
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‘Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual!’ Releasing on Quest July 8th
Sam & Max is getting ready to make the big leap to VR this summer in its first original game in over a decade. Developer HappyGiant and publisher Big Sugar announced the action-adventure game is coming to Oculus Quest on July 8th. Update (June 22nd, 2021): Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual was previous slated to release sometime in June, […]
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Varjo Teases Its “biggest announcement ever” Coming Later This Week
Varjo, the Finland-based company making enterprise headsets with industry-leading specs, is getting ready to reveal something big on June 24th. Urho Konttori, Varjo founder and Chief Product Officer, teased that the company’s next reveal will be “so epic that it’s probably the biggest announce ever by Varjo.” Our biggest announce this year is about to […]
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Crew Looks to Friday Spacewalk, Cargo Ship Swap Next Week
The Expedition 65 crew continued its space research activities today while two astronauts prepared for their third spacewalk in less than two weeks. The International Space Station will also see a U.S. cargo craft depart and a Russian one launch on the same day next week. NASA Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei strapped himself to …
Twitter Shares New Insights into the Rising Gaming Discussion via Tweets
Gaming discussion has increased by 18% YoY over the first six months of 2021.
Instagram Tests ‘Fan Club’ Stories, NFT-Style ‘Collectibles’ In-App
The new Stories option will enable you to post to smaller, exclusive groups, as opposed to sharing with public or ‘Close Friends’ lists.
Google Adds Streamlined YouTube Ad Creation Process, New Advice Tools for SMBs
The new resources and options provide more ways for SMBs to maximize their digital advertising opportunities.
YouTube Announces ‘Small Biz Day’ Showcase Event, Which Will Include a New Live-Stream Shopping Experience
The event is another step in YouTube’s evolving eCommerce connection tools.
Resolution Games Pulls Blaston Out Of Facebook Ad Test
Resolution Games won’t be moving forward with a Facebook advertising test in its paid VR game Blaston.
Editorial: Next Fest Proves SteamVR Matters, And What’s Wrong With It
SteamVR has never mattered more. That’s why another messy, confused festival showing is so frustrating.
Hands-On: Sweet Surrender Has The Bones Of An Addictive VR Shooter
Sweet Surrender has the bones of an addictive new VR shooter – hands-on with the Steam Next Fest demo.
Amazon Prime Day Oculus Quest Deals: Headsets For UK, Accessories For US
It’s Amazon Prime Day and, while pickings are pretty slim, there’s a few Quest 2 deals of note.
The XR Week Peek (2021.06.21): Facebook experiments with VR ads, PSVR 2 to come at the end of 2022, and more!
Happy VR Summer! This is the first day of this sunny season (if you live in my same hemisphere of
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VR Hockey League Season 4 Begins with an Upset
VR Hockey League Season 4 kicked off tonight for the first of almost nightly matchups for the next eight weeks between eight teams divided into A league and B league. VR Hockey League (VRHL) began its inaugural season in April 2020 and features the premier multiplayer VR hockey simulator Pick-Up League Hockey.
‘Blaston’ Reverses Course on Testing In-game Facebook Ads After Community Backlash
Blaston, the VR dueling shooter from Resolution Games, was the subject of a controversy within in the VR community after agreeing to test a new in-game ad system from Facebook. The company says it has decided no to go forward with testing ads in Blaston, but may do so with its free VR fishing game, Bait! (2016), […]
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‘Larcenauts’ is Broken on Steam for Non-Oculus Headsets, Impulse Gear Working to Fix
Larcenauts, the new VR hero shooter from Impulse Gear, launched last week on Quest, Rift, and Steam. However, the studio says it ran into a last minute issue which meant the SteamVR version was only compatible with Oculus headsets out of the gate, leading to confusion among buyers who attempted to play the game with […]
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‘Blaston’ Gets Single-player Campaign & Social Features in New ‘Crackdown’ Update
Blaston (2020), the online duel-shooter from Resolution Games, released an update today called ‘Crackdown’ which brings a host of new content and social features to the game, which includes a single-player campaign. Resolution says the new single-player campaign not only acts as a way to enhance the game’s overall appeal (there’s a boss fight), but […]
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‘Steel Crew’ Puts 3 Players in a Tank for Realistic Co-op Combat, Releasing on Steam in 2021
Steel Crew is an upcoming VR-compatible PC game that puts up to three players in a tank and tasks them with out-maneuvering and firing the realistic vehicle for some explosive tank vs. tank online combat. Aiming for launch sometime this year, Steel Crew lets you team up as a Driver, Gunner or Commander so you […]
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Astronauts Look to Friday Spacewalk after Roll Out Solar Array Installation
The International Space Station has a new solar array that was installed during Sunday’s spacewalk by Expedition 65 astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Thomas Pesquet. The duo will conduct a third spacewalk on Friday to install a second solar array. The first ISS Roll-Out Solar Array (iROSA) was successfully installed and deployed during a spacewalk on …
25 Ways to Use Social Proof on Your eCommerce Website to Increase Sales [Infographic]
Customer endorsements can play a big role in maximizing sales performance.
9 Key Internet Safety Tips and Notes [Infographic]
With eCommerce on the rise, it’s worth taking note of these tips.
Cubism: How An Architectural Mindset Spawned An Intuitive VR Puzzle Game
In 2016, Thomas Van Bouwel was working as an architect with no experience in VR. Now he’s the sole developer behind the intuitive VR puzzle game Cubism.