Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality headlines

• Lone Echo proves that solo story-driven games can work brilliantly in VR

  VR is a fun gimmick, but it’s incredibly difficult to make it feel like more than that.

• Microsoft doesn't see living room VR working out just yet

  Instead of developing VR for the Xbox One, Microsoft sees more potential in the PC market.

• Half Life 2: VR mod remasters the original game with weapon interactions for virtual reality

  Praise Modders! A group of folks have restored VR code for Half-Life 2 (HLVR) in order to make it playable on Oculus and HTC Vive.

• Microsoft's bringing its own motion controllers to market this holiday for Windows 10 VR headsets

  Microsoft showed off a new, mixed reality VR offering for Windows 10, and it’s a set of motion controllers which will support select headsets.

• Rick and Morty in VR, or a Rick mod for GTA 5? The choice is simple - both

  If you’re a Rick and Morty fan, but aren’t interested in VR, the closest you’ll get to a non-mobile title for the series – for now – is a mod which adds Rick to GTA 5.

• Large PlayStation exclusives sale includes discounts on Uncharted 4, Bloodborne, Until Dawn, more

  Sony is hosting a rather nice sale through the PlayStation Store, where you can take up to 55% off PS3, PS4 and Vita-exclusives. Also, your Deal of the Week on the store is PES 2017 for both PS3 and PS4.

• Apocalypse Now game adaptation from veteran RPG devs lands on Kickstarter

  Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 classic Apocalypse Now is getting a video game adaption, and according to the Kickstarter page, it’s an “immersive, psychedelic horror RPG”

• Dick around while your artist friends actually create stuff in this multiplayer VR graffiti sim

  It’s just like real life!

• Alien: Isolation might gain official VR support

  Sega is considering official VR experiences, and Alien: Isolation is near the top of that list.

• Nintendo wants to know if longer VR play sessions are feasible

  Shigeru Miyamoto claims Nintendo is researching the main drawbacks of virtual reality technology.

• Nintendo doesn't think VR is ready for the mainstream just yet

  Reggie Fils-Aime says that Nintendo will embrace VR when mass markets are ready for it.

• Star Wars: Trials On Tatooine VR coming to Valve & HTC's Vive

  Could this finally be the Star Wars game we’ve been looking for?

• Assassin's Creed VR Experience announced, coming later this year

  Assassin’s Creed may be enjoying a year off, but that doesn’t mean it won’t still be gracing our (virtual) gaming screens.

• AMD unveils the Sulon Q, an 'All In One' AR & VR headset

  AMD enters the virtual reality market with an all-in-one solution that promises the best of both worlds.

• Playing The Witness in VR "is far from optimal", VR version "problematic"

  The Witness is not designed for VR. Even though you could play it in VR, the experience will be “far from optimal.”

• Unreal Engine 4's upcoming update lets you create/edit VR in VR

  A natural evolution.

• "I'd like to see" Gran Turismo PS4 support VR, says Yoshida

  Gran Turismo in virtual reality would certainly be a thing, wouldn’t it?

• Epic's Sweeney on VR: "We are 100% in on this"

  Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney on why the Gears of War and Unreal developer has doubled down on virtual reality.

• Oculus pre-e3 event will be livestreamed later today

  Oculus is hosting its own, pre-E3 briefing today.