Over the past few years, Snapchat’s growing collection of Lenses have been some of the best examples of smartphone-powered augmented reality, enabling users to effortlessly add facial modifications, environmental effects, and location-specific filters to their photos. Now parent company Snap is enabling creators to use self-provided machine learning models in Lenses, and hoping the initiative will inspire partnerships between […]
Sony revealed its next generation PlayStation 5 console today, which features a new white design, a white DualSense controller, media remote and a new HD camera. While there was no specific PSVR news, the HD camera reinforces previous suggestions that PS5 should support current, and possibly future, PlayStation VR hardware. After a lot of hype […]
Adobe shared a new concept they called ‘Dually Noted‘, which uses AR to allow for seamless collaboration when editing a document simultaneously across physical and digital versions. The tool syncs notes so they can appear on the physical version of a document via AR. The concept was presented as part of a series called Adobe […]
There’s a free demo for an Oculus Quest game named Vanishing Grace available on SideQuest right now, and it promises much more than your usual tech demo fare. In fact, if you’d told me Vanishing Grace was actually an Oculus Store release, I’d have probably believed you. Developed by a four-person team named Monte Perdido […]
The Oculus Quest is one of the hottest VR headsets available on the market right now. Out of the box, the Quest comes with everything you need to get started. But after a bit of time with the headset, you might be wondering what other add-ons or accessories you can buy to improve your experience […]
The percentage of SteamVR players using Oculus Quest increased from 6% to 7.5% in May, according to Valve’s data. PC VR headset companies do not currently reveal sales figures, but Valve’s Steam- the most popular games store on PC- conducts a monthly ‘Hardware Survey’. This opt-in survey is offered to a random sample of Steam users […]
The time has come. You’ve been asking and we can confirm; yes, the first gameplay for Solaris: Offworld Combat debuts at the Upload VR Showcase: Summer Edition on June 8th. Solaris is the new game from Firewall: Zero Hour developer, First Contact Entertainment. We announced the game at our E3 VR Showcase last year and […]
We’re sorry to inform you that you won’t be making it through the Upload VR Showcase on June 8th without screaming a few times. That is to say, another terrifying look at Cosmophobia arrives at the show! Cosmophobia is the new title from White Door Games, best known for its terrifying procedurally-generated VR debut, Dreadhalls. […]
Adorable and deceptively manic VR game Traffic Jams is the latest title to be published by Arizona Sunshine developer, Vertigo Games, and we’ll have a fresh look at it soon. Vertigo Games will be publishing the title on all major VR platforms later this year. Developed by Little Chicken, Traffic Jams sees players organizing traffic […]
Last week, Facebook marked the one-year anniversary of the Oculus Quest, the company’s second (and more powerful) standalone VR headset. It’s been an absolutely packed first-year for the device, so here’s our year in review roundup of everything that happened, just in case you forgot. This time last year, the Oculus Quest had just launched. […]