It’s not been an easy ride of late for location-based entertainment (LBE) venues like virtual reality (VR) arcades. Companies like Ubisoft are trying to help with license-free games or by releasing new ones. It’s the same around the world this week seeing Capcom announce a new attraction Mega Man VR: Targeted Virtual World!! for its VR section of Capcom Plaza Ikebukuro […]
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By the time G realized his island had been ransacked, it was too late. He didn’t even see the perpetrator jump off the airport pier and into the water, only to swim around the fencing and onto the rest of the island. The infiltrator trampled his black roses, took 10 rare DIYs he’d placed on the beach for safekeeping, and […]
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As a medium, it is well understood by now that virtual reality–one of the immersive filmmaking varieties under the “XR” umbrella of virtual, augmented and mixed reality–can help audiences feel more compassionate and empathetic towards its subject matter than other types of engagement. As a program director for EarthxFilm’s immersive film branch EarthXR, my chief concern is engaging audiences with […]
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Coinflip Studios released its first virtual realty (VR) title Ninja Legends last year for PC VR headsets, offering players the chance to wield deadly weapons against waves of enemies. Today, Perp Games has announced it’ll bring the title to PlayStation VR as a physical release. An action-packed experience which is all about physical combat, Ninja Legends will arm you with […]
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The old Star Wars: Bounty Hunter video game is getting a little love again with the release of a new Black Series action figure from Hasbro. Star Wars: Bounty Hunter released for PlayStation 2 and GameCube in 2002, and was recently resurrected as a digital release for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, meaning it can still be played today. This […]
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Pokémon are capable of a great many things, but if there’s one thing they lack, it’s a set of epic chompers. After all, how can they perform a proper Bite attack when most of them just seem to have gummy maws. In this installment of Polygon Draws, the staff has been tasked with depicting their favorite Pokémon, albeit sporting human […]
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The old Star Wars: Bounty Hunter video game is getting a little love again with the release of a new Black Series action figure from Hasbro. Star Wars: Bounty Hunter released for PlayStation 2 and GameCube in 2002, and was recently resurrected as a digital release for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, meaning it can still be played today. This […]
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Star Wars fans let out a collective gasp when Electronic Arts announced Star Wars: Squadrons in June. It looks every inch like the first-person, in-cockpit space combat game that fans have been waiting for since the original Star Wars: X-Wing and Star Wars: TIE Fighter classics. Even more exciting is the fact that it will be compatible with modern flight […]
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Still in Early Access, Downpour Interactive’s military first-person shooter (FPS) Onward has been one of the most successful for virtual reality (VR) headsets. Currently a PC VR-only experience, the studio has been working with Coatsink (Shadow Point, Esper) to bring the title to Oculus Quest, confirming a launch will take place in July. Downpour Interactive revealed development of the Oculus […]
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Every weekend VRFocus gathers together vacancies from across the virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) industry, in locations around the globe to help make finding that ideal job easier. Below is a selection of roles that are currently accepting applications across a number of disciplines, all within departments and companies that focus on immersive entertainment. Location Company Role Link Pittsburgh, […]
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