Tag Archives: virtual reality

nDreams and Climax on how to build a successful VR business

With vast sums of money being poured into VR around the world, the virtual reality development scene has never been healthier. In a recent GDC survey, for instance, there were more developers making games for VR (24 per cent) than there were for the Xbox One and Project Scorpio (22 …

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Marvel Games confirms VR ambitions

We already have Batman in 3D, and now it sounds like Marvel’s roster of superhero IP could be preparing to dive into virtual reality. We did a deep dive in looking at the [VR] space towards the end of last year, and it offers some pretty incredible opportunities, in terms …

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How Paw Print Games is using VR to bring a classic arcade genre back from the dead

Almost a year ago today, VR specialists nDreams announced it was to become a publisher of third-party virtual reality games, the first of which was an untitled project from the Chester-based Paw Print Games. Now we know exactly what they’ve been working on. Entitled Bloody Zombies, this 2D side-scrolling co-op …

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Virtual reality check: Oculus, HTC and Sony’s verdict on the future and first year of VR

To say VR had an eventful first year would be an understatement. Not only do we have three major headsets on shelves, contributing to almost $1bn (£774m) worth of sales around the world, but we also have virtual reality films appearing at Sundance, VR surgical procedures, and HTC has even …

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Owlchemy on why it chose to avoid VR platform exclusivity

Job Simulator developer Owlchemy has said that It believes platform exclusivity should be avoided when possible. Its game has been one of the early successes in the virtual reality sector, and CEO Alex Schwartz has said that part of this success has been down to the company’s efforts to ensure …

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Oculus is skipping E3 2017

UPDATE: MCV has since received the following statement from Oculus regarding its absence at this year’s E3:We will not have a booth at E3 – we’re focusing on the awesome games and announcements we’ll share throughout this year.” Instead, the company will be focusing on events and opportunities where it …

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Interview: VRcade – The arcade reborn?

Some will tell you VR will not only bring back the arcade, but reinvent eSports on doing so. Will Freeman asks the VRcade team to make their case for the dawn of ‘v-sports’

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