Vuzix has announced today that their iWear VR headset has won eight different International CES 2016 Innovation awards including two “Best Of” awards, one for gaming and one for Virtual Reality. With all the news lately revolving around other headsets like the Gear VR and Oculus Rift, it is always interesting to see other headsets out there holding their own.
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Recently it was announced that the Consumer Edition of the Samsung Gear VR headset would be hitting store shelves in the near future (November) and would cost a mere $100. Well pre-orders are now live for the new VR headset over on BestBuy as well as Samsung’s own website, and still for the mere $100 price tag as well.
ustwo, the developers behind a good amount of really great games including Monument Valley, have released their highly anticipated virtual reality puzzle game Land’s End. Not too long ago when we were talking about this game, it was mentioned that this would be out in time for the Samsung Gear VR release. It appears that ended up a reality.
DroidGamers Double Daily Deal: Unity3D Game Development Courses bundle and the Homido VR Headset
We have posted about a couple of Unity3D Game Development course deals in the recent past, each with their own unique bundle of courses, videos, and tutorials. Well here is another Unity3D game development course bundle going over different aspects of mobile game development using the popular game engine.
Everbyte is an indie game development studio that is made up of four students and they have just released their first game for Android devices called Sinister Edge. This is a Virtual Reality horror adventure game but even though it was designed for VR headsets, it can also be played without them just fine.
Halloween is a good time to get your ass scared numerous times, whether it be from other people or by playing creeping games. One thing that is great to see are virtual reality games coming out, since that type of immersion makes for a good scare in a horror game. Another virtual reality horror game has been released called Poltergeist Manor and this particular one is for anyone with a Google Cardboard headset or Mattel’s VR View-Master.
Robot Invader has so far been responsible for many Android gamers losing a lot of their free time because of their games. Responsible for Wind-Up Knight 1 & 2, as well as Rise of the Blobs and Cybergon, the company has now released their first virtual reality game, currently available for the Gear VR headset.
Round-up of Mojang’s Q&A session yesterday: Build height increase, Gear VR version incoming, and much more
Yesterday we reported on Mojang who did a live stream Q&A session on Twitch about Minecraft: Pocket Edition and Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition. Everything from future plans for both versions of the game, to what we can expect in the very next update was covered. A few interesting tidbits did come out that fans of the franchise will be interested to know.
[Update: Now Available] Samsung Gear VR will get a bunch of classic games thanks to the Oculus Arcade
Another interesting announcement coming from the Oculus Connect Day 2 keynote presentation is that the Samsung Gear VR headset will be getting a bunch of classic games brought over to it. This is all thanks to the inclusion of the Oculus Arcade, which will be available for the Gear VR headset.
Coatsink Software has announced a new virtual reality game that they are currently working on that will feature stars like Nick Frost, Sean Pertwee, and Lara Pulver. All three, and possibly more, will be lending their voices for the main characters within the game. We would tell you want the name of this game is, but right now it actually doesn’t have an official title.