Category: Virtual Reality
‘Tetris Effect: Connected’ adds VR support on PC
Tetris Effect is an ideal game to both soothe and stimulate players, and now the multiplayer Connected edition works in virtual reality too. Tetris Effect Connected isn’t available on the PlayStation VR headset yet, but PC VR users can join the actio… Source
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Microsoft brings ‘Flight Simulator’ to the VR headsets people care about
Microsoft Flight Simulator now supports most virtual reality headsets. If you have a headset that’s SteamVR compatible or OpenXR compliant, such as an HTC Vive, Oculus or Windows Mixed Reality one, you'll be able to explore the world in VR following… Source
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Roblox buys digital avatar startup Loom.ai
Roblox announced today that it’s buying a digital avatar startup called Loom.ai. Purchasing a company that has focused singularly on creating more realistic human avatars is an interesting play for a gaming platform that has made such an impact by building experiences that tend to cast realism to the wayside.…
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Google shutting down Poly 3D content platform
Google is almost running out of AR/VR projects to kill off. The company announced today in an email to Poly users that they will be shutting 3D-object creation and library platform “forever” next year. The service will shut down on June 30, 2021 and users won’t be able to upload…
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Google pulls the plug on Expeditions VR app, migrates tours to Arts & Culture
Google today announced that it is ending support for Expeditions. The VR app will also be pulled from its own Play Store and Apple’s App Store in June of next year. In a blogpost somewhat confusingly titled, “Expanding Google Arts and Culture with Expeditions,” the company notes the 360-degree tours…
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Google’s 360-degree tours will live on in the Arts & Culture app
During the heyday of Google’s VR push back in 2015, the company launched Expeditions. The software allowed teachers to take their classrooms on virtual field trips to far-away locales and distant eras of human history with the help of Google Cardboar… Source
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