Category: Interact

“While Comixology (now owned by Amazon) remains the best-known platform for digital comics, Madefire is trying to do something a bit different. Instead of just bringing print comics to digital formats with minimal changes, it adds animation, sound effects and music to the mix.”

Wolstenholme said it’s on track to have more than 40,000 books in the store by the end of the year…. more at TechCrunch

“Voice-call with up to eight friends in Oculus Parties, then take your avatars to a meeting ground known as Oculus Rooms. You’ll be able to watch videos, listen to music, and play mini games.”

Oculus revealed a final iteration of its Rift Touch controllers, a social meeting ground with personal avatars, new minimum system specs for the Rift, a bunch of new games designed for the Touch Controllers, and more. details at VR Heads

“…fans will be to move freely around the track as they wish, as well as use a “guided mode” to follow specific drivers around each circuit…”

Formula E has offered a sneak peak into what it sees as the future of watching sporting highlights by revealing how they’re using virtual reality to offer a new perspective on races. Earlier this year the electric car racing series announced it had started working with VR firm Virtually Live to create virtual reality highlights packages from their races. The twist would be that these highlights would be computer-generated versions of the races, giving a video game-like experience … more at IrishExaminer.com

IrishExaminer.com

“I had a great time, but I can absolutely contend that the colors, flashing, and intensity will certainly be a bit much for some people to handle.”

Thumper, by DROOL, appears to be some sort of trippy racing game. But upon playing it, you’ll find it’s actually more a rhythm game that has you turning, shifting lanes, and jumping your car to the beat, or “thump” in this case, of the music. While the entire game is playable outside of VR on a standard PS4 and on Steam, it clearly excels at providing the most pulse-pounding and exhilarating experience while wearing the PS VR headset… Thumper releases with the PS VR headset on October 13th. more at UploadVR

“…As I explored the old, dark, creepy house, I didn’t really want to open more doors. Or looking around with my head as I didn’t want to see things I wouldn’t want to see…”

I’ve never played a VR game before. Sure, my legs got numb and I had to sit down as soon as I was carried into a virtual roller coaster ride with the Oculus Rift some months ago. My brain simply told me there’s no way I should be standing while “riding” this. Last Friday, thanks to Plantronics Australia and Double Jump, I was exposed to Resident Evil 7 Biohazard Lantern VR gameplay demo on the PS4. I sort of almost wet my pants. Well, a bit too dramatic perhaps, but my imaginations ran wild … more at Craving Tech

VentureBeat

Gamblit Gaming has teamed up with Phosphor Games to take the virtual reality shooter game The Brookhaven Experiment into land-based casinos as part of an attempt to target younger gamblers. Younger folks visit casinos often, but they don’t like older slot machines and table games as much as they enjoy video games. So Gamblit is trying to change that. Gamblit Gaming specializes in real-money gambling and skill games in both mobile and land-based casinos. Gamblit is “gamblifying” mobile games such … Read the full story

Digital Trends

HoloAnatomy for Microsoft’s HoloLens AR headset won an award during the Jackson Hole Science Media Awards competition. It beat Google’s Tilt Brush app and a 20-minute film in the immersive virtual reality and augmented reality category. … Read the full story