Pokémon GO is one of the most fun ways to get fit while playing around in AR (augmented reality) on the go. It works across your smartphone and tablet. It even links directly into your social media profiles, a connection that allows you to share gifts and ‘mons with...
The Pavlov VR Master League Autumn Championship, which includes a prize pool of over $1,000 in merchandise and coupons, begins this weekend with a Challenger Cup open to any team registered by October 11.
Pavlov, a VR first-person shooter created by Davevillz, has been compared to Counter-Strike in VR. Released...
Community members who play the zero-gravity game Echo VR have formed a new racing league called the Echo Grand Prix. The inaugural championship will take place today, starting at 5 p.m. EDT.
“Echo Grand Prix was formed mostly with the goal to just have some form of racing league,” states...
If you thought VR esports was all fun and games, you were wrong. It can be about surviving in a world where dark spirits are running rampant, intent on infecting humankind and spreading darkness throughout the world.
MassVR, a virtual reality esports arena in Chicago, IL, presents Hallow Realm, a...
The VR Master League is pleased to announce that it is partnering with members of the Echo VR community to present VRML Echo Arena Season 1.
Ready At Dawn’s Echo Arena is a competitive VR game that has been featured in various tournaments since its July 2017 release date. The...
Now is your chance to speak up and let FitXR, the makers of BoxVR what genre of music you would like to have in the new workouts coming soon to the game.
Take this quick survey to help out.
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/JH6ZY2M
The survey is completely anonymous. You will just be giving valuable feedback...
Drums of War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pYeKnr4DIs
Ever wanted to feel like those drumming War Boys in Mad Max: Fury Road? In Drums of War, you get your chance to drum into battle and destroy the pitiful dwarves on the other side of the battlefield. You move forward by drumming and launch attacks by...
VR Master League announced this week that Ubisoft’s Space Junkies is coming to the community-driven platform with competition beginning on Monday, October 7.
Following a blog post at the end of August that Ubisoft was discontinuing development of the game, dedicated fans began making their own plans to keep it...
The next generation of developers understands just how crucial a component fitness is to virtual reality. One New Zealand computer science graduate managed to prove that exceptionally well, winning an award nicknamed the "Junior Nobel" prize.
VRowing technology
Harry She, a recent University of Auckland graduate, created a game called HIITCopter...
When is the tournament?
With nearly 200 community members from various competitive VR games walking around Oculus Connect 6 wearing an assortment of jerseys, that question was heard repeatedly at last week’s Facebook developer conference.
Community members from around the globe were invited to OC6 to talk with developers, try game...
Chicks and Tricks VR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFqIDWDYpfc
Can a farmer catch more chickens than a hunting machine – the fox? In Chicks and Tricks VR, two players find out for themselves in a race to capture the most chickens. As the farmer uses his net, the fox tries to eat as many as...
Isometric exercise is designed to maintain existing muscle and strength without emphasizing muscle building. You can incorporate weights into isometric exercise, but the point is to contract specific muscle groups. You engage them as you work.
You might have practiced yoga at home, a common form of isometric exercise. Yoga...
Using a stationary bike can be boring the traditional way, and it can also make your legs burn like nothing else. We already knew that VR could help make it more interesting, but a new study discovered it can also reduce your leg pain during the workout.
More interesting means...
Achievements used to be called “unlockables,” and they were mostly just fun tricks in the game that showed off mastery. The Xbox 360 popularized this concept with its achievement system, which granted players points they could use to show off their gamerscore. The idea being that mastery of a...
Climbey is a speedrunners dream fitness game. It requires finesse, it’s silly, and it’s just challenging enough to feel like an achievement. When you finish a level, it feels gratifying. The game can also be a glitchy mess and create some very entertaining mistakes. Use checkpoints liberally and practice....
VR fitness company YUR wants to provide you with more ways to stay active, and the beta launch of its services on Oculus Quest and mobile should help to do just that. Now, users on the go can still track their fitness progress across all sorts of apps and...
Spuds Unearthed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbOuuhDzago
Potatoes can be good for your health if you use them for VR gaming instead of French fries. In Spuds Unearthed, you must free the potato creatures being held on several alien planets. You’ll be able to team up with different Spuds in order to use their abilities....
Organizers for a VR esports tournament in Latin America discovered that people were more interested in this new form of competitive gaming than they had anticipated.
Minority Media, the game studio that created the Chaos Jump multi-player location-based VR platform, and Gaming Partners, the company’s Latin American distributor, collaborated with...
VR Master League kicked off season two of Phaser Lock Interactive’s Final Assault this week, announcing a prize pool of $2,000 and other sponsored prizes.
The announcement about season 2 came only days before the first games began and less than 3 weeks after Beastrick took the VRML Final Assault...
Tower Tag, a multiplayer PVP first person shooter from VR-Nerds that was designed from the ground up to be enjoyed as a group experience, continues to flourish in the VR esports scene.
Featuring futuristic-style laser battles atop virtual towers, Tower Tag has a gameplay mode similar to Capture the Flag....