If you are planning to use your Valve Index headset for fitness, it's going to get sweaty. Most virtual reality devices aren't built for this level of moisture and can become gross in a hurry. With VR Cover, you don't have to worry about that, however, and there is...
Medical professionals have been telling patients for years that exercise helps with fibromyalgia and other debilitating conditions that cause chronic pain, but it’s difficult to be motivated to move when it hurts. With the possibility of medication-free relief, however, some patients have been willing to try exergaming.
Exergaming involves using...
Time Travelling Navy Seal Ninja Warrior
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBrOS5OA8UI
Look, if you saw the name of Time Travelling Navy Seal Ninja Warrior and didn’t at least crack a smile, then you’re a lost cause. For everyone else, this game is exactly what It sounds like. As the titular character, you battle villains during...
I don't toss the word "hate" around lightly, so let me just say I really, REALLY dislike Imagine Dragons' music. It's not personal; it's 100% business. When part of your many talents involves editing videos for a living, you start to notice the glaring lack of "Recently-released motivational rock...
Headsets: SteamVR, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest (reviewed) MSRP: $20
Is your fancy teased by the idea of battling it out against 10-foot tall giants? Enter Swords of Gargantua, the second entry into VR by Japanese developer Yomuneco Inc. The base concept of Swords of Gargantua is that it's a wave...
VR fitness enthusiasts can rejoice this week as virtual reality’s most physically demanding, challenging, and downright awesome fitness title, Ian Fitz’s 'The Thrill of the Fight' has been approved by Oculus for release on its highly curated store.
If you’re new to VR and are unfamiliar with the game, The...
GORN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khsYz8oqm28
When you need nothing but blood and gladiator deaths, look no further than GORN. GORN, which must be short for GORNOGRAPHY, comes from the developers behind Broforce. Using a variety of weapons or just your fists, you must destroy your competitors. By the time you’re done, blood absolutely soaks...
VR feels a lot like an action movie, so why aren’t more Twitch streamers doing some of the cool stuff VR allows for? Are you really telling me you believe no one wants to watch a stream where someone single-handedly takes down 35 cyber ninjas, or where someone fights...
VR fitness is catching on, and it’s as real as throwing sandbags at the floor of your local Crossfit gym but WAY more fun. Fit Reality, an independent studio from Poland, has a new VR fitness game coming out called VIRO MOVE, and it looks like a heart-pounding good...
I have always loved rhythm games as someone who grew up in arcades with DDR blasting its attract mode sound at me while I was playing Street Fighter. I would sneak away to those corners and dance away the salt from losing, burning calories and staying fit in the...
Waltz of the Wizard: Extended Edition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQlVNcQ_5Bs
You’re a wizard, Harry! Or Barry. Or Larry. Anyone can become a powerful wizard in Waltz of the Wizard: Extended Edition. You can combine ingredients in a cauldron and cast powerful spells. In the Extended Edition, new spells have been added, as has support...
The full-body VR game Sparc was already available on Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR, but the game just got even deeper with the latest "Championship Update." You'll be able to play against just about everyone in CCP Games' bizarre spin on tennis, and even scout your opponents...
I’ve been a freelancer for about four years now, and I’m willing to bet some of you reading today’s post are freelancers too. First off: congratulations! You’ve chosen a difficult profession, you manage your workload and life balance, and you’ve stuck with it. These weren’t easy choices.
And fitness doesn’t...
Turtle Rock’s Journey of the Gods is a Zelda style retro action RPG experience for the Oculus Quest. It’s also one of the few launch titles developed specifically for the system, as opposed to being a port of an existing PC VR title. It may not have the brand...
Eat this!
Unless you’re using super-powered fertilizer or a secret formula unavailable to the public, most plants just need dirt and water to thrive. In Eat this!, the rules have changed. Taking place in a botanical garden, the game tasks you with feeding the growing flower population. The flowers need...
Major League Baseball seems to be all in on VR. This year will be the league’s second annual virtual home-run derby championship taking place during All-Star Week. Thousands are expected at Play Ball Park during the celebration, and anyone on site will the the opportunity to compete in the...
Fitness and wellness go beyond just making sure your body is in shape. You also must nurture your soul, and Esqapes Immersive Relaxation may have just found out how to do so via virtual reality.
Go to your happy place
Opening July 5 in Los Angeles, Esqapes transports you to a...
Katana X
Katana X is a virtual reality fruit slicing simulator. Of course, we’ve seen that idea before, but this incarnation boasts a more realistic physics engine, with impressively accurate blade handling. Timing and accuracy are essential, and you have to be deft and precise with your strokes. A Fruit...
Final Archer VR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvmlnsNwdPI
If you were the only person stopping evil monsters from taking over your home, could you defend it? In Final Archer VR, you don’t have much of a choice, as they’re quickly approaching. Only with the best archery skills and strategy can you hope to survive, but...
Room-scale virtual reality provides more immersive experiences, but they can also be more dangerous. You're more at risk of bumping into objects in your surroundings, but fabrication company Murdock Industrial has a solution with the ProxiMat.
Why didn't we think of that?
The ProxiMat's design is simple, but provides unique solutions...