Island 359 is a versatile VR adventure and dino-shooter game that will have you breaking a sweat as you shoot, punch or kick dinosaurs in the face. Steve Bowler, Jeremy Chapman, and Mike Fischer are the founders of CloudGate Studio with Chapman and Bowler working as the developers of...
Smartwatches fill an interesting niche today because they aren’t quite fitness tracker or smartphone. The draw comes from a device that is both stylish and practical, but there is a new twist that may augment that usefulness of a smartwatch: the smartphone-based VR platform.
VR enthusiasts also want to maximize...
Kingdom of Blades
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1HIedVhcHU
This is a two-handed slice em’ up game that takes place in ancient China. As a warrior of the Three Kingdoms, it’s your responsibility to use your blade to do damage against your enemies and gather energy for special casting abilities. There are 3 chapters and 3...
A new study from Tel Aviv University has shown a dramatic breakthrough in how VR improves cognitive and motor function. After utilizing a combination of virtual reality and a treadmill, VR was linked to a decline in falling rates of Parkinson’s patients. This is huge, as it affected even...
Do you want to break away from the boundaries of your living room to play games with a group of friends in VR? The Australian company Zero Latency has come up with a warehouse scale, free-roaming VR game experience you can actually break a sweat in.
The Games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcgX5YDxGJU
Grab a...
Boxing is one of those sports that is great for cardio but intimidating for newbies. No one really wants to set themselves up for a potential punch to the nose, so VR is a great way to get the adrenaline from boxing without the potential for concussion.
The best kinds...
If you own a 360 camera and want to shoot your own fitness videos, VeeR will help you film video, take still pictures, edit them, and then post them online for the world to see. Virtual and commercial gyms and trainers who own a VR or 360 cameras can...
In 2006, Nintendo launched an ambitious new console they called the “Wii.” They used this name to signify the group gaming capabilities they wanted to launch with the new hardware, and the flagship title was “Wii Sports.” The collection of games exhibited what was possible with peripherals. Wii boxing...
Trainers and everyday normies like you and I can now create VR, AR, and 3D applications at home. What used to only be available to developers, coders and designers, the mystical keyholders to virtual and augmented realms, is now available to everyone with Amazon’s Sumerian.
What Is Sumerian?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMIXNu66fxs
Named...
Gear owners have something to cheer over now that the S3 smartwatch has been given new functionality with a recent update, which the company has dubbed a “Value Pack”. It will roll out to the Frontier and Classic variants of the device. Included in this free update are several...
Windows Mixed Reality users can now enjoy access to VR games on the SteamVR platform. If you don’t have it on your WMR headset already you can download it on Steam here during their Early Access release.
We’ve found Windows Mixed Reality fitness games that will have you gaming...
Have you ever wanted to run or jog in VR? Is sitting down at work all day making your legs and core weak? Thank goodness for locomotion and real movement in virtual worlds -- without it, some games wouldn’t feel as realistic or immersive. Here are some great running...
Operation: Polarity Hook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8xz5mVEe1Y
Polarity Hook is a single person FPS set in the year 3077. You’ll be fighting with a gun using one hand and propelling onto walls with the other. There is no teleporting in this game but you can run and jump in it! Your goal is to...
Thanksgiving is here! Hurray -- family and comfort food! Growing waistline? The tryptophan haze from last year’s turkey almost made us forget -- what we eat, we must burn off.
We’ve joined forces with the Virtual Reality Institute of Health and Exercise to come up with a helpful food...
This VR workout is designed to give you one of the most intense workouts possible in VR, and as such there are a few considerations to observe:
Be familiar with each of the games. Anytime you’re playing a game for the first game there is a learning curve, and...
Meditation can help you feel better about your day, improve mental clarity, and can help get you to sleep faster. If you want to learn meditation, how to improve on what you already know, or simply just want to chill out, you’ve come to the right place.
The Right...
Tired of using a touch controller to catch a basketball or shoot a gun in VR? Seattle’s HaptX Inc. has unveiled their HaptX Gloves, the VR compatible haptic gloves that control how you feel and sense objects and actions as you play and exercise in virtual experiences.
HaptX Sensory Pickup
The...
Intel and Oculus have teamed up with the eSports League for a season of two thrilling titles: The Unspoken and Echo Arena. Teams will compete in these multiplayer titles to establish dominance in the new realm of VR, and to compete in the grand finals in 2018 for a...
Sparc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQhPOjhu5z8&t=4s
Two enter and only one leaves victorious. This is Sparc’s full release! It's a competitive and fast-paced two-person game that resembles dodgeball in virtual form. Both players will serve their own ball, block, and hit the ball back to the opposing player. Don’t let their ball get past you or...
If you own an HTC Vive then you’re in luck, HTC has just announced that they are rolling out the Vive Trackers for consumer purchase. Previous to today’s release, the trackers were only available to VR developers, and now, they’re available to everyone!
Partial and Full Body Tracking
VR games like...