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The latest update to the Oculus Integration for Unity adds the Quest’s controller-free hand-tracking to the editor. Facebook added experimental controller-free hand-tracking for Quest in December. It lets you use your hands in the open air to interact with VR content rather than through Touch controllers. This is done through advanced…

Did 'The SImpsons' Accurately Portray STEM Education and the Gig Economy? (avclub.com) Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday February 22, 2020 @05:34PM from the satire-in-Springfield dept. Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: On Sunday, The Simpsons aired The Miseducation Of Lisa Simpson, an episode in which Marge — with the help of…

Source: Nick Sutrich/Android Central Just one day after announcing it wouldn't be attending PAX East, Sony confirmed that it also won't be attending the Game Developers Conference (GDC) this March in San Francisco also due to coronavirus concerns. In a statement sent to Android Central, a Sony Interactive Entertainment spokesperson…

Sony Interactive Entertainment has filed a patent that may point to a new PSVR controller.The patent, titled "Controller Device," details a new design for a remote-like VR controller that shares some similarities with the current PlayStation Move controllers, but it also has its fair share of upgrades.Like the PlayStation Move…

Devs, a limited series that premieres March 5th on Hulu, tells the story of fictional quantum computing company Amaya. It's a pretty typical tech giant, complete with shuttle buses taking employees to a campus deep in the woods. Lily Chan (Sonoya Mizuno) works in encryption, while her boyfriend Sergei (Karl…

Home • PC Game News • Half-Life: Alyx • Half-Life: Alyx is barely a month out now, scheduled to release on March 23rd. When it was originally announced as a VR-only title, Valve’s own Index VR headset quickly flew off physical shelves and was entirely sold out online by mid-January…

Source: Sony Interactive Entertainment Media Molecule worked on Dreams for several years and the game engine-turned game has finally been released however, the team isn't done yet. In a new interview with Eurogamer, Alex Evans from Media Molecule indicated that PlayStation VR (PSVR) support for the game is still coming…

Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. It’s official, straight from the Valve Twitter account. Half-Life: Alyx is coming out on March 23. More than a decade after the last official installment…

It's a welcome move. After Most Wanted, Criterion was asked to work on a neat but short-lived VR mission for Star Wars: Battlefront. The studio then contributed some of its vehicular prowess to Star Wars Battlefront II, a commercial failure due to its loot box controversy, and Battlefield V, a…

Source: Nick Sutrich/Android Central The Oculus Quest is the absolute easiest and least expensive way to get into the world of proper roomscale VR, but it's only got one problem: each one looks exactly the same. There are no alternative colors, no special editions, and no real way to differentiate…