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It's been five years since the original iOS game Monument Valley entranced players with its surreal landscape and clever mix of 2D and 3D elements. The game was featured in the third season of House of Cards, a fateful move that gained it widespread recogniti…

Brain-computer interface systems already exist, but require users to mentally select a letter at a time on a virtual keyboard, a process that tends to be very slow. The UCSF researchers, however, tried to use context to help the machines translate entire word…

When I was told that I’d be visiting the production of Disney’s new version of the “Lion King,” I had a hazy idea of what to expect sets recreating the iconic landscapes of the animated film, maybe some actors in costumes or motion capture suits. Instead, if…

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Concrete Genie is an upcoming game from one of Sony's smaller studios, Pixelopus.The game is set to arrive on the PlayStation 4 on October 8, 2019.There's a Digital Deluxe edition with some extra goodies for fans.You can soo…

Oculus VR headset users just got one more video service to watch in their virtual living rooms: Amazon's Prime Video service went live on Oculus Go, Quest and Samsung Gear VR headsets with a dedicated Prime Video VR app Wednesday.In addition to access to the …

With all the craziness around me every day — I have an active 13-month-old and a dog that likes to shout at each other — my desk is my little oasis of calm. I am a big fan of VR, especially the PlayStation VR, and I have my desk set…

Virtual Reality fans have good reason to be excited. Amazon and Oculus have joined together to provide something special: Prime Video VR. In the announcement, they confirmed that this service would work with Amazon Prime and that users would be able to view a…

Mozilla’s cross-platform VR/AR web browser Firefox Reality has come a long way in the last year, transitioning from an April 2018 preview to an official release on multiple platforms, then becoming HTC’s browser of choice for Vive devices. Today, Firefox Real…

The app also supports creature comforts like voice search to quickly find titles or whole categories. You don't need a Prime subscription to watch videos in your personal library, though you'll still need one to watch any VR-specific content. The app is curr…