COMPETITION WINNER: The Future of Gaming
We recently ran a competition for aspiring writers to have an article of theirs published on Opium Pulses and our winner this year is Ashok Sharma from Delhi, India.Thank you Ashok for your passionate article about a technology you clearly have a lot of excitement for, it really shines through in your writing.The Future of GamingWhat is the first that comes to mind when you think about gaming? Think of a game you find really fun? Is it immersive? Addictive? Can you can relate to it? Does it excite you enough to rush your adrenaline level to the sky?Usually, things that
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10 Oculus Quest New Release Reviews – Part 2
This here is the second part of our Oculus Quest game reviews, this time a mixture of brand new release and launch titles! Check out the first 10 reviews in part one here: https://www.opiumpulses.com/article/306/10-oculus-quest-new-release-reviews-p1Let’s start in alphabetical order, simply ‘cause it's prettier…BonfireThe developers of Bonfire are known for their VR-based interactive short stories, having worked on Invasion!, Asteroids! and Crow: The Legend. Bonfire is no different, in that it is a short animated movie, in full VR with direct but linear interactivity peppered throughout. The story is based around your experience after crash landing on an alien planet, a planet that
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10 Oculus Quest New Release Reviews – Part 1
The Oculus Quest all-in-one standalone VR headset came out late last month and we’ve been spending a few weeks throwing ourselves around in some of the launch titles and new releases, today we’re going to give you our first impression on just 10 of those.We aren't going to be covering any of the free titles such as Rec Room, VR Chat, Bigscreen or PokerStars (although we think these titles are great too).This is part one of what will hopefully be a series of brief game reviews for the Oculus Quest. Let’s start in alphabetical order, simply ‘cause it's prettier…Angry Birds: Isle
Author: SlipSlot
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Interview with The Expanse and SideQuest Developers
With the recent release of Facebook's brand new standalone VR headset, the Oculus Quest - the modding and side-loading communities surrounding the rhythm app BeatSaber have perked up once more but this time The Expanse Team are here to save the day and make the whole process painless with their impressive Oculus Go and Quest side-loading app, SideQuest.This goes hand in hand with their other VR offering, a social platform where users can explore and manipulate the world around them together with friends or friends to be in the avatar of their choice! The Expanse VR is growing in popularity and
Author: SlipSlot
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Which Budget VR Headset Should I Buy?
Planet Earth has seen many births and deaths of Virtual Reality, from the Sensorama in the 1950s, The Sword of Damocles in the 1960s, the VideoPlace in the 1970s, the Virtual Cockpit in the 1980s, the Nintendo Virtual Boy in the 1990s, Google’s Street View in the 2000s and then the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive devices that began emerging from 2010.It’s fair to argue that this incarnation of Virtual Reality has survived the longest, and although not growing at the pace many predicted, it has lasted nearly an entire decade with new technology and software being released daily. Many would
Author: SlipSlot
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