As Seen At VRLA Spring Expo: Archangel for Rift, Vive, and PSVR

Archangel, the first original title by Skydance Interactive, is an action-packed, story-driven shooter that was created exclusively for virtual reality. In the game, players are dropped into the cockpit of a six-story-high war-machine, a one-of-a-kind weapon that must stop a tyrannical corporation from taking over a post-apocalyptic America. Through stunningly detailed graphics, engaging storytelling techniques, and explosive action, Archangel delivers state-of-the-art VR gameplay like no other. The title will be made available on the leading VR platforms, including Oculus, Steam, Viveport, and Playstation this summer.

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“Our goal is to deliver on the promise of VR by giving not only aficionados and fans but even newcomers compelling and cutting-edge content that they can experience through a headset,” said Skydance Interactive President Peter Akemann. 

About Skydance Interactive

Skydance Interactive creates and publishes original and IP-based virtual reality experiences and video games. Skydance Media launched the division following its acquisition of The Workshop Entertainment, a leading game developer and outsource studio. Its successful franchise and genre-defining work includes "Gears of War 4’s” motorcycle chase, “XCOM 2” for PS4 and Xbox One, next-gen graphics for “Fallout 4,” “The Evil Within” for PS4 and Xbox One, “Borderlands 2: Mr. Torgue’s,” and "Sorcery” for PS3, among others.

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March is full of Power Rangers stuff including Qualcomm's VR Experience out March 8th, a Power Rangers mobile fighting game, and a CatsAndVR PR giveaway.

The much anticipated Power Rangers movie reboot hits theaters on March 24th and there are 2 VR experiences and one cool looking mobile brawler to get you ready for it.   

First up launching sometime on March 8th you will get a chance to immerse yourself in the world of Power Rangers with Qualcomm's experience created specifically for mobile VR, the 2 minute Power Rangers: Zords Rising.  

I had a chance to check it out at GDC and to be honest it is really short but really damn good looking for mobile VR. This marks production company Reel FX VR's third collaboration with Lionsgate, following the partnerships for Insurgent: Divergent Series VR and The Hunger Games VR. Legit I waited in line to get Power Rangers swag at GDC and really enjoyed the short but FREE experience.  I am sure it will only tease you for what I am hoping will be an awesome movie.

Next up Lionsgate will be holding a virtual reality Q&A session with the cast on March 9 at 1:30 PM PT to promote the new Power Rangers. This session will take place in the High Fidelity VR platform and will require either an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. There is only room for a total of 100 HTC Vive and Oculus Rift users wil who in turn be able to join the live Q&A virtually. A few VR attendees will be able to hang out and play VR games with their favorite Ranger. For non VR fans the event will be live streamed on Youtube.

 Event Details 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfD0AbBIlzKTKQX6OYOeezyJ3TXok0j8COaVTFTnkDsn7Hf1A/viewform

We also will be getting a pretty rad mobile fighting game launching the week of the movie release. Seriously the old Power Rangers fighting games for the Genesis and Game Gear were some of my favs growing up. I have not been this excited for a mobile game in a while.

Lastly the biggest Zord of them all, Power Rangers will be coming to theaters on March 24th.

In celebration I am giving away a classic Megazord T-Shirt & Pink Ranger Funko Pop to those who follow @CatsAndVR on Twitter and share this post. Make sure to tweet @CatsAndVR when you share. 

TheWaveVR team raises $2.5M from KPCB and others to help grow their interactive VR DJ/Production tool.

Well I woke up this morning in shock but not surprise to learn that The WaveVR team had just raised $2.5M from KPCB and others to help grow their interactive VR DJ/Production tool. 

Shocked because I have met Grimecraft, one of the primary architects of this amazing piece of software. Not surprised because I have met Grimecraft, one of the primary architects of this amazing piece of software. 

TheWaveVR is a VR platform for people who love music, enabling them to view, host and socialize in live and recorded shows worldwide, anytime, anywhere.  TheWave creates a VR venue where artists can perform live music by simply importing their tracks, customizing the visuals of the venue, and sharing virtual shows. Fans can attend via most major VR head mounted displays, interact with performers, socialize with friends, dance, paint and more.

Ever since I heard about TheWaveVR I thought this may be something that will be big and looks like investors share the same sentiments.

“TheWaveVR is building music experiences that can only exist in virtual reality. They're giving musicians superpowers they've never had before, and allowing listeners to experience performances in ways that have never been possible. We're excited to help them build this platform that will forever change the music industry,” said Anjney Midha, founding partner at KPCB Edge.

Photo Credit: Clarke Nordhauser

You may have not tried TheWaveVR yet but if you are into VR or even electronic music in general it is a must experience app.  Grimecraft, a game industry vet and SF based DJ  has been spending his time at conferences and VR events on an almost Fight Club like schedule(no sleep) to demo this to anyone interested. I knew it was something big when I saw the Tilt Brush team basically in awe of The WaveVR during a recent VR event. 

The company also announced that it has added David Wexler (aka Strangeloop) and Dave Haynes as advisors. Wexler is an audio-visual artist and founder of Strangeloop Studios in Los Angeles, CA. He is one of the most recognized live visual artists in the world, having worked with Flying Lotus, Skrillex, The Rolling Stones and more. Haynes is a longtime entrepreneur and currently on the investment team at Seedcamp. He was formerly a VP and part of the early team at SoundCloud, helping the company grow from launch to the world's leading online audio platform.

“We’re working toward empowering artists and music lovers alike and transforming the way people connect through music by building the world’s first musical metaverse in VR,” said Adam Arrigo, CEO of TheWaveVR. “Music creators will be able to fully customize how their audience experiences the music – whether that’s by transforming the venue from a realistic nightclub to outer space or putting on the most unimaginable light show ever.”

TheWaveVR will be unveiling the world’s first VR Rave at VRLA on August 5-6 in partnership with SubPac, Skullcandy, PhaseSpace and 3DLive. A curated list of DJs will be performing in the HTC Vive, while multiple attendees will wear positionally tracked Gear VR’s and SubPacs (subwoofer vests). The DJs will be performing in front of a giant 3D screen, so music lovers can also experience eye-popping visuals from the metaverse on 3D glasses

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World War Toons Beta will come to Playstation VR at launch.

World War Toons is going to be available on October 13th, 2016. The open beta will launch with PlayStation VR and on PS4.

Here is what  Reload Studios CEO, James Chung had to say.

“We’re big fans of the work Sony has done with PlayStation VR. From day one of our studio, we knew Sony would be an important partner in VR gaming because of their history of handling hardware, software, as well as the content platform business. So when we were focusing on what platform to release on first, PSVR was a perfect fit.”

Reload Studios is an American independent game and VR development studio made up of former Infinity Ward and Disney employees. 

World War Toons is a multiplayer VR first-person shooter featuring cartoonish World War II soldiers battling in European maps.

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