Star Wars: Droid Repair Bay turns you into a VR mechanic for BB-8 Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 1, 2017 2 min Lucasfilm is bringing another tiny piece of the Star Wars universe into virtual reality with the latest experience from its experimental ILMxLab technology group. Star Wars:... Continue Reading 2 min
Watch us play Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine in VR Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 19, 2016 2 min Virtual reality has finally made it awesome to swing an imaginary lightsaber around in your living room, and you don’t even have to make... Continue Reading 2 min
ILMxLab had to fake a 24 frames-per-second lightsaber in 90hz virtual reality Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 27, 2016 2 min In the world of games, many of us have come to the conclusion that a faster framerate is always better. But it can sometimes... Continue Reading 2 min
Industrial Light & Magic explains why punching R2-D2 is crucial to VR Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 18, 2016 1 min Creating a virtual reality experience isn’t like making other video games because you have to consider so many other details … like the sound R2-D2... Continue Reading 1 min
The DeanBeat: GDC 2016’s blockbuster moments, VR demos, and indie victories Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 18, 2016 9 min I spent the past week fully immersed in the 30th annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Along with at least 26,000 attendees, I... Continue Reading 9 min
Virtual reality has finally let me live my Star Wars dream Posted byby Mike Minotti March 17, 2016 3 min All I’ve ever wanted to do is hold a real lightsaber. Is that so much to ask? Well, according to science, yes. Yes, it... Continue Reading 3 min