Virtual reality is in a strange place. Its hardware keeps getting smaller, sharper, and more powerful. Yet, the studios that bring these worlds to life face a constant, crushing squeeze. …
You can smell the ozone in the air after a plasma blast. Your weapon feels heavy, real, in your gloved VR hand. In front of you, a corridor drips with …
Virtual reality’s at a crossroads. Hardware’s shrinking-I’ve seen the tiny Bigscreen Beyond display-but player numbers are shrinking faster. Meta Quest shipments tanked by 16% last year. Studios are shuttering VR …
Forget watching from your couch. “The Boys: Trigger Warning” straps you into Billy Butcher’s fight with a syringe of Temp V and a choice: will you use your powers, or …
Forget movie theaters-the real scale of a 60-ton sauropod is measured in the sudden, dry click at the back of your throat. I stood in my own living room, a …
It’s 2025, and the ninja is everywhere. Polygon tracked six major stealth-action releases this year alone-a resurgence of the silent assassin. We’ve mastered the combos, praised the ‘flat-screen pinnacle’ of classics like Ninja …
True VR horror doesn’t just scare you. It moves in. You’ll find yourself listening to the hum of your own refrigerator, your brain twisting it into the static hiss of …
Your hand remembers a mouse click-the ghost of a solved puzzle from another screen, another life. Syberia VR banishes that phantom. Now, you feel the heft of a tarnished gear …
Remember the thrill of school gym class-the squeak of sneakers, the crack of a bat? Virtual reality is resurrecting that energy, but with a pro-league twist. Gym Class isn’t just …
Picture this: you’re gliding over frosted rooftops, the reins chilly in your hands, your child’s laughter mixing with virtual sleigh bells. (My cousin’s family tried a demo last winter-the kids …