Interest in esports for immersive technologies continues to grow. One of the advantages of attending XR conferences and other events is the opportunity to learn about new products or experiences available for VR and AR, including immersive esports. Recently, at the VR/AR Global Summit, I met Daniel Japiassu, CEO of YDreams Innovation, a Vancouver-based company…
The Virtual Athletics League (VAL) has partnered with co-hosts Springboard and LIV to launch a pilot season of Tower Tag, a multiplayer VR location-based experience from VR-Nerds. VAL will also be teaming up with the VR Master League (VRML) to provide casting for the season, which begins November 19. Tower Tag features futuristic-style laser battles…
Organizers for a VR esports tournament in Latin America discovered that people were more interested in this new form of competitive gaming than they had anticipated. Minority Media, the game studio that created the Chaos Jump multi-player location-based VR platform, and Gaming Partners, the company’s Latin American distributor, collaborated with Arena, the leading gaming center…
Tower Tag, a multiplayer PVP first person shooter from VR-Nerds that was designed from the ground up to be enjoyed as a group experience, continues to flourish in the VR esports scene. Featuring futuristic-style laser battles atop virtual towers, Tower Tag has a gameplay mode similar to Capture the Flag. Players on each team (3v3)…
Beat Games and VRsenal are debuting the Beat Saber VR machine at IAAPA 2018, which is the first time the rhythm slasher and fitness game will appear in North America since it first dropped in arcades throughout Korea and China. IAAPA kicks off November 12th in Orlando, Florida and lasts until November 16th, which gives…