Category: Lucid Sight

Posted on

PSVR Gaming Bundle ‘HeroCade’ Available This Month in Europe, Australia & New Zealand

HeroCade is a compilation of nine VR games for PlayStationVR, and while it’s already been out in North America since earlier this year, European countries will finally able to buy the cheap and cheerful game pack this month, which features a number of VR favorites previously available only Samsung Gear VR and PC VR platforms.

Launching in France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, UK, Australia, and New Zealand on September 26th, HeroCade offers and interesting mix of genres, recalling memories of the old PlayStation demo discs from the PS1 era. Dreadhalls alone is definitely worth the €12 price tag (or regional equivalent), making for an easy buy for anyone looking for a swath of games with at least one surefire winner in the bunch.

image courtesy Lucid Sight

HeroCade Games

The post PSVR Gaming Bundle ‘HeroCade’ Available This Month in Europe, Australia & New Zealand appeared first on Road to VR.

Posted on

Updated: Lucid Sight Announces Upcoming Title Star Drive VR Coaster

The Los Angeles-based studio behind such titles as Poly Runner VR, Gumi No Yume and Space Bit Attack have returned with a new announcement for an upcoming Samsung Gear VR title named Star Drive VR Coaster.

With a theme reminiscent of virtual reality (VR) roller coaster Galactica at Alton Towers, Star Drive VR Coaster takes players on an intergalactic trip through the stars on a high-speed space roller coaster.

The experience is procedurally generated so each trip the player takes will be slightly different each time. There are five main environments that represent exotic galactic points of interest, such as the gas mining city of Nimbus which takes clear inspiration from the planet of Bespin from the Star Wars universe. There is also the corona of Epsilon Eridani and a view of a huge ongoing space battle.

The developers are offering multiple different ‘comfort levels’ for VR users to choose from, presumably so those who experience dizziness or motion sickness issues can dial down the experience to not trigger symptoms.

Lucid Sight are well experienced with VR development, and have released titles on the Gear VR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive since the studio was formed in 2015 with the aim of producing VR content.

The full experience of Star Drive VR Coaster will be available for $1.99 (USD) through the Oculus Store for users of Samsung Gear VR. The full experience is expected to be released on 10th May, 2017. A trailer video is available to view below.

VRFocus will bring you further information on Star Drive VR Coaster and other upcoming Gear VR titles when it becomes available.

Update: The original version of this article stated that Star Drive VR coaster would be free upon release. This information was in error and the correct price of $1.99 is now stated within the article.

Posted on

‘Dreadhalls’ And ‘Sisters’ Included In $15 9-Game ‘HeroCade’ Collection For PS VR

‘Dreadhalls’ And ‘Sisters’ Included In $15 9-Game ‘HeroCade’ Collection For PS VR

Two of VR’s scariest games, Dreadhalls and Sisters, are finally coming to PlayStation VR in the 9-game bundle collection, HeroCade. The package is being published by Lucid Sight, a development studio that’s responsible for seven of the nine games included in the collection.

Lucid Sight’s six existing titles — PolyRunner VR, 405 Road Rage, Zombie Strike, Space Bit Attack, Gumi No Yumi, and Alpha Turkey Hunt — are all included, as well as a brand new title the studio is creating specifically for this bundle, Jurassic Survival. Additionally, Dreadhalls from White Door Games and Sisters from Otherworld Interactive are included as well. The entire collection will only cost $15.

While the offering of a whopping seven games is significant on the part of Lucid Sight, as well as their organizing of the entire bundle, there’s no denying the fact that the standout titles in this collection are undoubtedly the two horror offerings in Dreadhalls and Sisters. Dreadhalls was an honorable mention at one of the Oculus VR Jams and won Best Sound Design at this year’s Proto Awards. Additionally, Sisters was featured as a 2016 New Frontier Selection at Sundance. They’re two of the best games VR has seen thus far, across multiple formats and platforms.

HeroCade will work as a hub experience that a player will launch and then access any of the nine games from within the world itself — similar to five-game setup of PlayStation VR Worlds. What’s surprising is that the entire bundle will not only be available for just 15 on PS VR as a digital download, but it’s also expected to only come in at roughly 4GB for everything. All of these games except for Jurassic Survival, are ports, but it’s still a notable collection at a great price.

With the inclusion of Dreadhalls and Sisters now, the PS VR is quickly becoming the go-to destination for quality VR horror experiences. Until Dawn: Rush of Blood was one of the best launch titles, Here They Lie delivers on a haunting premise, Weeping Doll is short but harrowing, and the upcoming release of Resident Evil 7 next month will mark one of the biggest full titles the entire VR industry has seen thus far.

There is no definitive release date yet, but Lucid Sight is aiming for January 2017. You can find out more information at the official website.

Tagged with: , , , ,

Posted on

9 Game Indie Bundle Pack Coming Soon to PlayStation VR

If you’ve bagged yourself a PlayStation VR recently, then you’ll have seen some of the diverse range of content available for the headset even in these early days. From AAA titles to small indie projects, there’s been a continual influx of videogames of varying lengths and quality. Recently indie studio Lucid Sight – which has released five virtual reality (VR) during 2016 – announced a new bundle offer that would include nine titles for one low price called HeroCade.The studio is combining several of its VR experiences with other indie studios work to showcase the broad range of content that’s being made for the format.

HeroCade Sisters-Dreadhalls-Jurassic Survival

The nine titles are:

  • Dreadhalls (Winner of Proto Awards’ Best Sound Design) – White Door Games
  • Sisters (Sundance 2016’s New Frontier Selection) – Otherworld Interactive
  • Jurassic Survival
  • 405 Road Rage – Lucid Sight
  • PolyRunner VR – Lucid Sight
  • Space Bit Attack – Lucid Sight
  • Zombie Strike – Lucid Sight
  • Turkey Hunt – Lucid Sight
  • Gumi No Yume – Lucid Sight

“We wanted to give the gamer a taste of many different VR games at a reasonable price point,” said Randy Saaf, CEO of Lucid Sight. “VR is such a new medium, consumers want to see all the different experiences that have never been possible before. We wanted to include nine games at a price point below $15, so players could try a lot of different stuff. Each game will be less than a couple bucks.”

There’s no solid release date set for the PlayStation VR bundle, just that it’ll be ‘late 2016/ early 2017’. VRFocus will continue its coverage of Lucid Sight, reporting back with any further announcements.

Posted on

The VR Job Hub: Intel, Crytek, Ubisoft & Lucid Sight

Whether you’re an experienced designer, programmer, engineer, or maybe you’ve just been inspired after reading VRFocus articles – either way, you have stumbled across VRFocus’ VR Job Hub. The jobs listed here are located worldwide, from major game players to humble indie developers – the one thing they all have in common is that they are all jobs in VR.

View the new listings below for more information:

Location Company Role Link
Santa Clara, US Intel Software Engineer – VR Click here to apply
Santa Clara, US Intel VR Design Technologist Click here to apply
Frankfurt, Germany Crytek Technical Artist – Creative Services Click here to apply
London, UK Ubisoft Lead VR Programmer Click here to apply
Santa Clara, US Lucid Sight Mobile Game Developer Email details to joe@lucidcam.com
Santa Clara, US Lucid Sight Image Processing Developer Email details to joe@lucidcam.com
Santa Clara, US Lucid Sight Software Engineer – Advanced AR & Machine Learning Email details to joe@lucidcam.com

Look back at last week’s post for ongoing listings.

Check back with VRFocus 4pm BST every Sunday for the latest positions in one of the most progressive industries.

Posted on

Lucid Sight Passes 500,000 Downloads for its VR Experiences

Lucid Sight Inc. a prolific virtual reality (VR) developer that’s released five videogames over the course of 2016 has announced its passed 500,000 downloads.

The studio is behind Poly Runner VR, Gumi No Yume, Space Bit Attack, 405 Road Rage, and the recently released Zombie Strike. Alongside the download achievement the developer has also revealed its heading towards 150,000 monthly active users for October already.

PolyRunnerVR_Header

“This is a monumental feat in VR,” said Randy Saaf, CEO and Co-founder at Lucid Sight. “We are tracking to have 150,000 active Oculus users in October, and Oculus Just announced at OC3 that they are doing 1,000,000 users per month.”

Lucid Sight covers a range of platforms, releasing its titles on Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Poly Runner VR for example originally launched on the mobile head-mounted display (HMD) before being ported over to the PC headsets. The studio has also confirmed the title will be coming to Google’s Daydream View device which was finally unveiled last week, showcasing a fabric cover, a price of $79 USD and due to be launched in November.

“While downloads is a great metric, we are most proud of our monthly active users,” said Saaf.  “150,000 active means that people are playing and re-engaging in our games well after the initial download.  Our last two Oculus titles are 4 stars with thousands of reviews.  People like high-quality fun, casual VR gaming.”

Lucid Sight was founded in 2015 with a sole focus on VR. The team, which has over 15 years of experience in the software industry includes Randy Saaf as CEO, Octavio Herrera as COO and Fazri Zubair as COO.

For all the latest Lucid Sight news, keep reading VRFocus.