RELATED STORIES Fox’s ballet-themed comedy-drama pilot The Big Leap is taking the somewhat unusual step of recasting multiple roles at the 11th hour. And, yes, COVID is to blame. According to Deadline, Covert Affairs vet Piper Perabo is replacing Laura Benanti (Supergirl, Nashville), while Kevin Daniels (Council of Dads) will be stepping in for Little […]
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I played ‘Angry Birds’ on Magic Leap and it blew my mind
Rovio The gaming studio behind “Angry Birds” has made a version of the famous mobile game for mixed-reality headset Magic Leap. I got to demo the game, and it was the perfect use of Magic Leap’s tech. I selected a spot on a real table, and up sprang the familiar setup of green pigs perched […]
The Flash Recap: Leap of Faith — Plus, Which Hero Channeled Spider-Man?
This week on The Flash, Nora started to see her mother in a new light — thanks to a sneaky Cecile and a fearless Iris. After the events of last episode (in which Nora revealed that Future Iris dampens her daughter’s speedster powers), Nora goes off the grid for a stretch, crashing at Joe and […]
Steam August VR hardware survey: Oculus Rift makes its biggest leap over HTC Vive
August’s Steam hardware survey results are now in, and the Oculus Rift takes its biggest leap over the HTC Vive yet. Last month’s survey showed less than a 2 percent difference in the use of the two leading PC VR headsets on Valve’s gaming platform, but that gap grew to just under 4 percent in August. Vive […]
Leap And Dash With Style In Vivid Platformer The King’s Bird
Upon graceful wings, The King’s Bird unleashes your agile hero across challenging gauntlets, combining fast-paced platforming with a wordless narrative. Through skillful traversal, you attempt to escape a ruined world held in a tyrant’s iron grip, running, leaping, and flying through increasingly dangerous worlds. Reminiscent of the smooth navigation of Dustforce, The King’s Bird is […]
Magic Leap offers a sneak peek at its mixed reality OS
Magic Leap has been peeling away one layer of secrecy after another now that it’s close to shipping its mixed reality headset. Just recently, it released an AR demo and revealed that it’s working with comics industry veteran Grant Morrison. Now, the company has given us a glimpse of what its operating system an interface […]
‘Control’ is a leap of faith for the team behind ‘Alan Wake’
Control isn’t what you expect. Rather than the stylized, linear shooters developer Remedy Entertainment is known for, it’s a free-form experience that has more in common with Castlevania: Symphony of the Night than it does with Alan Wake. Except, instead of exploring a moody castle, you’re scouring the shape-shifting headquarters of a secretive government agency, […]
‘First Man’ Trailer: Ryan Gosling Takes One Giant Leap For Mankind
The story of Neil Armstrong (first dude on the moon; you might’ve heard of him) gets the biopic treatment in First Man. La La Land director Damien Chazelle re-teams with Ryan Gosling for the film, which also stars Claire Foy. Watch the First Man trailer below. First Man Trailer As the first person to set foot on the surface of the […]
The Future of Snapchat Looks a Lot Like Magic Leap
Snapchat isn’t just introducing games. It’s building the next computing platform, one piece at a time. https://media.wired.com/photos/5adf9ee3ccc5a13591231691/master/pass/Snappables-FINAL.jpg
Lady Death Won’t Make the Leap From Marvel Comics to the ‘Avengers’ Movies
A huge motivator for Thanos’ reign of destruction is the Mad Titan’s obsession with Death. Lady Death, that is. In the Marvel comics, the manifestation of death is an on-again, off-again girlfriend of Thanos, and the reason that he seeks out the Infinity Gauntlet — so that he can destroy half the universe and earn […]