VRFocus - YEI Technology has confirmed that its PrioVR full body motion controller for virtual reality (VR) experiences will not be shipping in June 2014 as originally planned. Company VP Mike Sutherland revealed as much, reasoning that it needed more time to deliver on a satisfactory product. While a new shipping date was not given, it did suggest that the suit will still arrive for Kickstarter backers ‘a little later this year’.
Landing a spinning kick on a zombie has never been so achievable.
We're seeing more and more of these types of alternate control methods but I'm not sure how useful they'll be in practice.
VRFocus reports on the news that PrioVR's Yost Labs has raised some $1 million USD in a series A round of funding for its technology.
VRFocus: YEI Technologies has confirmed that its upcoming full body motion controller, PrioVR, will come with support for Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4. The kit is compatible with the Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) headset.
