Scott Hayden
An American expat based in Italy, Scott learned at a young age to revere the power of science fiction, becoming a figurative stained glass window through which he viewed the world. Throughout his childhood he was force fed countless reruns of Star Trek TNG, Quantum Leap, Sliders, (among many others) and lived by The Evil Dead triology and Saturday mornings watching MST3K with the rest of his sci-fi-freak family.
Like every card-carrying dweeb who grew up in the ’90s, Scott spent uncountable hours in front of a TV and various consoles, but even longer wishing inside his head that the fantasies played out in games and movies would someday become a reality. After following VR casually since its entrance into the public psyche, he decided to investigate further by the only way he knew how: by writing about it. He believes that VR will start a revolution of the mind, helping to give ineffable ideas form and increasing humanity’s ability to relate to one another through free expression.
If you haven't played Half-Life: Alyx (2020), Valve's first Half-Life game in a decade which is exclusively available on SteamVR headsets, then you can look forward to not only one of the best VR horror shooters in existence, but...
The gift giving season has started early this year, it seems. Star Wars: Squadrons (2020), the highly-rated space dogfighter from EA’s Motive Studios, is free to claim on Epic Games Store from now until December 1st.
Star Wars: Squadrons was primarily created...
Over the past two years Meta hasn't sold its VR headsets in Germany due to an ongoing antitrust suit in that country that alleges the forced linkage between its virtual reality products and Facebook was an anticompetitive practice. Now...
Maze Theory today announced that its long-awaited Peaky Blinders VR game is officially set to launch on March 9th, 2023.
Called Peaky Blinders: The King’s Ransom, the dark action-adventure game is set to release on Meta Quest 2 and Pico 4. The...
Among documents released by the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) earlier this week is a claim that Meta's VR studio Camouflaj, the developers behind Marvel's Ironman VR, have also planned a Batman VR app for release on Quest.
The apparent leak...
Japanese VR studio Thirdverse today revealed it's raised $15 million, something the Swords of Gargantua developer says will be used to expand global recruitment and develop new Web3 and VR titles.
In its latest round, MZ Web3 Fund has signed...
During investigations by the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) into Meta's acquisition of VR fitness game devs Within, a filing revealed that the company was initially looking to expand popular block-slashing rhythm game Beat Saber into a dedicated...
What would happen if you had baseball bats instead hands? Triband, the indie studio behind madcap golfing game WHAT THE GOLF? (2020), have released a new VR game that conveniently answers that eternal question.
Called WHAT THE BAT?, the built-for-VR...
In honor of The Notorious B.I.G.'s 50th birthday, Meta is hosting a VR concert experience next month that aims to bring together a host of musical guests alongside a realistic avatar of the Brooklyn-born rapper, who left this mortal...
Broken Edge is a sword fighting simulator that throws you into an arena and pits you against either an AI or online competitor for some mano a mano dueling action. Distinct classes make for awesome vehicles for roleplay, as they...
Walkabout Mini Golf (2020) developers Mighty Coconut launched the long-awaited course based on the classic adventure game MYST (1993), bringing 18 easy and 18 difficult holes to the game.
Update (November 16th, 2022): Myst fans have been able to play the original...
HTC has been teasing its next VR headset over the last few weeks, showing off bits of the device at a time which the company promises will be "something big… we mean small.” Now it appears the design and...
Pimax, the China-based creators known for its fleet of large-FOV PC VR headsets, announced a new product in its lineup last week that's set to straddle a number of device classes due to its convertibly between a Nintendo Switch-style...
This summer Meta raised the price of Quest 2 by $100 and tossed in a copy of Beat Saber to stave off growing costs. Now as the company heads into the holiday season, Quest 2 is set to go on sale...
ENGAGE, the XR education and enterprise metaverse company, has launched its Link social platform which the company calls a “fully featured corporate metaverse.”
Update (November 11th, 2022): Engage has officially launched Link, its business-focused metaverse platform designed for corporations, professionals, education, and...
