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Virtually Celebrate New Year’s Eve in Every Timezone with the ‘VRChat’ Community
Ever wished you could jet set around the world fast enough to ring in the New Year at a party in every timezone? Well that might not be quite possible, but VRChat is offering something close.
VRChat, a social VR experience...
‘StarBlood Arena’ Will Be Free to PlayStation Plus Members in January
PlayStation VR owners will get a chance to hop into the fast-paced StarBlood Arena for free next month, a battle arena shooter from WhiteMoon Dreams and Sony's San Diego Studio.
PS Plus members will have free access to StarBlood Arena starting January 2nd going through March 6th - when...
Winter Vive Deal: $600 for HTC Vive, Audio Strap, ‘Fallout 4 VR’ + $50 Steam Voucher
While it may be too late to ship that shiny new VR headset to your home in time for Christmas, this may be the last chance to grab an HTC Vive at its Black Friday sale price. To sweeten the...
‘Google Earth VR’ Update Adds Street View Navigation, Optimizes for Quicker Loading
Google Earth VR is pretty self-explanatory; it's Google Earth, but available on VR headsets like Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. What isn't so easy to communicate is the sheer immensity of the world around you as you view everything Google has captured...
‘In Death’ is a Medieval Roguelike Bow-shooter from ‘EVEREST VR’ Developer Sólfar Studios
In quite the pivot from virtual tourism experience EVEREST VR (2016), Iceland-based Sólfar Studios has revealed their next VR project, In Death, a VR roguelike bow-shooter that promises procedurally generated crawling for loot and more.
Announced today, Sólfar says that In Death is set...
‘L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files’ Workaround Adds Support for Rift and Windows VR Headsets
L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files launched to much excitement yesterday, but it wasn't long before it was revealed that the game explicitly blocks OpenVR-compatible headsets other than the Vive. Luckily a free, unofficial workaround has been released which...
‘Gunjack 2: End of Shift’ Finally Comes to Gear VR
CCP Games (developer of EVE: Valkyrie, EVE: Online, and others) has launched Gunjack 2: End of Shift (2016), for the Samsung Gear VR on the Oculus Store. The title is the sequel to 2015's Gunjack which had debuted on Gear VR.
Initially Gunjack...
‘The Lost Bear’ to Launch on Oculus Rift Before Christmas
The Lost Bear (2017), Odd Bug Studio's cinematic 2D VR platformer for PSVR, is making its way to Oculus Rift headsets in time for Christmas.
With its charming hand-drawn style, The Lost Bear follows Walnut on her journey home through a strange and abandoned world...
PlayStation VR Skyrim Bundle Hits $335 for the Holidays
If you've been eyeing a PlayStation VR but missed out on Black Friday deals, you're in luck—the PlayStation VR Skyrim bundle is available on B&H Photo Video for $335, saving you $115 off the MSRP. The bundle has also re-appeared...
HTC Vive + GTX 1070 Founders Edition Bundle is Back for $800, Including Free ‘Fallout 4...
Following the Vive’s price cut from $800 to $600 earlier this year, HTC is now offering a bundle of Vive hardware and an Nvidia GTX 1070 Founders Edition GPU to US customers for $800. The offer is available on the...
10 Minutes of ‘Blood and Truth’ Gameplay Footage Revealed at PSX 2017
SIE London Studio’s upcoming PSVR title Blood and Truth was playable on the showfloor at PSX 2017. The footage captured during an interview with PlayStation Blog’s Sid Shuman at the show is the clearest look at the gameplay sequence...
Oculus Plans to Let You Bring Your ‘Medium’ Sculptures Into Home
According to a recent entry on the official Oculus blog, the team has plans to allow sculptures from Oculus Medium (2016) to be placed into Home spaces. Customisation is already the central feature of the new Home, which makes...
Amazon Deal Sees Return of Rift’s $350 Black Friday Price Cut
Amazon's US store is either the first, or the only retailer currently to offer the Oculus Rift for its Black Friday-reduced price of $350, a $50 discount off the now normal MSRP of $400. The deal is also eligible for...
30 Years of Lost ‘Star Wars’ Production Art Showcased in Virtual Gallery Inside ‘Sansar’
A virtual reality gallery showcasing 30 years of lost art from Star Wars film productions has launched inside of the social virtual platform, Sansar. Collector and exhibit curator Greg Aronwitz offered guided tours at the gallery's debut.
For the past 30...
Google is Developing a VR Display With 10x More Pixels Than Today’s Headsets
Earlier this year, Clay Bavor, VP of VR/AR at Google, revealed a "secret project" to develop a VR-optimised OLED panel capable of 20 megapixels per eye. The project was mentioned during SID Display Week 2017 but has gone largely...




















