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‘Luna’ to Launch October 17th on Rift, Vive, and Windows VR

Luna is an intriguing looking title coming from indie studio Funomena, and backed by some of the minds behind indie PS3 blockbuster Journey (2012). The studio has announced a launch date for October 17th and that the game will...

‘The Talos Principle VR’ Gets October Release Date, Croteam to Offer Discount to Owners of PC...

Croteam's The Talos Principle (2014) is making its way to headsets soon in a separate VR version, supporting HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. The studio now has a Steam page, including an October 17th launch date. And if you already own the PC version of the...
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Rift Puzzler ‘Bending the Light’ Looks Like an Intriguing Break From All the Wave Shooters

Finally, a new indie VR game that isn't a wave shooter! Created by indie developer Deeperbeige Games, Bending the Light is a puzzle game launching exclusively on Oculus Rift today. Arrive in an ethereal, dreamy world filled with colorful beams of light...

SteamVR Home Gets Major Customisation Improvements, New Boxing Mini-game

The SteamVR Home Beta, the platform's social VR hub system, recently received a significant upgrade, adding several improved customisation options, including ‘Trophies’ and the ability to decorate your space with screenshots or artwork. A new ‘Boxing Ring’ home environment...
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‘Monster of the Deep: Final Fantasy XV’ Gets New English Language Trailer

Monster of the Deep: Final Fantasy XV fishing game for PSVR just got a new English language teaser trailer. The Japanese version was teased on stage at the Tokyo Game Show (TGS) this past week. The Final Fantasy VR experience lets you head out...

Bechtel Partners with ITI to Expand VR Crane Training Capabilities

Bechtel, the global construction and engineering company, and Industrial Training International (ITI), the training and technical service company known for their work in creating VR versions of the industry's heavy equipment, are collaborating to recreate even more crane types...

Viveport to Give Developers 100% of Revenue Earned Over The Holidays

At this year's Virtual Reality Developers Conference (VRDC), HTC announced a number of changes to Viveport to celebrate the one year anniversary of the app store and its subscription service. Developers will receive a 100% revenue share between October...

Oculus Details New Functionality in Audio SDK – Near-field 3D Audio and Volumetric Sound Sources

In a new series of articles on the official Oculus Developer Blog, the company is offering an overview of additions to the Oculus Audio SDK, specifically new techniques for near-field 3D audio and volumetric sound source rendering. These articles...
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This Company is Building an AR Version of ‘Minecraft’ for iOS and Android

South African startup Speak Geek? recently teased an update to their project that aims to replicate the official Microsoft version of Minecraft for HoloLens, the company's $3000 AR headset, and put it on mobile devices capable of running Google's ARCore and Apple's ARKit. This...

‘DiRT Rally’ VR Racer Currently 75% Off, Sale Ends Next Week

DiRT Rally (2015) started out as an exemplar of a PC rally racer, but after adding Oculus Rift support last year, the game has since become a hit in the VR community for its varied tracks, cars and true-to-life driving...

Google’s Massive Street View Library Now Available in ‘Google Earth VR’

Today Google has launched an update to Google Earth VR which brings the company's huge library of street-level imagery into the application which lets users immersively explore the entire globe. Google Earth VR is a stunning VR experience which we...

STXsurreal Partners With Google to Launch Pay-Per-View VR Video, Aiming to Become ‘HBO of VR’

STXsurreal, the immersive media division of STX Entertainment, is partnering up with Google’s VR team to launch a new "pay-per-experience" app on the Daydream VR platform, which will host a selection of curated live-action 360 films. Casting it as the 'HBO or Showtime...

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...
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Devs Use ARKit to Make an iPhone Motion Controller for HoloLens

Ok, these ARKit experiments and mashups are getting darn cool. Here VR development studio Emergent linked together HoloLens and an iPhone with ARKit to turn the iPhone into a 6DOF motion tracked controller. The tracking may be somewhat rudimentary, but...
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‘Marvel Powers United VR’ to Include ‘Inhumans’ Black Bolt and Crystal as Playable Heroes

Marvel Powers United VR, the upcoming co-op superhero adventure game for Oculus Rift, revealed that two of its twelve payable heroes are coming from the Inhuman franchise: Black Bolt and Crystal. The upcoming Inhumans TV series just debuted its first two episodes back-to-back September 1st at...
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