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NVIDIA CloudXR Now Publicly Available on Google Cloud

CloudXR, NVIDIA's real-time XR cloud streaming technology, is now publicly available through the Google Cloud Marketplace with Nvidia RTX Virtual Workstations as a Virtual Machine Image (VMI). Like flatscreen cloud gaming, XR streaming promises is to remove the high barrier of...

Report: Vive Flow is a Consumer VR Standalone with Heavy Emphasis on Hand-tracking

HTC is serial-teasing its next VR headset again, this time hyping the reveal of Vive Flow, which is reportedly a slim and light 6DOF standalone focused on media consumption, casual gaming, and VR experiences. New information reported by Protocol ahead...

CEO Shares First Details on Magic Leap 2, Announces $500 Million in New Funding

Magic Leap today announced that it has raised $500 million in new capital at a $2 billion valuation. This comes ahead of the launch of its upcoming AR headset, Magic Leap 2, which it promises will be smaller, lighter,...

Magic Leap Teases Its Next-gen AR Headset for Enterprise

Magic Leap hasn't come out with new hardware since it launched its seminal AR headset in 2018, Magic Leap 1. Now it seems we're getting our first glimpse of what may very well be Magic Leap 2. Update: Magic Leap...

Unofficial Quest App Store ‘SideQuest’ Raises $3M Seed Investment

SideQuest, the popular sideloading platform for Oculus Quest, has raised a fresh $3 million seed round, something its creators say will be used to help developers publish their apps across multiple platforms via OpenXR integration. The news was first reported in...

Physics-based Combat Sim ‘Swordsman’ Coming to Oculus Quest Next Year

Swordsman (2020), the physics-based combat sim for PSVR and PC VR headsets, is bringing its bloody sandbox battles to Oculus Quest at some point next year. Developers Sinn Studio announced in a recent tweet that Swordsman is slated to arrive on...

Ultra Configurable Sci-fi Flight Sim ‘Tinker Pilot’ Now Available in Alpha

Tinker Pilot has been in the works for a few years now, aiming to deliver a PC VR simulator experience that lets players build their own sci-fi cockpit and outfit it with 1:1 digital counterparts of things like HOTAS flight...

Facebook Offers up $10 Million to Draw Creators to ‘Horizon’

Horizon, Facebook's social VR space built around user-generated content, was announced more than two years ago, but the company still isn't quite ready to send it out the door. Instead, Facebook this week announced it is rebranding the project...

High-end Headset Maker Teases ‘most anticipated product reveal’ Just Days Before Facebook Connect

Facebook Connect is certainly the marquee VR event this month, but it looks like other companies are hoping to steal a bit of the spotlight. First HTC teased an upcoming product to be revealed next week, and now high-end...
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‘Lone Echo II’ Launch Trailer Debuts Ahead of Next Week’s Release

It's been more than four years since the release of the lauded Lone Echo, but its sequel is finally just around the corner. Ahead of Lone Echo II's release date on October 12th, Facebook's VR studio Ready at Dawn has revealed a launch...

‘Song in the Smoke’ Review – Thrilling Primeval Danger & Satisfying Crafting

Song in the Smoke is a prehistoric-flavored survival game that puts a clever, but not incredibly deep crafting system at its core. Far from damning, this introduces the sort of gameplay friction that will always leave you with just enough...

More Than Two Years After Launch, Valve Index is Now the Second Most Used Headset on...

While Quest 2 has certainly soaked up much of the attention as it quickly became the most used headset on Steam, Valve's expensive Index headset has proven its longevity, now taking second place among the most used headsets on...
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Canon Introduces 180° Stereoscopic Lens to Support a “bright future for VR content creation”

Canon, one of the world's leading camera makers, today introduced a new dual-optic lens which captures 180° stereoscopic views through a single sensor on the company's high-end EOS R5 camera. Canon today announced what it calls the EOS VR System...

‘Jurassic World Aftermath’ Review (Part 1 & 2) – Cretaceous Cat & Mouse with Standout Style

Jurassic World Aftermath unabashedly hijacks the hide-and-seek gameplay of Alien Isolation (2014) while bringing it to VR with a Jurassic Park context and a unique and well executed visual style. With Part 2 now released as paid DLC, the game finally...

HTC Likely Announcing a New Standalone Vive Headset Next Week

HTC recently said that it will host an online Vive event next week, but has only teased minimal hints about what it plans to announce. Regulatory filings spotted by Road to VR suggest a new standalone HTC Vive headset will...
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