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‘Samurai Slaughter House’ Promises Stylish & Bloody Physics-based Combat, Coming in 2022
Samurai Slaughter House is a physics-based combat sandbox from indie developer Tab Games, and it's looking to shake up the genre with some seriously stylish visuals which the studio calls "half inspired by manga and half traditional Japanese ukiyo-e paintings."
It's...
‘Halo’ and ‘Alien: Isolation’ VR Modder Joins Microsoft’s 343 Industries
Zack “Nibre” Fannon, the creator behind VR mods for Alien: Isolation and Halo Master Chief Collection (MCC), has been hired by 343 Industries, the studio in charge of the Halo franchise.
Fannon announced the change in his Twitter profile recently, which was first...
‘Larcenauts’ Steam Version Now Supports Non-Oculus Headsets & Cross-play Lobbies
Larcenauts, the new VR hero shooter from Impulse Gear, launched two weeks on Quest, Rift, and Steam. However, the studio says it ran into a last minute issue which meant the SteamVR version was only compatible with Oculus headsets...
‘Demeo’ Campaign ‘Realm of the Rat King’ Releases for Free Today on Quest, Rift & SteamVR
Demeo (2021), the tabletop dungeon crawler from Resolution Games, launched back in early May with a single adventure module, which pits up to four co-op players against a mountain of ghoulies and one very powerful Elven Queen. The studio...
‘VRChat’ Secures $80M Series D Funding to Create its Own Digital Economy
VRChat, the popular social VR platform, announced its secured a Series D funding round of $80 million, which brings to the startup more than five times its overall lifetime investment.
The round was led by Anthos Capital, alongside participating investors...
NVIDIA CloudXR 3.0 Update Brings Bidirectional Audio Support for Remote Collaboration
NVIDIA's CloudXR technology is designed to provide real-time XR cloud streaming, which aims to remove the need for local high-end PC rendering hardware. At Mobile World Congress 2021 today, the company announced that its CloudXR 3.0 release will include...
VR Meditation App ‘Tripp’ Raises $11M Series A Investment
TRIPP, the Los Angeles-based startup behind the eponymous VR meditation app, has secured a Series A investment amounting to $11 million.
The investment, which was announced via TechCrunch, was led by Vine Ventures and Mayfield with participation from Integrated. This brings...
HTC Reveals Full Vive Focus 3 Teardown Ahead of June 27th Release
In preparation for its June 27th ship date, HTC released a full teardown of its latest enterprise-focused standalone, Vive Focus 3.
Shen Ye, HTC Vive Head of Global Hardware Products, takes us through the whole dismantling process, something that he...
Built on ‘Medium’, Adobe’s New Substance 3D Modeler Aims to Bring VR Modeling to Pro Workflows
This week Adobe revealed its new Substance 3D software suite which is designed to give creative professionals a comprehensive set of tools for modeling, texturing, and lighting 3D objects and scenes. Built on the foundation of the VR sculpting...
LIV Mobile App Lets You Record Quest Mixed Reality Video with Just Your iPhone, Now in...
LIV develops software for mixed reality video capture, and over the years it's become the de facto method for streamers showing themselves immersed in VR from a third-person perspective. For best results though, using LIV invariably means you'll need...
JUMP Opens Pre-sales for Tickets to Its Virtual Skydiving Attraction
JUMP, the destination-based entertainment company, exited stealth late last year and teased a unique attraction that would combine real-world wing suits, wind effects, body harnesses and VR headsets for a fully immersive skydiving experience. The company is now taking pre-orders...
VR Education Platform ‘ENGAGE’ Raises $10.7M to Build ‘Oasis’ Metaverse for Business
VR Education Holdings, the company behind the social VR platform ENGAGE, announced it's raised €9 million (~$10.7 million) which will help it expand beyond the realm of immersive education & training and into a new product called ENGAGE Oasis....
Hands-on: Varjo Reality Cloud is a Platform for Capturing & Sharing Physical Spaces in Real-time
Varjo today announced its new Varjo Reality Cloud platform, a device-agnostic VR meeting platform which can scan and share physical spaces in real-time using the depth sensors on its latest XR-3 headsets. The company doesn't have a specific release...
‘Walkabout Mini Golf’ Finally Set to Launch on Steam July 15th with Cross-play, New Course Included
After launching on Quest back in September of 2020 and "coming soon" to Steam ever since, the well rated VR mini golf game Walkabout Mini Golf finally has a July 15th release date on Steam, supporting all PC VR headsets and...
‘STRIDE’ Multiplayer Alpha Launches With ‘Infection Mode’ Tag
Developer Joy Way today launched a surprise multiplayer alpha for its STRIDE VR parkour action game. The new mode, called 'STRIDE.net' is available free to current owners of the game and offers up an 'infection mode' which works like a...




















