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Hands-on with ‘Waltz of the Wizard: Natural Magic’ – Flexible & Clever Sorcery in a Massive...
Owners of Waltz of the Wizard: Extended Edition, the spell-casting VR experience for SteamVR and Quest, are getting a major free expansion today called 'Natural Magic'. It brings to the game a new magic-based combat system and a massive dungeon...
Oculus Plans to Enable DLC & In-App Purchases for App Lab Developers Later This Year
Oculus App Lab is a way for developers to publish their apps on Quest without being subject to curation, but it comes with a few caveats like not being visible in the main Quest store. Since its launch, App...
‘Synth Riders’ & ‘OhShape’ to Release Caravan Palace Collaborative Music Pack on July 9th
The studios behind VR rhythm games Synth Riders (2018) and OhShape (2019) today announced they're releasing another collaborative music pack which will bring to both games the jazzy beat of French electronic band Caravan Palace. The joint music pack is slated to...
AR Software Startup Multinarity Emerges from Stealth with $28M Seed Round
Multinarity, an Israel-based startup working on AR software, announced it's raised $28 million in the company's initial seed round. As reported in an exclusive by Calcalist, funding was led by Israeli investors VC Aleph and U.S. investors Corner Ventures.
The...
‘Arcsmith’ is a Quirky VR Puzzle Game from ‘Thomas Was Alone’ Studio, Coming to Quest in...
Bithell Games, the studio behind indie hits Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular, announced a new story-based puzzle game coming to Oculus Quest soon that tasks you with building increasingly complex machines during an interstellar conflict, and getting to know an alien at...
‘Wraith: The Oblivion VR’ Studio Fast Travel Games Raises $4M Investment
Fast Travel Games, the Sweden-based VR developer and publisher behind titles such as Wraith: The Oblivion - Afterlife (2021) and Apex Construct (2018), today announced a new investment worth $4 million.
Brightly Ventures, a Nordic early-stage tech investment firm, led the...
‘A Township Tale’ on Quest Now Open for Pre-orders, Includes Early Access & Exclusive Cosmetics
A Township Tale, the MMO-like VR game available on PC VR headsets since 2018, is making its way to Oculus Quest next month. In anticipation of its July 15th launch, developer Alta has opened pre-orders today, which includes a few...
‘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...



















