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‘RUNNER’ Brings Breakneck Speeds & ’80s-style Arcade Shooting Action, Trailer Here

RUNNER is an upcoming arcade-style racing game that tasks you with running and gunning in a high-speed, '80s nostalgia-soaked adventure. Inspired by classic anime Akira, Ghost in the Shell, and Patlabor, Runner takes you through seven sectors of the of Presidium, the capitol...

This ‘Valheim’ Mod Lets You Play in VR, Motion Controller Support in the Works

Valheim, the Viking-themed survival game in early access on PC, doesn't feature official support for VR headsets. Shortly after its release in early February though, modders got started on letting VR users take their first steps into the game's...

[Updated] VR Headsets on Steam Hit Record High Three Months Running

For the third month running, the number of VR headsets on Steam has reached a new record high of some 2.9 million, or 2.3% of Steam users. Update (April 4th, 2021): A prior version of this article reported that monthly-connected...

Quest 2 May Be Selling Thrice as Fast as the Best Selling VR Headset, PSVR

While Facebook has yet to reveal official unit sales figures for Oculus Quest 2, various data points the company has offered, along with data from developers, has allowed us to hone in on a reasonable estimate. Compared to PSVR,...

‘Hand Physics Lab’ Review – Putting the Fun in Frustration

Hand Physics Lab is all about hand-tracking, and this over 80-level game aims to throw you head first into a whimsical series of seemingly simple tasks. Quest can offer mixed results when it comes to hand-tracking fidelity though, so...
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Grappling Shooter ‘Swarm’ Releasing on Quest & Rift April 8th, Trailer Here

SWARM is a high-flying arcade shooter from Greensky Games that gives you two grappling hooks and plenty of firepower to take down gads of enemy drones. Swarm has been in beta testing for the past year, but now Greensky says it's coming...

Microsoft Signs $22B Contract with US Army to Bring HoloLens 2 Tech to the Battlefield

Following a prototyping phase started in 2019, Microsoft and the United States Army have announced they are moving to a production phase of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), based on HoloLens 2 technology, through a contract worth up...

Facebook’s Bosworth: Quest 2 Has Outsold All Oculus Headsets Combined

During an interview with Bloomberg this week, Facebook Reality Labs VP, Andrew Bosworth, said that Quest 2 has outsold all Oculus headsets combined, a significant milestone for a headset which has only been available for five and a half months. Adding...

Case Study: The Design Behind ‘Cubism’s’ Hand-tracking

Hand tracking first became available on the Oculus Quest back in late 2019. Out of enthusiasm for this new input method, I published a demo of Cubism to SideQuest with experimental hand tracking support only a few days later....
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Parkour-shooter ‘STRIDE’ Delayed on PSVR to “late 2021”

The high-flying shooter STRIDE (2020) from developer Joy Way is making its way to PSVR this year, however it's coming a bit later than the anticipated 'early 2021' release window. Update (March 30th, 2021): Joy Way announced via Reddit that its PSVR version...

‘STRIDE’ Studio Reveals Work on Gritty Rhythm Game Prototype

Joy Way, the developers behind high-flying parkour shooter STRIDE (2020), released a new look at a game prototype that aims to fuse rhythm, shooting and slicing. If the studio intends on keeping the new aesthetic, it's also going to...

‘Pokémon GO’ Developer Niantic Teases a See-through Headset

Niantic, the studio behind the popular Pokémon GO, today teased some kind of see-through headset. Following a prototype demonstration of Pokémon GO running on HoloLens 2 earlier this month, Niantic CEO John Hanke today showed a teasing glimpse of a see-through headset...

‘DOOM 3 VR Edition’ Releases Today on PSVR, Extended Gameplay Video Here

DOOM 3 VR Edition launches today on PlayStation consoles, bringing the 2004 classic horror-shooter to PSVR for the first time. We haven't gone hands-on with the refreshed VR port yet, however YouTube channel 'GrizGaming' puts together a good look of the...

This ‘Fallout 4 VR’ Modpack Brings VR-native Overhaul to the Wasteland

There are a ton of Fallout 4 VR mods out there since it launched on the first generation of consumer VR headsets back in 2017, most of which you can find on NexusMods. If you're looking for an all-in-one solution that...

AWE 2021 Returns With In-person Conference Planned for November

With nearly all major XR events cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic, it's been a somewhat odd year for the industry. With vaccines starting to roll out in the US, AWE has set a hopeful November date as...
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