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Samsung: New Gear VR and Controller Launching April 21st for $129
On stage today at Samsung's Unpacked Event in New York, the new Gear VR with motion controller finally got a launch date and price. The new 2017 Gear VR and Controller combo, announced alongside the Galaxy S8, will be...
Valve’s New Site Affirms Role of VR in Company’s Future, Teases “Top secret” Games
"We make games, Steam, and hardware. Join us," says the first line of Valve's newly redesigned website—in big bold red letters—bringing its look more in line with 2010's design language than the previous version that screamed 'late 2000's'. Along...
Quest’s Home Environment is Finally Getting Social Capabilities, Becomes ‘Horizon Home’
One of our longstanding critiques of Quest's social features is the lack of a simple, first-party place to meet up with friends. Finally that's set to change thanks to 'Horizon Home' which will enhance the existing Quest home environment...
Virtual Event Platform ‘Wave’ Returns to VR with Pico Partnership, Calvin Harris Concert to Debut Jan...
Wave, the virtual entertainment company known for putting on a ton of VR concerts a few years back, actually deprecated VR support for its app back in early 2021 to focus on streaming its brand of digital concerts to...
‘PosiTTron’ DIY Oculus Rift Positional Tracking Addon Prototype
This guest article is written by Jordi Batallé, who has been hard at work over the last few months developing a DIY positional tracking solution for head mounted displays (HMDs / VR headsets). Batallé is a virtual reality enthusiast who holds...
Sony Plans PC Compatibility for PSVR 2 Later This Year, Acknowledging a Weak Game Library
Today, on the one year anniversary of the release of PSVR 2, Sony announced it's testing PC VR compatibility for PSVR 2, with plans to release some form of PC support for the headset this year.
In a blog post...
Facebook Lowers Price of Enterprise-focused Quest to $800
With the revelation of Quest 2, Facebook has quietly knocked down the entry price for its business-focused version of the headset.
Facebook only just made its Oculus for Business program openly available back in May, which basically let anyone buy...
Google Glass Developer Update: Devs Invited to ‘Glass Foundry’ Event
Google has sent out invites to a developer-focused event for Google Glass, the company's upcoming wearable head mounted display. They're calling it 'Glass Foundry' and it will be a two day 'hackathon' held in two locations: San Francisco and New York...
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...
FOV Ventures Raises $18 Million to Fund European Metaverse Startups
FOV Ventures is a newly formed venture capital firm which plans to invest in early-stage metaverse startups. The firm says it has raised an initial $18.1 million as part of its first fund.
Founding partners David Haynes and Petri Rajahalme announced...
Tim Heidecker’s ‘On Cinema’ Goes 360 in a Hilarious Lambaste of VR Video
Tim Heidecker's Adult Swim parody movie review show On Cinema went full 360 in its latest episode, strapping a number of Ricoh Theta 360 cameras around the set.
In On Cinema, Heidecker's fictional alter ego is usually looking for the next big...
‘HotStepper’ Gives You AR Directions with the Help of a Silly Half-naked Man
Thanks to augmented reality, the world is about to get weird. Real weird. Thankfully we're not the only ones who think so, because Nexus Studios, the minds behind the inside-out VR tracking solution using ARKit, today launched HotStepper, an iOS wayfinding app that...
12 Indie VR Gems You Should Absolutely Consider Playing & Supporting
VR games are difficult to market, especially when they don't fit obviously into existing genres. Here's 12 gems you may have overlooked but are well worth your consideration.
Updated – August 21st, 2020
The Paradox of VR Game Development
There exists a...
Rev VR Podcast – Episode 54: Road to VR Discusses the Facebook Acquisition of Oculus VR
With the big news breaking today that Facebook bought Oculus VR for $2 billion dollars, the Road to VR team assembled quickly to discuss this astonishing news.
Cymatic Bruce, Brian Hart, and Ben Lang join me in this episode to...
Oculus Hiring Spree Suggests Facebook is Accelerating VR/AR Plans
Starting toward the end of 2017, the number of listed job openings at Oculus has nearly tripled, with the current number of openings floating around an all time high.
Across Oculus' 15 locations, the company is currently listing 443 available...



















