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Reverb G2 Omnicept, with Eye, Mouth, & Heart Rate Sensors, Priced at $1,250 for May Launch
HP has announced a May launch window for the Reverb G2 Omnicept Edition. Priced at $1,250, the headset builds on the existing Reverb G2 with eye, mouth, and heart rate sensors, along with an improved tightening mechanism for the...
Cross-platform Dungeon Crawler ‘Demeo’ Coming to Quest & PC VR in May
Resolution Games announced that its upcoming tabletop-style dungeon crawler, Demeo, is officially coming to Oculus Quest and PC VR headsets on May 6th.
Update (April 6th, 2021): Resolution Games announced that on May 6th, 2021 Demeo is headed to Quest and Rift via...
Cas & Chary Present: Hands-on with the SenseGlove Nova Force-feedback VR Gloves
SenseGlove, a Dutch-based producer of VR haptic gloves, has revealed an early prototype of their second glove, the SenseGlove Nova. We recently visited the company to see how it works and feels.
Cas & Chary Present
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New Apple Patents Cover “Micro-gesture” XR Input, Head-worn Haptics to Guide User Attention
A newly published patent application from Apple highlights the company's internal exploration of "micro-gestures" for AR input, which involves using the thumb against the index finger as a sort of virtual joystick or selector. Another newly granted patent covers the...
‘The Unity Cube’ is the Worst Quest Game on Oculus App Lab—on Purpose
The Unity Cube is an experiment from developer Tony "SkarredGhost" Vitillo to test the limits of what Oculus will allow into the App Lab program. Vitillo submitted a fully functional application which simply presents the user with a cube in...
‘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...
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....
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...







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