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Mysterious Bethesda VR Title Appears on Australian Government Rating Site
Evidence that a new VR game published by Bethesda Softworks, the studio behind The Elder Scrolls and Fallout series, has appeared in an online listing by the Australian government's media classification board.
According to the listing, the game is codenamed...
LIV Now Supports Full-body Avatars from ReadyPlayerMe, Making it Easy to Stream VR Without a Green...
Many VR streamers use complicated mixed reality setups to show themselves from a third-person perspective inside the virtual world. LIV, a leading tool which makes this possible, now supports free, customizable, full-body avatars from ReadyPlayerMe, making it possible to...
Facebook’s AR/VR Head Calls for “Big Shift” in How It Deals with User Privacy
Facebook Reality Labs head Andrew Bosworth released an internal memo, entitled "The Big Shift," which underlines why the company needs to start building products now that better balance user privacy and user experience.
Even before Facebook moved to require all...
Quest 2 Stock Becoming Readily Available Following Holiday Scarcity
With the Winter holidays and the New Year in the rearview mirror, Quest 2 stock is becoming easier to find and available for delivery more promptly. While backorders in some regions spanned more than a month on the lead...
Educational Studio Kuato Raises $6M to Build Asymmetric VR Games
Kuato Studios, a UK-based creator of educational games, announced it has raised £4.5M (~$6.1M USD) as the company takes a stride into virtual reality gaming for the first time.
Led by Hong Kong venture capital firm Horizons Ventures, the company says...
‘Bigscreen’ Launches Ad-supported Movies for Free On-demand Viewing
Bigscreen today announced is bringing ad-supported movies to the free social viewing platform, which will allow users to watch select films for free.
Bigscreen first brought paid on-demand movie rentals to its virtual cinemas early last year, which was the result...
‘Hitman 3’ Launch Trailer Shows a Richly Detailed World – Coming to PSVR January 20th
Ahead of the launch of IO Interactive's PSVR-compatible stealth assassin game Hitman 3, the studio has released a slick new trailer which promises a world rich with interactivity, far-flung set pieces, and a bunch of immersive narrative to boot.
Hitman 3's launch trailer feels...
Valve VR Programmer Aims to Extend SteamVR with AR-like Utilities, Launches ‘Aardvark’ Platform in Early Access
Long-time Valve VR programmer Joe Ludwig, working in his own capacity, is building an open-source platform to bring AR-like utilities into virtual reality. The project, called Aardvark, is something of an evolution of an extension of VR dashboards as...
The Future is Now: Live Breakdance Battles in VR Are Connecting People Across the Globe
If you aren't paying close attention to VR, you'd have no idea that some insanely futuristic stuff is already happening today. Case in point: VRChat is host to a growing community of people strapping on motion-trackers to have live dance...
Ubisoft Job Posting Suggests ‘Splinter Cell VR’ Will Have a Multiplayer Mode
Ubisoft announced late last year that acclaimed stealth shooter franchise Splinter Cell is getting a made-for-VR game. Now, an Ubisoft job posting strongly suggests the studio is creating a multiplayer component for the game.
Ubisoft's Düsseldorf, Germany office is currently looking...
Wave Deprecates VR App to Focus on Broader Distribution of Its Virtual Performances
Wave, the virtual venue & virtual event production company formerly known as TheWaveVR, has moved away from virtual reality over the last two years in favor of distributing its virtual performances to a broader audience through non-immersive media channels....
Valve Index Surges Back into Stock Worldwide
Throughout 2020, Valve's Index headset has been at times significantly backordered or out of stock entirely. Heading into 2021, Index stock appears to be strongly returning, with all regions presently estimating shipment within two weeks for most kits.
Updated –...
Rokid Reveals Vision 2 AR Headset with Waveguide Optics
AR startup Rokid today unveiled a new AR headset called Rokid Vision 2, which incorporates waveguide optics into an impressively slim package.
To achieve its glasses-like form factor, Rokid Vision 2 doesn't include onboard computing or power. For that, users can connect to...
Analysis: Monthly-connected VR Headsets on Steam Pass 2 Million Milestone
2020 was a big year for VR on Steam with the release of new headsets, Valve's flagship VR title Half-Life: Alyx, and the Coronavirus pandemic which drove large increases in gaming. These factors combined pushed monthly-connected VR headsets on Steam...
Oculus Quest 2 is Getting Multi-User Accounts and App Sharing Next Month
Facebook announced that its long-awaited support for multiple user accounts and device-specific app sharing is heading to Oculus Quest 2 starting next month.
The company says in a developer blog post the upcoming 'Multi-User' feature will let you add up...


















