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AR ‘Mario Kart’ Ride to Open at Japan’s Upcoming Super Nintendo World
Universal Studios Japan today announced the opening date of its long-delayed 'Super Nintendo World' in its Osaka-based theme park, which is set to feature a Mario Kart-themed ride including AR headsets.
The grand opening of Super Nintendo World is officially...
Oculus Quest 2 Cyber Monday Deals Feature Three Game Bundles
We’re keeping an eye on the best Oculus Quest 2 Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2020 deals, don't blink or you might miss the best Quest sales of the year!
Updated – November 30th, 2020
Oculus Quest 2 Black Friday &...
‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ VR Support Launching in December for All SteamVR Headsets
If you're still waiting on VR support for Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020), you won't need to twiddle your thumbs for much longer. According to a recent developer Q&A, Microsoft Flight Simulator for PC will launch with full SteamVR headset support sometime...
‘Half-Life: Alyx’, ‘Boneworks’ Get Rare Discounts Among Many Others in Steam Autumn Sale
The Steam Autumn Sale is here, running today through December 1st, 2020. With it comes rare discounts on top VR games like Half-Life: Alyx (2020) and Boneworks (2019), and heaps more popular VR titles, just in time for Black Friday and...
OpenBCI Announces Brain-Computer Interface Designed Specifically for VR/AR Headsets
OpenBCI, the neurotech company behind the eponymous open-source brain-computer interface (BCI), are making a new hardware and software platform specifically for immersive headsets.
Called Galea, the company says its new hardware is designed to attach to both AR and VR headsets,...
Oculus CTO Wants Android Apps on Quest, But is “not winning” the Debate Within Facebook
Oculus CTO John Carmack has said publicly that he'd love to open up Oculus Quest to Android apps to boost the headset's usefulness, but admits he's "not winning" the debate internally at Facebook.
Although the Quest home environment looks nothing...
Quest’s Official Non-store App Distribution Channel is Coming in Q1, 2021
Facebook announced back in June that it planned to offer developers a way to distribute Oculus Quest apps outside of the official, curated, Quest store. Now the company indicates it has "high confidence" that the feature will be deployed...
‘Espire 1: VR Operative’ Earned $3M in Revenue in First Year
Espire 1: VR Operative (2019) launched across all major VR headsets this time last year, bringing a mix of high-flying acrobatics and stealth combat to the table. Now developer Digital Lode says Espire 1 has generated "over $3 million in revenue"...
Oculus Extends Free ‘Asgard’s Wrath’ Offer to All Quest 2 Owners Until January 31st, 2021
Oculus announced late last week that, starting on November 20th, new Quest 2 owners would be able to download the award-winning PC VR title Asgard's Wrath (2019) for free until January 31st, 2021. Following public outcry from early customers...
Veteran VR Studio of ‘Waltz of the Wizard’ Pausing PSVR Development Until Sony Addresses PS5 Roadmap
Veteran VR developer Aldin Dynamics, the studio behind Waltz of the Wizard, says it is pausing development on PSVR titles until Sony clarifies plans for the future of VR on PS5.
While Sony has brought PSVR to PS5 thanks to backwards...
Co-op Melee Adventure ‘Swords of Gargantua’ for PSVR Gets December Release Date
Swords of Gargantua (2019), the VR sword-fighting action game from Thirdverse previously launched on SteamVR headsets and Oculus Quest, is finally making its way to PSVR.
After multiple delays, the rogue-lite adventure is officially slated to release on PSVR December 8th, 2020. At launch, Swords...
Transfr Secures $12M Series A Financing to Scale Immersive VR Job Training Platform
With record high unemployment, it's becoming even more important to provide a path for jobseekers to learn new skills fast and retain them more easily. TRANSFRVR, one such company working to bring immersive VR learning to accredited job training...
Impressions: New ‘Racket: Nx’ Co-op Mode Launches with Cross-play
VR classic Racket: Nx was updated today with a new Co-op mode and cross-play across all supported platforms. Road to VR went hands-on with the new mode ahead of its release.
Update (November 19th, 2020): The Racket: Nx co-op mode which we previewed...
‘Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds’ to Release on PC VR December 1st
Thirdverse and inXile Entertainment today announced that Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds, the upcoming team-based multiplayer shooter, is officially launching on PC VR headsets next month.
Frostpoint VR is bringing its 10v10-player shooting action to Steam and the Oculus PC Store on...
‘Elite Dangerous’ is Going Free on Epic Games Store Starting Today
Frontier Developments' VR-compatible space sim Elite Dangerous (2014) is going free on the Epic Games Store this week.
Update (November 19th, 2020): Starting today, for the next week you'll be able to grab and keep Elite Dangerous for free, which includes...




















