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‘Thief Simulator VR’ Launches Out of Early Access Tomorrow, Trailer Here

After a year in Steam Early Access, Thief Simulator VR is officially slated to launch tomorrow, November 5th. Developed by GameBoom VR and published by PlayGames, a prolific publisher of simulator genre titles, Thief Simulator VR is set to launch its...

Oculus Delays Shipment of Quest 2 Elite Straps Amid Complaints of Premature Breakage

Some customers who ordered and are still waiting for an Elite Strap and Elite Battery Strap for Quest 2 have received an email from Oculus that maintains their shipments will be delayed, as the company is currently investigating user...

Viveport is Giving Developers 100% of Their App’s Revenue Through the End of 2020

Viveport, HTC's storefront for SteamVR-compatible headsets, is again celebrating the holidays by giving developers 100 percent of revenue for the rest of the year. The company says in a blog post that it's aimed at both new and existing app developers...

Stanford Research Shows VR Users Can Be Identified Using Only 5 Minutes of Motion Data

Privacy in VR is an ever growing issue, especially now that all new Oculus accounts must login to Facebook with their real identity, which includes anyone who wants to use a Quest 2. Now researchers at Stanford University have...

Microsoft to Expand Azure Kinect’s Computer Vision Tech to Commercial Market

The technology behind Microsoft's enterprise-focused computer vision camera, the Azure Kinect developer kit, will soon find its way into commercial products. Microsoft is collaborating with two companies, Analog Devices and SICK AG, to create commercial devices using Azure Kinect's 3D Time of...

Led by Former Oculus Exec, Facebook’s New Cloud Gaming Service Paves the Way to VR Streaming

This week Facebook announced the launch of cloud-streamed games from Facebook Gaming. These are games which are rendered in the cloud and then streamed to your computer. Cloud-based gaming has been seen by the industry at large as a...

Watch: PS5 DualSense Controller’s Impressive IMU in Action

We talked earlier this week about the impressive haptics and IMU in the PS5 DualSense controller, and now we can show you what it looks like in action. While the PS5 DualSense controller doesn't currently allow for position (6DOF) tracking,...

Mark Zuckerberg: ‘Oculus Quest 2 pre-orders were five times higher than original Quest’

Oculus Quest 2 has celebrated a pretty successful launch, with some developers saying they've seen a dramatic jump in both sales and engagement across their games since the standalone headset's October 13th release. Now Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has...

Shadow Creator Unveils AR Headset with Snapdragon XR2 & Nintendo Switch-style Compute Unit

Shadow Creator, a Shanghai-based AR/VR headset manufacturer, has partnered with British AR startup PhotonLens to create a new consumer-focused AR headset for gaming and fitness. Called 'Honghu' in China and branded as 'Photons' for the international market, the device sports a...

‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Update with In-game Commentary Likely to Release Soon

Half-Life: Alyx is likely soon to see an update which would add in-game developer commentary similar to previous Valve games. Fans of Valve games will likely recall the optional in-game developer commentary first added to Half-Life 2: Lost Coast and in...

‘Blair Witch: Quest Edition’ Review – Real Psychological Thrills Worthy of the Name

Games built on film franchises are rarely good for a reason. Many suffer from comparatively lower budgets and seem to fundamentally lack creative flexibility. More often than not, this ends up leading to a clumsy replication of the source...

AMD Announces Radeon RX 6000-series GPUs with USB-C “for a modern VR experience”

AMD today introduced the Radeon RX 6800, 6800 XT, and 6900 XT graphics cards based on its latest RDNA 2 architecture. With a release date in November and prices starting at $580, AMD is aiming to compete directly with...

Crowdfunded AR Startup Tilt Five Secures $7.5M Series A Investment

Tilt Five, the startup behind the eponymous AR headset for tabletop gaming, today announced it has secured $7.5 million in Series A funding. The funding round was led by SIP Global Partners with participation from BITKRAFT Ventures, Galaxy Interactive, and...
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Ubisoft’s VR Space Sim ‘AGOS: A Game of Space’ Launches Today

Ubisoft is today launching its latest VR title, AGOS: A Game of Space. The made-for-VR space sim is set to support PC VR headsets across Steam and the Oculus Store. Update (October 28th, 2020): With seemingly little fanfare, Ubisoft is today...

Gorilla Glass Maker Corning & Pixelligent Partner to Develop Optics for Consumer AR Headsets

Corning Incorporated, the makers of Corning Gorilla Glass, announced a new partnership with compound material supplier Pixelligent Technologies to develop optics for the coming age of consumer AR headsets. The collaboration is said to rely on Pixelligent’s optically transparent compounds...
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