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10 Games Getting Quest 2 Enhancements at Launch

Oculus Quest 2 launches tomorrow, bringing along with it higher resolution, higher refresh rate, and a cutting edge Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 chipset to drive native VR games on the company's most powerful standalone headset yet. Although all games out of...

‘Phasmophobia’ Brings Co-op Frights with Spooky Paranormal Investigations

Looking for a spooky VR game this Halloween that lets you play online with friends from the safety of your hermetically sealed home? Indie studio Kinetic Games have released a team co-op title on Steam Early Access that certainly...

NVIDIA to Launch CloudXR Streaming on Amazon’s Cloud Platform Early Next Year

NVIDIA plans to launch its CloudXR service on Amazon Web Services in early 2021, allowing enterprises to stream AR and VR content to tethered and standalone VR headsets. While the initial use-cases focus on visualization and collaboration, the same...

Asymmetric Hide-and-seek Game ‘Panoptic’ Leaves Steam Early Access Today

Panoptic, the game that pits a single VR-clad giant against a tiny PC adversary in a game of deadly hide & seek, just launched out of Early Access today. First launching as a free demo on Steam back in 2016,...

Coatsink, Veteran VR Studio of ‘Jurassic World Aftermath’ and Others, Acquired for up to $85 Million

Veteran VR studio Coatsink, currently in development of Jurassic World Aftermath,  has been acquired for $30 million by game publisher Thunderful. Coatsink is a British game studio and publisher founded in 2009. Though the studio doesn't deal exclusively in VR games, about...

‘LOW-FI’ Creator Teases Prequel Game ‘AGENCY’ for Oculus Quest

Iris VR, the game studio behind cyberpunk titles TECHNOLUST (2016) and the still in-production game LOW-FI, teased some new footage recently of its Oculus Quest game AGENCY. Iris VR says Agency is a prequel episode of LOW-FI, the non-linear cyberpunk game which first garnered...

‘Swords of Gargantua’ Creators Thirdverse Secures $8.5M Funding for More VR Games

Thirdverse, the Tokyo-based VR game studio behind Swords of Gargantua (2019) and upcoming shooter Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds, announced that it's secured $8.5 million in funding, something the company says will allow them to grow and make more VR games. The Series...

‘Population: One’ Preview – A Competent Battle Royale Recipe Struggling With Its VR Ingredient 

Battle royale games are fun. VR is fun. Adding VR to battle royale should ideally result in a game that's even more fun than its non-VR counterpart. There have been several attempts to date, but so far none have...
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‘Blair Witch’ is Coming to Quest Just in Time for Halloween, Trailer Here

Blair Witch (2019), the psychological horror game, has been available on console and PC for over a year now, however today developers Bloober Team and Lionsgate say they're bringing a special edition of the game to Oculus Quest this...

The Void Co-founder Unveils VR Skydiving Attraction ‘JUMP’, Locations Coming 2021

James Jensen, co-founder and creator of VR attraction The Void, recently unveiled his next VR startup which aims to bring the thrills of wingsuit skydiving to people particularly averse to jumping out of a perfectly good airplane. The company, called...

‘The Walking Dead: Onslaught’ Developers Survios Secures $16.7M Funding

Survios, the studio behind VR titles The Walking Dead: Onslaught (2020), Creed: Rise to Glory (2018), and Raw Data (2017), has secured another round of financing to the tune of $16.7 million. The news was first reported by Venture Beat. Survios' latest...

‘Star Wars: Squadrons’ Review – The New Top Gun of VR Dogfighters

Star Wars: Squadrons is here, the space dogfighter from EA's Motive Studios. Although it was created primarily for console and PC, the game also includes a VR mode for SteamVR headsets and PSVR which allows you to play both...

‘Star Wars: Squadrons’ VR FAQ – Supported Headsets, Comfort Settings, Min Specs & More

Star Wars: Squadrons is almost here and will bring with it optional support for a wide range of VR headsets. This article brings together many of the VR specific details about the game, like which headsets are supported, what...

Hands-on: Team Shooter ‘Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds’ Open Beta

Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds is inXile Entertainment and Thirdverse's upcoming team shooter, and although it was supposed to launch into open beta for everyone on Monday, kicking off a three-week period of free 10v10 team shooting action, it's now officially live,...

HaptX Secures $1.5M Grant to Build Full-body Haptics for VR & Telepresence Robots

The company behind the force feedback haptic gloves HaptX and research teams from Virginia Tech and University of Florida have secured a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), something the group says will allow them to...
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