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‘Jurassic World Aftermath’ Looks Like ‘Alien Isolation’ with Velociraptors, Coming Soon to Quest

Revealed today at Facebook 2020, Jurassic World Aftermath is set to bring a pretty familiar game of hide-and-seek to Oculus Quest soon. Instead of Alien Isolation's ruthless Xenomorph though, you'll be pitted against pack of intelligent Velociraptors. Here's the description from the...

Facebook to Discontinue Rift Product Line in 2021, Will No Longer Build PC-only VR Headsets

Capping off dwindling interest in the PC side of the VR spectrum, Facebook said today that it will discontinue the Rift product line early 2021 and will no longer build PC-only VR headsets. Though the company says “the Rift...

Leaked Quest 2 Box Reveals ‘The Climb 2’ & ‘Jurassic World Aftermath’ Games

A purportedly leaked Quest 2 box reveals new games coming to Oculus Quest like The Climb 2 and Jurassic World: Aftermath. It seems the floodgates have opened following the confirmed leak of Quest 2 earlier this week which gave away many of...
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‘Rec Room’ Exceeds 3M User-created Levels with 40M Monthly Visits, Creator Monetization in the Works

Rec Room has grown significantly since it first came to prominence on PC VR headsets in 2016. It's since added a slew of first-party multiplayer games as well as the ability for users to create their own spaces, which...

Facebook Accounts Using Fake Names, Among Other Violations, Risk Losing Access to Oculus Content

With Facebook recently moving to require the use of a Facebook account with Oculus headsets we wanted to understand how violations of the company's Facebook Community Standards would intersect with its headsets. The company says that violations—including accounts that...

Leak Confirms Quest 2 with Snapdragon XR2, Higher Resolution & 256GB Variant

A massive leak featuring several promotional videos has confirmed the upcoming Quest 2's basic specs ahead of Facebook Connect this week. Much of the info comes from two similar introductory videos, which are hosted on the company's Facebook Blueprint developer...

Oculus CTO: Last Year’s Keynote Hints Upcoming Announcements, But ‘many pain points remain unresolved’

John Carmack doesn't mince words. The legendary developer, who for several years held the role of Oculus CTO but now maintains a less formal "consulting CTO" arrangement, says that his keynote presentation at last year's Facebook Connect conference foreshadowed...

Facebook Expands Access to ‘Venues’ Beta Ahead of Connect Next Week

Facebook dropped the Oculus prefix for its social VR event viewing platform, rebranding it to simply Venues—another ostensible move to minimize the Oculus name (eg: Facebook Connect now, not Oculus Connect). Now the company is widening access to Venues in...

‘Until You Fall’ to Release on PSVR & Oculus Quest Later This Month

The VR hack-and-slash roguelite Until You Fall may still be in Early Access on SteamVR headsets for a bit longer, however developers Schell Games today announced that a 1.0 version of the game is set to launch later this month...
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‘Vacation Simulator’ Takes on the Gig Economy in ‘Back to Job’ Update Today

Vacation Simulator (2019), Owlchemy Labs' laid back sequel to the madcap VR hit Job Simulator (2016), is getting its first big DLC drop today on SteamVR headsets and Oculus Quest. Update (September 10th, 2020): Vacation Simulator: Back to Job is now...

‘Modbox’ 2.0 Overhaul Brings Powerful Tools to the VR Game Creation Sandbox

It's been a while since we heard about Modbox, the Early Access game creation suite for AR and VR headsets. Now the long wait is over, as the Modbox 2.0 update is here, which arrives free to all owners...

HTC Vive Focus with Next-Gen XR2 Chipset Appears on Geekbench

A newly posted Geekbench score may point to what HTC has up their sleeves next for Vive Focus, the company's class of standalone VR headsets. As first spotted by TechGenyz, a variant of HTC Vive Focus using Qualcomm's Snapdragon XR2...
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Casual 3D Puzzle Game ‘Cubism’ Set to Launch Next Week on Quest, Rift, & Steam

Cubism is a casual VR puzzle that plays a bit like a 3D version of Tetris. The game is due to launch on September 17th on Quest, Rift, and Steam. A future update will add hand-tracking on Quest. Cubism from...

PlayStation Store PSVR Spotlight Sale Brings Big Discounts to Over 100 VR Games

If you were saving up to buy a PlayStation 5 when it launches this holiday season, you may need to save a little more, as one of the biggest PSVR game sales to date just kicked off today. Over 100...

‘Echo Combat’ Not Currently in the Works for Oculus Quest

If you were hoping for the Rift-exclusive team shooter Echo Combat (2018) to eventually make its way to Quest after developers Ready at Dawn ported the zero-G sports game Echo VR, you'd better not hold your breath. "To put it simply, we...
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