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Oculus Improves Iteration Time for Quest Developers Using UE4
Oculus has updated its UE4 Quest development tools so that developers can spend less time waiting and more time testing and iterating on their VR applications. The changes are similar in scope to recent improvements to Unity Quest development.
Because...
Report: Apple Starts Preliminary Production on “semitransparent” AR Lenses
According to a report by The Information, Apple is gearing up to enter a new phase in production on its fabled AR headset. Together with Foxconn Technology, the Taiwan-based contract manufacturer behind many of Apple's mobile devices, the company...
The 20 Best Rated & Most Rated Quest Games & Apps – July 2020
While Oculus doesn’t offer much publicly in the way of understanding how well individual apps are performing across its VR storefronts, it’s possible to glean some insight by looking at apps relative to each other. Here’s a snapshot of...
‘BoxVR’ Studio FitXR Raises $7.5 Million to Expand Operations & VR Fitness Products
FitXR, the studio behind VR fitness app BoxVR, today announced that it has raised $7.5 million to expand its operations and VR fitness offerings.
Following its first raise of $1.25 million at the end of 2018, FitXR has just added another...
‘Superhot’ Studio: No Current Plans for VR Version of ‘MIND CONTROL DELETE’
With the unique ability to control time with your movements, SUPERHOT VR (2016) can make you feel like you're in The Matrix. It's on all major VR platforms, which cemented the studio a whopping $2 million revenue over the 2019 holiday season...
Sony Just Invested $250 Million in Epic Games, Here’s What it Could Mean for VR and...
Sony Corporation announced today that it will invest $250 million in Epic Games, the company well known for its hit game Fortnite and the Unreal Engine game engine that powers it. Unreal Engine is the second most popular game engine for...
HP Affirms Reverb G2 ‘Fall’ Release Date, Says Retailer Dates Are Unofficial Estimates
Back in late May, HP announced its was bringing another VR headset to market, the Reverb G2, which includes a veritable wishlist of improvements to the WMR product ecosystem. Though an official HP retailer was spotted clearly advertising a...
Military Contractor ECS Awarded Grant to Build VR Army Medic Trainer with Advanced Haptics
Military contractor, Engineering & Computer Simulations (ECS), has received a grant from the federal Small Business Innovation Research program—likely ranging from $500,000 to $1.5 million—to pilot a virtual reality training program for U.S. Army medics.
Founded in 1997, ECS is a Florida-based...
Inspired by ‘Mirror’s Edge’, ‘Stride’ Looks to Bring Smooth Parkour Action to VR
In development by studio Joy Way, Stride is a VR parkour action game built atop an impressively smooth and immersive locomotion system. With inspiration from Mirror's Edge (2008), Stride is an intriguing indie project due to launch this Summer.
Update (July 7th,...
‘Ready Player One’ Book Sequel Coming November 24th
Ernest Cline's breakout novel Ready Player One is getting a sequel on November 24th, which is slated to delve back into the massive multiplayer VR world of the OASIS.
Aptly named Ready Player Two, the upcoming book is being published by Penguin Random House...
‘Walking Dead’, ‘No Man’s Sky’ & More Top PSVR Games Discounted During PlayStation Summer Sale
Looking for a new VR adventure to help beat the heat? Sony just launched its summer sale across the US, EU and UK regional stores which is bringing low prices to a bunch of top PSVR titles.
There's a few...
Microsoft Exec Peggy Johnson to Take Over as CEO of Magic Leap
Peggy Johnson, Microsoft's Executive VP of Business Development, is slated to take the reins as the new CEO of Magic Leap, effective August 1st.
This comes nearly a month after co-founder Rony Abovitz announced he would be stepping down as...
Cas & Chary Present: 20 Quest Tips & Tricks
The Oculus Quest has been my daily driver for standalone VR ever since its release. I wanted to share my personal experiences and things that I do to get the most out of the headset. Here are 20 tips...
‘The Under Presents’ Redefines Immersive Theater in Live VR Retelling of ‘The Tempest’
The Under Presents is hosting a limited time immersive theater show to Oculus Quest and Rift-owning audiences soon that takes William Shakespeare's play The Tempest and puts you into the story like never before.
The Under Presents is a different kind of...
Rockstar Starts Production on AAA Open-world VR Title
According to the studio behind L.A. Noire: The V.R. Case Files (2017), Rockstar Games is producing a new game which promises to be a "AAA open world title in VR".
Video Games Deluxe, a Sydney, Australia-based studio working exclusively with Rockstar, released word via...




















