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‘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...
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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...
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‘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...

Oculus Co-founder’s New Game Studio Isn’t Focusing on VR (for now)

Nate Mitchell, Oculus co-founder and former Head of VR Product at Facebook, has opened a new game studio called Mountaintop Studios. Despite pioneering the first wave of consumer VR, Mitchell says Mountaintop isn't focusing on VR just yet. Talking to...

Facebook Develops AI Supersampling to Boost Rendering Performance for High-resolution VR Headsets

Facebook has developed an AI-assisted method for supersampling real-time rendered content, something that could become an integral addition to games coming to future generations of high-resolution VR headsets. There's an ongoing arms race between display technology and GPUs, and adding...

‘Iron Man VR’ Review – VR Gets Its First Great Superhero Game

Iron Man VR is far from the first VR superhero game out there—in fact, it isn't even the first Marvel VR game—but with unique mechanics, strong storytelling, and a full course of content, it's the first great VR superhero game. Iron...

‘Pokémon GO’ Studio Partners with ‘Sleep No More’ Creators to Bring AR to Immersive Theater

Niantic, the makers of Pokémon GO and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, today announced what they're calling a "multifaceted partnership" with Punchdrunk, the company behind the 'Sleep No More' immersive theatrical experience. "Together we are developing multiple projects that will reinvent storytelling for...
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‘Dreams’ is Finally Getting PSVR Support, Free Update Coming This Month

If you've been hoping to make and experience some wild VR things in Dreams (2020), the content creation suite from Media Molecule, you won't have to wait too much longer. On July 22nd, Dreams is finally getting that PSVR...
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‘Onward’ is Coming to Oculus Quest July 30th with PC VR Cross-play, Trailer Here

Downpour Interactive and Coatsink today announced that Onward, the VR tactical shooter, is coming to Oculus Quest on July 30th. Downpour Interactive founder Dante Buckley first announced the studio was making a Quest port of Onward back at last year's...

Google Acquires North, the Startup Behind ‘Focals’ Smartglasses

Google today confirmed in a blog post that it's acquired North, the Canada-based smartglasses maker behind Focals. The acquisition price wasn't disclosed, however early reports suggested it was around $180 million. Founded in 2012, North (ex-Thalmic Labs) first set out...

Google Takes a Step Closer to Making Volumetric VR Video Streaming a Thing

Google unveiled a method of capturing and streaming volumetric video, something Google researchers say can be compressed down to a lightweight format capable of even being rendered on standalone VR/AR headsets. Both monoscopic and stereocopic 360 video are flawed insofar...

Facebook Says It Has Developed the ‘Thinnest VR display to date’ With Holographic Folded Optics

Facebook published new research today which the company says shows the "thinnest VR display demonstrated to date," in a proof-of-concept headset based on folded holographic optics. Facebook Reality Labs, the company's AR/VR R&D division, today published new research demonstrating an...

Launching Next Week, ‘Iron Man VR’ Shows New Combat Gameplay, Armor Station, & More

Iron Man VR is the next big PlayStation VR exclusive; the title is being published by Sony and developed by studio Camouflaj. Following a demo of the game released last month, and a ahead of next week's July 3rd...
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