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Mozilla Releases Firefox-based ‘WebXR Viewer’ App for Browser-based AR on iOS

Mozilla has released a major revamp of its WebXR Viewer app on iOS, bringing support for the latest version of the WebXR standard, which allows AR and VR experiences to run from the web on the iPhone and iPad. Mozilla...

Kat VR Announces Kickstarter for At-home VR Treadmill ‘KAT WALK C’

Kat VR, the China-based company known for kickstarting its original Kat Walk VR treadmill in 2015, is once again returning to the crowdfunding platform to launch a new product later this month, this time serving up a VR treadmill called 'Kat...

‘Blade & Sorcery’ Gets Major ‘U8’ Update, Bringing More Magic to the Table

Blade and Sorcery, the physics-based combat sandbox, isn't out of Early Access on PC VR just yet, however developers WarpFrog are taking a big step in the right direction today by releasing a major update that includes a new...

‘Elite Dangerous: Odyssey’ Won’t Support VR at Launch in Early 2021

Elite Dangerous: Odyssey is a new update to the space-faring simulator which is slated to arrive sometime in early 2021. If you were hoping to explore distant worlds in VR, this time on-foot, you'll be waiting a bit longer than...

‘I Expect You to Die’ Earns Over $2M in Revenue on Oculus Quest Alone

Schell Games, the studio behind I Expect You To Die (2016), today announced the critically-acclaimed VR spy game has generated over $2 million in revenue on the Oculus Quest platform alone. This, the studio says, was earned through sales of nearly...

Open-source Modeling & Animation Tool ‘Blender’ Now Includes Basic VR Support

Blender, a popular free open-source modeling and animation tool, just launched its 2.83 update, which brings basic VR support via the OpenXR API. The recent release lets users step into their 3D scenes to see them up close and...

HTC Announces Layoffs Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

HTC has confirmed that it's laying off staff in order to streamline its business amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The news was first reported by Taiwan's English language China News Agency, stating that HTC was set to "strategically adjust" its staff and...

Unreal Engine Apps Can Now Be Built with Quest Hand-tracking

An update to Oculus developer tools has brought a handful of updates, including support for Quest hand-tracking in Unreal Engine 4. Oculus released controllerless hand-tracking on Oculus Quest as a beta feature back in late 2019. At the time, the...

One Month After the ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Surge, VR Usage on Steam Remains at Record High

The release of Half-Life: Alyx (2020) on Steam in late March brought along with it nearly one million additional monthly-connected VR headsets, a record gain in SteamVR users. Valve just released its Steam Hardware Survey for May, and it seems there's been...
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Cas & Chary Present: Checking Out the YAW VR Motion Simulator

I recently had the opportunity to test the YAW VR motion simulator, so I wanted to share my first impressions! Cas & Chary Present Cas and Chary VR is a YouTube channel hosted by Netherland-based duo Casandra Vuong and Chary Keijzer who...

Optim Turns Unreal Engine Enterprise Projects into VR-capable Apps for Collaboration & Review

Optim is a tool designed to make Unreal Engine more user-friendly for enterprise use-cases like design, visualization, and review. The latest version allows businesses to easily turn their projects into collaborative apps, allowing multiple parties to remotely step into...

Lenovo & Pico’s Standalone ‘VR S3’ Headset for Enterprise to Launch in Q3 2020

Lenovo today announced its next standalone headset, the Lenovo Mirage VR S3, is set to release sometime in Q3 in select countries. Built in conjunction with Pico Interactive, the headset is targeting education and enterprise customers. Update (June 2nd, 2020):...

‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Update Adds Impressive Liquid Simulation, Foundation for Mod Scripting

Half-Life: Alyx was updated this week with an intriguing new feature: a new shader which simulates liquid inside of the game's many bottles; a small but impressive immersive addition. The update also brought some bug fixes, new subtitle languages,...

Magic Leap Founder Rony Abovitz to Step Down as CEO

Magic Leap pivoted to the enterprise space recently after an extended lukewarm reception by consumers for its $2,300 AR headset. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, company founder and CEO Rony Abovitz then announced layoffs last month that were slated to...

Qualcomm Says New Wi-Fi 6E Chips Support “VR-class low latency” for VR Streaming

Qualcomm today announced new Wi-Fi 6E wireless chips. Designed for mobile devices, the company says the chips support "VR-class latency" for streaming VR over Wi-Fi. Qualcomm's new FastConnect 6900 and 6700 chips are designed to bring the latest Wi-Fi 6E standard...
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