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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...

Exclusive Hands-on: HP’s Reverb G2 is the King of Clarity

Today HP revealed its next-gen WMR headset, Reverb G2. While the original Reverb beat out the competition in resolution, some aspects of its display held it back from really capitalizing on all those pixels. Reverb G2 brings with it...

‘The Mighty Eighth’ is a 10-player Cooperative WWII Bomber Game from a Classic Sim Developer

MicroProse was a game developer and publisher behind dozens of classic strategy and simulator titles from the '80s and '90s. After being shuttered in the early 2000s, the company (or the brand, anyway) recently made a surprise resurgence. Among...

Enterprise-focused Standalone Pico Neo 2 & Eye-tracking Version Now Available

Pico Interactive today announced the price and availability of both Pico Neo 2 and its eye-tracking variant, Neo 2 Eye. Both headsets are available for purchase starting today, with Neo 2 priced at $700 and Neo 2 Eye at $900....

Qualcomm Reveals Plan to Help Commercialize Lightweight, 5G-enabled AR & VR Headsets

Today, at an online version of this year's Augmented World Expo (AWE), Qualcomm announced that it's partnered with a number of global telecoms, smartphone companies, and AR/VR headset manufacturers to deliver 5G-enabled, smartphone-driven headsets to consumers and enterprise customers....

Former HTC CEO Unveils 5G-enabled VR Headset & Social VR Platform

At a special event in Taipei, Taiwan, HTC cofounder and former CEO Peter Chou today revealed the first products from the new startup XRSPACE. It's serving up both its own 5G-enabled standalone VR headset as well as a new social...

[Update] Magic Leap Secures $350M Funding to Avoid Previously Announced Layoffs

Magic Leap announced last month that layoffs impacting "every level of the company" were coming alongside a pivot away from its near-term consumer ambitions toward the enterprise space. Now, it appears those layoffs have been avoided with a fresh...

Rumor: Leaked HP Reverb G2 Images Show Four-camera Tracking, New Controllers

Images published by known Microsoft leaker 'WalkingCat' have revealed a new VR headset sporting the HP logo, which looks very similar to the company's previously revelead G2 Windows VR headset teased back in March. First announced as a collaboration between...

Oculus Anniversary Sale Brings Big Discounts on Quest & Rift Games

To celebrate the one year anniversary of the release of Quest and Rift S, Oculus is hosting a sale on heap of games for both headsets, including some Quest bundles with top titles. Oculus has kicked off its anniversary sale...
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