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Oculus is Selling Refurbished Original Rifts for $300
Looking for a solid VR headset on the cheap? Or maybe a legacy headset for your growing collection? Oculus is now selling its 2016-era Rift for $300 for a limited time.
The company is selling a limited supply of refurbished...
‘Lies Beneath’ Review – A Nightmarish Shooter Oozing with Comic Book Style
Lies Beneath is a single-player survivor horror from Drifter Entertainment, the studio behind Gunheart (2018), Rise of the Gunters (2018), and the Quest version of Robo Recall (2016). Departing somewhat from its previous VR titles, Drifter has delivered a gritty, stylish standalone...
‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Update Improves Support for Left-handed Players
The latest Half-Life: Alyx patch, Update 1.2, brings a handful of adjustments and fixes, as well as improved support for left-handed players.
When you start a new game in Half-Life: Alyx, the game asks you to select your 'Weapon Hand' which becomes...
Roto VR Picks up $1.86M Investment to Support Roll-out of Rotating VR Chair
Roto VR, the UK-based makers of the eponymous 360-degree VR chair, today announced its completed a £1.5 million (~$1.86 million) funding round. Investors include Consumer Venture Capital Trust, Pembroke VCT, and The TVB Growth Fund.
You may remember Roto VR...
Strivr Secures $30M Series B Financing to Accelerate Adoption of VR Training
Strivr, the immersive VR training company, announced the successful completion of a $30 million financing round, something the startup says will help it further expand adoption of enterprise-focused immersive learning.
The Series B financing round was led by Georgian Partners,...
Valve Revamps Steam Survey to More Accurately Count VR Headsets
Valve's long running Steam Survey has been one of the most transparent data sources for gauging which VR headsets are the most used. Now the company says it's revamping the way it collects data to more accurately count VR...
9 ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Mods We’d Love to See
Half-Life: Alyx has only been out for a week now, but many who have finished the game are already itching for more. While we don't expect to see any major post-release changes to the game from Valve itself, the...
Facebook Signs Exclusivity Deal with AR Display Maker Plessey
Facebook is taking an important step towards releasing its first AR headset, as the company has signed an exclusivity agreement with UK-based AR display maker Plessey to supply the company with microLED displays.
"We have decided to work with Facebook...
‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Now Among Steam’s 10 Best Rated Games Ever, Surpassing All Other ‘Half-Life’ Titles
As more people have had the opportunity to play Half-Life: Alyx over the first weekend since its release at the beginning of last week, the game's user ratings have surged yet higher. Surpassing all other Half-Life games along its way, Half-Life: Alyx is now...
Oculus Brings ‘Slo Mo Guys’ 3D Mini-series to Quest and Go, but not Rift
With the help of Oculus, YouTube sensation The Slo Mo Guys has launched an eight-part mini-series on Oculus Quest via Oculus TV. The mini-series brings the channel's signature high-speed footage into the 3D realm.
In the latest example of Oculus' unfortunately...
Dueling Game ‘Ironlights’ Coming to PC VR & Quest in April
E McNeill, the developer behind VR strategy games Darknet (2015), Tactera (2016), and Astraeus (2018), is launching a new VR title next month called Ironlights which aims to bring a strategic bend to the melee combat genre.
Update (February 12th, 2020): The Ironlights Kickstarter...
Google’s ‘Tilt Brush’ Finally Comes to PSVR Today
Google has taken its sweet time bringing its VR creation app Tilt Brush (2016) to PSVR, although having recently slimmed down the app to fit on the modest mobile chipset of Oculus Quest may have given the company needed incentive...
Timbaland ‘Beat Saber’ Music Pack Now Available on All Platforms
New music for Beat Saber (2018) seems to be flowing in at faster clip ever since Facebook acquired Beat Games, the Czech Republic-based VR studio. Now, the creators have announced that a new music pack from rapper & producer Timbaland...
The 10 Best SteamVR Games to Play in 2020
Thanks to Steam's hardware agnostic approach, it's become the defacto repository of all things PC VR (excluding Oculus exclusives, of course). Every major PC VR headset is supported through the SteamVR platform, including Oculus Rift S, HTC Vive, Valve Index,...
How to Clean Your VR Headset
Would you wear the same pair of underwear multiple months in a row, sitting in the flaked remains of your dried sweat and bodily detritus which has justifiably ejected itself from your filthy human body? Don't answer that! Whatever...



















