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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...

Facebook Shows Prototype AR/VR Interface Designed to Replace Your Laptop

In light of the global pandemic, Facebook announced last week it was making way for more productivity and collaboration apps on the Oculus Store to help bridge businesses together in a time of social distancing. Now, Facebook has shown...

Facebook’s ‘Oculus for Business’ Quest Enterprise Platform is Finally Openly Available

Facebook today announced that its Oculus for Business program is finally openly available. The program, which was announced more than a year ago, was slow to roll out as Facebook dealt only with a small number of select partners....

‘Iron Man VR’ Demo Now Available on PSVR, New Hardware Bundle Announced

Iron Man VR on PSVR was delayed several times earlier this year, but last week the game finally got a firm release date of July 3rd, 2020. We caught wind only a few hours ago that Sony was likely...

How to Record Mixed Reality Video on Oculus Quest

Did you know you can create your own mixed reality video on Oculus Quest and show off all your VR exploits to your adoring public? Oculus has published its own Mixed Reality Capture tool (MRC) to let you do just...

‘Apollo 11 VR’ Studio Secures $3.3M Funding from HTC for VR Education Platform ‘Engage’

Immersive VR Education, the studio behind Apollo 11 VR, Titanic VR, and social VR education platform ENGAGE, today announced that it's secured a €3 million (~$3.3 million) investment from HTC. The investment follows a recent HTC Vive Ecosystem Conference held in...

‘Tales from Soda Island’ is a Spectacular Animated Short Built Entirely in VR

Studio Syro, an indie VR animation studio, released the first installment of their short film series called Tales from Soda Island yesterday. Built entirely in Oculus Quill, the series kicks off with one of the most charming VR experiences you've...

Oculus is (still) Covering Unreal Engine Royalties for $5M in Revenue Per-game Through 2025

With the recent news that Unreal Engine was permanently waiving engine royalties for the first $1 million in app revenue, we were reminded of a similar program for VR apps based on Unreal Engine 4 that Oculus established back...

Latest Figures Suggest ‘Resident Evil 7’ Has Exceeded 1.25 Million PSVR Players

Capcom has announced that Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (2017) has shipped 7.5 million units. This new figure, when combined with official in-game player stats, suggests that the game has achieved an impressive milestone of reaching more than 1.25 million PSVR...

Rumor: Apple AR Glasses Leak Points to Name, Price & Possible Launch Window

We know that Apple has been developing an AR headset since at least 2017, but outside of what we gathered from files hidden in iOS 13.1 late last year though, which included a sizable trove of information on the...

[Update] ‘Beat Saber’ is Getting 40+ New Free Beat Maps Next Week

If you've been looking for more content to play on Beat Saber (2018), you won't have to wait too long, as Beat Games today announced that the block-slashing rhythm game is getting a big content drop next week including 40+ new...

Facebook to Start Accepting Collaboration & Productivity Apps on Oculus Quest

For many, remote work may be a new long-term reality. In that spirit, Facebook today announced that it will be introducing more collaboration and productivity apps to the Oculus Store for Quest soon. The first productivity apps are said to...

“More than 10” Quest Apps Have Earned $2 Million in Revenue in a Year or Less

With the one year anniversary of Oculus Quest this week, Facebook is sharing a handful of interesting stats, including the fact that "more than 10" Quest games and apps have earned $2 million in revenue in their first year...

Quest Hand-tracking Graduates From Beta, Third-party Apps Launch Next Week

Facebook introduced controllerless hand-tracking in beta on Oculus Quest late last year and it has remained an "experimental" feature ever since. This week the company says Quest hand-tracking will be rolling out as a full-fledged feature, with third-party hand-tracking...

‘Superhot VR’ Has Now Sold More Than 2 Million Copies

Superhot VR (2016) has now gone double platinum, putting the stylish red-guy-smashing action game at over two million copies sold across all VR platforms. Released in 2016 on Rift as an Oculus Touch launch title, Superhot VR eventually made its way...
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