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Snap Acquires AR Display Startup WaveOptics for Over $500M

Snap Inc is making some definite strides into augmented reality territory as of late. It not only announced yesterday that its next-gen version of Spectacles will be a AR device, but it's now come to light that the company...
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PSVR Support Announced for ‘Hitman III’ on PS4 & PS5, Launching January 2021

Hitman III, the next game in the long running stealth action franchise, has been confirmed to include optional PSVR support for the entire game and World of Assassination trilogy. Today developer IO Interactive announced that Hitman III will include optional VR support...
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‘AirMech: Command’ Gets Major Oculus Touch Update, Launches on Steam VR

VR motion control comes to AirMech: Command, and the game has been released on Steam with support for multiple VR headsets and controllers through OpenVR. The game originally appeared as a launch title for the Oculus Rift in March...

StubHub ‘Virtual View’ Lets You Preview Your Seats Before Buying Tickets

Ticket marketplace StubHub has launched a new 'Virtual View' feature which will let users know exactly what the view from their seats will look like before buying tickets. If you've ever gone through the process of buying tickets to a...

Visualizing the Latest Features Found in Oculus SDK v0.6.0.0

A clever set of visualizations covering some of the major changes to Oculus' new software developers kit (SDK) has surfaced, and may help the non-developers among us get a better grip on exactly what these changes mean for VR. Thanks to...

Epic Games to Award $100 Million to Devs with New ‘MegaGrants’

Epic Games today announced at GDC that the company is set to turbo-charge their long-running developer grant initiative with 'MegaGrants' and the largest pool of funds yet, $100,000,000. Epic have been running developer-focused funding initiatives for many years now, with...

Sony Has Sold Over 2 Million PSVR Units Worldwide Since Launch

As a testament to the strength of high-quality VR with a relatively low entry price, Sony today announced they've sold more than 2 million units to consumers worldwide as of December 3rd, 2017. The success, Sony says in a press release...
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Oculus at GDC 2013 — Hands-on with Hawken, TF2, DriVR, and Epic Citadel [video]

The Oculus Rift is at GDC 2013 this week. Earlier today I met with the Oculus team and got to test out he developer kit with the brand new Hawken, TF2, and DriVR and more. I also sat down...

Classic RTS ‘Homeworld’ is Getting a Brand New VR Game for Quest Next Month

Relic Entertainment, the studio behind the classic real-time strategy franchise Homeworld, announced it's releasing its all-new VR game for Quest next month, putting players in its iconic 3D space battles. Update (April 23rd, 2024): Relic Entertainment and FarBridge announced that Homeworld: Vast...

Immersive Web Company Infinite Reality Raises $3 Billion From a Private Investor

Infinite Reality, a company building an engine for creating immersive web content underpinned with WebXR support, announced it has raised a whopping $3 billion to continue building the company's "vision for the next generation of the internet." Not only...

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...

Wind Simulation Accessory for VR Headsets Hits $30k Crowdfunding Goal on Day One

Launched on November 2nd, the crowdfunding campaign for ZephVR, a VR fan accessory that “adds realistic wind at the right moments” achieved its $30,000 goal on Kickstarter in just a few hours, with 30 days remaining in the campaign....

2 New Samsung Gear VR Ads Introduce VR to the Masses (video)

Though consumer virtual reality R&D has been healthily reignited, the challenge of marketing these new devices begins to take rise. Samsung is first to take a stab at selling VR to everyday consumers, and that means somehow explaining what...

‘Pinball FX2 VR’ Coming to Vive and PSVR Along with Walking Dead Table on November 29th

Pinball FX2 VR’s timed exclusivity with Oculus shortly comes to an end, with the game due to arrive on HTC Vive and PlayStation VR on November 29th. At the same time, the popular Walking Dead-themed table shuffles its way...

CCP Games Releases First Major Update to ‘SPARC’ Despite 2017 VR Pullback

In late 2017, CCP Games shuttered their VR-producing studios, shifting their focus to PC and mobile games after selling off the Newcastle branch behind EVE: Valkryie (2016) and closing down the Atlanta-based branch behind SPARC (2017). Although CCP made...
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