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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...
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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...
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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...

‘Half-Life: Alyx’ is the Best Rated PC Game of 2020 & Best Rated Steam VR Game...

There was a lot riding on Half-Life: Alyx. Not only is it Valve's first Half-Life game in more than a decade, it is also the studio's first full fledged VR title. By the measurable reactions from critics and players...

Linden Lab Sells ‘Sansar’ to Wookey in Effort to Refocus on ‘Second Life’

Sansar, Linden Lab's VR-capable Second Life follow-up, is being spun out, the company's CEO has confirmed. Update (March 25th, 2020): Sansar has been acquired by Wookey Projects, a still fairly stealth San Francisco-based technology company. The exchange in IP is effective immediately. Linden...

HTC to Hold All of Its GDC 2020 Talks Live Online, Including Audience Q&A

The Game Developers Conference (GDC) got canned this year due to the coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19), but that's not stopping some companies from releasing their developer talks on the web for all to see. HTC is doing just that throughout...
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‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Post-credits Scene Clearly Sets the Stage for More ‘Half-Life’ in VR

Half-Life: Alyx launched on Monday to critical acclaim. The worst part about the game? After waiting so long, it's over all too soon. But, Valve has left a very significant tease that the game won't be the last Half-Life VR...

Sony to Slow PlayStation Downloads in Europe Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

In the wake of steaming services like YouTube and Netflix reducing video quality in Europe, PlayStation console owners will see a similar slowdown soon, although it's only slated to impact download speeds. Jim Ryan, President & CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment,...

Surreal Wildlife Sim ‘Paper Beast’ Launches on PSVR Today

Paper Beast, the surreal wildlife simulation from the creator behind cult classic platformer Another World (1991), was originally slated to arrive on PSVR sometime last year. The wait is however over, as developers Pixel Reef release Paper Beast on PSVR today. Update (March 24th, 2020): Paper...

‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Breaks Concurrent User Record for VR Game on Steam

Half-Life: Alyx (2020) launched yesterday on Steam, which not only symbolizes Valve's first dip back into the Half-Life franchise from over a decade, but also marks it as their first full-fledged VR title. You might not be too surprised to...
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