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15 VR Games We Can’t Wait to Play in 2020

We loved 2019 for its bounty of VR games and emphasis on new hardware, but 2020 is looking to bring a host of big budget titles and polished indies alike that should not only keep us all happily strapped...

‘Snow Crash’ TV Series Coming to HBO Max, Neal Stephenson to Executive Produce

Neal Stephenson's classic cyberpunk novel Snow Crash (1992) is an oft referenced starting point for many in the VR scene. Now, a Deadline exclusive holds that HBO Max is officially developing a TV series out of the novel. According to Deadline, Michael...
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Tested Goes Hands-on with ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Using 8 Major VR Headsets

Valve let Tested's Norman Chan and Will Smith into their headquarters recently for a multi-hour session with Half-Life: Alyx, the studio's famed flagship VR game coming out in March 2020. Chan and Smith couldn't reveal plot details and some of...

Road to VR’s 2019 Game of the Year Awards

Every year is the biggest year for virtual reality. It seems more developers are delving into VR to explore the medium, hone their techniques and find out what works and what doesn't. Virtual reality fans walk a similar path;...

HaptX Secures $12M Financing to Produce Next Generation of Haptic Gloves

HaptX, a producer of haptic VR gloves, today announced it's secured $12 million in its Series A financing round. The company has additionally signed a strategic partnership with Advanced Input Systems, which the companies say will include shared product...

Logitech’s VR Stylus for SteamVR Now Available for Pre-order for $750

Logitech's enterprise-focused VR stylus is now available for pre-order. The $750 'VR Ink Pilot Edition' uses SteamVR Tracking and offers up a more natural and precise input modality for a handful of art & design focused VR tools. Logitech revealed...

PlayStation London Studio Working on New VR Exclusive, Likely for PSVR 2

Sony's PlayStation London Studio, the developer behind PSVR exclusive Blood & Truth, is already at work on their next VR exclusive project, Road to VR has learned. Considering the timing and scope of London Studio's work, we expect the title will target...

SteamVR Update Streamlines Interface for Ease-of-use Ahead of ‘Half-Life: Alyx’

An update to SteamVR has brought a slew of interface changes which aim to improve ease-of-use and address the software's dense array of settings. Update (December 17th, 2019): Valve today pushed the SteamVR 1.9.13 update out of beta and into...

Didimo Announces $6.9M in New Funding to Further Develop 3D Digital Human Capture

Didimo, a Portugal-based firm that creates digital models of humans, today announced that it's raised more than $4.9 million from new and existing investors including Portugal Ventures, Farfetch UK Ltd., Bynd VC, Beta-I and LC Ventures. The funding follows a...

New Pimax ‘Artisan’ Headset Mysteriously Unveiled Ahead of CES

Pimax unveiled a new VR headset called 'Artisan' yesterday that, according to Pimax European Marketing Director Martin "SweViver" Lammi, shouldn't have been revealed until CES 2020. Pimax tweeted this cryptic image yesterday, and also published it to their website: https://twitter.com/pimaxofficial/status/1206521744426536960 The headset is lower...

Oculus Will ‘wait for feedback’ on Quest While Considering Hand-tracking for Rift S

Oculus rolled out hand-tracking on Oculus Quest last week as an experimental feature, but the company says it's waiting on feedback before it commits to bringing the capability to its latest PC headset, the Rift S. Though the company has...

Microsoft’s Social VR Platform ‘AltspaceVR’ Revamped for Improved Event Hosting

Microsoft's social VR platform, AltspaceVR, has been updated with a renewed emphasis on event hosting. While it's always been possible to hop into AltspaceVR just to hang out and chat, the platform is honing in on a use-case where users come to...

‘Bigscreen’ Brings Paid Movies to Social VR Platform, Showing Select 2D & 3D Films

Bigscreen today announced it's launched a new feature called Bigscreen Cinema, which brings a paid option to its free social VR platform that will let you buy a ticket to watch select 2D and 3D films each week. Films, which...

Varjo Unveils ‘Workspace’ User Interface, Exploring the Future of Always-on AR/VR Workflows

Varjo Technologies today announced its new user interface, code-named ‘Varjo Workspace’, which is designed to seamlessly let professionals use their Windows computer applications and 3D software tools with the company's recently announced developer-focused AR/VR headset, Varjo XR-1. The company's software...

Impressive Bowshooter ‘Sacralith: The Archer’s Tale’ to Launch on PSVR Soon

Sacralith: The Archer's Tale (2018), a story-driven bowshooter from Moscow-based indie studio Odd Meter, demonstrated some relatively high polish when it was first released on PC VR headsets last year. Now, the studio says its making its way to...
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