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VRMMO ‘Zenith’ Kickstarter Pushes Past $200,000 in Funding with 2 Weeks Left
Ramen VR, a new indie studio, launched a Kickstarter recently to help fund an ambitious new MMO called Zenith, a game currently being built for both VR and desktop users.
Update (September 11th, 2019): Zenith has officially topped over $200k,...
iOS 13 Code Suggests Apple is Testing Its AR Headset Internally
Apple may not have shown off any AR tech at the company's grand iPhone 11 unveiling yesterday, however thanks to some newly discovered code in a recent built of iOS 13, it appears Apple is testing its own AR...
HTC Vive Cosmos Pre-orders to Start September 12th
HTC Vive Cosmos, the company's upcoming PC VR headset, is officially going into pre-order starting September 12th.
HTC announced the news via Twitter, saying that more information, including specs, price, and special offers will be made public at the time...
Exclusive: Vality is Building a Compact VR Headset with Ultra-high Resolution
Germany-based startup Vality is developing a VR headset that aims to offer near-retina resolution in a compact form-factor. This week, Road to VR got an exclusive hands-on with an early prototype of the Vality headset.
Vality wants to rewrite the definition of...
‘Battlewake’ Review – Explosive Nautical Combat in Need of Deeper Waters
Battlewake is a pirate ship combat game that seems to have it all; not only does it boast a campaign for both solo and two-player co-op, but also online PvP and a co-op 'ongoing missions' mode—certainly nothing to sneeze at in...
WaveOptics Secures Additional $13M to Expand AR Optics Manufacturing
WaveOptics, a designer and manufacturer of waveguide optics for AR displays, announced it's raised a total of $39 million (£30m) in Series C funding, something the company says will help scale its business operations in the UK, US and...
‘NOSTOS’ Beta Gameplay Highlights the Pitfalls of ‘VR-optional’ Game Design
In development by NetEase Games, NOSTOS is an online RPG due to launch later this year on PC with optional VR support. The game recently had a closed-beta period which gives a good look at how things are shaping up with...
Here’s What 100 Hours of VR Drum Practice Gets You
Virtual reality drumming app Paradiddle recently accepted submissions for VR drummers to show off their skills. One drummer, who says they've never played drums in the real world, submitted a killer cover of 'Assassin' by MUSE.
Yet another case for the power...
Valve Developer to Talk About Secretive ‘Flagship VR Title’ at DigiPen Next Week
When it comes to game development, Valve is probably one of the most notorious of black boxes; there's still no telling what the studio has in store for its promised three 'full-length' VR titles, let alone the one planned...
Lenovo Mirage AR Headset Returns with New Marvel Game & 6DOF Controllers
Lenovo first released its smartphone-powered Mirage AR headset last year alongside its sole title, Star Wars: Jedi Challenges (2018), a collection of short AR games that let you do things like fight Darth Vader & Co. with a lightsaber-shaped controller,...
Björk Releases ‘Vulnicura Virtual Reality Album’, A Collection of Immersive Music Videos
The perennially avant-garde singer-songwriter Björk has brought her entire 2015 album, Vulnicura, to virtual reality. Available today, headset owners can finally get to dive into a collection of immersive music videos that only previously graced museums worldwide via the...
Immersive Social Platform ‘VRChat’ Raises $10 Million in Venture Capital
VRChat announced today that it has closed a $10 million Series C investment to continue expanding its immersive social platform which is steeped in user-generated content.
VRChat is an immersive social platform that allows VR and non-VR users to socialize...
Small Form Factor Locomotion Device ‘VRGO Mini’ Surpasses Kickstarter Goal
Bristol, UK-based designer Joe Ryan launched his first Kickstarter back in 2015, the VRGO chair locomotion device, which saw a modest £22,100 (~$27,000) in crowdfunds. Now, a smaller form factor version of the device is being launched through a...
Step Into Daft Punk’s ‘One More Time’ in This VR Fan Tribute
Daft Punk's Interstella 5555 (2003) is an hour-long film that expertly blends the electronic music duo's album Discovery with some pretty striking visuals, courtesy of Japanese anime studio Toei Animation. Now, thanks to a group of fans led by Sydney-based VR developer Jake...
Ubisoft Confirms “unannounced AAA VR project,” Building New 50 Person Team for the Task
Ubisoft, which has released five VR titles to date, confirmed that it's building a large, 50 person team to develop an "unannounced AAA project" using one of the company's well known IPs.
Ubisoft has confirmed to VRFocus that it's spinning up a...



















