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News Bits: Warner Bros. Promotes ‘Into the Storm’ With Oculus Rift DK2 Mixed Reality Experience at...
A number of Oculus Rift experiences have popped up at this week's annual Comic Con event in San Diego. At least one, a promotional demo for Warner Bros. new film Into the Storm, is confirmed to use the just-released...
This ‘Fallout 4 VR’ Modpack Brings VR-native Overhaul to the Wasteland
There are a ton of Fallout 4 VR mods out there since it launched on the first generation of consumer VR headsets back in 2017, most of which you can find on NexusMods. If you're looking for an all-in-one solution that...
‘Beat Saber’ PSVR Review – Move & Groove as You Slice & Dice
VR's signature slice and dice rhythm game has finally come to PSVR and has managed to squeezes the most out of the platform's tracking performance to deliver an experience which feels nearly comparable to its PC counterpart. Along with a...
‘Arcade Legend’ Lets You Run Your Own Virtual Arcade, Free Demo Coming Soon
Arcade Legend is an upcoming arcade simulator for PC VR headsets that not only lets you manage your own arcade, but also collect and play officially licensed arcade games too.
It's been a rough year for arcades, yours included. Now...
‘Horizon Worlds’ is Getting AI-powered NPCs Soon That Talk, Guide and React in Real Time
Meta laid out the next step of its AI integration strategy for social VR platform Horizon Worlds, noting that "very soon" creators will be able to add AI-powered NPCs to their worlds.
Earlier this year Meta introduced non-embodied NPCs, essentially...
New ‘EVE: Valkyrie’ Update ‘Groundrush’ is Bringing Planet-based Dogfights
EVE: Valkyrie (2016), the arcade dogfighter from EVE Online studio CCP Games, is about to get a big update that promises to take the game in what lead game dev Andrew Willans says via an official Sony blogpost "new and exciting...
Pimax Delays Dream Air and Dream Air SE to December, SLAM Versions Likely to 2026
Pimax issued an update detailing its upcoming fleet of micro-OLED PC VR headsets, which also included info on a delay affecting its thin and light headsets, Dream Air and Dream Air SE.
The update, seen at the bottom of the...
Windows Mixed Reality Dev Headsets Ship This Month, VR Content Coming to Xbox Scorpio
The Acer Windows Mixed Reality Development Edition headset is shipping this month, the first HMD to include the inside-out tracking technology pioneered on the HoloLens. This marks the beginning of the rollout of Microsoft-endorsed VR headsets that support ‘world...
Check Out the Next World Record Attempt for Longest Time in VR, Live Stream Here
Michael Kantack, a developer at South Korea-based indie studio Get Off the Roof, is currently attempting to break the Guinness Record for Longest VR Marathon. Kantack intends on staying 50 hours in his HTC Vive in MakeVR (2017) working on 3D models...
‘Smashbox Arena’ Studio Announces VR Battle Royale ‘Population: ONE’
You might think battle royale shooters are passé, but until we get a really good one in VR, it isn't over yet. Enter Population: ONE, a newly announced VR battle royale from BigBox VR, the developers behind Smashbox Arena (2016).
On...
The First $100 You Should Spend on Oculus Rift Games
Oculus Rift pre-orders have been hitting doorsteps in limited quantities for the past few days (the first pre-order got hand-delivered from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey himself), but today marks the official launch of both the headset and the headset's software platform,...
One of Meta’s Most Well-funded VR Games is Shuttering Multiplayer This Year
Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond (2020) was set to be the storied franchise's first big push into virtual reality when it launched in late 2020, offering up some of its characteristic WWII combat missions alongside what hoped to...
Studio Behind ‘DOOM 3’ VR Port Announces Layoffs
Archiact, the veteran studio known for a host of VR titles, announced it's laying off a portion of its staff.
The number of staff affected by the layoff hasn't been confirmed. The studio says however in an X post that it's...
Meta’s Next-gen Avatar Presentation Was Too Good to Be True… For Now at Least
This week Meta showed off a preview of its next-gen avatars during the Connect keynote. Frankly, they looked great! However, there's... less than meets the eye here.
When Mark Zuckerberg appeared in Horizon during the Connect 2022 keynote sporting a next-gen...
Amazon, Qualcomm & More Invest $11.2M in TRIPP to Build the “mindful metaverse”
TRIPP, a developer creating VR meditation experiences, announced it's secured $11.2 million funding round which it says will be used to expand so it can meet growing global demand for mental wellbeing apps accessible through AR, VR and mobile...



















