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‘L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files’ Gets Surprise Launch on PSVR with New Content, Technical Upgrades

During the PlayStation State of Play presentation, Sony announced that L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files will be available starting today on PSVR. L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files launched on PC VR headset back in 2017, offering up discrete slices of...

‘Arizona Sunshine’ DLC ‘The Damned’ Headed to PC VR & PSVR in October

Arizona Sunshine (2016) was supposed to get its biggest paid DLC mission to date last month, 'The Damned DLC'. Vertigo Games and Jaywalkers Interactive now say that fans won't have to wait much longer, as it's scheduled to come out...

7invensun Announces $150 Eye-tracking Module Supporting All HTC Headsets

Today at HTC's Vive Developer Meeting in Beijing and its simultaneous Shanghai-based Vive Ecosystem Conference, Chinese eye-tracking startup 7invensun debuted a new eye-tracking module that's not only affordable at $150 (¥1100 RMB), but is designed to support all of...

Facebook Acquires BCI Startup CTRL-Labs to Develop Neural Input Device

Facebook announced today plans to acquire CTRL-Labs, a brain-computer interface startup developing hardware and software for decoding electrical activity from the brain to be used for computer input. Facebook says that with the company's expertise, it plans to develop...
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Real-time Strategy & MOBA Inspired ‘Spuds Unearthed’ Available Now

Spuds Unearthed, a mashup title which combines real-time strategy and MOBA elements, has launched on Rift and Vive headsets following nearly nine months in Early Access. Set in a persistent battlescape where players contend against one another for planetary control,...
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Rhythm Shooter ‘Pistol Whip’ to Launch in November on Quest and PC VR, Trailer Here

Cloudhead Games, the studio behind The Gallery series and Aperture Hand Labs, today announced that its upcoming 'action-rhythm FPS' Pistol Whip is set to arrive on November 7th. Pistol Whip is said to include cross-buy for the Oculus Store version, meaning you'll only need...

VR Fitness Startup YUR Secures $1.1M Investment, Releases Calorie-counting Software for Quest

YUR, a VR fitness company, today announced it's secured $1.1 million in pre-seed funding, something the company says will help them to further use VR to address what it considers a 'worldwide epidemic of sedentary behavior'. The pre-seed investment round...

Apple AR Headset FOV, Codename, and Stereoscopic Rendering Mode Reportedly Found in iOS 13.1

Steadily becoming the biggest open-secret in the industry... more evidence has come to light that Apple in ongoing development of an AR headset. Inside iOS 13.1 beta 3, a developer claims to have found codenames, display dimensions, and fields...

VRsenal, Maker of ‘Beat Saber’ Arcade Cabinets, Rebuts Fraud Allegations

VRsenal, maker of out-of-home VR products including an officially licensed Beat Saber arcade cabinet, has pushed back on fraud allegations raised in an indictment filed by a Colorado court last month. On August 9th, a Larimer County, Colorado grand jury—which...

HTC is Giving Away 2 Free Months of Viveport Infinity to Samsung Odyssey Owners

Oculus Rift and Valve Index owners got their own promotions recently for a few free months of Viveport Infinity, HTC's Netflix-style VR game distribution platform. Now it's Samsung HMD Odyssey's turn, as Odyssey owners can get in on the...

Ultrahaptics Relaunches as ‘Ultraleap’ After Leap Motion Acquisition

Leap Motion, the optical hand-tracking firm, was acquired by Bristol, UK-based haptics company Ultrahaptics earlier this year. Now, Ultrahaptics is relaunching under a new name created to reflect its shared heritage: Ultraleap. Before the acquisition of Leap Motion and the...

Cyberpunk Adventure ‘LOW-FI’ to Feature Exclusive Music by GUNSHIP

Fans of British synthwave band GUNSHIP rejoice: LOW-FI, the upcoming cyberpunk VR game and spiritual successor to TECHNOLUST (2016), is getting an exclusive Gunship EP. IRIS VR released word in a Kickstarter update this week, revealing that not only will the game feature...
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Cartoon Network’s ‘Journeys VR’ Experience Gets Trippy with Reggie Watts, Trailer Here

Cartoon Network unveiled a new VR experience on Tuesday which is slated to take you on a magical trip through three original VR shorts. To guide you is—who else—the soothing baritone of comedian/musician Reggie Watts. Watts lends his voice to Gormlorm,...

How to Watch Oculus Connect 6 Keynotes Live in VR

Oculus Connect 6 is fast approaching, and while today is technically the last day for registration, you can still follow along with the company's annual developer conference next week both in and outside of VR. Taking place on September 25th...

Report: Facebook Strikes Deal with Ray-Ban Parent Company to Design “AR glasses”

Facebook is building augmented reality headsets with the intent of eventually bringing one to market, this much is clear from its many job postings, research projects, and forward-looking statements from company execs. Now, a CNBC report contends that Facebook...
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