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Review: ‘Fated’ is a Viking Age Adventure That Plays a Number on Your Heartstrings

I try not to let my emotions get the better of me, but in Fated: The Silent Oath, a first-person action-adventure game recently released for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, there's really nothing I could do to ward off the strange feeling...
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Long-Time Oculus Exclusive ‘Lucky’s Tale’ Finally Releases on PSVR

Lucky's Tale (2016), the plucky little 3D platformer that launched on Rift back in 2016, has finally made its way to PlayStation VR.It's been a long road for Lucky's Tale. After being remastered for Quest 2 in November 2021,...
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VR & Flatscreen Indie Hit ‘Exit 8’ is Getting a Live Action Movie This Year, Trailer...

Exit 8 (2023), the indie hit walking simulator for PC and VR headsets, is getting a live action film, bringing its Tokyo underground anomalies to the big screen this year. Exit 8 is being made into a full-length film for worldwide...

CES 2018 ‘Day 2’ Roundup – Pimax ‘8K’ Impressions, Pico Neo, ‘Blade Runner’ 6DoF Game, ‘Electronauts’...

With day two of CES 2018 behind us, we take a look at some of the bigger news to come out of the show in today's news roundup: Pimax 8K impressions, Pico Neo brings Viveport mobile out of China,...

Microsoft Affirms New HoloLens Headset is in Development

Despite some reports last year suggesting that Microsoft may have discontinued HoloLens, the company has affirmed its work on a new version of the AR headset. Back in July of 2017, HoloLens' Director of Science, Marc Pollefeys, wrote that the company was working...

Microsoft is Adding Pass-through Video to Windows VR Headsets

A beta version of Windows 10 now includes support for a pass-through video mode for Windows VR headsets, allowing users to look out at the world around them through the headset's on-board cameras. This week Microsoft released Windows 10 Insider Preview...

Facebook Reality Labs Says Varifocal Optics Are “almost ready for primetime,” Details HDR Research

Facebook Reality Labs, the company's R&D department, previously revealed its 'Half Dome' prototype headsets which demonstrated functional varifocal optics small enough for a consumer VR headset. At a conference earlier this year, the Lab's Director of Display Systems Research...

Mojo Vision Raises Additional $45M to Put Smart Contacts in the Eyes of Athletes

Mojo Vision announced it's raised an additional $45 million in its Series B-1 investment round, something the company says will support further development of Mojo Lens, its early stage smart contact lens. Mojo Lens is ostensibly years away from commercialization,...

Oculus Founder Expects No Next-gen VR Headsets From Market Incumbents Before Mid-2018

Oculus' founder Palmer Luckey, who left the company in March, recently opened up on record for the first time in an interview since September 2016. Among a range of topics discussed, Luckey spoke of the timeline of future VR headsets...

Samsung’s Leaked AR Concept Videos Reveal Its Augmented Ambitions

Leaked concept video featuring two Samsung AR devices has come to light. Although just concepts and not functioning products as such, it's clear the Korean tech giant is gearing up to compete with companies like Facebook and Apple as...

Valve Reveals Top Selling VR Games on Steam in 2018

As we head into the New Year, Valve has released a look back at 2018’s best selling VR titles on Steam. Alongside the ongoing Steam Winter Sale (concluding January 3rd @ 10AM PT), Valve has published a series of ‘The Best...

Report: Nearly 10,000 People at Facebook Are Working on AR & VR

By now, it's pretty clear Facebook is serious about leading virtual and augmented reality. Further underling Facebook's bet that immersive technologies are the future of computing, a report from The Information claims that the company is currently employing nearly...

Report: Apple AR Headset Could Rely on iPhone for Rendering & Connectivity

Several reports over the past two years have suggested Apple is getting ready to manufacture an AR headset, and possibly ship it sometime in 2020—something that's so far unsubstantiated by the company itself. Now highly respected industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, someone...

Three New STEM VR Controller Videos Show Incredible Lightsaber and Gun Interactions

I am incredibly excited about the near-future of VR after seeing these three new videos from Sixense, makers of the forthcoming STEM VR controller. The new videos demonstrate the exciting user experiences that become possible when players move from...
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Parkour-shooter ‘STRIDE’ Delayed on PSVR to “late 2021”

The high-flying shooter STRIDE (2020) from developer Joy Way is making its way to PSVR this year, however it's coming a bit later than the anticipated 'early 2021' release window. Update (March 30th, 2021): Joy Way announced via Reddit that its PSVR version...
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