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Facebook Shuffles Top Oculus Executives

It looks like Facebook is shaking up Oculus and reassigning some of its top executives to new positions within the parent company, notably affecting head of content Jason Rubin and Oculus leader Hugo Barra. Both Rubin and Barra announced their...

VR Melee Action Game ‘Swords of Gargantua’ Heads into Open Beta Next Week

Japan-based studios Gumi Inc. and Yomuneco today announced that the melee-focused VR game Swords of Gargantua is heading into open beta soon for Vive and Rift. Update (May 9th, 2019): Gumi Inc. and Yomuneco today announced that Swords of Gargantua is headed soon for open...

HTC Invests in 17 AR/VR Startups in Latest Vive X Accelerator Program

HTC is now on its fourth batch in its $100 million accelerator program, which offers education, investment and mentorship to startups doing unique and and interesting things around VR and AR. Like years prior, the accelerator program is spread out...

‘Star Wars Vader Immortal’ Review on Quest – Come for the Story, Stay for the Lightsabers

Though Oculus Quest still doesn't launch until the 21st, Oculus has seen fit to give us full access to one of its biggest launch titles: Star Wars Vader Immortal – Episode 1. This "narrative virtual reality adventure" does a...

Daydream & VR Nowhere to be Seen at Google I/O

If you've felt that Google has been quiet about their Daydream VR initiative for a worrying amount of time, you aren't alone. Their annual developer conference, Google I/O, this week is the latest opportunity for the company update the...

Sony Announces 2 New PSVR Bundles Coming This Month

If you were wondering what Sony's next big hardware bundles were going to be, wonder no more. Sony today announced two PSVR bundles, one of which features the cinematic shooter Blood & Truth and beloved golfing franchise game Everybody's...

‘High Fidelity’ Refocuses on Enterprise Market, Lays off 25% of Staff

High Fidelity, the VR platform from Second Life creator Philip Rosedale, announced that the company has laid off 25 percent of its staff in a new shift that will put a much heavier emphasis on enterprise usecases. Rosedale announced the...

Location-based VR Attraction ‘Hologate’ Celebrates 2 Million Player Milestone

Hologate, a Munich-based startup, today announced that their eponymous world-wide VR attraction has taken in two million visitors since it was first launched in 2017. The virtual reality hardware company and VR gaming/experience studio boasts over 250 installations spanning Europe,...

This is What ‘Virtual Desktop’ Looks Like on Oculus Quest

Virtual Desktop has been a fixture in VR since the early days of the Oculus developer kits, first releasing as a tech demo back in 2014. The single-user app, which lets you stream your desktop monitor in VR, is now...

HP Reverb Review – An Impressive Headset Stuck with Windows VR Controllers

Reverb is HP's second VR headset, and this time around the company is aiming mainly at the enterprise market, but not shying away from selling individual units at a consumer price point. As the highest resolution headset presently available...

HP’s High-res ‘Reverb’ Headset to Launch May 6th Starting at $600

HP today announced Reverb (formerly codenamed 'Copper') in March, the successor to the company's first Windows VR headset. Reverb's high-res displays raise the bar on pixel density among consumer VR headsets. Sporting a design that's a significant departure from...

Microsoft Aims to Get More Devs into AR with New HoloLens 2 Development Edition

Microsoft today announced they're releasing a developer-focused HoloLens 2 bundle that aims to make the AR headset and software tools more accessible to developers and businesses. Aptly named the HoloLens 2 Development Edition, Microsoft is pitching the bundle staring at...
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‘Doctor Who’ VR Experience is Coming Soon to Vive, Rift & Oculus Mobile, Trailer Here

The BBC debuted their latest VR experience, Doctor Who: The Runaway, at Tribeca Film Festival last week. Now, the company's VR division says the 12-minute animated experience, which is voiced by the original actors, is slated to land on PC VR...

Magic Leap Raises $280M from Japanese Telecom NTT DOCOMO

Magic Leap, one of the most well-funded startups in history, just took on a $280 million investment from Japan-based mobile phone operator NTT DOCOMO. As Japan’s largest mobile operator, Docomo is slated to be Magic Leap's exclusive telecommunications partner in...

Index’s ‘Off-ear’ Headphones Are Its Most Surprising Innovation

Valve finally revealed their new Index headset and it's got some pretty impressive specs. From improved resolution and field of view to a display which can run up to 144Hz, there's a lot to like. But one of the...
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