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‘Freediver: Triton Down’ is a Short But Worthwhile Adventure Full of Good Ideas

Freediver: Triton Down launched quietly at the end of May, and while the $9 price reflects its short playtime, the title demonstrates a strong grasp of VR game design with a 'swimming' locomotion mechanic which is woven into the...

HTC Strikes Down Vive Cosmos Price Rumor, Confirming Sub-$900 Price Point

YouTube channel MRTV today reported an expected price of $900 for the upcoming Vive Cosmos headset, citing a "trusted industry insider." Responding to the rumor, HTC tells Road to VR that the price is "incorrect (and high)." HTC is slowly revealing...
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Rift Exclusive ‘Defector’ Launches July 11th, New Gameplay Glimpse Revealed

Oculus has finally revealed the price and release date for Defector, the upcoming Rift exclusive from Oculus Studios and Twisted Pixel. Set for release on July 11th for $20, the game promises to deliver action-movie thrills in VR. Along...

HTC Unveils New Cosmos Design, 6 Inside-out Cameras & Removable Faceplate

HTC today unveiled a new design for Cosmos, the company's upcoming inside-out tracked PC VR headset slated for release in Q3 2019. HTC posted the unveiling in a video on the Vive Facebook page, mentioning the headset's codename 'D120165'. HTC further...
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Watch 20 Minutes of ‘Asgard’s Wrath’ Gameplay

Sanzaru Games and Oculus Studios showed off a new demo for their upcoming melee adventure Asgard's Wrath at this year's E3. We got a chance to not only jump in to see more of the game's questing, but also get...

Viveport Has Earned a Second Chance Thanks to Infinity

HTC launched Viveport, their VR game marketplace, back in August 2016 to relatively little fanfare. It didn't boast any compelling exclusives or big draws when it came to content deals, and was notorious for being a buggy, unstable mess....

‘Beat Saber’ Scoring Explained – It’s All in the Technique

With the release of Oculus Quest, more and more players are jumping into Beat Saber. And while it's easy enough to cut cubes to the beat, there's a trick to achieving the highest score. Here's how scoring works in Beat...

Virtuix Debuts ‘VR Arena’ Attraction at Dave & Buster’s Austin Location

Virtuix, the company behind the VR treadmill Virtuix Omni, debuted their previously announced VR eSports attraction 'Omniverse VR Arena' at the Dave & Buster's location in Austin, Texas this past week. The location-based attraction accommodates up to four players, and...

Xbox Game Studios Has (inadvertently?) Acquired Heaps of VR Development Talent

A year ago, in response to Sony consistently delivering high-quality exclusives for PS4, Microsoft made a commitment to rejuvenating its first-party game development efforts and went on a shopping spree, acquiring a handful of respected studios to bolster its...

Hands-on: ‘After the Fall’ is a Pretty Zombie Shooter That Doesn’t Understand Immersion

After the Fall is an upcoming co-op VR zombie shooter that promises to let groups of up to four players battle for survival within a zombie infested landscape. Revealed last week at E3 2019, the game's first demo offered...
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Watch: ‘Beat Saber’ 360 Mode Feels like a New Way to Play

Developer Beat Games last week revealed a new '360 mode' for their VR hit Beat Saber. Notes can now come from all around the player instead of just straight ahead. While it feels like a fun new way to play,...

Hands-on: ‘Asgard’s Wrath’ Shows Titanic Ambition & Visual Finesse

Backed by Oculus Studios, Sanzaru Games' next big title for Rift, Asgard's Wrath, doesn't have a release date yet, although at E3 this week I got a chance to try out the latest demo, which reveals more of the...

Studio Behind Social VR App ‘Rec Room’ Raises $24 Million in Funding

Against Gravity, the studio behind the popular social VR game Rec Room, has raised an addition $24 million in venture capital across two investment rounds. Speaking to TechCrunch, Against Gravity says that it has raised $24 million in venture funding in...

Oculus is Forcing the Removal of SteamVR Streaming from Quest App, Dev Says

The developer of Virtual Desktop, a Quest app which allows users to stream their PC desktop to the headset for use in VR, says that after the recent addition of a feature which allowed SteamVR games to be played on Quest,...

‘Lone Echo II’ Roughly 50% Larger Than Its Predecessor, E3 Demo Reveals New Gameplay

This week at E3 2019, Oculus is showing their first ever demo of Lone Echo II, the anticipated followup to 2017's Lone Echo. While the first game was an achievement in VR locomotion, interaction, and storytelling, Lone Echo II aims to...
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