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Oculus Explains Why It Doesn’t Think the Time is Right for ‘Rift 2’ or ‘Rift Pro’

With last month's announcement of the Rift S, it became clear that Oculus was not ready to deliver a 'Rift 2', and instead opted to focus on making the existing Rift experience easier to use, rather than pleasing enthusiasts...
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VRMMO ‘OrbusVR: Reborn’ Expansion Launches Tomorrow, Quest Support Coming Spring 2019

Orbus Online, the indie studio behind OrbusVR, announced that their first expansion ‘Reborn’ now has an official street date. The studio also released word that users will be able to jump into the game on Quest "later this spring." OrbusVR is a...

Linden Lab CEO: ‘We’re Pitching ‘Sansar’ Less as a VR Platform Now’

Linden Lab's website maintains Sansar is their platform for creating social VR experiences, and that "Sansar will democratize VR as a creative medium, making it easy for people to create, share, and sell their own social VR experiences." It seems however the company...

‘3DSen VR’ Brings Nintendo Classics to VR, Demo Now Available on Steam

3DSen VR (formerly known as 3DNesVR) is an emulator tool that runs Nintendo Entertainment System games in VR, letting you play the '80s and '90s classic titles that made the console a world-wide phenomenon. Update (April 22nd, 2019): 3DNesVR, in its original...

‘Beat Saber’ on Quest Will be Fully Featured at Launch, Use Identical Tracking Logic

Beat Saber developer Beat Games confirmed to Road to VR that the game will include all official features, modes, and music when it launches with Quest this Spring. Additionally, the studio says it didn't have to make any concessions...

Sony Brings Social VR Theater App to PSVR Users in Japan

PSVR users have been waiting for an app that essentially lets them watch all of their favorite content with their other VR headset-owning buddies, or something akin to how Bigscreen Beta works on headsets like Rift, Vive, and Go. Sony...

Nintendo’s Labo VR Kit Sells Out at Major Online Retailers

With Nintendo's latest 'Labo' kit for Switch, the company made its first real strides into VR (not counting Virtual Boy). Within only a week of its release, the cardboard VR headset maker-kit is already sold out all over the...

Microsoft Aims to Improve VR for Users with Vision Problems

Microsoft researchers have created a tool that could make VR more accessible to users with impaired vision. Called SeeingVR, the tool kit is designed to address a problem that affects users with low vision, or vision that can't be corrected by...

‘Firmament’ Kickstarter Boasts 10,000 Backers, But Still Needs Over $400K to Succeed

Cyan, the creators of genre-defining puzzle adventure games Myst (1993) and Riven (1997), are only a week away from the end of their latest campaign, a new VR puzzler called Firmament. With still over $400,000 to go, the company is...

Facebook is Working on a Voice Assistant for Oculus Devices, Portal & More

Facebook is currently developing a voice assistant that could function similar to Amazon Alexa, Siri, or Google Assistant. Notably, it's intended to support Oculus headsets in addition to Portal, and "future products." Citing several sources familiar with the matter, a...

Critically Acclaimed Rhythm Action Game ‘Thumper’ is Coming to Quest at Launch

Oculus announced that Thumper (2016), the popular rhythm-action game, is officially coming to Quest at launch. The company released the news via a blog post as a part of their on-going 'Quest Countdown'; exactly when the clock is supposed to strike zero,...

Google’s VR Painting App ‘Tilt Brush’ is Coming to Quest at Launch, Cross-Buy with Rift

Already own a copy of Google's VR creation tool Tilt Brush (2016) from the Oculus Store? Then you'll be able to hop right into the company's intuitive painting app with Oculus Quest, the upcoming standalone VR headset. Update (April 18th, 2019):...

Oculus Job Posts Point to Facebook-built AR Headset on the Horizon

As first reported by PocketGamer, Facebook is advertising a few new posts at its VR subsidiary Oculus, laced with the notion that a Facebook-built AR headset is definitely on the rise. We knew the company was creating AR headsets behind closed...

These Developers Hacked Knuckles & Vive Controllers to Play MIDI File Music

We're still holding our breath of the next wave of consumer VR headsets yet to come, namely Rift S, Quest, and Valve Index. None of them have official release dates yet, so some intrepid developers found a way to...

‘High Fidelity’ Shifts Focus Towards Non-VR Due to Slow Growth

Philip Rosedale, CEO of High Fidelity and founder of Second Life, announced at a High Fidelity community meeting recently that the company will be scaling back their VR efforts, focusing more on improving their PC and Mac performance. The company has also...
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