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Schell Games’ New Title ‘Until You Fall’ Aims to Raise the Bar on VR Sword Combat
Schell Games, the studio behind VR titles like I Expect You to Die (2016), today announced its next project which promises to "blend various styles of sword fighting to create an intense, real-time combat experience that hasn’t been seen before...
‘vTime’ Goes XR with New Cross-platform AR Support for Apple & Android Devices
vTime, the social VR platform, today announced that users can now connect with friends through smartphone-powered augmented reality in addition to VR.
In the past, users popped into vTime using a number of devices, including Cardboard, Go, Gear VR, Rift, Vive, Windows...
‘Final Assault’ Early Access Review – a Charming & Engrossing RTS on the Rise
Virtual reality has absorbed a number of traditional mouse-and-keyboard games and turned them into something that can truly only exist in the medium. And while Final Assault, an online multiplayer real-time strategy game, takes some pretty tried and true classic RTS game...
Varjo Launches VR-1 with Retina-quality Fixed-foveated Display & Eye-tracking, Priced at $6,000
Varjo today announced the launch of its VR-1 headset. Priced at $6,000, the headset aims to deliver a huge jump in effective resolution with a novel fixed-foveated display that offers unprecedented retina-resolution fidelity at the center of the field...
Oculus Teases ‘Asgard’s Wrath’ Asynchronous Multiplayer, Heroes, & More
We're steadily learning more about the upcoming Rift exclusive Asgard's Wrath, a Norse-inspired VR action adventure game being developed by Sanzaru Games and published by Oculus Studios. The company has shared the first details about how the game's "asynchronous multiplayer"...
‘Neos VR’ Update Brings “massive improvements” to User Friendliness, Social Features & More
Neos VR, the social VR platform, is celebrating a milestone with the release of its 0.8 build, which brings what the creators call "massive improvements" to usability and social features, and integration with its own cryptocurrency.
Essentially Neos VR is a social...
Oculus Founder is Giving Away Free Audio Repair Kits for Out-of-warranty Rifts
Last week we learned Oculus founder and former executive Palmer Luckey was getting ready to release a repair kit for out-of-warranty Rifts that suffer from a manufacturing flaw that results in malfunctioning audio in one (or both) of the...
I Had No Idea How Fast Dragsters Really Are Until I Saw Them in VR
I'm not a drag racing fan but I'm at least a somewhat familiar with the sport: two cars line up on a short straight course and race to see who reaches the finish line first. I've seen some videos,...
Walmart Brings Tricked Out ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ VR Experience to Select Stores
Walmart is continuing its onward journey to think outside of the big-box with the help of VR, this time bringing 50-foot tractor-trailers to their megalithic parking lots across the US to let shoppers go head-first into a VR experience...
Portal-style Puzzler ‘ChromaGun VR’ to Launch on PSVR Next Week
Initially slated for release last year, Nuremberg, Germany-based indie studio Pixel Maniacs have announced that the first-person puzzle shooter ChromaGun VR is headed to PSVR next week.
The original ChromaGun targeted a variety of platforms including PC, mobile, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo...
‘Budget Cuts’ Gets 4 New Levels with Launch of Arcade Mode
Neat Corporation announced their stealth robot-killing game Budget Cuts (2018) is getting a special update today that is putting four new 'arcade' levels into the base game.
Update (February 14th, 2019): Budget Cuts today receives the previously teased 'Arcade Mode', which brings...
Leaked Zuckerberg Email Reveals Facebook’s XR Strategy, ‘Our goal is not only to win, but to...
An internal email sent by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to senior executives offers a glimpse into the strategic thinking behind the company's feet-first leap into XR following the 2014 acquisition of Oculus.
Update (February 14th, 2019): Sources tell Road to VR...
Oculus Founder Vows to Create Audio Repair Kit for Rifts Out of Warranty
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey has since moved on to greener pastures after leaving Facebook in 2017, founding his own border defense firm Anduril Industries. That hasn't kept him from mulling over some of the niggling issues with the now...
‘Audica’ is an Inventive “VR Rhythm Shooter” From the Studio Behind ‘Rock Band’
Harmonix, the studio behind many rhythm game hits like Guitar Hero (2005) and Rock Band (2007), today announced what they're calling a "VR rhythm shooter" that looks—to be frank—pretty freaking awesome.
I guess there's just something about combining body movements...
‘Bigscreen’ Overhaul Brings Big Improvements & New Features to All Supported Platforms
Bigscreen Inc. today launched what the studio calls a "massive" update to Bigscreen Beta, including real-time raytracing lighting effects, new environments, avatars, VR UI, and a few other bits and bobs that should also make mobile VR users happy...




















