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Exclusive: HP’s Next-gen VR Headset Aims to Raise the Bar on Clarity & Comfort

Having launched its first VR headset in late 2017, alongside a handful of similar headsets as part of Microsoft's Windows Mixed Reality platform, HP is preparing to take its next step with the launch of a new headset that...

MMORPG ‘OrbusVR’ Expansion ‘Reborn’ to Launch in April

Orbus Online, the studio behind OrbusVR, says the game's long-awaited 'Reborn' expansion is now set to launch sometime in April. OrbusVR is a made-for-VR MMORPG that launched into Early Access on Steam (Vive, Rift) and the Oculus Store (Rift) in December 2017. As...
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Oculus Unveils Viking Melee Adventure ‘Asgard’s Wrath’ for Rift, Trailer Here

Wondering what Oculus and Sanzaru Games were hiding when they teased their next Rift exclusive a few days ago? Well, now we know: it's called Asgard's Wrath, and it's poised to toss you head-over-heels into a Norse-inspired world of melee combat,...

10 Great VR Games on Sale Now for Steam’s Lunar New Year Sale

Steam's Lunar New Year Sale is here, and with it comes another wallet-punishing avalanche of VR games that might have you finally plonking down those last Steam Wallet cards still sitting around from the holidays. We've rounded up 10 great...

Sword & Sorcery Dungeon Crawler ‘The Mage’s Tale’ Lands on PSVR Today

The Mage’s Tale (2018), the first-person sword & sorcery dungeon crawler from The Bard's Tale series developers inXile Entertainment, has officially landed on PSVR today. Update (February 5th, 2019): The Mage's Tale is now available on the PlayStation Store, priced at $30. Since...
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Oculus Goes Behind the Scenes with Chris O’Dowd in VR Film ‘The Evolution of the Testicles’

In honor of World Cancer Day, Oculus unveiled some behind the scenes footage of their latest VR project highlighting testicular cancer, The Evolution of the Testicles. Starring Chris O'Dowd (The IT Crowd, Bridesmaids, Thor: The Dark World), the short 3D...

HoloLens Co-inventor & AR/VR Pioneer Avi Bar-Zeev Has Left Apple

Avi Bar-Zeev, HoloLens co-inventor and longtime AR/VR stalwart, has left Apple, Variety reports. Bar-Zeev helped found and invent the core technologies behind HoloLens at Microsoft, assembling the company's very first AR prototypes, demos and UX concepts. According to his LinkenIn bio, Bar-Zeev...
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‘The Invisible Hours’ Studio Announces ‘Groundhog Day VR’, Coming Later This Year

Groundhog Day (1993), the iconic '90s film starring Bill Murray, is getting its very own full-length VR game soon—well, sort of. Dubbed Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son, you'll be able to jump back into the world of Punxsutawney,...

VR Headset Growth on Steam Makes Biggest Leap Yet, Eclipses Linux Steam Users

It appears that the 2018 holiday shopping season was one of the best ever for PC VR headsets. The latest data released today from Valve shows VR making its single biggest leap yet, on a path toward 1 million...

‘Mosh Pit Simulator’ Early Access Review — Terribly Hilarious, Hilariously Terrible

Indie developer Sos Sosowski admits he creates "terrible" video games like his old school point-and-click game McPixel (2012). And while there's certainly a thick layer of objective terribleness slathered on top of Mosh Pit Simulator, after playing around with the physics-based sandbox...

Ubisoft’s VR Shooter ‘Space Junkies’ Comes to 100+ Arcades Ahead of Launch

Ubisoft today announced in a blogpost that a special arcade edition of their upcoming VR shooter Space Junkies has rolled out to "100+ arcades" around the world. To celebrate, Ubisoft is collaborating with the Virtual Athletics League to throw a Space...

Saab to Further Develop VR Rocket Launcher Simulator

Saab, a global defense and security company (and former parent company of the car manufacturer of the same name), says that it will further develop a VR experience designed to demonstrate a shoulder-mounted rocket launcher offered by the company. Saab...

NHL Releases All-Star Game Highlights in VR, Promises More VR Content to Come

America's National Hockey League today announced a new VR video experience, captured during last weekend's NHL All-Star Game, which is now available via the NextVR app. The league is further promising more VR highlights to come from "select 2019...

‘AirMech’ Studio Teases New Multiplayer VR Strategy Game Code-named ‘Cake’

Carbon Games, the studio behind real-time strategy game AirMech Command (2016), is currently developing a new VR project that they say will be a lighthearted, team-based game. Carbon announced the game in an Oculus Developer video which highlights some of the talent behind the...

Vive Cosmos Hits FCC on Its Way to 2019 Launch

Vive Cosmos, HTC's upcoming PC VR headset (which is also likely to support tethering to smartphones), has popped up in FCC listings, suggesting that the company is moving rapidly to bring it to market. The Vive Cosmos headset was only...
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