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‘Blade & Sorcery’ Early Access Review – Bloody Sandbox Battles Aplenty
A storyline can be useful for its ability to frame the action; it gives you a reason to fight and fuels your hunger to reign victorious over the hordes of NPC baddies. But if you're easily urked by mediocre...
Survios Shares Momentum & Learnings in Location-based VR Business
Survios, a veteran VR game developer, shared fresh insights into the health of the company's out-of-home business activities, a sector of the VR industry which has been increasingly heating up in the last 18 months.
While the consumer VR space...
VRgineers Reveals Improved ‘XTAL’ Professional Headset with Wider FOV
VRgineers, a Czech Republic-based startup building enterprise VR headsets, today announced a more advanced version of their wide field of view (FOV) professional headset XTAL. The new version, which features a wider FOV thanks to a new pair of...
WaveOptics Raises $26 Million to Expand AR Optics Supply Chain
WaveOptics, a manufacturer of diffractive waveguide optics for AR displays, today announced it has raised a $25 million Series C investment which will be used to continue building a large volume supply chain for the company's optics.
UK-based WaveOptics said...
‘Spice & Wolf VR’ Kickstarter Doubles Funding Goal, Coming to Rift, Vive, Go, PSVR & Quest
SpicyTails, the studio behind VR anime experience Project LUX (2018), recently launched a Kickstarter for their latest VR project, Spice & Wolf VR. After having reached their initial funding goal of ¥8,000,000 (~$70,800) in the Kickstarter's first 24 hours, the campaign has now...
VR Combat Sandbox ‘Blade & Sorcery’ Heads to Early Access Tomorrow, New Trailer Here
Blade and Sorcery is a medieval fantasy sandbox from indie developer WarpFrog which is aiming to bring realism to VR combat. Including a physics-driven interaction and combat system, players can expect to master melee, ranged, and magic-based combat against plenty...
Missed Out on Rift’s Black Friday Deal? It’s Back for a Limited Time
Normally priced at $400, the Rift + Touch bundle has returned to its $350 Black Friday pricing for a limited time.
The deal ($50 off MSRP) can be found at Amazon US, Oculus, NewEgg, Microsoft Store, Micro Center, and Best Buy.
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Oculus is...
Audi Has Deployed 1,000 VR Showrooms in Dealerships Worldwide
German car maker Audi was quick to see the potential of VR and has been experimenting since the early days of VR's resurgence to see how the tech could be used to enhance the car buying experience. Having introduced...
Jaunt to Liquidate Tons of VR Stuff in Online Auction Soon
It's no secret that Jaunt is stepping back from VR and re-focusing on AR, although we weren't sure what the one-time cinematic VR company planned on doing with its recently defunct VR business. Now, it's come to light that...
Varjo’s ‘Bionic Display’ Headset is a Breathtaking Preview of VR’s Future
More resolution in VR isn't just 'nice', it's a major contributor to immersion. 'Retina-resolution' displays, those which match the visual limit of the human eye, are the ultimate destiny of VR headsets but it'll be years yet before they're...
StarVR Developer Program Paused “until further notice” as Company Goes Private
StarVR, the Acer & Starbreeze owned startup behind the recently unveiled StarVR One wide field of view (FOV) headset, is going through a pretty rocky period after it was delisted from the Taipei stock exchange last month. Starbreeze today published...
‘Astro Bot’ Wins The Game Awards’ Best VR/AR Game of 2018
Astro Bot Rescue Mission (2018), the VR platformer that's still wowing PSVR users well after its October 2nd launch, took home the title of 'Best VR/AR Game' at last night's Game Awards.
The category specified that the winner would be...
‘Typhon Hunter’ VR Multiplayer to Launch in Early 2019, VR Escape Room Next Week
Prey: Typhon Hunter, the final update to Prey: Digital Deluxe and Prey: Mooncrash, is set to release December 11th on PC, PS4, and Xbox One, although VR users will have to wait a bit longer to jump into the...
Got a 3D Printer? This VR Gun Stock Could Be Worth the Filament
VR shooters like Onward, Pavlov, and sport shooting game Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades are fun ways to blow off a little steam and put some lead down range, but if you aren't already using a modular stock, and...
Facebook Patents Hybrid Fresnel That Could Make VR Optics More Clear
Try on an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive and one of the first things you'll probably notice looking through the lenses are fine concentric circles, creating something many call 'God Rays'—especially egregious when viewing high contrast scenes. A new...




















