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Survival-Horror Game ‘SYREN’ Coming to PSVR November 6th, New Trailer Here
HammerheadVR, the studio behind SYREN (2017), today announced the single-player VR survival-horror game is coming to PSVR soon.
First released on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift in February 2017, SYREN is now slated to release on PSVR November 6th.
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vTime Opens New US Office Led by Former Gartner Research VP Brian Blau
vTime, the company behind the titular social VR app, today announced the studio is making a strategic expansion into North America with the opening of its San Francisco office. Brian Blau, former Research Vice President at Gartner, has been tapped...
Oculus Patents Wireless Relay Tech for VR Headsets
In a patent issued this week to Oculus, the company describes a wireless relay system designed to prevent loss of signal even when a user is out of range of the primary transmitter and receiver.
Spotted by Redditor valdovas, the document...
Oculus Brings Screen Casting to Oculus Go
Outside of the initial setup process, you don't really need a smartphone to run Oculus Go—after all, it's a standalone headset for a reason. And while Oculus today rolled out screen casting on Go, you may rethink that decision...
Pimax Launches Pre-orders for “8K” & “5K” VR Headsets, Pricing & Specs Here
The Pimax "8K" headset was the result of VR's most successful Kickstarter campaign, beating out all others, including Oculus, with a whopping $4.23 million raised when the campaign concluded in November 2017. It's been a bit of a bumpy...
Spatial Raises $8 Million Seed Investment for AR/VR Collaboration Platform
After two years in stealth, Spatial today announced an $8 million seed investment to build out its AR/VR collaboration platform.
Spatial is building an immersive workspace that allows multiple users to connect through AR and VR headsets, as well as...
Co-op VR Space Delivery Game ‘Failspace’ Starts Registration for Closed Alpha
Hipfire Games, a Helsinki-based studio made up of ex-Supercell and Rovio developers, announced late last year that their space-based delivery game Failspace was in the making for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Windows VR headsets. Now the studio is accepting...
Samsung Odyssey+ Side-by-side Shows Subtle Redesign, Hopeful Ergonomic Improvements
The standout feature for Samsung's new Odyssey+ headset is its so-called "anti-SDE" display, but beyond that it appears that the headset has actually seen minor adjustments in a handful of areas. With the first Odyssey headset having poor ergonomics,...
Reality-bending VR Puzzle ‘Transpose’ Coming to Vive, Rift & PSVR Next Month
Secret Location, the studio behind Blasters of the Universe (2016) and Sleepy Hollow: VR Experience (2015), announced last month that they're heading back into VR territory with a new first-person, time-bending puzzle game. Dubbed Transpose, the game is said...
Samsung Launches Odyssey+ Windows VR Headset with “Anti-SDE” Display
Back in August we uncovered what appeared to be an updated version of Samsung's Odyssey Windows VR headset. Now a listing on Samsung's official website confirms the Odyssey+ and its price, suggesting that a launch is soon at hand.
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Oculus Co-founder Departs Facebook Amidst Rumor of Rift 2 Cancellation
Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe is leaving Facebook. Citing "a source close to the matter," a report from TechCrunch indicates his departure is related to the cancellation of a Rift 2 headset, though Facebook has denied that element of the...
Oculus Shut Down Movie Purchases & Rentals on Rift Today
Oculus announced it's shutting down movie rentals and purchases through its Oculus Rift video app, effective today.
According to a statement emailed to Rift users, Oculus says they'll be reimbursing customers who purchased videos in the past through the Oculus Video app...
CCP Games CEO: “We expected VR to be two to three times as big”
CCP Games, the Icelandic studio known for their long-running MMO Eve: Online (2003), shuttered their VR production studios in a surprise move last year, selling off their Newcastle-based branch behind their multiplayer space dogfighter EVE: Valkyrie (2016), and completely shutting down their Atlanta studio behind...
Fraunhofer Shows Off Compact VR Headset Prototype Using 4 OLED Microdisplays
Fraunhofer, Europe’s largest application-oriented R&D organization, recently unveiled a new VR headset prototype at the Augmented World Expo (AWE) in Munich this past week that aims to reduce the size and weight of VR headsets by using high-resolution microdisplays.
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HTC Announces 6DOF Controller Tracking Dev Kit for Vive Focus
HTC today announced a 6DOF controller tracking add-on for Vive Focus. The add-on, which includes a pair of new controllers, is being released as a development kit.
Vive Focus, HTC's standalone VR headset, had a full blown launch in China at the...



















