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‘Twilight Path’ Review – Puzzles Missing Purpose

From the makers of FORM (2017), a well regarded indie VR puzzle game, comes Twilight Path. With an entirely new setting, Twilight Path attempts something more ambitious than its predecessor, but winds up feeling like a rushed followup. Twilight Path Review Details: Official Site Developer: Charm...

‘Mario Kart VR’ Comes to the US Today in Bandai Namco’s Newest VR Arcade

For the first time, BANDAI NAMCO is bringing to the United States a number of popular VR experiences once only available in Japan and UK-based VR ZONE arcades. Included in the line-up is the much-awaited Mario Kart Arcade GP...

‘Vader Immortal’ VR Series to Be a Canonical Part of the ‘Star Wars’ Saga

ILMxLAB, Lucasfilm’s immersive entertainment division, is bringing a Darth Vader-themed VR series to the recently announced Oculus Quest. With six main films dedicated to telling to Vader's story though, you'd think there wouldn't be much left to say about...
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VR Motion Platform ‘Feel Three’ Nearly Quadruples Kickstarter Goal as Campaign Comes to Close

Feel Three, a 3DOF motion simulator for VR, went live on Kickstarter late last month. And owing to its vision in providing a relatively cost-effective solution among a sea of expensive motion platforms, the company not only blasted past...

Oculus CTO: Quest is ‘In the Neighborhood of Xbox 360 / PS3 Processing Power’

Speaking on stage at Oculus Connect this morning, Oculus CTO John Carmack gave his signature unscripted talk, somehow going into depth despite covering a wide range of topics from Go to Quest to Rift, and plenty more. Part of...

Oculus CTO Explores Next-gen Oculus Go Feature Wishlist

Legendary programmer and Oculus CTO John Carmack took the stage today at Oculus Connect to have another one of his famous off-script, stream-of-thought talks. Carmack was instrumental in architecting the company's mobile VR platform, so when he talks about...

‘Moss’ is Coming to Oculus Quest at Launch

There isn't a list of launch titles for Oculus Quest yet, the company's newly announced $400 high-end standalone VR headset. Polyarc, the minds behind Moss (2017), say that the super endearing platformer adventure is indeed going to be among the 50+...
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‘Echo Combat’ Gets November Launch Date, Open Beta Now Live with New Map & Mode

Echo Combat, Ready At Dawn's upcoming shooter expansion to the newly renamed Echo VR, has had several open betas since the zero-G combat game was announced at last year's Connect. Now, the studio has revealed that Echo Combat is launching...

Oculus Quest Hands-on and Tech Details

Oculus Quest was the main attraction at Oculus Connect 5 this week. Following the high-end standalone headset's reveal, attendees of the conference got to try several demos to experience the headset's inside-out positional head & hand tracking, including in...

Up Close With Oculus Quest

Oculus Quest (formerly Santa Cruz) has been officially revealed, launching Spring 2019 for $400. We've got our first up close look at the newly refined headset. Update (3:00 PM PT): In a previous version of this article, it was stated...

Facebook & RED Unveil ‘Manifold’ Volumetric VR Camera

Last May, Facebook and RED Digital Cinema announced they were working on a volumetric video camera based on Facebook’s Surround360 technology. At Oculus Connect 5 today, the company's annual developer conference, Facebook and RED revealed a first-look at the...

‘Vox Machinae’ Early Access Review: VR’s Latest & Greatest Mech Sim

Having grown up with FromSoftware's mech arcade series Armored Core and the more simulator-style multiplayer Chromehounds, I have a special place in my heart for the lurching mech goliaths. And now Vox Machinae is here, promising to bring an immersive twist on the classic...

Oculus Quest Supports “Arena-scale” Tracking and Multi-room Guardian

Oculus today offered up some details on the 'Insight' tracking system of their new Quest headset. The inside-out tracking goes "beyond roomscale," according to Oculus, enabling large-scale experiences that let players physically move around large spaces. Additionally, Oculus Quest...
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New VR ‘Star Wars’ Series Slated to Launch on Oculus Quest Next Year, Trailer Here

ILMxLAB, the immersive media wing of Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), today revealed at Oculus Connect 5 that they're producing a series of Star Wars VR experiences for Oculus Quest, the company's upcoming high-end standalone VR headset. The first in...

‘Robo Recall’, ‘The Climb’, ‘Moss’, and More Coming to Oculus Quest

Oculus today announced 'Quest', their new high-end standalone VR headset. The company is promising that some of the top Rift titles will be ported to the headset, including Robo Recall, Moss, The Climb, and Dead and Buried. On stage today...
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