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‘Chess Ultra’ is Bringing its Luxurious Game Environments to PSVR, Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive
Ripstone Games, makers of Pure Chess (2012), are bringing their upcoming sequel Chess Ultra to PlayStationVR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. The classic chess game features a number of beautifully rendered environments that will finally make you feel like the rich and magnanimous...
ST1080 and ST1080 DDK Head Mounted Display Pricing Announced
I've been tracking Silicon Micro Display's ST1080 head mounted display ever since they announced it back in early November. We've already seen most of the specs, but one thing that was missing was the price. I was excited by...
A Failed XR Startup is Back With Compact Optics That Switch Instantly Between AR & VR
AntVR, an early VR startup which struggled with several XR headset projects that ultimately didn't find traction, has reemerged with novel optics which can instantly transition between AR and VR modes.
Founded in 2014, AntVR is the China-based VR startup...
Crashes & Poor Performance Plague Early Reception of ‘Civilization VII’ for Quest 3
It's been over a week since Sid Meier's Civilization VII - VR (2025) launched on Quest 3, and although developer PlaySide Studios has issued a performance update following its April 9th release, players are still struggling with poor performance and...
The 5 Best Free Games on HTC Vive
Steam is chocked full of free games that support HTC Vive, but it may be difficult with all that choice to know exactly which games to start out with, especially if all that holiday shopping blew your wallet to...
First ‘Bonelab’ Update in More Than a Year Brings Enhancements for Quest 3, Modding & Physics
Bonelab (2022), Stress Level Zero's sequel to physics-driven VR shooter Boneworks (2019), just got a massive update which brings more than a year's worth of enhancements to Quest 3 in addition to a ton of new content for Quest...
Sony Announces 2 New PSVR Bundles Coming This Month
If you were wondering what Sony's next big hardware bundles were going to be, wonder no more. Sony today announced two PSVR bundles, one of which features the cinematic shooter Blood & Truth and beloved golfing franchise game Everybody's...
‘Marvel Powers United VR’ Update Shakes Up Gameplay With New Enemies, Objectives, and More
Marvel Powers United VR today received its second patch which aims to shake up gameplay with new enemy types, objectives, and more. Oculus also offered a brief preview of an upcoming third patch which will introduce a consequential new...
The 10 Best SteamVR Games to Play in 2020
Thanks to Steam's hardware agnostic approach, it's become the defacto repository of all things PC VR (excluding Oculus exclusives, of course). Every major PC VR headset is supported through the SteamVR platform, including Oculus Rift S, HTC Vive, Valve Index,...
Consumer Gear VR Teardown Reveals Easily Replaceable Lenses
Frank He lets his curiosity get the better of him as he tears apart his consumer Samsung Gear VR headset for your information and in the interests of science and for those perhaps interested in considering modifying their units.
The 3rd...
Studying the Consequences of Avatar Embodiment at Stanford’s State-of-the-art Virtual Reality Lab
Stanford uses their virtual reality lab to study the consequences of avatar embodiment. A ten minute presentation by the lab's director, Jeremy Bailenson, reveals some enthralling findings showing that how we see ourselves in virtual reality can measurably impact our actions in real...
Latest Windows Update Includes Visual Improvements for HP Reverb G2 and Other WMR Headsets
Valve, HP and Microsoft teamed up to create the new HP Reverb G2, and before it hits doorsteps this month there's already a few software improvements to visual quality waiting for you in the latest version of Windows 10, which...
Condition One Announces Production of Zero Point, the World’s First 3D 360 Degree Immersive Movie for...
Condition One is a visual technology company which today announced their next project: a stereoscopic 360 degree movie for the Oculus Rift called Zero Point. We've seen 360 degree video for the Oculus Rift, but Condition One claims to...
Four Quest 2 Apps Making Use of Hand-tracking 2.0 Improvements
Alongside the announcement that Quest 2 is getting upgraded controllerless hand-tracking which improves robustness, Meta revealed that it had given select developers access to the tech ahead of time, some of which used it to directly improve their apps.
The...
Oculus Claims Breakthrough in Hand-tracking Accuracy
One of Facebook's underlying goals for VR is to use it as a means of connecting distant people. While today friends can talk and play in a range of social VR applications, including Facebook Spaces, the representation of users...

















