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Vive Pro Data Revealed in Steam Survey, Thins Gap Between Rift and Vive
In the latest set of data from Vale's monthly Steam Hardware & Software survey, the Vive Pro has finally made an official entrance and shows that the gap between Rift and Vive isn't as wide as it appeared.
Each month,...
Oculus ‘Venues’ to Host NBA Games, Horror Films & More This Fall
Oculus Venues, the social VR app for large-scale live event viewing, is continuing its screenings this fall with more NBA games, scary movies, and stand-up comedy nights. Check out the schedule below.
Update (5:15 PM ET): An Oculus spokesperson has informed...
Virtual Athletics League Launches New Arcade-focused Esports League with HTC & HP
With help from corporate sponsors including HP and HTC's eSports team, a new VR arcade-focused eSports initiative has kicked off its pilot season. Co-hosted by Virtual Athletics League (VAL), arcade management platform SpingboardVR, and mixed reality streaming software LIV,...
STRIVR Secures $16M Series A Financing to Expand Enterprise VR Training
STRIVR, the immersive VR training company, announced a $16 million round of financing led by GreatPoint Ventures (GPV) that is said to advance the company’s further expansion into the enterprise market. With this investment, GPV Managing Partner Ray Lane...
New PlayStation VR Bundles Now Available: ‘Creed + Superhot’ & ‘Astro Bot + Moss’
Two new PlayStation VR bundles announced last month are now available. The new PSVR bundles focus on different player tastes, each including two games for the same price as previous one-game bundles.
This time around you get two games in...
VR Locomotion Device ‘Cybershoes’ Kickstarter Triples Funding Goal in First 24 Hours
Vienna-based startup Cybershoes recently launched their much-awaited Kickstarter campaign, which seeks to commercialize the titular device that allows you to 'walk' in VR with your own two feet. Now, the Kickstarter has blasted past its initial funding goal and is full...
‘VR Trivia Battle’ Hits Viveport Subscription Today, Other VR Stores Later This Month
VR Trivia Battle, a game show-style trivia game for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, launched today on Viveport Subscription. The game, which pits online users in a battle of wits, will also be launching later this month on Steam...
HaptX Launches Enterprise-focused Haptic Gloves Dev Kit
HaptX (formerly AxonVR) today unveiled the HaptX Gloves Development Kit, an "industrial-grade" VR haptic glove that uses micro-pneumatics for detailed haptics and delivers force-feedback to the fingers.
The HaptX Gloves dev kit includes two gloves, each with 130 tactile actuators...
Oculus CTO: Quest Has No Dedicated Hardware to Play PC Games over USB-C
Oculus Quest, the company's newly announced high-end standalone headset, has a USB Type-C connector. VirtualLink, the new VR connector standard created by a consortium of prominent industry players, also uses USB Type-C. So if you happen to own a new flagship...
‘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:
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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...
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...




















