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Hands-on: Cybershoes Aim to Deliver a VR Treadmill Experience at Lower Cost & Space

VR treadmills are usually pretty bulky, expensive, and have a questionable utility outside of the initial wow moment of seeing one in action. Vienna-based Cybershoes however are aiming to get your feet into the game with a pretty simple...

GeForce RTX Has Already Pushed GTX Cards to Lowest Prices in Months

This week's introduction of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs has coincided with the lowest prices seen on the prior generation of GeForce GPUs in months. The cryptocurrency boom was good business for GPU makers, sending the cost of years-old GPUs...

Hands-on: ‘Population: ONE’ is Poised to Become VR’s First Great Battle Royale

BigBox VR, the developers behind VR multiplayer shooter Smashbox Arena (2017), are making their way into new territory soon with their upcoming battle royale shooter Population: ONE. The studio showed off at this year's Gamescom what promises to be a full-featured...

Report: Oculus Aiming for Santa Cruz Launch in Q1 2019

Oculus first announced that it was developing a high-end standalone headset, codenamed Santa Cruz, way back in 2016, and ever since there's been great anticipation for the device which aims to offer 6DOF head and hand tracking with no...
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VR Manga Game ‘TOKYO CHRONOS’ Kickstarter Successfully Funded

Japanese VR studio MyDearest and Los Angeles-based Sekai Project launched a Kickstarter campaign last month to fund the development of a new VR manga game. Dubbed TOKYO CHRONOS, the VR visual novel game is now one step closer to coming to users...
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‘Smashbox Arena’ Studio Announces VR Battle Royale ‘Population: ONE’

You might think battle royale shooters are passé, but until we get a really good one in VR, it isn't over yet. Enter Population: ONE, a newly announced VR battle royale from BigBox VR, the developers behind Smashbox Arena (2016). On...

Hands-on: ‘A Fisherman’s Tale’ is a Charming & Intuitive VR Puzzle Adventure of Mind-bending Proportions

A Fisherman's Tale is an upcoming puzzle-adventure from Innerspace VR and ARTE, the Franco-German TV network, that aims to get you thinking outside the box—or rather outside the tiny lighthouse as you try to escape a number of rooms on...

Ubiquity6 Raises $27M Series B, Debuts Its First Public Multiuser AR Experience at SFMOMA

Ubiquity6, the AR startup that came out of stealth earlier this year, announced the successful completion of a $27 million Series B finance round. The latest round was co-led by Benchmark and Index Ventures, with Benchmark taking a seat...
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‘Battlefield V’ Shows What NVIDIA RTX Ray Tracing Means for the Future of Gaming

Ray tracing simulates the way that light bounces around a scene and interacts with objects before entering our eyes to create the image of the world around us. It's the kind of CGI rendering approach used in blockbuster movie...

GeForce RTX Cards Announced with VirtualLink VR Connector

Based on the company's 'Turing' GPU architecture, NVIDIA's GeForce RTX cards include hardware support for the new VirtualLink connector, a standard designed for next-gen VR headsets. Announced last month, VirtualLink is a connection standard designed specifically for VR headsets, which...
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NVIDIA Announces GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, 2080, and 2070, Starting at $500

After months of rumors, NVIDIA's latest gaming-focused GPUs have been revealed. Today the company took the wraps off the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, 2080, and 2070. Starting at $500, the cards are set to begin shipping in September. The GeForce...
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NVIDIA Demo Shows Off Real-time Ray Tracing Capabilities of RTX Cards

Alongside the reveal of the company's professionally-focused Quadro RTX GPUs, the first based on their new Turing architecture, the company showed off a real-time experience called Project Sol to demonstrate the ray-tracing capabilities of their new cards. Running on a single...

Watch NVIDIA’s Gamescom GeForce Event Live Here, Today @ 9AM PT

Gamescom, the world's largest gaming expo, is only a few hours away from opening their doors to the masses. To kick things off, NVIDIA is hosting a special GeForce gaming event today in Cologne, Germany that most everyone suspects will feature...
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Preview: ‘Twilight Path’, From Creators of ‘FORM’, Invites You to a Mystical Realm

Launched in 2017, FORM is a narrative puzzle game from Charm Games that's become something of a hidden gem in the VR gaming space—lesser known, but well liked, with a strong critical reception and positive reviews from players on...

EA Respawn’s Unannounced Oculus Exclusive Characterized as a “AAA VR Shooter”

Back a Oculus Connect last year, the company teased an upcoming Oculus exclusive game developed Respawn Entertainment, the studio behind Titanfall and Titanfall 2, which has since been acquired by EA. The title, which has yet to see a...
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