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Elon Musk Wants to Livestream SpaceX Moon Mission in “high def VR”

SpaceX, the aerospace manufacturer and space transport company founded by tech billionaire Elon Musk, ultimately has its sights set on colonizing Mars, although the company's next big step on the way there is taking tourists to the moon. And...
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First-person ‘Angry Birds’ AR Game is Coming to Magic Leap This Fall

Angry Birds, the mobile breakout hit, is coming to Magic Leap in a brand new game called Angry Birds FPS: First Person Slingshot. Due to launch this Fall, the game is quite literally a first-person take on the physics-based...

Studio Behind ‘Luna’ to Launch ‘Luna: Moondust Garden’ on Magic Leap One This Fall

Indie game studio Funomena, known for their interactive VR experience Luna (2017), announced that the company is bringing a new Luna experience especially made for augmented reality. Called Luna: Moondust Garden, the experience is slated to launch on Magic Leap One...

‘I Expect You to Die’ Studio Working on Sword Fighting Game for Multiple VR Platforms

Schell Games, the makers of the critically-acclaimed spy-themed escape room game I Expect You to Die (2016), recently announced that they're currently developing a dual-wielding sword fighting game that has elements of what the studio calls "a lightweight dungeon crawler." Talking...

Fantasy VR Adventure ‘Karnage Chronicles’ Gets 4-Player Co-Op in Latest Update

Karnage Chronicles, the sword and sorcery VR adventure in Early  Access from Beijing-based Nordic Trolls, recently received a long-awaited update that now includes multiplayer co-op for up to four players. The co-op mode lets players team up with friends or strangers...

‘Transference’ Review: A Thrilling Film-like Adventure for the Digital Age

Transference (2018) is a single-player psychological thriller that takes place in a shadowy reflection of reality—the  simulation of a family's collective minds who've presumably been corrupted after the father, a scientist, tests his breakthrough procedure on himself, his wife, and...
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‘Firefox Reality’, Mozilla’s VR Web Browser, Launches on Major Standalone Headsets

Mozilla today launched its made-for-VR web browser, Firefox Reality. The company says the browser is "designed from the ground up" for standalone VR headsets, and today it becomes available for the Oculus Go, Lenovo Mirage Solo, and Vive Focus...

Oculus Connect VR Livestream Coming to Gear VR and Go, But Rifters Get Left Out

Oculus today announced it will offer an immersive livestream during the company's annual Oculus Connect developer conference, including coverage of the opening keynote and several VR esports championships hosted during the event. Owners of the Oculus Go or Gear...
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Bowshooter ‘In Death’ Launches Out of Early Access With ‘Paradise Lost’ Update on October 2nd

Sólfar Studios, the Iceland-based studio behind roguelike VR archery game In Death, has announced that the game is set to launch out of Early Access on October 2nd, accompanying the 'Paradise Lost' update which will bring new enemies and...

Pimax “8K” Pre-production Previews Emerge from Select Backers

As part of the company's ongoing development of the Pimax "8K" headset, a select group of Kickstarter backers recieved pre-production units to aid in testing and feedback ahead of production. Today those backers are allowed to talk publicly about...

‘Chiaro and the Elixir of Life’ Review: a Thin Slice of Ghibli With a Side Order...

Chiaro and the Elixir of Life (2018) is a single-player, story-driven adventure game with emphasis on puzzle-solving and some light platforming. Accompanied by your penguin robot pal Boka, you go out in search of the Elixir of Life, a special...

Puzzle-Adventure ‘Twilight Path’ to Arrive Next Month on Rift & Vive, From Studio Behind ‘FORM’

Charm Games, the studio known for the critically-acclaimed VR puzzle game FORM (2017), today announced their upcoming puzzle-adventure Twilight Path is slated to release arrive soon on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Arriving October 2nd on Steam (Vive, Rift) and...

Synaptics Reveals VR Display Chip Targeting 1,000 PPI & Foveated Rendering

Synaptics, a developer of input and display components for computers, smartphones, and other devices, recently introduced a new version of its ClearView display driver chip which has been optimized for head-mounted displays with high density displays, including a specialized...
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Steampunk Adventure ‘Chiaro & the Elixir of Life’ Launches on Vive, Rift & Windows VR

Chiaro and the Elixir of Life (2018), a first-person VR adventure from Montreal-based Martov Co., launched today on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Windows VR headsets. The result of a successful Kickstarter campaign, which saw a complete funding total...

Google Appears to Be Ramping Up R&D Efforts for “New and novel” AR/VR Lenses

Though there wasn't much groundbreaking in the Daydream news shared at Google I/O this year, the company is growing its AR/VR team at an accelerated rate, suggesting Google has a number of things up its sleeve yet. One recent...
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