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Watch a Complete ‘Space Junkies’ Closed Beta Match

Space Junkies, Ubisoft's upcoming VR arena shooter fro Rift and Vive, is now in closed beta, which goes until July 2nd. I called Space Junkies VR's spiritual successor to Unreal Tournament in our preview, but you can check out some of...

Preview: ‘Space Junkies’ Feels Like VR’s Spiritual Successor to ‘Unreal Tournament’

Unreal Tournament (1999) was one of the staple arena shooters of my youth. It's simple; find the best gun you can, stock up on as much health and armor as possible, always keep moving until you die, respawn, rinse...

Pimax Starts Mass Production Phase of “8K” VR Headset

Pimax today announced they've headed into the mass production phase of the Pimax "8K" VR headset. "The obstacles that prevent us from mass production have been eliminated last week, thus the whole project now can move on with full speed towards...

Niantic Offers Tantalizing Peek at Upcoming AR Tech, Announces New Platform for Third-party Devs

Niantic, the developer behind Pokémon Go and the upcoming Harry Potter AR game, announced they'll be opening up access to their latest work in AR, dubbed the 'Niantic Real World Platform', to third-party developers soon. To boot, the company...
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Oculus ‘Medium’ 2.0 Overhauls Performance and Tools, Allows Exporting to ‘Home’

Medium, Oculus' first-party VR sculpting and modeling tool, today gets a major update in version 2.0, bringing better performance, improved tools, and the ability to export your creations into your own Oculus Home space. Having launched Medium initially back in...

‘Marvel Powers United VR’ to Launch Next Month on Rift, Black Panther Revealed as Newest Hero

Oculus and Sanzaru Games today announced their upcoming co-op VR game for Rift, MARVEL Powers United VR, finally has a release date. The game, which lets you take on the powers of a number of Marvel superheroes, is slated to launch...
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VR Co-op Shooter ‘Firewall Zero Hour’ Finally Gets Release Date on PSVR, New Gameplay Trailer Here

First Contact Entertainment today announced on the PlayStation blog that Firewall Zero Hour, the upcoming multiplayer VR shooter for PSVR, finally has a release date, and that a special PS Aim bundle will be available at launch. Heading to PSVR on 29th...

High Fidelity Raises $35M Series D Financing to Further Develop Social Platform & Blockchain Tech

High Fidelity, the social VR platform founded by Second Life founder Philip Rosedale, today announced it's successfully closed a $35 million Series D financing round. The company says it's using the funds to continue development on its global infrastructure for VR experiences, to accelerate hiring, and...

HTC Partners With China’s Massive State Cellular Carrier to “boost mass VR adoption”

HTC and China Mobile Communications Corporation today jointly announced a partnership to "accelerate the proliferation of 5G infrastructure and devices in China." Further, China Mobile, the country's massive state-owned mobile phone carrier, will help HTC push its VR devices into...

‘Beat Saber’ to Get a Multiplayer Mode, Custom Avatars & Sabers Considered

Beat Saber developer Beat Games (formerly Hyperbolic Magnetism), has confirmed work on a competitive multiplayer mode for the popular rhythm game, which may in the future include custom avatars and sabers. Beat Saber currently offers global, friend, and local leaderboards...

Windows 10 to Become Minimum Supported OS on Rift When Core 2.0 Goes Live

Rift owners still running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, beware. Oculus is changing both its recommended and minimum supported OS to Windows 10 on Rift, something the company says will come when Rift Core 2.0 is pushed out to...

Google’s ‘Tilt Brush’ Gets New Beginner Mode to Make VR Art Creation Easier

Google's Tilt Brush (2016) has shaped up to be a fully-featured VR creation tool since the app's initial launch in April 2016 on HTC Vive, adding things like support for Oculus Rift, integration with Google's other 3D VR creation tool Blocks (2017), and...

‘COMPOUND’ Update Adds New Map, Music – Indie Dev Goes Full Time

COMPOUND, an indie VR shooter that launched in Early Access back in May, has received a new update adding a new map type and new music, with new enemies planned for future updates. The game's sole developer has announced...

New ‘Pinball FX2 VR’ Tables From ‘Back to the Future’, ‘E.T.’, & ‘Jaws’ Now Available on...

Pinball FX 2 VR (2016), the VR pinball simulator, is getting a host of new tables in a paid DLC pack, brought over from its flatscreen sequel, Pinball FX 3 (2017). Tables based on E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Jaws (1975)...
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VR Sci-fi Shooter ‘Seeking Dawn’ to Land on Rift & Vive July 12th

Multiverse Inc., the studio behind VR sci-fi shooter Seeking Dawn, today announced the single/multiplayer game is soon heading out of closed beta and launching on Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Windows "Mixed Reality" VR headsets on July 12th. The studio...
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