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Arcade Football Game ‘2MD: VR Football’ to Hit PSVR This Spring

2MD VR Football (2017), a room-scale quarterback game that first landed on SteamVR-compatible headsets last September, is making its way to PSVR this spring. Created by indie studio Truant Pixel, 2MD VR Football isn't exactly an entire football game as such, as...

Apple Shows VR Could Help Fight Motion Sickness & Boredom in Self-driving Cars

When you're driving a car, you're invested with a sense of purpose: stay alert, don't crash, optimize your route for the fastest and most comfortable experience. But what about when self-driving cars become the norm, and we're no longer...
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‘Planet of the Apes VR’ Launches Today on PSVR, Rift & Vive, Launch Trailer Here

20th Century Fox's VR game division FoxNext VR Studio today launched their Planet of the Apes-themed game for PSVR, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Called Crisis on the Planet of the Apes VR, the first-person action-adventure game takes place between the...

Mozilla Announces Open Source AR/VR Web Browser ‘Firefox Reality’

Mozilla, the non-profit company behind Firefox web browser, today announced a new cross-platform, open sourced web browser called Firefox Reality, something Mozilla says was built from the ground-up for standalone VR and AR headsets. Firefox Reality, Mozilla says in a blog post, has a...

Oculus Rift Increases Lead Over HTC Vive in Steam Majority Market Share

Valve's monthly Steam hardware and software survey is out, and it appears Oculus Rift is still gaining momentum over HTC Vive on the Steam platform as the number one VR headset among Steam users. Each month, Valve runs the survey among...

A Candid Assessment of the Industry From a Leading Indie VR Developer

What is happening with the VR industry? Is adoption and growth still on target to support a vibrant and diverse ecosystem of independent VR developers? Leading headset manufacturers have not been transparent in sharing any specific information, and analyst...

‘Skyrim VR’ for PC Review – a Dragon-sized Feast for the Eyes

Skyrim VR (2017), Bethesda's premier virtual reality port of the hit open-world RPG Skyrim (2011), has finally made its way to PC VR headsets after its November 2017 launch on PlayStation VR. Unlike the studio's recent release of Fallout 4 VR...

Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 VRDK to Offer Ultrasonic 6DOF Controller Tracking

Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 845 VRDK, a VR headset reference design for hardware and software developers, is now offering 6DOF controller input with ultrasonic tracking. Qualcomm's Snapdragon 845 VDRK is essentially a starting point for companies who want to build their...

StarVR Corporation Prepares to Go Public on Taiwanese Stock Exchange

StarVR Corporation, the Acer and Starbreeze joint venture behind the wide-FOV StarVR headset, announced that it has completed its application to go public on the Taiwan Exchange. Upon approval, the company's board will apply for a listing on the Taipei Exchange Emerging Market...

Lenovo Mirage Solo Daydream Headset Now Available For Pre-order at $400

Lenovo's Mirage Solo, a standalone VR headset in the Daydream app ecosystem, has had an official release date and price for some time now: May 5th and $400. Pre-orders are now live for both the VR headset and Lenovo's...

Ubisoft Extends IBM Watson Support for ‘Bridge Crew’ Through 2018

Watson, IBM's artificial intelligence platform designed to understand natural language, launched support for Star Trek: Bridge Crew (2017) across all VR platforms back in June of last year. Last week, Ubisoft said in a forum post that it was...
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‘WipEout Omega’ Looks, Sounds, and Plays Brilliantly on PSVR, Just Remember to Pace Yourself

Thanks to a free update to PS4's WipEout Omega Collection (2017), you can finally get the authentic anti-grav racing experience on PSVR. The game's VR update is a smart and skillful adaptation, offering players a chance to "play the full...

High Fidelity & NeoSensory Partner to Launch ‘exoskin’ Haptic Jacket, Coming July 2018

High Fidelity, the open source VR platform founded by Second Life creator Philp Rosedale, and NeoSensory, a Palo Alto-based haptics company, announced they've partnered to create a haptic jacket dubbed the 'exoskin'. A beta version of the device, which is available...
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4 Minutes of Boxing Glory in ‘Creed’ VR, Gameplay Video Here

Survios, the studio behind Raw Data (2017) and Sprint Vector (2018), debuted a new single player VR game this year on the GDC expo floor, an upcoming arcade boxing title that puts you in the shoes of Adonis Creed, son of Apollo Creed...
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‘Electronauts’ Turns Anyone Into an Electronic Music Artist, Gameplay Video Here

Survios, the studio behind Raw Data (2017) and Sprint Vector (2018), showed off Electronauts at GDC this year, their upcoming VR music creation app for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift that makes DJ'ing so easy that even the least musically talented person...
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