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Report: Magic Leap Ships First Wave of Headsets to Small Group of Partners

Magic Leap, the mysterious augmented reality headset company, has apparently begun shipping its first wave of Magic Leap One AR systems to partners in limited numbers. Citing "people familiar with the matter," Bloomberg reports a small group of unnamed software developers recently received...

‘Sairento Reborn’ Aims to Springboard off ‘Sairento’ Success, Support VR & PC

Indie VR developer Mixed Realms, creators of badass VR ninja simulator, Sairento, announced this week plans for their next chapter, coming in the form of Sairento Reborn. Described as "bigger and better," Sairento Reborn hopes to open up the title, allowing cooperative hack &...

Hands-on: Roguelike Bow-shooter ‘In Death’ is Divinely Inspired & Devilishly Fun

In Death is a roguelike bow-shooter from Sólfar Studio, the developers behind Everest VR (2016). Now in Early Access on Steam and Oculus Home, the procedurally generated, medieval-inspired world stretching out in front of you offers a pretty standard selection of monsters,...

Augmented Reality Startup Ubiquity6 Emerges from Stealth With $10.5M in Funding

Ubiquity6, an augmented reality startup only a few months out of stealth, today announced a $10.5M Series A round led by Index Ventures, with First Round Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Google’s AI fund Gradient Ventures, LDVP, A&E Networks and WndrCo. The company,...

Hands-on: Ubisoft’s Upcoming VR Shooter ‘Space Junkies’ is All About Guns and Jet Packs

Ubisoft's upcoming VR shooter Space Junkies, announced at last year's E3, is promising some fast-paced, first-person action fueled by jet packs and an impressive assortment of guns. Getting into a multiplayer demo, I got a chance to fly high, whip...

Oculus Teases Upcoming Rift Title ‘Defector’, Debuting Next Week at PAX East

In a torrent of news surrounding the two-year anniversary of Rift's commercial launch, Oculus today revealed a little more about one of upcoming Oculus-funded titles previously teased by VP of Content Jason Rubin. Nothing so far is known about the...

Play RTS ‘Brass Tactics’ for Free on Rift This Weekend, Play for a Chance to Win...

Brass Tactics (2018), the VR real-time strategy game for Rift from Hidden Path Entertainment, is getting an open access weekend starting tomorrow, March 29th. Kicking off Oculus' two-year celebration of the Rift headset, Oculus is also throwing out the...

2 Year Anniversary of Rift: Prizes, Sales, New Content and More

Two years ago today, Oculus launched the consumer version of Rift. To celebrate the occasion, the company has announced new content/updates, some pretty big sales, prizes, and even the chance to win a 'Golden Account' that gives you 100...

‘L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files’ is Officially Coming to Rift March 29th

Rockstar Games, the mega studio behind Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption, and plenty more, are officially bringing Oculus Rift support to its first VR title, L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files. The game, which previously launched on HTC Vive via...

Exploring Space & Experiential Modulation of Time in VR with Felix & Paul Studios

Felix & Paul Studios had two experiences at Sundance this year: one featured the training of NASA astronauts in Space Explorers, and the other was a time-lapse VR story featuring characters from Wes Anderson's new Ilse of Dogs film with...

Lenovo Mirage VR180 Camera Now Available for Pre-order, Launches May 4th

Lenovo Mirage Camera, the company's 4K 180-degree stereoscopic VR camera, is now available in pre-order for $300, and is slated to launch May 4th. You can now pre-order Lenovo Mirage Camera on Amazon, although retailer release dates may vary. Lenovo...

TPCAST Launches Business Edition Wireless VR Adapter, Up to 4 Simultaneous Vives

TPCAST, the Beijing-based makers of 60GHz wireless VR transmitters, launched their previously announced Business Edition (BE) Wireless VR Adapter in North America today. The setup is said to include support for up to four simultaneous users occupying a single space. The...

Vive Pro ‘Recommended Spec’ Seeks GTX 1070, Drops 1060 to ‘Minimum Spec’

Because VR is so demanding, hardware makers have issue 'Recommended' or 'VR Ready' guidelines to help customers understand what kind of hardware they need for a good VR experience. For the most part, the VR industry's biggest players have...
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Infinadeck VR Treadmill Shows Improvements With Vive Trackers, Launches This Week

Infinadeck is an active omnidirectional VR treadmill which has been in development since at least 2014. A new video shows the treadmill now using Vive Trackers for enhanced tracking, which appears to have increased the responsiveness of the device....

Hands-on: Massless Wants to Bring High-precision Stylus Input to VR

Massless is developing a stylus designed specifically for high-precision VR input. We got to check out a prototype version of the device this week at GDC 2018. While game-oriented VR controllers are the norm as far as VR input today...
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