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7invensun Announces $150 Eye-tracking Module Supporting All HTC Headsets
Today at HTC's Vive Developer Meeting in Beijing and its simultaneous Shanghai-based Vive Ecosystem Conference, Chinese eye-tracking startup 7invensun debuted a new eye-tracking module that's not only affordable at $150 (¥1100 RMB), but is designed to support all of...
CCP to Shelve VR as It Shutters Atlanta Office, Sells Branch Behind ‘EVE: Valkryie’ in Newcastle
According to a report by Icelandic publication MBL, CCP is shelving virtual reality as it closes its Atlanta location and sells its Newcastle office, two important VR branches that produced Sparc (2017) and EVE: Valkyrie (2016). The report contends CCP will be shifting its focus from VR onto...
‘I Expect You to Die’ Earns Over $2M in Revenue on Oculus Quest Alone
Schell Games, the studio behind I Expect You To Die (2016), today announced the critically-acclaimed VR spy game has generated over $2 million in revenue on the Oculus Quest platform alone.
This, the studio says, was earned through sales of nearly...
‘Allison Road’ is a ‘PT’ Inspired Blood Curdling Survival Horror VR Game, Kickstarter Now Live
Allison Road is a survival horror game currently in production by Lilith, a London based studio. If the trailer doesn't make you jump even a little, especially at the idea of playing in VR where even a well-made atmosphere can be...
VR’s Next Big Battle Royale Shooter Goes into Open Beta Today, Trailer Here
Caveman Studio, the developers behind team-based shooter Contractors (2018), today released the open beta of Contractors Showdown, its upcoming battle royale game for Quest and SteamVR headsets.
The 45-player battle royale shooter presents a pretty big battlefield, touting a 16km² island that's around a...
GDC 2014: Hands-on with Sony’s Project Morpheus VR Headset
As part of continuing GDC 2014 coverage, Cymatic Bruce and myself had our first opportunity to experience Sony's new Project Morpheus, the PS4 VR dev kit, earlier today.
How Does it Feel to Wear?
Brian: I found it a little awkward...
Tactical Haptics’ New Prototype VR Controller Shapeshifts to Fit Your Game
Tactical Haptics’ newly developed haptic controller prototype uses mechanical sockets that allow them to be mated in different configurations on-the-fly, in order to match a particular virtual interaction more closely than standard VR motion controllers. The controllers incorporate the...
Inside Look: Jaunt Pulls in $6.8 Million in Venture Funding for Virtual Reality Cinema Toolset
After nearly a year, Jaunt comes out of stealth mode today with what they hope will be the launch of a new content medium: cinematic virtual reality. For many months now, they have teased on their their website: "At...
Disney Signs Nokia Deal to Use OZO VR Camera
Nokia Technologies today announced that it will be providing The Walt Disney Studios with OZO, the company's 360 degree camera. Disney will use the camera to create 'special VR content' for upcoming films.
Disney recently used OZO to create two 360 videos for The...
Valve’s ‘Steam Audio’ Spatial Sound System Gets Support for AMD TrueAudio Next, FMOD
Steam Audio, Valve's free made-for-VR spatial audio system, has added support for AMD's GPU-based TrueAudio Next technology, as well as the popular FMOD audio software.
AMD TrueAudio Next
Today Valve announced the release of Steam Audio 2.0 beta 13 which now...
‘Star Wars: Project Porg’ AR “experiment” Announced for Magic Leap
ILMxLab, Lucasfilm's immersive media group, today announced Star Wars: Project Porg, an augmented reality "experiment" built for Magic Leap. In the experience, players will interact with the big-eyed fuzzy creatures introduced in The Last Jedi, with some helpful guidance by C-3PO...
‘Roblox’ CEO says Quest Makes “perfect sense” as Future Platform
Roblox may be coming to Oculus Quest at some point. Roblox Corporation CEO & co-founder Dave Baszucki says the company's popular free-to-play online game makes "perfect sense" for the Oculus Quest platform.
Baszucki mentioned in the company's Q1 2021 earnings call yesterday...
‘Shooty Fruity’ Coming to All Major VR Platforms December 19th, Launch Trailer Here
UK-based studio nDreams, the minds behind The Assembly (2016) and producer of Bloody Zombies (2017), and Near Light today announced that its upcoming tongue-in-cheek shooting game Shooty Fruity is slated to simultaneously launch on PlayStation VR, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift on December 19th, 2017.
Shooty Fruity basically turns you...
‘Ghostbusters VR’ Experience Comes to PSVR, from Makers of Acclaimed ‘The Walk’ Demo
It seems the Ghostbusters franchise isn't done capitalizing on the video game market just yet, because the first installment of a new Ghostbusters experience is heading to PlayStationVR today. The experience (read: not game) was developed by CreateVR and Sony's in-house VR production studio, and is entitled Ghostbusters VR –...
The Top 20 Best Rated and Most Rated Rift Games & Apps
While Oculus doesn't offer much publicly in the way of understanding how well individual apps are performing across its VR storefronts, it's possible to glean some insight by looking at apps relative to each other. Here's a snapshot of...




















