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‘Space Pirate Arena’ Launching Soon on Quest, Will Require a Huge Playspace
Space Pirate Arena is an upcoming pseudo-sequel to VR classic Space Pirate Trainer (2017). All your training, it seems, was leading up to going head to head against other players in a huge virtual arena... and you'll need an equally...
Oculus Patents Wireless Relay Tech for VR Headsets
In a patent issued this week to Oculus, the company describes a wireless relay system designed to prevent loss of signal even when a user is out of range of the primary transmitter and receiver.
Spotted by Redditor valdovas, the document...
Report: Sony Balks on PSVR 2 Game Development
Sony is getting ready to release tethered PC VR support for PSVR 2 this summer, but that may be one of the last meaningful things the company does for its increasingly latchkey VR hardware.
According to a report by...
Oculus to Preview the Rift’s “Latest Titles” at Special Pre-GDC Event
Oculus has announced an invite only event to coincide with GDC which promises a preview of the games new owners will be able to get their hands on after launch.
The long awaited Oculus Rift consumer VR headset went up...
HTC Vive to Make UK Public Debut at EGX 2015, Sept 24-27
Valve's first SteamVR headset the HTC Vive is coming to UK's biggest gaming event EGX 2015 at Birmingham's NEC September 24-27. This'll be the first time the hardware has been shown publicly in the UK and will available to try throughout EGX's...
Oculus Suspends Sales of Rift Developer Kit Citing Component Shortage
Oculus VR Inc has announced that Oculus Rift developer kits (DK1) are in short supply, the company will suspend shipping due to shortage of components.
Oculus VR Inc's community manager, Andres 'cybereality' Hernandez, announced via the Oculus subreddit that "certain components" used...
Holoride Secures $12M Funding to Create Immersive in-car VR Experiences
Holoride, the Audi co-founded startup aiming to inject immersive VR and AR into everyday car travel, announced it's raised a €10 million (~$12 million) Series A investment round.
The company first unveiled its tech back at CES 2019, showing off its...
Meta Reportedly Rejected Google Partnership to Bring Android XR to Quest
According to a report from The Information, Google and Meta held a meeting late last year wherein the two companies discussed the possibility of bringing Android XR to Meta headsets. While it's said Meta rejected the partnership, which would...
Oculus Rift Simulator Demonstrates 1080p, 2k, and 4k Oculus Rift with Low-persistence
Developer Michael Blix has created an Oculus Rift Simulator web app which gives an idea of what an Oculus Rift could look like equipped with a 1080p, 2k, and 4k screen. The demo also features simulated 'low-persistence' which helps...
Unity ‘Accelerating efforts’ on OpenXR Support, Preview Expected by End of Year
Unity has long been a public supporter of OpenXR—an industry standard designed to streamline VR development by making it easier for apps to support a wide range of headsets—but the company has yet to deploy support for the standard....
‘Myst’, ‘Warhammer 40K: Battle Sister’ & ‘Pistol Whip: 2089’ Arriving Next Month
Don't blink, because next month is going to see a rash of new content coming to VR that will keep you busy well before the holidays begin. Coming in mid-December is the VR version of Myst, Quest exlusive Warhammer 40,000:...
‘Sightline: The Chair’ Scoops Top Award at Kaleidoscope VR Film Festival
Developer Tomáš Mariančík (aka Frooxius), developer of the excellent virtual reality experience Sightline: The Chair has been awarded the first ever Jury Prize at the Kaleidoscope VR Film festival in association with VRIDEO.
A firm favourite of Road to VR's, Sightline:...
Last Chance to Back ‘Crystal Rift’ Kickstarter, New Version of Alpha Released
Crystal Rift, a grid-based dungeon crawler game designed especially for VR, has reached their funding goal with only a few hours to spare until the official end of its crowdfunding campaign. In an effort to drum up more support, the...
Amazon UK Lists Oculus Touch Pre-Orders with Price and Release Date
Amazon's UK retailer seems to have already jumped the gun on today's supposed announcement taking place at Oculus Connect opening keynote, where we'll likely hear official word on price, release date, and everything else surrounding the long awaited Touch controllers.
While Amazon's...
Hands-on: ‘Starbear: Taxi’ is an Unbearably Cute Arcade Taxi Game with RC Spaceships
Funktronic Labs, the studio behind Cosmic Trip (2017), today launched their latest title, an arcade remote-controlled taxi game dubbed Starbear: Taxi (2018). Starbear: Taxi launched today on Rift, Vive, and Windows "Mixed Reality" VR headsets.
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