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PSVR Titles ‘The Inpatient’ & ‘Bravo Team’ Delayed Until Early 2018
Supermassive Games has delayed two of its upcoming PSVR titles originally expected for Q4 releases, Bravo Team and The Inpatient. Both games are now set to launch in Q1 of 2018.
Bravo Team, a cover-based shooter, was originally slated to launch December 5th; and The...
LG Patent Shows Unique Split Design for VR Headset
LG revealed its prototype VR headset using Valve's Lighthouse positional tracking earlier this year, and while it isn't certain what will become of the headset—or if it'll be named "UltraGear" as a recent trademark filing suggests—it's clear LG is thinking long and...
Popular SteamVR Shooter ‘Onward’ Launches for Oculus Rift in Early Access With Cross-play
Onward (2016), the popular VR FPS known for serving up its 'no-frills' squad-based action, is now in Early Access on the Oculus Store. The tactical mil-sim shooter, which aims to appeal to fans of traditional shooters like Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon, or Counter-Strike, now...
‘Haptic Shape Illusion’ Allows VR Controllers to Simulate Feel of Physically Larger Objects
In a study lead by Eisuke Fujinawa at the University of Tokyo, a team of students created a procedure for designing compact VR controllers that feel physically larger. Exploring the concept of ‘haptic shape illusion’, the controllers have data-driven,...
Oculus: EA’s Acquisition of Respawn Entertainment Will Have No Impact on Studio’s VR Title
Titanfall developer Respawn Entertainment has announced plans to join EA, one of the world's largest and most influential videogame publishers. The acquisition of Respawn, which will cost EA up to $455 million, won't impact the studio's recently announced VR...
‘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...
Sony Cuts Price of PSVR & PS4 Console by $100 for Week-long Black Friday Sale
With major US retailers already greasing the wheels of their shopping carts in preparation for the yearly scramble we call Black Friday, Sony today announced on the US PlayStation blog that it's temporarily lowering the price of all PlayStation VR...
‘Pokémon GO’ Makers Announce Harry Potter AR Game, Releasing 2018
Niantic, the minds behind Ingress and the smash hit Pokémon GO, have partnered with Warner Bros and WB Games to bring a new location-based Harry Potter-themed AR game to mobile phones. Called Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the game will let you battle fantastic beasts in...
Walmart Black Friday Sale Brings VR Ready Desktop to $500, Deep Discounts on VR Devices
Walmart just published their Black Friday deals, and while the actual selection of VR devices isn't Earth-shattering, you might just be able to stitch together your new VR system with the help of one or two of the company's big...
‘Serious Sam 3 VR: BFE’ Launches on Steam Today
Croteam, the minds behind the Serious Sam franchise, has released its fourth Serious Sam-themed VR game: Serious Sam 3 VR: BFE (2017) for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.
Now available on Steam, Serious Sam 3 VR: BFE is a fast-paced shooter serving as a prequel...
VR Coaster and Sensics to Create All-in-one VR Headset for Theme Parks
VR Coaster and Sensics today unveiled RideVR, a new all-in-one VR headset built especially for use on high-flying theme park rides.
VR headsets have been in use on rides like roller coasters and drop towers basically since the initial Samsung Gear VR for...
‘Bigscreen’ Lets You Stream Console Games in VR – Nintendo Switch, Xbox One & PS4
It's not every day you get to play The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) on a movie theater-sized screen, but the developers at the social screen mirroring VR app Bigscreen have written a handy guide on how to play...
HTC Announces Multi-million Dollar Vive Art Initiative, Bringing VR to Museums Worldwide
HTC announced a new multi-million dollar VR initiative aiming to support content, creators and institutions that embrace VR not only as an artistic medium itself, but as a way to better immerse users in all forms of art. The company aptly calls the program...
Report: Apple Could Release an AR Headset as Early as 2020
With the release of iOS 11, hundreds of millions of Apple devices gained the ability to perform basic augmented reality functions, albeit viewed through the screens of iPhones and iPads. While capable of providing some pretty useful and interesting apps, the next logical...
Oculus Research Devises High-accuracy Low-cost Stylus for Writing & Drawing in VR
Using a single camera and a 3D-printed dodecahedron decorated with binary square markers, the so-called 'DodecaPen' achieves submillimeter-accurate 6DoF tracking of a passive stylus. Lead by National Taiwan University PhD student Po-Chen Wu during his internship at Oculus Research,...




















