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Microsoft Opens Mixed Reality Capture Studios & Academy in San Francisco Reactor Space
Microsoft today announced the opening of its Mixed Reality Capture Studios and a 'Mixed Reality Academy' in the company's San Francisco Reactor dev space.
Microsoft has a number of Reactors, or physical spaces that are open and free of charge to...
Acer Takes Majority Control of StarVR with $5M Capital Injection
Starbreeze and Acer announced a new capitalization plan for StarVR, the upcoming high field of view (FOV) VR headset, that will see Acer inject $5 million into the project and take a 66 percent majority control of the joint venture.
Starbreeze made quite...
‘I Expect You To Die’ Gets New Level & Limited Time 20% Discount
New content for the popular VR puzzle game I Expect You To Die (2016) arrived today on all platforms - a free level named ‘First Class’ available to all current and future players. Schell Games has also begun a...
VR “Bullet Hell” FPS ‘Evasion’ Announced for Rift & Vive, Catch the Trailer Here
Sci-fi shooter Evasion from VR studio Archiact has been revealed, said to feature ‘next generation’ VR locomotion and ‘high intensity’ co-op multiplayer combat for up to 4 players. The game is due to launch for HTC Vive and Oculus...
Oculus Store to Include Flexible Bundle Pricing So You Get a Discount If You Already Own...
One of the big barriers to buying flash sale bundles is the selection of games available. What if you already own one in that almost perfect bundle that has you salivating at the nearly perfect price? Oculus plans to...
Pimax Kickstarter Blasts Past $2M Funding Mark, Revealing $2.5M Stretch Goals
Pimax, the China-based VR headset manufacturer known for their '4K' headset, have hit Kickstarter with their newest devices last month, the Pimax '8K' and '5K' VR headsets. Surpassing their initial goal of $200,000 within the first few hours, Pimax has recently...
High-flying Shooter ‘Skyfront VR’ to Hit Steam Early Access November 10th
Skyfront VR, the upcoming multiplayer arena first-person shooter from Levity Play, is coming to Steam Early Access on November 10th, including support for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Setting it apart from more 'traditional' VR shooters, Skyfront VR boasts a unique locomotion style that...
Oculus Home’s Big Update Will Only Be Semi-social to Start
At Connect 4 earlier this month, Oculus announced a major overhaul of their VR hub space, Oculus Home—the virtual bedrock where players find themselves when they aren't inside of a VR game or app. The new space promises to...
‘Job Simulator’ Gets ‘Infinite Job Overtime’ Update & Permanent Price of $20
Job Simulator (2016), Owlchemy Labs' madcap workplace sim from the future, is pushing a free content update called 'Infinite Overtime mode' that lets you play endless, randomized tasks. Owlchemy is also permanently dropping the price of Job Simulator to $20.
Now...
‘PAYDAY 2 VR’ Beta Launches November 16th, Free to All Owners
PAYDAY 2, the multiplayer bank-heist game by Overkill Software, is soon to get full VR support as PAYDAY 2 VR, which will also allow VR and non-VR players to play together.
Update (10/23/17): Payday developer Overkill Software hosted a Q&A on...
Community Fallout from UploadVR’s Harassment Settlement, and Bearing Witness to Testimony
The sexual harassment lawsuit against UploadVR was reported to be settled via Tech Crunch on September 6th, and a week later the New York Times followed with more details about how Upload had been barely dented. The case was...
Lytro Announces VR Light Field Rendering Software ‘Volume Tracer’
Lytro, the once consumer-facing light field camera company which has recently pivoted to create high-end production tools, has announced a light field rendering software for VR that essentially aims to free developers from the current limitations of real-time rendering. The company...
LG’s Upcoming SteamVR Headset Could Be Named ‘UltraGear’
Earlier this year, Valve confirmed that LG was developing a VR headset utilizing SteamVR Tracking, making it one of the first headsets to do so outside of HTC Vive and the upcoming Pimax "8K" VR headset. While still unnamed...
Fujitsu is Making a Windows VR Headset Too, Arrival in Japan Expected Late November
It looks like Fujitsu is adding its name to the list of OEMs producing Windows "Mixed Reality" VR headsets, which currently include the likes of Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung.
Fujitsu's unnamed headset follows the same reference design...
Valve Brings VR-Native Media Player to SteamVR in Latest Beta Update
SteamVR's latest update to its beta branch is bringing along with it a Media Player that allows users to browse, preview and view a number of local media files directly in VR, including traditional video/photo formats as well as 180/360 degree content.
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