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Huawei VR Controller Appears in FCC Filing, Suggesting Mobile VR Headset Launch is Near

Huawei first announced its Mate 10-compatible 'Huawei VR 2' headset back in October, although it wasn't certain if it would ever leave China. A recent FCC filing however confirms the existence of a VR controller very similar to the one seen in...

Rift Core 2.0 Beta Rolls Out December 6th, Bringing Updated Oculus Desktop App, Dash & More

Oculus has now confirmed the launch the 'Rift Core 2.0' update in public beta; it's hitting Rift headsets December 6th. The anticipated updated will bring a major overhaul to 'Home'—the place you see in the headset when you're not inside...

HTC: Valve is Still “very committed” to Making its Three Full VR Games

Back in February this year, Valve confirmed that they were internally developing three “full” VR titles. While there's still no information surrounding genres or launch dates, it now looks like Valve may just be keeping them tight under wraps as usual,...

‘L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files’ to Launch on HTC Vive December 15th, Pre-orders Now Available

Rockstar Games' partial VR port of L.A. Noire (2011) was delayed last month to much chagrin. The game, which promises to deliver 7 of the original's case files in all of their immersive glory, is now officially coming to HTC Vive...

Vive Hangs Onto Steam Majority Market Share as Windows VR Headsets Enter the Fray

According to the just-released November figures from Steam’s Hardware & Software Survey, the HTC Vive has scraped its way back from nearly losing the majority market share of VR headsets in use on Steam last month, finally ending a months...

Being in Two Worlds at Once with ‘UTURN’ – Parallel Stories & Quad Binaural Audio Mix

UTURN is a 360-degree video that seamlessly blends together two 180-degree hemisphere worlds containing parallel storylines of two different perspectives at a tech start up. One perspective is from a male founder's point of view and the other perspective...

‘Catan VR’ to Launch Free Closed Beta Soon, First Images Emerge

Famous board game The Settlers of Catan (simple called 'Catan') is coming to VR soon, and you could get a chance to play it before anyone else in the closed beta. Created by Experiment 7 in conjunction with Asmodee Digital, and Klaus and...

‘Doom VFR’ Works on Rift After Quick Fix from Valve—Here’s How to Get It

The highly anticipated Doom VFR launched today, officially for the PSVR and Vive. While the SteamVR version initially wasn't working with the Rift, a patch to SteamVR's beta branch has enabled the game to work with Oculus' headset. Here's...
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BBC Takes You 250 Miles Above Earth in ‘Home – A VR Spacewalk’, Now Available for...

BBC and VR production studio REWIND have released their much-lauded interactive VR experience inspired by real NASA and ESA astronaut training programs. The experience, called Home - A VR Spacewalk, supports HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift and is now available...

‘Justice League’ IMAX VR Experience to Debut Haptic VR Controller from Tactical Haptics

The new IMAX VR Centres aim to fuse the best arcade VR games with the best peripherals, for an experience you can't get from your home VR headset. For the new (and awkwardly named) Justice League: An IMAX VR...
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Google Launches Poly API & Toolkit to Make 3D Objects Easier to Find & Use in...

Google launched Poly earlier this month, a new platform for browsing and downloading 3D objects and scenes. While Poly enjoys full integration with Google’s popular VR creative tools Tilt Brush and Blocks, now the company has released Poly API to make...

Sunsoft’s VR MOBA for PSVR ‘Dark Eclipse’ to Launch in Spring 2018

Sunsoft, the Japanese publisher and developer, today announced their multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) for PlayStation VR Dark Eclipse will be launching Spring 2018. If you’re heading to Sony's annual PlayStation Experience next week you'll be able to get your hands on...

Varjo Secures $6.7M Investment, First Batch of “Human Eye-Resolution” VR Prototypes Shipping to Partners Soon

At Slush 2017, Helsinki-based Varjo Technologies today announced an additional investment of $6.7 million from the Finnish business development group Tekes to continue development on their "human eye-resolution" display for VR headsets. The company also announced they'll be shipping their first Alpha Prototype...

Oculus Go Headsets Are Now Shipping to Developers

Oculus Go, the upcoming standalone VR headset from the makers of Rift, is now arriving to developers looking to get a jump start on creating apps for what promises to be an affordable VR solution at just $200. First reported by VRScout,...

Google’s Daydream Impact Project Aims to Bolster Philanthropic Efforts With VR

Google's newly announced Daydream Impact program is a philanthropy project that provides organizations, nonprofits, and advocates for change with resources, tools, and training to create immersive VR content to support their cause. Instead of just creating advertisements, organizations using...
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