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‘Waltz of the Wizard’ Gets Substantial Update Including New Locomotion Scheme and Combat Area
Waltz of the Wizard, an uncommonly high-quality VR wizard experience from Reykjavik-based Aldin Dynamics, just got an update today introducing a new locomotion system and a "significant" expansion to the potion-mixing magical experience including an entirely new area full of traps and...
ILMxLab’s John Gaeta Joins Magic Leap as Senior VP of Creative Strategy
John Gaeta, known for his work as visual effects supervisor on The Matrix trilogy and for launching Lucasfilm's immersive media branch ILMxLab, is joining the mysterious augmented reality start-up Magic Leap.
As reported by The Verge, Gaeta says he's joined Magic Leap as Senior Vice...
Pimax “8K” Surpasses Oculus Rift as Top VR Headset Kickstarter Project, $2.45M Raised So Far
Pimax, the company aiming to deliver three flavors of its high field of view (FOV) headset via their Kickstarter, have recently blasted past the $2 million funding mark. With only a week left in the crowdfunding campaign and now...
Exclusive: Inside HTC’s Beautiful New SteamVR Home Environment, ‘Driftwood’
Today HTC Creative Labs is debuting a beautiful new SteamVR Home environment—the hub space for when players aren't inside any VR apps—called Driftwood. The environment takes players virtually outside on a beachfront wilderness inspired by the United State's Pacific...
Survival-Exploration Game ‘Space Pirates and Zombies 2’ Launches Out of Steam Early Access November 7th
Space Pirates and Zombies 2, a single player, space-based survival-exploration game from indie studio MinMax Games, is officially heading out of its year and a half-long stint in Steam Early Access on November 7th, including its fully featured VR port that supports the...
Unreal Engine 4.18 Update Brings Native Support for ARKit and ARCore, SteamVR Support for Mac
Epic Game's Unreal Engine is making it easier to create for augmented reality in the newest 4.18 update, now including official support for Apple's ARKit and Google's ARCore software dev kits, and support for SteamVR on Mac.
'Production-ready' support for...
Coatsink Introduces You to the Voices Behind ‘Augmented Empire’ in New Mini-Documentary
Augmented Empire (2017), Coatsink’s cyberpunk RPG, launched earlier this summer exclusively on Samsung Gear VR. Now the studio, which is also known for the Esper puzzle game series, has released a mini-documentary featuring its cast of high-caliber voice actors, including Kate Mulgrew,...
‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Room-scale VR Fan Remake Puts You Face-to-face with Freddy Fazbear
Just in time for the spookiest time of year is a new VR fan remake of Five Nights at Freddy's (2014) that brings some of the horror of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza to room-scale VR. Although it only gives you two nights...
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...
