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‘Sparc’ Developer CCP Games to “Talk About Additional Platform Support Later This Year”

Sparc, the virtual sport from CCP Games, launched last week as a PSVR exclusive but could be coming to more headsets in the near future. Sparc is an intriguing 1v1 virtual sport created by CCP Games, the studio behind VR flight...

This is Your Last Chance to Buy an Oculus Rift on Sale for $400

Oculus has given the Rift & Touch their biggest discount yet: $400 to get you both the Rift headset and the Touch controllers, and a slew of bundled content. The company now confirms they'll be ending the sale on September 4th,...
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‘MetaWorld’ Wants You to Buy Virtual Land for Real Money, and It’s Not Clear Why

Massive multiplayer online (MMO) games with persistent worlds and real economies like Second Life haven't reached critical mass in VR yet, although many in the community are counting the moments until they can live out their days immersed in all-encompassing virtual worlds. Enter MetaWorld, one...

Oracle is Bringing AR and VR Visualization to Its Enterprise IoT Platform

Oracle, one of the world's largest companies, announced new capabilities for their Oracle Cloud enterprise platform that's designed to give large businesses a bird's-eye view of their entire operation through comprehensive monitoring of digital and physical assets. Along with...

Rift Summer Sale Drives Record Gains, Highest Steam Market Share Yet

According to the latest figures from Valve’s Hardware & Software Survey, the Oculus Rift has set a new record for its highest historical market share on Steam, almost certainly driven by a major sale which has also brought the...

Pre-orders for TPCast Wireless VR Add-on Now Available in Europe

TPCast, the wireless streaming device that lets HTC Vive owners play VR games cable-free, is now available for pre-order in most of continental Europe starting at €349 (or the regional equivalent) and the United States at $299. Update (11/08/17): A previous version of...
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‘Duck Season’ Releasing on Steam and Oculus Store September 14th, New Gameplay Trailer Here

Duck Season is a first-person adventure game created by Stress Level Zero, developers of multiplayer shooter Hover Junkers (2016). While it's hard to pin down exactly what sort of game it is with its unique, nostalgia-inducing narrative style and horror elements, we'll be...

Oculus is Capping off Its Summer Rift Sale with Deals on Top Games

The 'Summer of Rift' is coming to a close, with Oculus announcing today that September 4th is the last day to nab the $400 Summer Rift sale price. The cap off the eight week headset sale, Oculus is running...

Lenovo Mirage AR Headset Veers Into ‘Expensive Gimmick’ Territory With ‘Star Wars: Jedi Challenges’ as Sole...

Lenovo Mirage AR headset is now available for pre-order at BestBuy.com and Lenovo.com for $200, which includes a Lightsaber controller, base station, and the star of the show: a collection of games called Star Wars: Jedi Challenges. But will it be enough to attract...

The First Windows VR Headsets a Launching in October, And They’re Finally Getting Names

Microsoft announced a bunch of new info related to the Windows VR headsets earlier this week, including a mention that they'd launch this "holiday." Well it seems the holidays are getting started a little early this year, as the...
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HypeVR Uses ARKit as a Portal Into Volumetric Video Content

HypeVR is developing volumetric video tech which we called "a glimpse at the future of VR video," when we got to see it back in January. Now the company has adapted their system for Apple's ARKit, showing how phone-based...
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‘Voltron VR Chronicles’ is Coming to All Major VR Platforms in September

Based on the Voltron: Legendary Defender series from Netflix, DreamWorks is launching a single-player game coming to PSVR, HTC Vive, and Oculus Rift on September 26th. Called Voltron VR Chronices, the game promises to deliver an immersive Voltron narrative alongside the chance to...

Otoy Wants to Make Light-field Rendering Affordable with a Supercomputing Cluster You Get Paid to Be...

Otoy has announced the Render Token, a blockchain-based currency that underpins a distributed GPU rendering network. The company hopes to allow idle GPUs on consumer PCs to be tapped for rendering work, earning money for the owner in exchange...
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Developer Shows Microsoft’s VR Controllers in Action

Earlier this week we shared our first hands-on with Microsoft's VR controllers, but at the time the company didn't allow us to document the session with photos or videos. Now, a developer with the controllers has produced a handy...

5 Google ARCore Experiments That Inject Magic into Everyday Life

Google released a preview version of ARCore for Android yesterday, the company's answer to Apple's ARKit. Since ARKit was released a few months ago, we've seen a bevy of really cool experiments and potential apps to come from developers from...
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