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HP’s New Commercial VR Backpack PC Smartly Docks to Double as VR Desktop
Scheduled for release in September starting at $3,300, the HP Z VR Backpack G1 Workstation is aimed at the commercial market, with high-performance components including an Intel Core i7 CPU and Nvidia Quadro GPU. It features a smart docking...
Developer Offers First Look at Acer’s “Windows Mixed Reality” VR Headset Dev Kit
Software developer Shachar “Vice” Weis has described his first impressions of Acer's Windows Mixed Reality VR headset dev kit on his blog. His company, Packet39, makers of VR game Orbital Injection, recently received the Developer Edition headset made by...
‘Decentraland’ – Using Ethereum Blockchain ICO to Sell Virtual Real Estate
Decentraland is a virtual world that is using the Ethereum Blockchain to sell plots of virtual reality real estate. They're selling an initial offering of the currency they call 'MANA', from August 8 to August 16, 2017, and they'll...
‘Second Life’ Successor ‘Sansar’ Launches Open Beta Today, Pricing Revealed
Linden Lab, the company behind the virtual world Second Life, is today launching successor Sansar into open beta, this time built for the VR era. Though based on much of what the company has learned from running Second Life over the last...
Co-op VR Shooter ‘Gunheart’ Launches in Early Access, From Minds Behind ‘Gears of War’ and ‘Halo’
Gunheart, Drifter Entertainment's co-op VR shooter, launches today in Early Access on Steam for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.
In Gunheart, you step into the shoes of a robotic bounty hunter looking for cash, something you can grab throughout each level as you squash...
VR MMORPG ‘OrbusVR’ Open Alpha Weekend Has Begun
OrbusVR, the upcoming VR MMORPG for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, is going into a limited-time open alpha starting on July 28th, 2017 at 12 pm CT (your local time) and will last for approximately 60 hours.
Update (7/29/17): The OrbusVR Open Alpha weekend...
Oculus Founder: “Should I try to save AltspaceVR?”
Following this week's news that AltspaceVR, one of the first social VR platforms, is shutting down, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, who is no longer with the company, queried the community to ask if he should seek to save AtlspaceVR...
Oculus Wants to “Go big” On Opening Their Platform to Third-party Headsets, When the Time is...
Oculus has been on the receiving end of vocal criticism about its practices of funding the development of VR content with the requirement that it be exclusive to the Oculus platform. For many owners of the Rift's rival, Vive,...
‘Parties’ Global Voice Chat Now Rolling Out to Oculus Public Test Channel
'Parties' is a long awaited feature on the PC version of the Oculus platform that lets players form small groups to be able to talk to one another across VR apps. The feature is now rolling out to the...
AltspaceVR, One of the First Social VR Platforms, Is Shutting Down Next Week
This evening AltspaceVR has announced it will be closing its doors for good on August 3rd. Founded in 2013, the social VR platform was one of the first to come online and connected tens of thousands of users monthly...
New ‘Ark Park’ Trailer Reveals a Lot Less “Education” and a Lot More Dino Destruction
When Ark Park was first revealed back in 2016, we were told it would be an educational experience allowing players “the opportunity to truly appreciate and understand dinosaurs in their natural habitat." That seemed odd at the time, given...
At 40 Minutes, ‘Miyubi’ is Felix & Paul’s Longest VR Film Yet – Available Now
Felix & Paul Studios, among the top VR video production companies out there, today launch their longest film to date on the Oculus Rift and Gear VR. Miyubi transports viewers back to 1982 where they see the world through the eyes of...
HTC to Launch Standalone Vive Headset in China Tied to Viveport Content Store
HTC today announced a new variant of its Vive standalone VR headset which is aimed specifically at the Chinese VR market and will tap the company's Viveport content platform as the official app store for the headset. Meanwhile, in...
Sony Announces 4 Asia-Developed PSVR Titles Are Coming West
Sony today announced four new titles for PlayStation VR at the annual ChinaJoy Expo in Shanghai—all of which have been confirmed to make it over to Western audiences. The games come as a result of a partnership between Sony Interactive Entertainment and...
Oculus 1.17 Update Will Let You Launch SteamVR Apps From Oculus Home
Until recently, Oculus Rift owners have had to maintain two separate repositories for games; Steam and Oculus Home. And depending on where you bought a game, that's usually where you'd launch it from. Revealed in a forum post, Oculus...


















