OSVR is currently offering the HDK 2 at a 20% price reduction as part of their Academia and Developer Program. The HDK 2 is the most recent iteration of the organization's open-source VR headset, normally priced at $399. The OSVR HDK...

Realities, a ‘virtual travel’ title that presents near photo-realistic VR captures of real-world locations, has received a major update. In addition to a new explorable location, the software has been overhauled to support forward rendering and improved support for...

Among other additions to the console's base experience, the forthcoming PS4 System Software Update 4.50 will bring improved tracking and 3D Blu-ray playback to Sony's PlayStation VR headset. In time for the launch of Farpoint and the PSVR Aim controller, the...

Moving around in VR isn't a solved problem. In 5 years, the best games and experiences won't be using point-and-click teleportation. At GDC 2017 last week, I saw two promising new types of experimental locomotion in VR. First was...

After announcing the launch of a VR studio last year, Justin Roiland, the co-creator of the hit animated show Rick and Morty, is set to deliver the keynote address at next week's VRLA Expo 2017, April 14th and 15th. VRLA Expo...

Tactical Haptics, developers of the Reactive Grip controller, are showing their latest prototypes now with attachments for the Vive Tracker, Oculus Touch, and a custom-built SteamVR Tracking solution. The controller employs a unique solution to haptic feedback which aims...

Jump scares are universally hated by horror film and game enthusiasts alike for being 'cheap thrills', and are oft considered the low-hanging fruit of the genre. Suspense and existential dread however are much harder to manufacture in a horror...

Robo Recall has been given a locomotion mod for those looking for a less-restrictive movement system. Epic Games’ new VR shooter employs a teleport mechanic for movement, but has full mod support, allowing for additional experimental control systems. Robo Recall,...

Alongside the $100 price cut of both Rift headset and Touch controllers, Oculus also permanently reduced the price of additional Sensors to $59. This is the first major price reduction for high-end PC VR hardware since launch. Oculus have applied...

At GDC 2017 this week we've gone hands-on with the latest prototype of StrikerVR's 'Arena Infinity' haptic VR gun. Built (for now) for the out-of-home sector, the peripheral's powerful haptics adapt from guns to chainsaws to grenade launchers and...

Is Duck Season a game? Is a Hot Pocket a meal? Who needs labels anyway? Created by Stress Level Zero, developers of multiplayer shooter Hover Junkers (2016), Duck Season is something, that's for sure. Part shooting game, part theater piece, part exploration experience, Duck Season defies the genre...

"Adrenaline platformer" is the apt descriptor that Survios is using for their newly announced title, Sprint Vector. The core of the game is what the company is calling the Fluid Locomotion System, a synthesis of VR movement techniques seen elsewhere...

According to UBS analyst Steven Milunovich, Apple could have over 1,000 engineers working on Augmented Reality technology in Israel, mostly at its major R&D centre in Herzliya. Milunovich maintains Apple might introduce AR features similar to Google’s Tango in the...

Amazon announced VR support for Lumberyard, their free of cost CryEngine-based game engine, at last year's GDC, but this year the company is pushing the feature specs of the engine, maintaining that Lumberyard is the first game engine to directly...

ARK Park is a VR spin-off of ARK: Survival Evolved (2017) from Suzhou, China-based Snail Games. Letting you explore the habitats of the world's wild mix of fictional and non-fictional pre-historic creatures, ARK Park is betting big on the pure wow-factor of...