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Valve Index Now Available in 31 Countries Including Canada & Japan

This week Valve announced that the Index headset and other hardware can now be bought and shipped to Canada and Japan, in addition to 28 other regions. Update (November 22st, 2019): Valve announced this week that the Index headset and...

Shanghai and Brisbane VR Groups Unite to Present Free Global Events Hosted in VR Chat

This weekend the Shanghai and Brisbane VR meet up groups have teamed up to bring the world a free, online virtual reality mini-expo featuring presentations about VR. All of it's hosted in the online social application VR Chat, and you're...

‘Vox Machinae’ Quietly Added New Mechs, Weapons, & Co-op in Updates, Studio Has “Ambitious plans” for...

The 2018 early access launch of VR mech game Vox Machinae may feel like a distant memory by now, but it still stands as perhaps the most immersive VR mech game to date. Updates over the last two years have...

Tech Demo Shows the Real Power of Quest Pro Face Tracking

Quest Pro's face-tracking capabilities will be quickly put to use to make Meta's avatars more expressive, but next-gen avatars stand to benefit much more from the new tech. One of Quest Pro's big new features is a face-tracking system that...

Case Study: The Design Behind ‘Cubism’s’ Hand-tracking

Hand tracking first became available on the Oculus Quest back in late 2019. Out of enthusiasm for this new input method, I published a demo of Cubism to SideQuest with experimental hand tracking support only a few days later....

Microsoft Preparing VR Capable Xbox One for Use with Oculus Rift, Reports Suggest

Microsoft may be preparing a new, much more powerful version of their Xbox One games console codenamed 'Scorpio' to power the Oculus Rift some reports are suggesting. As the gaming industry and associated press wind the hype engine up in...

Blackspace is a Hybrid-RTS Game with Oculus Rift Support, Fundraising with Kickstarter [video]

Blackspace is a rather awesome looking upcoming hybrid-RTS (real time strategy) game which plans to incorporate the Oculus Rift head mounted display. The game, which is notable for being one of the first non-FPS (first person shooter) titles pledging Rift...

PlayStation Plus Members Can Save up to 75% Off on 100+ PSVR Titles & DLC This...

That $60 yearly membership to PS Plus is definitely paying off for US-based PSVR owners this time around, as this next batch of discounts is putting over 100 PSVR items on sale including games and DLC. The sale lasts until...

Meta’s Former Head of VR: Oculus Go Was His “biggest product failure” & Why it Matters...

Hugo Barra, Meta's former Head of VR, offered some unique insight into the XR industry recently with an extensive blogpost that centers around Apple Vision Pro. Barra warns that, like the company's first standalone headset Oculus Go, the novelty around...

NHL Releases All-Star Game Highlights in VR, Promises More VR Content to Come

America's National Hockey League today announced a new VR video experience, captured during last weekend's NHL All-Star Game, which is now available via the NextVR app. The league is further promising more VR highlights to come from "select 2019...
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Sony Reveals 14 Minutes of New ‘Moss’ PSVR Gameplay Ahead of February Launch

With PSVR adventure game Moss set to launch this month, Sony is ramping up the hype for Quill, the game's adorable little mouse buddy, with 14 minutes of new gameplay. First revealed at E3 2017 back in June, Moss is a third-person puzzle-adventure...

John Carmack Pushed Microsoft to Make VR Fan Ports of ‘Quake’ & ‘DOOM’ Official, But Was...

Team Beef's unofficial VR ports of classic Id Software games are undoubtedly fan favorites, letting you go head-first into a rash of '90s retro titles like the original DOOM. Now, Id Software co-founder and former Oculus CTO John Carmack says...

Where to Watch Resolution’s VR Games Showcase Today @9AM PT

Resolution Games, the XR studio known for a spate of popular VR titles including Demeo, Blaston, and Ultimechs, is hosting its first-ever games showcase today which the Stockholm-based studio promises will reveal "major game announcements, updates and timely surprises...

Indie Gem ‘Vanishing Realms’ Dev Affirms Continued Work on New Content

Indie VR title Vanishing Realms brought Zelda-esque room-scale RPG action to the Vive all the way back at the headset's April 2016 launch. The game is one of the top rated titles on SteamVR, but remains in Early Access...

Facebook Plans 10,000 Job Hiring Spree in Race to Lead the Metaverse

Facebook, which already employs some 60,000 people, announced a massive expansion of its workforce in an effort to get a head start in building the metaverse. The company says it aims to hire 10,000 new employees, all in the EU. The...
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