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‘Gorilla Tag’ Sequel ‘Orion Drift’ Launches in Early Access Next Week on Quest
Another Axiom announced that Orion Drift, its follow-up to hit VR game Gorilla Tag, is set to launch in early access next week, coming to Quest 2 and above.
Orion Drift has been in closed early access since late last...
Meta’s PC VR Dominance Continues as Quest 2 Passes New Milestone
Quest 2 quickly rose to become the most-used VR headset on Steam, but last month it crossed a new milestone as the majority of headsets used on the platform.
Quest 2's aggressive price point and ability to be used as...
SteamVR Update Improves Tracking Performance for Oculus Quest
A SteamVR beta update today improved tracking when used with Oculus Quest via Oculus Link.
Oculus Link allows Quest to be used just like a PC VR headset. While this makes it easy to play Oculus PC games, it also...
‘Puzzling Places’ Review – Putting Conventional Jigsaw Puzzles to Shame
Puzzling Places takes jigsaw puzzles in a new and clever direction by offering up multiple difficulties of some highly textured and interesting 3D scenes, making for an experience that's better than either physical 2D or 3D puzzles in almost every...
Oculus Research to Talk “Reactive Displays” for Next-gen AR/VR Visuals at DisplayWeek Keynote
Oculus Research's director of computational imaging, Douglas Lanman, is scheduled to give a keynote presentation at SID DisplayWeek in May which will explore the concept of "reactive displays" and their role in unlocking "next-generation" visuals in AR and VR...
Room-scale Puzzle ‘Eye of the Temple’ Aiming for Spring 2021 Release on PC VR Headsets
Eye of the Temple is an upcoming room-scale puzzle game that basically turns you into Indiana Jones—torch, hat, and bullwhip included. Now developer Rune Skovbo Johansen says the full game is aiming to release on SteamVR headsets sometime this spring.
Until recently,...
Work Out With ‘BOXVR’ for Free on Rift, Vive & Windows VR This Weekend
The world can be a stressful place, and for many one of the quickest ways to relax is to turn to food. But if you're finding yourself staring at the bottom of a Doritos bag more often than you...
Facebook Just Bought Its Fifth VR Studio, ‘POPULATION: ONE’ Developer BigBox VR
Facebook today announced its fifth VR studio acquisition. This time it’s BigBox VR, the studio behind the popular VR battle royale POPULATION: ONE which launched just last year on PC VR and Quest, and has consistently ranked among Quest's most popular...
‘Freeaim’ Motorized Shoes Give Your Feet Tiny VR Treadmills, Kickstarter Now Fully Funded
UK-based startup Freeaim kicked off a new Kickstarter campaign yesterday to support the release of a pair of motorized shoes designed to enable natural walking in VR, essentially giving your feet two independent treadmills to walk on.
VR treadmills are...
Acclaimed Oculus Shooter ‘Dead and Buried’ to Come Bundled With Touch
Oculus has announced that the first-party VR game Dead and Buried will come bundled for free with Oculus Touch (for all purchases, not just pre-orders), bringing the Touch bundled content count to three games.
Dead and Buried joins the Touch...
Oculus Research Reveals “Groundbreaking” Focal Surface Display
Oculus Research, the VR and AR R&D division of the company, today announced a new display technology that they're calling the "Focal Surface Display." The display aims to improve the vergence-accommodation conflict that plagues today's VR headsets. The company...
‘Budget Cuts 2’ Review – Great Action in a Slightly More Generic Sequel
Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency brings a lot to the table in terms of variety and action, although it edits out some of what made the first an interesting exercise in exploration and intrigue. Adrenaline is still a key ingredient...
The Co-founder of One of Gaming’s Most Lauded Studios Believes XR is the Future
Jason Jones is the co-founder of Bungie, the legendary gaming studio behind franchises like Halo and Destiny. In a pre-show interview ahead of today's Destiny 2 Showcase, Jones professed a sincere belief that AR and VR (XR) technology is going to...
Hands-on: ‘Population: ONE’ is Poised to Become VR’s First Great Battle Royale
BigBox VR, the developers behind VR multiplayer shooter Smashbox Arena (2017), are making their way into new territory soon with their upcoming battle royale shooter Population: ONE. The studio showed off at this year's Gamescom what promises to be a full-featured...
Google Teases Next Android XR Device: XREAL’s Upcoming AR Glasses ‘Project Aura’
When it launches later this year, Android XR is coming first to Samsung’s mixed reality headset, Project Moohan. Now, Google has tapped AR glasses creator XREAL to be the second with its newly unveiled Project Aura.
Google announced at its...




















