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Last Day to Back the PrioVR Kickstarter

There's one day left for the PrioVR Kickstarter; with a little less than 50% of their funding raised so far, PrioVR needs the help of the VR community to hit their goal. PrioVR is a VR motion tracking suit by...

Unreal Engine offers ‘Day One’ support for the Oculus Rift Developers

Oculus have announced that Oculus Rift developers will enjoy 'Day One' support from Epic Games' ubiquitous Unreal Engine 3. Not only that but early adopters will also be able to jump straight into developing for free with the company's...

Arena Shooter ‘Solaris Offworld Combat’ Comes to PSVR Today

First Contact Entertainment is finally bringing its most recent team VR shooter, Solaris Offworld Combat (2020), to PSVR today. First launched on Oculus Quest and Rift late last year, the 4v4 arena shooter has struggled to replicate the same level of...
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Oculus Reveals More Quest Launch Titles in Fresh Teaser Trailer

PAX East officially starts tomorrow, and to keep the Oculus Quest hypetrain chugging right along, the company today released a new video showing some of the confirmed launch titles coming to Quest in Spring 2019. Yes, there's a few...

PlayStation ‘Days of Play’ Brings Six Free PSVR 2 Games to Premium Members, $100 Off PSVR...

PlayStation Plus members are in for a treat next month, as Sony is serving up six PSVR 2 games to premium subscribers which are all actually legitimately awesome, and even the chance to nab a headset for $100 off. Announced...
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Hands-on: Oculus’ Wireless ‘Santa Cruz’ Prototype Makes Standalone Room-scale Tracking a Reality

On stage at Oculus Connect 2016, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg teased that Oculus is developing a new, standalone, wireless VR headset with inside-out positional tracking. Following the keynote, I was whisked away behind closed doors to see the so-called...

Don’t look down! Inition explores VR Vertigo.

Virtual Reality promises to pull us into digital worlds and convince our brain we're elsewhere, even if those places are dangerous. We look at Inition's ingenious interactive VR experiment designed expressly to terrify you. Mind Games Recently Kevin Williams visited and...

HTC Vive’s Laser-based Lighthouse Trackers Get FCC Approval for Safe Use

As one of the necessary steps for getting a product ready for consumer sale in the U.S., the HTC Vive and its laser-based 'Lighthouse' base stations have received approval from the FCC. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is tasked with...
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‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Post-credits Scene Clearly Sets the Stage for More ‘Half-Life’ in VR

Half-Life: Alyx launched on Monday to critical acclaim. The worst part about the game? After waiting so long, it's over all too soon. But, Valve has left a very significant tease that the game won't be the last Half-Life VR...
Team Fortress 2 now supports the Oculus Rift

Valve Ports Team Fortress 2 for VR Headsets, Likely Oculus Rift, More Details at GDC 2013

Valve, the famous developer who has demonstrated a particular interest in virtual reality, has ported the ever-popular Team Fortress 2 for use with VR headsets. This confirmation comes from the Game Developers Conference (GDC) website which has announced two keynotes to...

Acclaimed ‘Racket: Nx’ Getting Major ‘Early Access 2’ Update This Week

Racket: Nx is an impressively polished and physical VR arcade sport which plays like a mashup of futuristic racquetball and pinball. Currently in Early Access (and rated 99% positive), the game is due to get a major 'Early Access...

Google Makes ‘Tilt Brush’ Open Source as Active Development Comes to a Halt

Google announced it has stopped active development on Tilt Brush (2016), the company's VR paint app. All is not lost though. As the team pivots to creating immersive AR experiences, Tilt Brush has officially gone open source, allowing anyone to modify or...

Genies Secures $150M Series C to Expand Development on Metaverse Avatars

Genies, a 3D avatar company, announced it's raised a $150 million Series C investment, something it says will be used to hire more engineering talent and continue development on its non-fungible token (NFT) based "avatar universe." The round was led by...

‘Half-Life: Alyx’, ‘Boneworks’ Get Rare Discounts Among Many Others in Steam Autumn Sale

The Steam Autumn Sale is here, running today through December 1st, 2020. With it comes rare discounts on top VR games like Half-Life: Alyx (2020) and Boneworks (2019), and heaps more popular VR titles, just in time for Black Friday and...
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Steampunk Adventure ‘Chiaro & the Elixir of Life’ Launches on Vive, Rift & Windows VR

Chiaro and the Elixir of Life (2018), a first-person VR adventure from Montreal-based Martov Co., launched today on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Windows VR headsets. The result of a successful Kickstarter campaign, which saw a complete funding total...
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