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Impressive Bowshooter ‘Sacralith: The Archer’s Tale’ to Launch on PSVR Soon

Sacralith: The Archer's Tale (2018), a story-driven bowshooter from Moscow-based indie studio Odd Meter, demonstrated some relatively high polish when it was first released on PC VR headsets last year. Now, the studio says its making its way to...

Making ‘The Remedy’ – How A Veteran Illustrator Made one of VR’s Best Short Films With...

Perhaps no project to date shows the potential of Quill—Oculus' VR illustration and animation tool—quite like The Remedy. Created by veteran animator Daniel Martin Peixe, The Remedy is a roughly 10 minute long story which establishes a very effective comic book-like...

Holovis Uses Giant Robot Arms for Intense VR Motion Simulated Experiences

First demonstrated to theme park executives at the Asian Attractions Expo in Singapore last month, Holovis’ R3ex (Rideable Realtime Robot Experiences) project combines virtual reality with four/six-axis robot arm amusement rides. The technology claims to offer the rider genuine...

AltspaceVR Goes Cross Platform with Gear VR Support, Closed Alpha Sign-Up is Live

AltspaceVR today announced a Samsung Gear VR version of the social VR platform, which will hypothetically allow anyone with the mobile VR headset and an internet connection to talk online face to face. A dozen journalists from across two continents and...

Rockstar Games Acquires Studio Behind ‘L.A. Noire VR’ & Scrapped ‘GTA: San Andreas’ Quest Port

Rockstar Games announced it's acquiring Video Games Deluxe, the Sydney-based studio behind L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files (2017) and the shelved Quest port of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004). The details of the acquisition haven't been made public, however Rockstar...

Vive Tracker Capabilities Detailed in Developer Documentation

Ahead of the Vive Tracker's consumer launch later this year, HTC plans to send 1,000 units to developers to kickstart an ecosystem of accessories and content which can make use of the device. New developer documentation details the ins...

$50M VR Venture Fund Announced by Japanese Mobile Game Giant COLOPL

COLOPL, mobile game giant in Japan, announced that they've opened a $50 million fund to invest in VR companies worldwide. Guest Article By Shun Kubota Shun is the co-founder and Editor in Chief of Mogura VR, the largest VR publication in Japan, aiming to...

‘The Gallery’, new Kickstarter funded game supports Oculus Rift and Razer Hydra

We take a look at a new, Kickstarter-funded title from indie developer CloudHead Games that promises not only to support the Oculus Rift but to actively develop the core experience around it. In the game's first Kickstarter update, Denny...

NBA & NextVR Announce 2018-19 VR Livestream Lineup

The NBA and NextVR, the VR video and livestreaming company, announced the 2018-19 schedule, which will let even more basketball fans experience games in VR. Now livestreaming its third NBA season, NextVR announced in a blogpost that they're expanding the...

VRTGO and nDreams Partner to Offer Mentoring in VR Dev Competition

VRTGO, a leading UK virtual and augmented reality conference, has partnered with nDreams, the developer behind new VR title The Assembly on a new competition designed to promote and support creativity in the UK. VRTGO 2015 is coming November 12th and...

‘Song in the Smoke’ is Getting a PSVR 2 Remaster That’s Slated to Rival PC VR...

Critically acclaimed VR survival game Song in the Smoke (2021) is getting a full overhaul when it launches on PSVR 2, something developer 17-BIT says will rival the visual quality of the game's PC VR version. Song in the Smoke launched on...
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Conan O’Brien Plays ‘Wilson’s Heart’ in Latest ‘Clueless Gamer’ Segment

Wilson's Heart, the latest exclusive on the Oculus Rift and Touch, has launched to much fanfare, including a funny take on the game (and VR in general) by Conan O'Brien. Conan O'Brien is the long time late-night talkshow host of Conan which includes...

Unreal Engine 5 Launches in Early Access with New VR Template Built on OpenXR

Epic Games today announced that Unreal Engine 5 is now available in early access, including a new template for VR projects built on OpenXR 1.0, the industry-backed standard for building device-agnostic VR and AR applications. Epic Games is bringing heaps...

TED 2016 Attendees Will Step into THE VOID’s Mixed Reality World

The ever-famous TED conference kicks off on February 15th in Vancouver, Canada and this year will feature The VOID mixed reality VR experience, including the latest hardware from the company. We've seen The Void in action several times over the course...

Visualizing the Latest Features Found in Oculus SDK v0.6.0.0

A clever set of visualizations covering some of the major changes to Oculus' new software developers kit (SDK) has surfaced, and may help the non-developers among us get a better grip on exactly what these changes mean for VR. Thanks to...
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