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HTC Just Earmarked $100 Million to Invest in VR Content, Applications Open Today

Looking to get your VR project off the ground? HTC might be able to help. The company has just announced a $100 million fund attached to the 'Vive X' accelerator program. Announced at an HTC conference today in Beijing, Vive X...

Quest ‘Invite Links’ Are the Easiest Way to Invite Friends to VR, But Few Seem to...

Last year Meta added the ability to send simple invite links to your friends which would bring you together into the same place in VR. It's a great way to easily join up with friends in VR, but it...

‘In Death’ April Update Brings Asynchronous Challenge Mode and Hellishly Difficult Dungeons

In Death, the roguelike bow-shooter from Sólfar Studios, the developers behind Everest VR (2016), just received a much-awaited update that's aiming to add a little more depth to the polished, and extremely difficult medieval-themed single player game. Starting today, In Death will include dungeons, dubbed...

‘Dating Lessons’ Review

Dating Lessons is an interactive dating course created by VR developers Cerevrum Inc. and self-styled seduction coach Manish "Magic" Leone. Supposedly tailored for heterosexual men with low self-esteem or shyness with the opposite sex, the dating course offers 11 lessons and 7...

Presence Capital’s $10 Million AR/VR Fund Counts HTC’s Phil Chen Among Founders

Presence Capital today announced they've raised a $10 million fund to invest in VR/AR companies through the new VC firm. Among other heads of the fund is HTC's Phil Chen, the purported "founder" of the HTC Vive project at HTC. Presence...

Interview: Oculus Head of Mobile – Gear VR is ‘Designed for 5 to 20 Minute Experiences’

At Oculus Connect 2014 last weekend in Hollywood, CA, I spoke with Oculus VR's Head of Mobile, Max Cohen, about his work on the Android SDK and Samsung's Gear VR. Among other topics, Cohen noted that Gear VR is...
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VR Rhythm Shooter ‘Pistol Whip’ Gets Free Anime-inspired Level in ‘Akuma’ Update

Pistol Whip (2019), the rhythm-shooter from Cloudhead Games, just got a content update that brings a new level to the bullet hell-style VR title. Inspired by '80s anime films Akira (1988) and the Ghost in the Shell franchise, the 'Akuma'...
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‘Marvel Powers United VR’ Launch Trailer Reveals Total Hero & Villain Line-up, Watch It Here

Oculus and Sanzaru Games today revealed the official launch trailer to Marvel Powers United VR, and it appears we know who the last six hero slots are going to. And the game's ultimate villain reveal is easily the greatest...

‘Moss: Book II’ is Coming to PSVR This Month, New Gameplay Here

If you're excited to jump back into the storybook world of Moss, you won't have to wait much longer. In two weeks, you'll be able go head-first into another adventure with little Quill in the upcoming sequel, Moss: Book...

Oculus Quest Will Support Oculus Go Apps Later This Year

Later this year Oculus Quest is going to get access to a heap of new VR content thanks to support for Oculus Go apps via official emulation. Oculus CTO John Carmack this week confirmed that Oculus Quest will eventually support...

Prototype Meta Headset Includes Custom Silicon for Photorealistic Avatars on Standalone

Researchers at Meta Reality Labs have created a prototype VR headset with a custom-built accelerator chip specially designed to handle AI processing to make it possible to render the company's photorealistic Codec Avatars on a standalone headset. Long before the...
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The Future of ‘Facebook Spaces’: Opening the Door to Third-party Developers

Facebook launched their first social VR app Spaces last month to much acclaim. It's a polished experience that does a few things very well, and has the major benefit of tapping into Facebook's existing dominance of the social graph. But...

Oculus: Rift Won’t Be Superseded by New Version for ‘at least two years’

During an interview at the Game Developers Conference at the end of March, head of Oculus’ PC VR division Brendan Iribe stated that the Rift will remain the company's flagship VR headset for “at least the next two years”....

Here’s Every Country & Store Where Quest 2 is Officially Being Sold

On the eve of the Oculus Quest 2 launch your favorite retailer might be backordered or out of stock of the headset, but have you looked elsewhere? Here's a complete list of official Quest 2 retailers and the MSRP...
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Ex-Lionhead Developers Announce VR Puzzle ‘Tin Hearts’, Landing in Early Access Next Month

Rogue Sun is a studio founded by ex-Lionhead Studios developers, and they've recently announced that their first game, a VR puzzle game dubbed Tin Hearts, is landing on Steam next month. Heading into Early Access on November 8th, Tin Hearts is tasks...
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