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Road to VR Named ‘Official Partner’ of VRDC 2016

Today we're proud to announce that Road to VR has been selected as the official partner of VRDC 2016, the VR-centric event complementing the forthcoming GDC 2016. As the destination of some of the most important reveals in the history...
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‘Robinson: The Journey’ Coming to PlayStation VR, New Trailer Revealed

You may recall our extensive coverage of Crytek's followup to their VR tech demo Back to Dinosaur Island 1 and 2 - Robinson: The Journey, you may also recall it impressed us quite a bit. Well, the title has just...

Trinity Magnum Kickstarter Aims at Low-cost Optical Tracking for VR Input Starting at $80

Today the Trinity Magnum launches on Kickstater. While there are a number of other options in the works, the Trinity Magnum is the first to approach VR input on the PC with an optical tracking solution. Priced at...

SVVR’s 6th Annual VR Mixer Event Comes to GDC March 20th

SVVR, one the leading VR community groups in the Bay Area, is hosting its 6th annual VR Mixer event during GDC next week. The event is a gathering of the VR and AR community featuring the 'demo dungeon', and...

‘Iron Man VR’ Update Adds New Weapons, New Game+, Improved Loading Times

Iron Man VR, the PSVR exclusive superhero game which launched last month, has received a free update with an iron fistful of improvements. Announced on the PlayStation Blog, and available now, the v1.06 Iron Man VR update brings a heap of improvements...

VR Tabletop Gaming Platform ‘Dungeon Full Dive’ Completes Kickstarter with $285K

Dungeon Full Dive is an upcoming tabletop gaming platform that aims to bring PC and PC VR players together online to play their favorite role-playing games. Now its month-long Kickstarter campaign is over, garnering the team over $285,000 to...

Veteran XR Studio Behind One of VR’s Most Recognizable Early Experiences Raises $3.5M

Wevr, the veteran XR studio behind one of VR's earliest and most recognizable VR demo, announced it's now secured $3.5 million in new funding from HTC Corp. and Epic Games. It's been almost a decade since VR enthusiasts first got...

Build Wild Contraptions in ‘Rube Goldberg Workshop’, Now Available on Quest

Rube Goldberg Workshop is now available on Quest, letting you make tons of different crazy—dare we say—Rube Goldbergian machines. Built on Quest's Presence platform, users can choose to play either in virtual reality or mixed reality, the latter allowing you...

Red 6 Raises $30 Million for In-flight Military AR Training Platform

Red 6, a company building an aircraft platform with augmented reality capabilities designed for military training, says it has raised a $30 million Series A investment to further its mission. Founded in 2018, Red 6 is the creator of the...

‘Onward’ for Quest Early Access Review – Lower Friction, Lower Res, Same Great Core Gameplay

Onward has come a long way since it first launched into Early Access on Steam back in 2016. While we're still waiting for a 'full release' of the game four years later, indie studio Downpour Interactive has managed to...

Google’s ‘Genie 3’ Interactive Generative Video Model Takes Us One Step Closer to the Holodeck

DeepMind, Google's AI research lab, announced the release of Genie 3, a new AI system capable of generating interactive virtual environments in real-time—and bringing us one step closer to the Holodeck. Google says in a DeepMind update that with a simple text prompt,...
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‘RUNNER’ Brings Breakneck Speeds & ’80s-style Arcade Shooting Action, Trailer Here

RUNNER is an upcoming arcade-style racing game that tasks you with running and gunning in a high-speed, '80s nostalgia-soaked adventure. Inspired by classic anime Akira, Ghost in the Shell, and Patlabor, Runner takes you through seven sectors of the of Presidium, the capitol...

SteamVR Tracking 2.0 Will Support 33×33 Foot Playspaces With 4 Base Stations

Valve plans to manufacture and sell new SteamVR Tracking 2.0 base stations in 2018. The new base stations will bring a number of improvements over the current tracking beacons, including the ability to support more than two base stations...

Quest Team Shooter ‘NERF Ultimate Championship’ to Enter Closed Beta Soon, Signups Here

NERF Ultimate Championship is an upcoming VR arena shooter that's getting ready to launch into closed beta later this month. If you're looking to go hands-on, there's still time to sign up for your chance to wall-run and blast...

The 20 Best Rated & Most Popular Quest Games & Apps – May 2023

While Oculus doesn’t offer much publicly in the way of understanding how well individual games & apps are performing across its Quest 2 storefront, it’s possible to glean some insight by looking at apps relative to each other. Here’s...
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