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Hands-on: HaptX Glove Delivers Impressively Detailed Micro-pneumatic Haptics, Force Feedback

The company formerly known as AxonVR, which has raised more than $5 million in venture capital, is rebranding to HaptX, and revealing a feature prototype of a VR glove which uses micro-pneumatics for detailed haptics and force feedback to...

Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 1) Smart Glasses Get 20% Price Drop Ahead of Black Friday

Meta is tossing out a limited time 20% discount off all Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 1) smart glasses, which you can nab from now until December 1st. The News Released in 2023 starting at $300, Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 1) are capable smart...

Ubisoft Announces Multiplayer Arcade VR Shooter ‘Space Junkies’, First Screenshots Revealed

Ubisoft today announced a new VR arcade shooter called Space Junkies, billing it as a "jetpack-fueled arcade shooter developed exclusively for virtual reality gaming." According to Ubisoft, the game features fast-paced multiplayer competition set in three-dimensional "Orbital Arenas," letting players...
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Acclaimed VR Flight Sim Adds Much Requested Co-op & PVP Alongside Co-pilot Helicopter DLC

Acclaimed VR flight sim VTOL VR got a major update this month adding co-op and PVP multiplayer modes alongside a paid DLC featuring a co-pilotable helicopter for the first time. VTOL VR is an indie combat flight sim that's been lauded for...

Facebook Connect Will be Held Online on October 28th

Facebook today announced that its XR conference, Facebook Connect (previously called Oculus Connect) will be held on October 28th. This is the second year running that the event has been in an online format due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Facebook...

GDC Spins VRDC Into Standalone VR Industry Conference with Expanded Scope

Under the umbrella of GDC 2016 in March, GDC event organizer UBM hosted its first dedicated VR event, the Virtual Reality Developers Conference. After the successful pilot run, the organizers have decided to spin the event out into a standalone...

‘Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom VR’ Quest Hands-on: Promises of Immersion Dulled By Restrictive Gameplay

Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom is a new sort of VR film hybrid for Quest, mashing up a movie's worth of real-time rendered narrative with sprinkles of first-person gameplay, billing itself an 'interactive anime'. On paper, it sounds really cool,...
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VR Woodworking Game ‘vrkshop’ Arrives on Steam Early Access Today

Building something with your own two hands out of wood can be rewarding, but also messy, difficult, and not always practical depending on where you live. In the Early Access game vrkshop, which is available starting today, you'll get a chance...

Elon Musk: August 28th Update to Further Detail Neuralink’s Brain-computer Interface

Elon Musk unveiled Neuralink nearly a year ago, and it appears we'll be getting a progress update in August that further details the company's research into brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). Musk announced the event via Twitter earlier this month, however didn't...
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‘Helldivers 2’ Fan Trailer Shows How Intense It Could be in VR

Helldivers 2 (2024) doesn't have VR support yet, official or otherwise, although this new fan-made trailer shows just how immersive it could be. Created by YouTuber 'DemoAkuroVR', the unofficial cinematic trailer reimagines the squad-based shooter action in a modded version of Blade...

GDC 2018 Survey: 33% of Game Devs Are More Interested in VR Than Any Other Platform

Ahead of the 2018 Game Developers Conference in March, the organizer, UBM, has released their sixth annual State of the Game Industry survey, offering insight into the thoughts of some 4,000 game developers. While many developers may not be...

Quest Sale Brings 30% off This Week to Some of VR’s Top Games

Looking to save big on top Quest games this week? From now until May 27th, you can nab over 100 games for 30% off right now. There are a ton of best-selling titles on sale right now, with standouts including Demeo,...

‘Vail VR’ Studio Reveals $5.5M in Revenue as It Opens Crowd-investment Campaign

AEXLAB, the studio behind VR shooter Vail (2024), announced it's opened a crowd-investment campaign to support ongoing development of the game. Additionally, the studio revealed the multiplayer shooter has generated over $5.5 million in revenue to date, owing to its...
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‘Noun Town’ VR Language Learning App Offers Full Immersion with a Gamified Edge

Learning a foreign language typically requires some level of full immersion, meaning you spend a significant amount of time interacting with the target language in order to make the sort of transformative gains that allow you to function effortlessly...

2018 Ends With a Record Number of VR Headsets on Steam

According to latest set of data from Valve’s monthly Steam Hardware & Software survey, the number of VR headsets on Steam has reached a new record. Meanwhile, the Vive Pro and Windows VR headsets have reached new peaks in...
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