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HTC Releases Full Body Tracking Code for Use with Vive and Trackers

HTC Vive Senior Engineer James Xiong has provided a Vive IK Demo on GitHub, which includes a reference source code and Unity demo. Using the HTC Vive headset and controllers combined with three Vive Trackers, the program uses hardware tracking...

Oculus Connect 2 Registration and Talk Submissions Now Open

Oculus have just announced that registration for their second show dedicated to all things Oculus, 'Connect 2', is now open. Oculus' inaugural Connect show in September of last year was a resolutely and unapologetic developer focused event. Wary that content...

Gamescom 2013 Day One Roundup: Oculus, EVE Valkyrie, and Cyberith

After a hectic first day here in Cologne at Gamescom 2013, here's a quick roundup of what and who we've seen so far. VR Goes All HD Entering the Koelnmesse (the world's fifth largest conference venue) as a complete novice to...
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VR Horror ‘HappyFunland’ Coming to PSVR 2 & SteamVR This Month, Trailer Here

Perp Games and Spectral Illusions announced the VR horror title HappyFunland is coming to PSVR 2 and SteamVR headsets this month, letting you explore the abandoned remains of a theme park that promises some darkly comedic frights. Here's how the studios describes...
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Baobab’s New VR Experience ‘Crow: The Legend’ Launches on Rift, Go & Gear VR

Baobab Studios, the minds behind Emmy Award-winning VR experiences Asteroids! (2017) and Invasion! (2016), just released their latest animated VR story starring actors John Legend, Oprah Winfrey, and Constance Wu. Called Crow: The Legend (2018), the story puts a new...
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‘The Twilight Zone’ VR Game Coming Soon to Quest & PSVR

The Twilight Zone is getting a VR game, and it's slated to release soon on Quest and PSVR. Based on the iconic anthology series, The Twilight Zone VR is said to feature three self-contained single-player episodes which will span the sort of...

Panasonic VR Startup Shiftall Announces ‘superlight’ PC VR Headset, New Full Body Trackers

Panasonic subsidiary Shiftall announced it's releasing a new version of its MeganeX PC VR headset along with the next generation of its HaritoraX wireless body trackers. The company calls its next SteamVR headset 'MeganeX superlight', which is said to be...

‘Skatrix’ Uses Vision Pro to Turn Your Room Into a Virtual Skate Park

Skatrix Pro, the Vision Pro skateboarding app from legendary skater Rodney Mullen, has just been overhauled to deliver even more convincing mixed reality gameplay thanks to its new 2.0 update. Released as a day-one app for Vision Pro earlier this...
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‘Sairento VR’ Exits Steam Early Access Today, Launches on Oculus Home

Sairento VR (2018), a VR ninja action game from indie developer Mixed Realms, ended its year-long stint in Steam Early Access today. The game, which features both single player and multiplayer modes, also launched on Oculus Home today. Sairento VR launches out...

Meta Acquires Berlin-based Haptic Tech Startup Lofelt

Meta has acquired Lofelt, a Berlin-based startup developing advanced haptic technologies for VR and other devices. According to The Wall Street Journal, the acquisition took place earlier this summer, however the deal came to light only just last week. "Lofelt...

Oculus Rift Indie Game Update: Super Mega Mega and B-12

The VR frontier is an exciting place to be right now and it's indie developers who are leading the way in exploring what makes for great virtual reality gaming. B-12 and Super Mega Mega are two exciting in-development indie...

My First Paid Experience with the Gear VR Store

I've got everything I need to kill time at the airport: Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Gear VR headset, my last bag of American Cheetos before I leave the homeland for who knows how long. I've even managed to work up the self...

Every Developer at Vision Summit is Taking Home an HTC Vive

Unity and Valve have jointly announced that in addition to bringing native support for SteamVR to Unity, Valve will be sending every developer home with an HTC Vive Pre development kit. So now we know why Valve's Gabe Newell decided...
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VR Party Game ‘Loco Dojo Unleashed’ Coming to Quest in October, Trailer Here

Loco Dojo, the social VR party game which first launched on PC VR headsets in 2017, is finally getting an Oculus Quest version next month, bringing its madcap minigames to the standalone platform. Update (September 24th, 2021): Make Real today announced...
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‘Primordian’ is a Sci-fi Melee Brawler With Serious Style, Early Access Coming This Week

Boasting a smashing, shooting, alien skull-splitting adventure, Stonepunk Studios aims to transport you billions of years into the past to the very first planet near the center of the universe in their upcoming single-player adventure brawler Primordian. Visually, Primordian seems to be drawing on a really...
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