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‘Half-Life 2: RTX’ Remaster Could Mean Big Upgrades for ‘Half-Life 2’ VR

NVIDIA this week announced Half-Life 2: RTX, a community-made remaster of the legendary game featuring all-new assets, textures, and lighting. Pieces of the remaster are likely to make their way to the already existing Half-Life 2: VR Mod. When it rains, it...

SoundStage Lets You Build Your Dream Music Studio in Room-Scale VR

This is SoundStage, from solo developer Logan Olson, a VR application that aims to let musicians build their own dream music studio, allowing them to play, record and mix from within VR on the HTC Vive. Being a musician can...
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Exclusive: Hands-on With the Oculus Rift Tuscany Razer Hydra Demo — The Most Fun I’ve Had...

At GDC 2013 I met with the good folks from Sixense, makers of the Razer Hydra controller. They put me into the Oculus Rift and loaded up the Tuscany demo (built in Unity). This particular version of the demo...

Adobe’s VR 3D Modeling Tool Now Available on New Headsets, Quest Support Planned

Adobe's VR modeling tool, Substance 3D Modeler, is now available on Steam, bringing with it support for Valve's Index headset and possibly others. Adobe released 3D Modeler as part of its 'Substance' suite of applications last year. The application supports VR...

Sony Unveils ‘Spatial Reality Display’ with Eye-tracking for Glasses-free 3D Viewing

Sony recently unveiled Spatial Reality Display, a 15.6-inch 4K panel that includes both eye-tracking and embedded lenticular lens array so users can view 3D content with the naked eye. In contrast to the $3,000 Looking Glass Holographic Monitor, which is...

‘Sword Art Online’ Fan Prototype Brings Bullet Dodging and Blocking to VR with the Razer Hydra

Sword Art Online is a popularly acclaimed modern action-anime based around virtual reality. It's proven inspiring enough for one fan to create an Oculus Rift and Razer Hydra prototype which allows players to dodge and block bullets while firing...

‘Driver4VR’ Emulates Vive Trackers With Kinect for Cheap VR Body Tracking

A new SteamVR mod from the developer behind WalkinVR now allows body tracking by emulating Vive Trackers via Kinect’s motion sensing data, enabling an inexpensive solution for full body motion tracking in VR. The driver, available at the official...

‘Moss’ DLC ‘Twilight Garden’ Arrives for Free on All Supported Headsets

Polyarc today announced their critically acclaimed VR adventure puzzler, Moss (2018), is getting some fresh content in the form of a new chapter. First made available on Oculus Quest, the update is now live on all supported platforms. Update (June...

Oculus is Now Offering Free Demos of ‘MARVEL Powers United VR’ at Select Retail Locations

Oculus is now giving free demos of MARVEL Powers United VR, the upcoming super hero adventure for Rift, across its many partner retail locations. If you've had a chance to try out Rift in a store lately, you might just be able...

Classic RTS ‘Homeworld’ is Getting a Brand New VR Game for Quest Next Month

Relic Entertainment, the studio behind the classic real-time strategy franchise Homeworld, announced it's releasing its all-new VR game for Quest next month, putting players in its iconic 3D space battles. Update (April 23rd, 2024): Relic Entertainment and FarBridge announced that Homeworld: Vast...

‘Cosmonious High’ Review – Incredible Interactivity for Your Inner (or actual) Child

Google's VR studio Owlchemy Labs is back with its signature 'play with everything' approach to VR in Cosmonious High. As a student in an alien high school you'll discover a bevy of fun powers and objects to play with. After graduating...

Pulse Pounding Rhythm Game ‘Thumper’ Now on Oculus Go

Thumper (2016), a totally unique rhythm game and verifiable indie gem, has launched on Oculus Go. As far as mobile VR is concerned, Thumper is a pretty big deal to see ported to the headset, and will likely set the stage...

Horror & Gore in VR – Designing ‘Killing Floor: Incursion’

Killing Floor: Incursion is a horror game featuring lots of gore that is sure to evoke visceral reactions in players. I had a chance to play a demo at GDC 2017, and I can say that it's definitely an...

Admix Secures $7M Funding to Bring “non-intrusive” Ads to VR & AR Games

Admix, the in-game advertisement platform, today announced it's raised $7 million in its series A financing round. The news was first reported by TechCrunch. Update (June 18th, 2020): It was previously stated that the source of the Series A funding...

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...
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