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Facebook Plans 10,000 Job Hiring Spree in Race to Lead the Metaverse
Facebook, which already employs some 60,000 people, announced a massive expansion of its workforce in an effort to get a head start in building the metaverse. The company says it aims to hire 10,000 new employees, all in the EU.
The...
Big ‘Sightline: The Chair’ Update Brings Oculus SDK v0.7 and Unity 5 Upgrades
Sightline: The Chair is a virtual reality demo designed as a sort of showcase for the technology and one we're a big fan of. Now, developer Tomáš 'Frooxius' Mariančík of has released the latest iteration and it's packed with technical...
‘Takelings House Party’ is a Whimsical VR Party Game of Hide-and-seek, Trailer Here
Indie studio DimnHouse has implemented an interesting twist on hide-and-seek that pits a single VR player against a gaggle of pint-sized mobile users trying their best to escape the VR giant's murderous wrath.
The objective: mobile users take control of...
Oculus Rift Horror Game ‘Alone’ Heads to Kickstarter
Alone is an prototype Oculus Rift game made by indie studio Greenwood Games, which has now taken the project to Kickstarter.
Alone (not to be confused with Alone in the Rift) was a finalist in the Oculus / IndieCade VR...
These Are the Countries Where You Can Still Buy Quest & Rift S Direct From Oculus
With a successful holiday season under its belt, Facebook was no doubt looking forward to resupplying its retail partners with more Oculus Quest & Rift S stock. However in a perfect storm of high demand, low supply, and on-going...
Report: Acer Could Sell or Disband StarVR Soon
StarVR Corporation, an Acer and Starbreeze partnership behind the wide field of view (FOV) VR headset StarVR One, could be on the ropes after its delisting from the Taipei stock exchange earlier this month.
Digitimes reports that Acer, a 63 percent...
Rube Goldberg-inspired Physics Game ‘Gadgeteer’ Heads into Early Access Today, Trailer Here
Metanaut, the developer behind early VR experience MSI Electric City (2016), is releasing its first bonafide game today in Early Access, the very Rube Goldberg-inspired gadget game Gadgeteer.
Gadgeteer is a physics-based VR puzzle game that tasks players with building massive...
NFL Refs Using STRIVR’s VR Training Platform to Prepare for New Season
The NFL continues to maintain its strong relationship with VR technology, now employing the STRIVIR platform to train some officials. According to a report by SportTechie, the virtual reality training company has been working with the NFL’s Officiating Development...
Insomniac Teases Beastly Adventure-Brawler ‘Feral Rights’, Coming to Rift Fall 2016
Insomniac Games today revealed Feral Rights, a single-player VR adventure-brawler set on a mystical island that promises to let you explore your wild side.
Coming exclusive to the Oculus Store in fall 2016, Feral Rights gives you control of an orphan on a mission:...
‘Apex Construct’ Studio: Big Boost in PSVR Installs Thanks to Recent Increase in Headset Sales
Headset manufacturers are notoriously secretive about sales numbers, so finding out how well one specific VR headset is doing in the marketplace at any given time can be a bit of a guessing game. Now, Fast Travel Games, the...
New Steam Guidelines to Allow All Controversial & Adult Content (as long as it’s legal)
Valve is about to adopt a whole new laissez-faire attitude to what content it will allow on Steam, which previously banned things like explicit adult content and what the company calls in their current guidelines things that are "patently offensive...
Google Brings Cardboard Camera to iOS, Take 3D ‘VR Photos’ With Your 2D Camera
Google's Cardboard Camera lets you capture immersive photos from smartphone hardware you already own. The app has now launched on iOS, letting you snap 360 degree 3D photos from your iPhone.
Cardboard Camera launched on Android late last year. The...
Netflix Prototypes Retro Room-scale Streaming Video Store
Netflix engineers working on ways to bring their video streaming service into the immersive realm have released this video of their prototype room-scale virtual reality reality experience modelled on an 80's VHS video rental store. Yes, it is as odd...
Report: Google is Developing a Standalone AR Headset to Rival HoloLens
Google is allegedly developing a standalone augmented reality headset that aims to offer users a tethereless AR experience, German tech publication WinFuture reports.
WinFuture maintains they've obtained documents proving the existence of the Google AR headset project, which internally carries the code name...
Popular App Lab Game ‘Warplanes: WW1 Fighters’ Releases on Oculus Store for Quest
World War I dogfighting game Warplanes: WW1 Fighters has done fairly well for itself since it launched on Oculus' App Lab platform earlier this year. Now Warplanes: WW1Fighters has made the leap to the official Oculus Store for Quest.
Update (July 30th, 2021): Warplanes:...



















