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AR Content is Coming to Google Maps, But It Won’t Matter Until There’s a Headset to...

Google today announced it's starting a pilot program that will soon allow select partners to create AR content and display it within Google Maps. While it seems like an important step for Google on the way to owning a...

Ship Battler ‘Battlewake’ to Launch on VR Headsets in September, Quest Version Confirmed

Survios, the VR studio behind Raw Data (2017) and Creed: Rise to Glory (2018), today announced that their upcoming pirate ship battler finally has a release date; it's slated to arrive on September 10th for most major VR headsets. When the studio...

Hands-on: ‘Budget Cuts’ Showcases an Impressive Grip on What Makes VR Great

It's been over two years since Stockholm-based Neat Corporation released the initial prototype for Budget Cuts, an upcoming stealth-action game that throws you into a robot-filled office space and arms you with various throwing weapons and a novel portal-based teleporting device,...

Meta’s Latest Quest Store Revenue Figure Signals a Steady but Stagnant Marketplace

Last month at the annual Game Developers Conference, Meta offered an update to the state of the Quest marketplace. Included in that update was mention that content on the Quest store has earned "over $2 billion." If that figure...
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Mil-sim Shooter ‘Onward’ is Getting Its “biggest update ever” in 2.0 Release Next Week

Onward (2020), the mil-sim shooter from Meta-owned Downpour Interactive, announced its big 2.0 update is coming next week, promising to be its "biggest update ever" since the game's early access launch in 2016. Coming March 25th on all supported platforms,...

First Oculus Rift DK2 Shipment Delayed to Polish New SDK

Oculus VR today has made an official announcement about the shipping status of the first batch of Rift DK2s. The shipment, which the company previously said would be leaving distribution facilities on the 14th of July, has been held...

Indie VR Gem ‘COMPOUND’ Releases on PSVR 2 This Month

Roguelite shooter COMPOUND is finally coming to PSVR 2, bringing its retro pixel art style and arsenal of fun weapons to the platform starting this month. Originally hoping to launch on PSVR 2 sometime in early 2024, Compound has done a bit of a...

Insta360 Opens Reservations for Professional 11K VR Camera ‘Titan’

Insta360, the manufacturers behind consumer & professional VR cameras, today opened reservations for the Titan, a professional-level 11K VR camera for 360 video and photos. The Titan includes a number of shooting modes including 11K monoscopic at 30 fps, 10K...

INT Announces 2,228 PPI High Pixel Density AMOLED for VR Headsets

When we saw the news that JDI, the Japanese display conglomerate founded by Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi, were developing a 1001ppi LCD display for VR headsets, it was clear that the race for ever-higher pixel densities was still alive...

Get a Taste for Samsung’s Milk VR 360 Videos Without a Gear VR

We reported recently on Samsung's initiative in 360 degree VR videos when it launched its dedicated content portal Milk VR last week. Well, the website is now online, allowing those not fortunate enough to own a Gear VR to take...

Alien: Isolation in VR is Beautiful and Terrifying

Alien: Isolation is Creative Assembly's stab at moving a beloved movie franchise into a compelling interactive experience. Early word on the title was that, unlike the execrable Aliens: Colonial Marines before it, Isolation was something a bit special. What's...

This Developer Turned His Apartment Into a VR Game

Playing VR games is a great way to stay active, both mentally and physically. But when all is said and done, you're still only traversing around a pretty small footprint—even smaller if you're stuck in an apartment. Greg...
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The Gallery Kickstarter Fully Funded, Still Needs $5k for Razer Hydra Support

Just a quick note of congratulations to the folks of CloudHead Games who just had their Kickstarter campaign for The Gallery: Six Elements fully funded. The game, which is influenced by the Myst series, brings ground-up support for the Oculus Rift. The Razer...
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‘Echo Combat’ Free Open Beta to Launch This Month, Full Release to Cost $10

Echo Combat, the VR shooter expansion to Ready at Dawn's successful VR sports game Echo Arena, is heading into open beta this month. And unlike its sporty counterpart, which was released for free to all Oculus Rift users, the shooter is...

Microsoft on VR for Xbox One X: ‘PC is Where we’re focusing on [VR] this year’

Though the company initially proclaimed that the Xbox One X (formerly known as 'Project Scorpio') would feature VR support, at E3 this week Microsoft is distancing itself from that commitment. An official statement provided to Road to VR suggests...
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