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Samsung’s Long-awaited Vision Pro Competitor Gets Price, Specs & Release Date

Samsung's Project Moohan is officially called 'Galaxy XR', as the Korean tech giant has today launched its long-awaited competitor to Apple Vision Pro. The News Priced at $1,800 and releasing today in the US, Samsung Galaxy XR is the first headset to...

Valve to Release ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ SteamVR Environments You Can Explore with Friends

Half-Life: Alyx is now less than three weeks away from launch, and to further stoke the inevitable hype surrounding the game's impending release on March 23rd, Valve is releasing some new SteamVR Home environments to Valve Index owners. Valve says in...

CREAL Secures $8.9M Funding to Miniaturize Light Field Display for AR Glasses

Switzerland-based light field display startup CREAL announced its closed a $8.9 million equity funding round, which the company says will accelerate the miniaturization of its light field module for AR glasses. The equity funding round was led by ZEISS, the...

Sixense CEO: STEM Could Be Close to Production Following Manufacturing Fix

Sixense, the company behind the much-belated positionally tracked STEM controller system, just released an update stating the company is "getting close to be able to start production," which should follow an estimated 4-week retooling and finalization of production samples. As the...

Leap Motion Partners with OSVR to Provide Integrated Sensor Faceplate for HDK

Leap Motion are furthering their commitment to the Open Source Virtual Reality initiative. They're working with OSVR to produce a Leap Motion enabled faceplate for the project's flagship VR Headset, the HDK. The OSVR initiative, spearheaded by VR headset veterans...

Futuremark to Launch New DirectX 12 Scene for VRMark Benchmark

Benchmark specialists Futuremark are launching a new ‘room’ on November 22nd as a free update for VRMark Advanced &  Professional Editions. Adding to the existing ‘Orange Room’ and ‘Blue Room’ benchmarks, ‘Cyan Room’ uses a pure DirectX 12 engine...

Carmack Details New 5K Mobile VR Playback Tech, Releases Sample for Developers

Oculus CTO John Carmack has developed a new approach to VR video playback which makes it possible to play 5K 3D 360 video on headsets like Oculus Go and Gear VR. The results, as shown in the recent re-release...

‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Now Includes 3 Hours of In-game Developer Commentary

Curious about what made Half-Life: Alyx (2020) one of the most richly detailed and immersive VR games to date? Now Valve has released a developer commentary mode in the game that gives you a first-hand peek at every aspect of...

Preview: ‘Space Junkies’ Feels Like VR’s Spiritual Successor to ‘Unreal Tournament’

Unreal Tournament (1999) was one of the staple arena shooters of my youth. It's simple; find the best gun you can, stock up on as much health and armor as possible, always keep moving until you die, respawn, rinse...

‘The Vanishing of Ethan Carter’ VR Support Removed in Patch, Developer Teases Future VR DLC

Well, this has been a small roller-coaster. First the new UE4 Redux of acclaimed mystery adventure The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, did have VR support out of the box, then the developer admitted this was a mistake and now...

‘Zero Point’ Is the First 3D 360 Degree Documentary for the Oculus Rift, Available now

Zero Point is the first 3D 360 degree documentary film to be released for the Oculus Rift VR headset. The film is not only shot for virtual reality, it's also about virtual reality. Academy Award nominated director Danfung Dennis...

The 3 Most Common Arguments Against VR and Why They’re Wrong

With the recent release of Half-Life: Alyx, VR has been thrust into the spotlight of the mainstream gaming audience. While players and critics alike have universally praised the game, pushing it to become one of Steam's best rated games...

‘Wilson’s Heart’ Review

Wilson's Heart (2017) is a psychological thriller that takes you on a wild first-person adventure through the mind of a hospital patient recovering from a curious surgery, one that has replaced his live-beating heart with a strange machine. Ripping it from your chest,...

‘Konrad the Kitten’ Aims to Add Presence to the Virtual Pet Genre

The virtual pet craze that started with the Tamagotchi is entering a new era with virtual reality, and leading the charge is a new project that aims to give you very own virtual cat, it's called Konrad the Kitten and...

Radial-G Available Dec 11th On Steam Early Access – New Launch Trailer

Radial-G from Tammeka Games may have struck out on their recent Kickstarter campaign, but the futuristic 'pipe' racer is back by popular demand via Steam Early Access with new tracks, ships and all important Oculus Rift menu integration. Whilst the...
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