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‘Windlands 2’ Rift Pre-orders Now Live, New Trailer Reveals Bosses, Maps & More

Windlands 2, Psytec Games' upcoming multiplayer sequel to the high-flying grappling hook adventure, is nearly here. Psytec has today announced that Windlands 2 is set to land on Oculus Rift next week. Update (September 6th, 2018):  Windlands 2 pre-orders are now available...

Watch Oculus Connect 6 Opening Keynote Livestream Here @10 AM PT

Oculus Connect, the company’s annual developer conference, is back again for its sixth year. We're none the wiser as to what the company has planned for its all-important opening keynote; you can watch along with us here, starting September...

SVVR Con: Kickstarting the Next VR Revolution – LiveStream @ 2:00 pm PDT

Join us for another SVVR panel livestream focused on the future of crowdfunding and its intersection with virtual reality. Topics: Crowdfunding VR projects What makes for a successful campaign? What are the pitfalls? Can a faltering campaign be rescued? Panel Members: Ben Lang, Road to VR William...

Oculus SDK 0.4.1 Beta Released: Mac OSX Support, SSE Fix, UE4 and More

Oculus VR today released the Oculus SDK 0.4.1 beta which brings important fixes for developers and enthusiasts alike. With the release of the Oculus Rift DK2 at the end of last month, Oculus VR pushed out the Oculus SDK 0.4.0...

PSVR Exclusive ‘Golem’ Release Date Slips into 2019

For a PSVR exclusive that started development all the way back in 2015—before PSVR was even released—Golem sure has been taking its time. Following several delays, we last heard that the studio planned to launch the game by the...

John Carmack Resigns from Id Software

In news that you may have seen coming, John Carmack has resigned from his position at Id Software, the Company he co-founded. Being immersed in the world of VR, it's sometimes easy to lose track of how far commercial Virtual...

New Gear VR for Note 7 Announced with Wider Field of View, Compatible with Prior Gear...

Samsung today announced a new version of their Gear VR headset with a wider field of view. The headset is compatible with both the Note 7's new USB Type-C connector as well as micro-USB, offering support for all phones...

Oculus Hiring Spree Suggests Facebook is Accelerating VR/AR Plans

Starting toward the end of 2017, the number of listed job openings at Oculus has nearly tripled, with the current number of openings floating around an all time high. Across Oculus' 15 locations, the company is currently listing 443 available...

Facebook Develops AI Supersampling to Boost Rendering Performance for High-resolution VR Headsets

Facebook has developed an AI-assisted method for supersampling real-time rendered content, something that could become an integral addition to games coming to future generations of high-resolution VR headsets. There's an ongoing arms race between display technology and GPUs, and adding...

Beyeonics Raises $11.5M to Further Develop AR/VR Surgical Visualization Platform

Elbit Systems, an Israel-based defense company, recently announced that its medical technologies subsidiary Beyeonics Surgical successfully concluded its first funding round of $11.5 million, which the company says will be used to expand product development and accelerate commercialization of its...

Meta Will Bring ‘Augments’ to Quest 3, Persistent Mini-apps That Live in Your Room

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today at Connect, the company's annual XR developer conference, that it's going to launch a set of mixed reality mini-apps on Quest 3 that you can stick anywhere in your house. Relying on Quest 3's...

Oculus to Show Brand New Game Demos at GDC, Detail What’s Ahead in 2018

GDC, hosted later this month in San Francisco, has long been an important event for Oculus. This year the company says they're bringing brand new VR demos to the show and will host a session exploring the company's plans...

Sci-Fi Adventure ‘Hubris’ Coming to PC VR Headsets in December, Quest 2 & PSVR 2 in...

Belgium-based 3D animation and VR studio Cyborn today announced its sci-fi adventure Hubris is finally set to launch on PC VR headsets on December 7th. In Hubris you serve as a recruit of the Order of Objectivity on your way to the Twin...

ILMxLab Executive Creative Director John Gaeta to Appear on Virtual Talk Show ‘Gunter’s Universe’ Friday

John Gaeta, often associated with his groundbreaking special effects within The Matrix trilogy, is currently working with xLab, Industrial Light & Magic's arm dedicated to interactive media experimentation. He'll be joining the live VR show Gunter's Universe as a guest...

One of VR’s Best Party Games Now Supports Rift & Vive Motion Controllers

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is an undeniably fun VR party game that you can play together with a big group with only one VR headset. Now the game has added much requested support for both Vive and Rift's...
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