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Microsoft is Shutting Down Pioneering Social VR Platform ‘AltspaceVR’ Tomorrow
Once the focus of a fateful redemption story, Microsoft is getting set to shut down its adoptive VR app AltspaceVR, finally putting an end to one of the earliest social VR platforms.
Update (March 9th, 2023): Launched in May 2015, AltspaceVR...
‘Solaris Offworld Combat’ Impressions – Virtual Laser Tag with Competitive Ambitions
Launching today, Solaris Offworld Combat is a team-based VR arena shooter from First Contact Entertainment, the studio behind the lauded Firewall: Zero Hour (2018). This time around, the studio wants to deliver a fast-paced experience that anyone can pick up...
‘Alien: Rogue Incursion’ is Getting a Non-VR Version Later This Year
Survios announced it's bringing a flatscreen version of Alien: Rogue Incursion (2024) to PC and PS5 in a new 'Evolved Edition'.
Released on PSVR 2 and PC VR headsets late last year, and then Quest 3 in early 2025, Alien:...
Researchers Showcase Impressive New Bar for Real-time Digital Human Rendering in VR
A broad team of graphics researchers, universities, and technology companies are showcasing the latest research into digital human representation in VR at SIGGRAPH 2017. Advanced capture, rigging, and rendering techniques have resulted in an impressive new bar for the...
Minecraft Reality AR App Let’s Players Import Creations Into the Real World
Minecraft Reality is an AR app created by 13th Lab in Conjunction with Minecraft developer Mojang. The app, which is currently only available for iOS devices, allows users to place Minecraft creations in the real world as augmented reality...
Quest v43 Update May Include Long-awaited 16:9 Recording Mode
Quest's v43 software update has already rolled out on the Public Test Channel, however now it seems Meta is getting ready to unlock a number of long overdue video capture options, like the ability to record in 16:9 aspect...
Hands-on: Vive Wireless Adapter Debuts With Robust Connection but Latency Too
Revealed this week at CES 2018, HTC has announced their own Vive Wireless Adapter which promises to break the tether on the Vive and Vive Pro. We went hands-on to see how it handles.
One year after announcing their intent...
Lucasarts’ Star Wars ‘Jedi Academy’ Gets Oculus Rift DK2 Support
A Lucasarts classic has been given a thoroughly modern makeover, it's received Oculus Rift DK2 support, thanks to the work of coder xLava.
Last year, shortly after George Lucas sold LucasFilm off to Disney for $4.05 Billion, Lucasarts - the...
News Bits: Oculus SDK v0.4.2 Beta Released – New Firmware, Chromatic Aberration Fix, and More
Oculus VR has released an updated version of their SDK, the Oculus SDK v0.4.2 Beta. The update includes new firmware, with a fix for the Rift DK2's built-in latency tester, a chromatic aberration fix for headsets using the minimum...
Wiz Khalifa, Jonah Hill & Adam Levine Appear in Oculus Go Advert
Virtual reality is still very much a "try it before you buy it" proposition, but in Facebook's latest Oculus Go advert, they're reaching out to the masses with the help of A-listers Jonah Hill, Adam Levine, Wiz Khalifa, Awkwafina, and...
Get a Real Workout in Virtual Reality with the Widerun Bike Trainer, Now on Kickstarter
Stationary biking is boring almost anyway you slice it. And while some people can zone out to music or lock their attention to a TV screen, others crave something a little more interactive. This is where Widerun sees their made-for-VR cycling system, a...
Adorable Puzzle Adventure ‘Ghost Giant’ Coming Exclusively to PSVR
Ghost Giant is an upcoming puzzle adventure that has a lot of heart, as it you, the Ghost Giant, keeps a lonely kid named Louis company on his adventures through the picturesque town of Sancourt.
Created by Zoink, the minds...
Tactical Haptics’ New Prototype VR Controller Shapeshifts to Fit Your Game
Tactical Haptics’ newly developed haptic controller prototype uses mechanical sockets that allow them to be mated in different configurations on-the-fly, in order to match a particular virtual interaction more closely than standard VR motion controllers. The controllers incorporate the...
Infinadeck VR Treadmill Shows Improvements With Vive Trackers, Launches This Week
Infinadeck is an active omnidirectional VR treadmill which has been in development since at least 2014. A new video shows the treadmill now using Vive Trackers for enhanced tracking, which appears to have increased the responsiveness of the device....
Meta Forced to Furlough After Chinese Lead Backs Out of New Investment
Meta, makers of an AR headset dev kit, was close to raising a new round of funding before a Chinese lead investor backed out, Bloomberg reports. The Chinese investment firm had reportedly put up $20 million for the deal....
















