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“Weeks” Turn to Months for Release of Indie Gem ‘Vanishing Realms’ Expansion

Indie VR title Vanishing Realms brought Zelda-esque room-scale RPG action to SteamVR all the way back at the launch of the first PC VR headsets in 2016. The game is one of the top rated titles on SteamVR, but remains in...

VR Games Showcase Returns in March, Teasing “biggest line-up yet” of XR Games

Another edition of VR Games Showcase is headed our way in March, which the organizers calling the event the "biggest line-up yet" of XR games. Details are still thin at the moment, most notably of which is the online event's...

Oculus Story Studio’s ‘Wolves in the Walls VR’ to Premier at Sundance

Wolves in the Walls, the terrifying children's book from Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean, is getting its own VR experience. Created as one of the last projects of the now-defunct Oculus Story Studio, Wolves in the Walls VR is making its debut at...

A Company Serving 100 Million Gamers Wants to Help Bring Your VR Game to China

As the country with the single largest population in the world (1.4 billion people), China's gaming market is quite massive, but it's also a massively different marketplace than what we see in the West. Shunwang is the leading platform...

Not an Early April Fools Prank: Facebook Acquires Oculus VR Inc for $2 Billion—Breaking

According to a press release issued by PR Newswire, Facebook has today announced that it has agreed to purchase Oculus VR Inc for $2 billion. In a move that was unknown even to some within Oculus, Facebook has agreed to...

DisplayPort 2.0 Supports Dual 4K VR Displays @120Hz

The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) has officially released DisplayPort 2.0, representing the first major update to the audio/video standard since the entrance of DisplayPort 1.4 back in March 2016. DisplayPort 2.0 is said to provide up to a 3×...

Sony to Show off HMZ-T2 HMD Prototype with Head Tracking and Pass-through AR [Video]

Sony appears to be finally experimenting with augmented reality and virtual reality on their HMD line. The company has traditionally marketed their HMZ-T1 and HMZ-T2 head mounted displays as a "personal 3D viewer" rather than anything to do with...

Hands-on: Crytek’s ‘Robinson The Journey’ Prototype is a Visual Feast, Built for Motion Controls

With games like Crysis (2007) and Ryse: Son of Rome (2013), Crytek has cultivated a reputation for making beautiful games. The company's VR team, which just announced Robinson: The Journey as their first title, is keeping with that tradition in...

GeForce RTX Cards Announced with VirtualLink VR Connector

Based on the company's 'Turing' GPU architecture, NVIDIA's GeForce RTX cards include hardware support for the new VirtualLink connector, a standard designed for next-gen VR headsets. Announced last month, VirtualLink is a connection standard designed specifically for VR headsets, which...

Xbox Error Message Refers to VR Headset, Microsoft Says VR Still Not a Focus for Console

A message uncovered by IGN Italy when plugging in a pair of wireless headphones into an Xbox Series X/S caused a stir in the VR community, as it seemingly alluded to some level of VR support baked into Xbox...

Apple Reportedly Cancels Mac-connected AR Glasses Due to Poor Internal Reviews

According to a Bloomberg report, Apple has shuttered an AR glasses project aimed at mainstream consumers. Originally planned for release in 2027, the device, codenamed N107, was a Mac-connected pair of AR glasses which the company was positioning as a...

Oculus Go Now Permanently Priced at $150, All Supported Countries to See Similar Drop

Facebook slashed the price of Oculus Go for Black Friday, and kept it for the post-holiday season. Now, the company has confirmed that it's permanently sticking with that pricing scheme, which comes to $150 for the 32GB version and...
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‘VRChat’ Launches Premium Membership, Now in ‘Early Supporter’ Phase on Steam

Social VR platform VRChat has rolled out a premium subscription service which brings a few new extras to users looking to support the free app. Called VRChat Plus, the membership includes some neat side benefits. In its Early Supporter phase though,...

HTC Vive Tracker Juggling (yes, juggling) Demonstrates Impressive Performance

The Vive Tracker, a 'puck'-like device designed to attach to objects to track them in VR via the SteamVR Tracking system, went on sale this week after 1,000 units went out to developers earlier this year. One developer aptly...

‘Pollen’ is a Sci-Fi Virtual Reality Exploration Game with Stunning Visuals

Let's be honest here. Back when the Oculus Rift DK1 was barely in enthusiast's hands, the majority of content available for this new breed of VR headset wasn't pretty. Such was the power of this new platform and the new-ness...
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