How to Enable Smartphone Notifications on Oculus Quest
The latest Oculus Quest update, v29, added support for displaying smartphone notifications (currently iOS only) inside of your headset. Here’s how to enable the feature.
Yaw2 Motion Simulator Chair Garners Over $2.7M on Kickstarter
Following the original Yaw motion simulator chair in 2018, which garnered Yaw VR over $200,000 on Kickstarter funding, Yaw VR returned to the crowdfunding platform to bring Yaw2 to life, a less compact, but decidedly more advanced motion simulator chair. The startup’s latest campaign is now over, and it’s garnered over $2.7 million backers eagerly awaiting the consumer-focused motion chair.
Steam Next Fest to Bring Free Demos from Upcoming VR Games, Starting June 16th
Steam Next Fest, the newly renamed Steam Game Festival, is starting its week-long PC gaming celebration on June 16th, bringing along with it free demos from upcoming VR titles, developer livestreams, and Q&As.
You Can Now Buy Valve Index Controller & Tether Replacements
Accidentally breaking a motion controller or finding out your all-important headset cable has been chewed through by a pet can ruin anyone’s day, especially for a device as costly as Valve Index. Now Valve has made replacements controllers and headset tethers available for purchase. They’re pricey, but it may get you back in the game sooner.
‘Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Tempestfall’ Gets First Look at Gameplay, Invite-only Beta
Due to launch later this year on PC VR and Quest, Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Tempestfall, is shaping up to look like a rather pretty (if creepy) game with an interesting mix of melee & magic combat. Developer Carbon Studio has revealed a new trailer with a glimpse of what players can expect, and announced an invite-only beta which you can sign up for a chance to join.
‘Überläufer’ is a Wolfenstein-inspired Roguelike Coming to PC VR This Fall
Überläufer is an upcoming roguelike dungeon crawler for PC VR that’s inspired by the original Castle Wolfenstein (1981), the first in the series which put a heavy emphasis on stealthily evading capture as you escape the game’s maze-like prison.
Quest is Getting a Third-person Spectator View for Casting
The latest update to the Oculus Integration for Unity includes a beta release of a spectator camera capability which will allow developers to show a third-person view to spectators watching on a smartphone or web browser.
PSVR Exclusive ‘Fracked’ Reveals More Fast-paced Action in New Gameplay Trailer
VR publisher & developer nDreams, most recently behind Oculus exclusive Phantom: Covert Ops (2020), announced back in March that it’s creating a new VR shooter named Fracked. Due out sometime this summer exclusively on PSVR, we got a better look at Fracked in a new gameplay trailer.
‘Sniper Elite VR’ to Release on All Major VR Headsets July 8th
Rebellion, developer of the Sniper Elite franchise, announced its bringing Sniper Elite VR to all supported platforms on July 8th, 2021.
Co-op Zombie Shooter ‘After the Fall’ Trailer Gives a Closer Look at Combat, Enemies
The upcoming co-op VR zombie shooter, After the Fall, is due for a Summer release date on all major VR headsets, and developer Vertigo Games is offering up a closer look at what players can expect in a new trailer.
‘Wanderer’ is a Time-traveling VR Adventure Coming This Year, New Gameplay Trailer Here
World-building Game ‘Winds & Leaves’ to Release on PSVR July 27th
Trebuchet, the Montreal-based studio behind Prison Boss VR (2017), announced its non-linear world-building game Winds & Leaves is coming a little later than its originally estimated Spring 2021 launch window, now arriving exclusively on PSVR July 27th. The studio also released a new gameplay video to tide us over.
Oculus Quest Exclusive ‘Puzzle Bobble’ Releasing on PSVR, PS4 & PS5 Later This Year
Puzzle Bobble VR: Vacation Odyssey is a 3D version of the bubble-matching arcade puzzle game Puzzle Bobble (1994), and it’s finally slated to leave Quest exclusivity when it launches on PSVR, PS4, and PS5 later this year.
‘Arashi: Castles of Sin’ Brings First-person Ninja Combat to PSVR This Summer, Trailer Here
Arashi: Castles of Sin is an upcoming stealth combat game set in feudal Japan, where you take on ruthless bandits in effort to recapture castles that rightful belong to your noble House of Arashi. It’s just been announced for PSVR.
‘No Man’s Sky’ Prisms Update Brings DLSS, Visual Overhaul & Ridable Flying Pets
No Man’s Sky (2016) just received its ‘Prisms’ update on all supported platforms, which includes Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) on compatible NVIDIA GPUs, a bevy of visual changes, and more.
