‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ VR Support Launching in December for All SteamVR Headsets

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If you’re still waiting on VR support for Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020), you won’t need to twiddle your thumbs for much longer. According to a recent developer Q&A, Microsoft Flight Simulator for PC will launch with full SteamVR headset support sometime in December.

HTC Offers Discounts on Vive Cosmos Headsets for Black Friday 2020

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We’re keeping an eye out for best HTC Vive Black Friday 2020 deals, including Vive Cosmos, Vive Cosmos Elite, and more. Don’t blink or you might miss the best sale of the year!

‘Half-Life: Alyx’, ‘Boneworks’ Get Rare Discounts Among Many Others in Steam Autumn Sale

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The Steam Autumn Sale is here, running today through December 1st, 2020. With it comes rare discounts on top VR games like Half-Life: Alyx (2020) and Boneworks (2019), and heaps more popular VR titles, just in time for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

OpenBCI Announces Brain-Computer Interface Designed Specifically for VR/AR Headsets

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OpenBCI, the neurotech company behind the eponymous open-source brain-computer interface (BCI), are making a new hardware and software platform specifically for immersive headsets.

Oculus CTO Wants Android Apps on Quest, But is “not winning” the Debate Within Facebook

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Oculus CTO John Carmack has said publicly that he’d love to open up Oculus Quest to Android apps to boost the headset’s usefulness, but admits he’s “not winning” the debate internally at Facebook.

Quest’s Official Non-store App Distribution Channel is Coming in Q1, 2021

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Facebook announced back in June that it planned to offer developers a way to distribute Oculus Quest apps outside of the official, curated, Quest store. Now the company indicates it has “high confidence” that the feature will be deployed in Q1, 2021.

‘Espire 1: VR Operative’ Earned $3M in Revenue in First Year

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Espire 1: VR Operative (2019) launched across all major VR headsets this time last year, bringing a mix of high-flying acrobatics and stealth combat to the table. Now developer Digital Lode says Espire 1 has generated “over $3 million in revenue” since its November 2019 launch.

Oculus Extends Free ‘Asgard’s Wrath’ Offer to All Quest 2 Owners Until January 31st, 2021

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Oculus announced late last week that, starting on November 20th, new Quest 2 owners would be able to download the award-winning PC VR title Asgard’s Wrath (2019) for free until January 31st, 2021. Following public outcry from early customers who were inexplicably locked out of the promotion, Oculus has now extended the offer to Quest 2 users who purchased their headset from September 16th onwards.

Veteran VR Studio of ‘Waltz of the Wizard’ Pausing PSVR Development Until Sony Addresses PS5 Roadmap

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Veteran VR developer Aldin Dynamics, the studio behind Waltz of the Wizard, says it is pausing development on PSVR titles until Sony clarifies plans for the future of VR on PS5.

New PSVR Mega Pack for EU, Australia & New Zealand to Come with 5 Top Titles, PS5 Camera Adapter

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Sony today announced a new PSVR Mega Pack hardware bundle for 2020, launching this month across Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. This year’s pack comes along with five titles, as well as the all-important PS Camera adapter for PS5.

Co-op Melee Adventure ‘Swords of Gargantua’ for PSVR Gets December Release Date

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Swords of Gargantua (2019), the VR sword-fighting action game from Thirdverse previously launched on SteamVR headsets and Oculus Quest, is finally making its way to PSVR.

Transfr Secures $12M Series A Financing to Scale Immersive VR Job Training Platform

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With record high unemployment, it’s becoming even more important to provide a path for jobseekers to learn new skills fast and retain them more easily. TRANSFRVR, one such company working to bring immersive VR learning to accredited job training programs across the United States, today announced its secured $12 million in Series A financing.

SteamVR 1.15 Update Fixes ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Controller Issue on Reverb G2, Adds Index Mic Feedback

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Valve released an update to SteamVR today, version 1.15, which is the culmination of the last several weeks of smaller beta updates. The update fixes a controller binding issue with Half-Life: Alyx when played with Reverb G2, adds mic feedback to Valve Index, adjusts performance heuristics to the Auto Resolution function, and more.

Impressions: New ‘Racket: Nx’ Co-op Mode Launches with Cross-play

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VR classic Racket: Nx was updated today with a new Co-op mode and cross-play across all supported platforms. Road to VR went hands-on with the new mode ahead of its release.

‘Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds’ to Release on PC VR December 1st

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Thirdverse and inXile Entertainment today announced that Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds, the upcoming team-based multiplayer shooter, is officially launching on PC VR headsets next month.

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