SteamVR Update Adds Clarity-boosting Field-of-view Option and World Scale Adjustment
Zuckerberg: Oculus Quest Pro Could Bring Face & Eye Tracking
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sat down with CNET for an interview where he speaks about the company’s progress on its next generation of VR devices, namely what it might include in the ‘Oculus Quest Pro’ standalone headset.
Huawei Motion Controller Patent May Point to Greater VR Ambitions
Chinese tech giant Huawei isn’t new to virtual reality, although it’s certainly not the first name you think of when it comes to VR headsets. Historically, the company has pitched its VR headsets more as smartphone accessories à la Samsung Gear VR. A patent registered with the Chinese intellectual property office (CNIPA) showing a very Oculus Touch-like motion controller may point to the company’s growing VR ambitions however.
Oculus Appears to be Testing Android Apps on Quest
It appears Oculus is currently testing out Android app integration on Quest, which could bring to the standalone headset everything from Spotify to Among Us.
Arcturus Raises $5 Million to Expand Volumetric Video Toolset & Streaming
Arcturus, a company building tools for editing and distributing volumetric video, today announced it has raised a $5 million seed investment.
‘Demeo’ Review – Excellent Tabletop Gameplay Needing a More Native VR Touch
Demeo is a tabletop action RPG that puts you with up to three other players in a co-op battle against pint-sized foes of all makes and models. The basement setting and Monster Manual-esque modules suggest a very in-depth D&D style gameplay experience, but it’s more akin to a more casual turn-based strategy game set in randomized dungeons. It offers a good opportunity to get back into playing board games with friends in a time when it’s not always the smartest idea to do so IRL, but I question whether Demeo has gone far enough to really utilize the full gamut of VR’s immersive possibilities.
‘Farpoint’ Studio Announces Hero Shooter ‘Larcenauts’ for Quest & PC VR, Trailer Here
Impulse Gear, the studio behind PSVR co-op shooter Farpoint (2017), announced a new multiplayer VR team shooter called Larcenauts. It’s slated to launch on Quest, Rift and SteamVR headsets this summer.
Report: HTC to Announce Vive Focus 3 and Vive Pro 2 Next Week
A report from Protocol, citing undisclosed “company documents” from HTC, claims that the company will reveal two new headsets during the VIVECON event next week: Vive Focus 3 and Vive Pro 2.
Epic Floated the Idea of Building a Launch Title for Sony’s Next VR Headset
Quest 2 Continues to Grow by Leaps and Bounds Among VR Headsets on Steam
Holoride Secures $12M Funding to Create Immersive in-car VR Experiences
New Views of HTC’s Unannounced VR Headset Emerge
After confirming the upcoming reveal of “game-changing VR headsets” at the VIVECON event next week, HTC continues to ramp up the teasing with new glimpses of an unannounced VR headset.
Facebook Acquires ‘Onward’ Developer Downpour Interactive in Fourth VR Studio Acquisition
Facebook today announced its fourth VR studio acquisition. This time it’s Downpour Interactive, the studio behind the popular VR shooter Onward which has been continuously developed since its Early Access launch on PC back in 2016. More recently the game launched on Oculus Quest where it has become one of the headset’s most popular titles.
SteamVR Dashboard Update Adds Individual Window Focus & Controller Docking
The latest beta update to SteamVR has brought improvements to the way users can use their PC desktop inside of VR through the SteamVR dashboard. Now you can choose to display specific applications instead of your entire desktop, and you can dock window views to your controllers which will persist inside your VR application.
Facebook is Offering a Free Quest 2 to Tens of Thousands of Employees
Reportedly according to an internal Q&A, all Facebook employees are eligible for a refund from the company if they purchase a Quest 2 headset. The effort comes as the Facebook continues to justify deep investments in AR and VR with the belief that they are the next major computing platform.
