‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge VR’ to Feature Yoda in ‘Temple of Darkness’ Tale, Trailer Here

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ILMxLAB is bringing it’s next VR experience, Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge, exclusively to Quest on November 19th. Now the studio has given us another look at a standalone story in the game that focuses on the exploits of none other than Master Yoda himself.

‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Update with In-game Commentary Likely to Release Soon

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Half-Life: Alyx is likely soon to see an update which would add in-game developer commentary similar to previous Valve games.

‘Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Tempestfall’ Coming to PC VR & Quest Next Year

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Carbon Studio, the developers behind The Wizards and Alice VR, today announced they’re working on a new made-for-VR game in the Warhammer universe.

‘Blair Witch: Quest Edition’ Review – Real Psychological Thrills Worthy of the Name

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Games built on film franchises are rarely good for a reason. Many suffer from comparatively lower budgets and seem to fundamentally lack creative flexibility. More often than not, this ends up leading to a clumsy replication of the source material and a big disappointment on the part of the player. Thankfully, this isn’t true for Blair Witch, the story-driven psychological horror game first launched on PC in 2019, and now rebuilt for Oculus Quest. The VR port is a bit rough around the edges, but even with its momentary jankiness and lower graphical fidelity it delivers a dark, bone chilling story that forces you head first into insanity.

PSVR Owners Can Now Request a Free Camera Adapter for PS5 Compatibility

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Original PSVR (2016) & PS5 console | Photo by Road to VR

Sony has finally revealed how and when PSVR owners can get their hands on a camera adapter to make PlayStation VR compatible with PS5.

AMD Announces Radeon RX 6000-series GPUs with USB-C “for a modern VR experience”

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AMD today introduced the Radeon RX 6800, 6800 XT, and 6900 XT graphics cards based on its latest RDNA 2 architecture. With a release date in November and prices starting at $580, AMD is aiming to compete directly with NVIDIA’s latest 30-series GPUs. And—better late than never—the RX 6000-series cards include a USB-C port to “power head-mounted displays with just one cable for a modern VR experience.”

Crowdfunded AR Startup Tilt Five Secures $7.5M Series A Investment

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Tilt Five, the startup behind the eponymous AR headset for tabletop gaming, today announced it has secured $7.5 million in Series A funding.

Ubisoft’s VR Space Sim ‘AGOS: A Game of Space’ Launches Today

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Ubisoft is today launching its latest VR title, AGOS: A Game of Space. The made-for-VR space sim is set to support PC VR headsets across Steam and the Oculus Store.

Gorilla Glass Maker Corning & Pixelligent Partner to Develop Optics for Consumer AR Headsets

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Corning Incorporated, the makers of Corning Gorilla Glass, announced a new partnership with compound material supplier Pixelligent Technologies to develop optics for the coming age of consumer AR headsets.

Hack & Slash Rogue-lite ‘Until You Fall’ Leaves Early Access on Steam & Oculus PC

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Until You Fall (2020), the VR sword fighting game from Schell Games, is officially out of Early Access on PC starting today.

‘Elite Dangerous: Horizons’ Now Free to All Owners of the Base Game

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Elite Dangerous (2014), one of the first truly massive VR-compatible space sims, is releasing its biggest DLC for free today to all players who own the base game.

Quest 2 Jailbreak Effort Reports Success Bypassing Facebook Services

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Calls for a Quest 2 ‘jailbreak’—a means of freeing the device from Facebook account requirements and other software-based restrictions—cropped up within days of the headset’s release. Today, less than two weeks later, the first jailbreak for the headset has reportedly been verified.

DecaGear CEO Shares Details on Company Background, Future Plans

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With the reveal of the DecaGear headset last week we wanted to learn more about the company behind the project. We got in touch with Or Kuntzman, the founder & CEO of Megadodo Simulation Games (which is building DecaGear) to learn more about its background and future plans.

Stanford & Samsung Develop Ultra-dense OLED Display Capable of 20,000 PPI

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Researchers at Stanford and Samsung Electronics have developed a display capable of packing in greater than 10,000 pixels per inch (ppi), something that’s slated to be used in VR/AR headsets and contact lenses of the future.

Unity ‘Accelerating efforts’ on OpenXR Support, Preview Expected by End of Year

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Unity has long been a public supporter of OpenXR—an industry standard designed to streamline VR development by making it easier for apps to support a wide range of headsets—but the company has yet to deploy support for the standard. As a key figure in OpenXR (owed to it being one of the leading VR game engines), it’s good news today to hear the company affirm its commitment to the standard and say that it’s accelerating work to bring OpenXR to Unity.

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