You Can Now Cast Oculus Quest to Xbox One with AirServer
HTC is Hosting Its Next Developer Conference in VR Amid Coronavirus Concerns
The recent coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) has stymied many of the industry’s most important conferences and expos this year. To avoid this, HTC today announced it will be holding its next Vive Ecosystem Conference (VEC) from within virtual reality.
Subtitles & Single Controller Mode Among ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Accessibility Options
Valve is working on a ‘Single Controller Mode’ among its accessibility options for Half-Life: Alyx so that players who can only operate one controller can complete the game in its entirety.
HTC’s VR Lineup Now Includes 11 Headset Packages and Its Modular Strategy is a Mess
With the re-introduction of the company’s Cosmos VR headsets with four different variants, HTC’s Vive lineup has become a confusing mess with 11 different headset packages to choose from. Even when just considering the Cosmos lineup itself, the company’s approach to ‘modularity’ makes little practical sense.
New SteamVR Home Environments Are Your First Look Inside ‘Half-Life: Alyx’
For those that pre-ordered the game, Valve has brought two Half-Life: Alyx environments to SteamVR Home, giving players their first chance to step inside the game. Even if you didn’t pre-order the game, it’s still easy to check out the new environments by joining a user-hosted room.
‘Sparc’ Comes to Arcade Platform Springboard VR, but CCP Remains Silent on Quest Port
CCP Games, the studio behind EVE Online, was an early proponent of VR and launched a handful of VR games as the industry was kicking off. Though it isn’t actively developing new VR titles, the studio has continued to support existing titles; Sparc (2017), a 1v1 VR sport game now has launched on Springboard VR, making it accessible to users of VR arcades running the platform. And while the title seems like it would be a great fit, CCP remains silent on whether it will bring Sparc to Quest.
‘Lies Beneath’ is a Comic-inspired Survival Horror Game Exclusively for Rift & Quest
Lies Beneath is an Oculus-exclusive survival horror VR game from Drifter Entertainment, the studio behind Gunheart (2018). The studio has honed in on a unique comic book / cel-shaded style which looks like almost nothing else in VR to date.
‘L.A. Noire VR’ for PC Gets Minigames Previously Exclusive to PSVR
Rockstar Games brought L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files (2017) to PSVR in a surprise launch last September, bringing along with it some minigames to keep you shooting, punching, and driving with moxie well after you’d interrogated your last suspect. Now, the studio has released these previously exclusive minigames for PC VR players too.
SteamVR Gets a New Dashboard, Finally Ditching Steam Big Picture
From very early on, the SteamVR dashboard had adapted Steam’s ‘Big Picture’ mode which was designed for use on big screen TV’s rather than in VR. As it wasn’t made with VR in mind, much of its functionality is clunky and some of it borderline broken. Now, SteamVR is getting a dashboard overhaul which is ditching Big Picture.
3dRudder Pro Wireless Launching for Enterprise in Late March, Supporting Quest & PC VR
3dRudder, the VR locomotion controller, already comes in both PC and PSVR flavors, both of which require a wired connection. Now, the France-based company announced its bringing a wireless version of the device to enterprise customers later this month.
Valve to Release ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ SteamVR Environments You Can Explore with Friends
Half-Life: Alyx is now less than three weeks away from launch, and to further stoke the inevitable hype surrounding the game’s impending release on March 23rd, Valve is releasing some new SteamVR Home environments to Valve Index owners.
NVIDIA is Making GTC Online-only Due to Coronavirus Concerns
NVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conference (GTC) isn’t taking place as planned this year due to coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns. The company says it will still offer up a livestreamed keynote by founder & CEO Jensen Huang and recorded talks from various conference speakers.
Watch 19 Minutes of New ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Gameplay Footage & Trailers
The first Half-Life: Alyx gameplay footage was released today by IGN and Valve in the form of three gameplay trailers and a nine minute stretch of gameplay footage. This is the best look yet at how Valve’s first full fledged VR game will play.
HTC Announces New Vive Pro Eye Packages for Enterprise, Reduces Base Kit to $1,400
HTC Vive today announced it will soon be offering two new business bundles for Vive Pro Eye, its enterprise-focused VR headset with integrated eye-tracking. Additionally, the company is reducing the original ‘all-in’ Vive Pro Eye kit to $1,400 from its original launch price of $1,600.
Rhythm Game ‘Synth Riders’ Gets Cross-platform Multiplayer in New Update
Synth Riders (2018), the VR rhythm game from Kluge Interactive, initially launched on PC VR and Oculus Quest as a single-player game. Now, the studio has released a cross-platform multiplayer mode that lets you create private and public lobbies for up to five players.
