‘Superhot VR’ Has Now Sold More Than 2 Million Copies
Superhot VR (2016) has now gone double platinum, putting the stylish red-guy-smashing action game at over two million copies sold across all VR platforms.
Quest Sold $100 Million Worth of Games & Apps in Its First Year
This week marks the first year anniversary of Oculus Quest, Facebook’s latest and greatest standalone VR headset. Today the company revealed that $100 million worth of Quest games and apps have been sold to date.
Oculus Quest to Get ‘Playspace Scan’ Feature to Detect Objects Intruding into Guardian
In honor of Oculus Quest’s first anniversary today, Facebook announced that the popular standalone VR headset is getting a new ‘Playspace Scan’ feature to make its Guardian system capable of detecting objects that could trip you up during gameplay.
Valve Releases ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Steam Workshop Tools for Making & Downloading Mods
Valve today launched new Half-Life: Alyx modding tools which will allow developers and tinkerers to make and publish mods and user-generated content via the Steam Workshop system. Valve says the tools will allow for the creation of new levels, models, textures, and animations for the game.
Rock Star Simulator ‘Hotel R’n’R’ to Launch on PSVR May 28th, Trailer Here
Hotel R’n’R, the rock star lifestyle simulator, is headed out of early access on PC VR headsets soon, which will coincide its release on PSVR.
VR Ears Kickstarter Nears $200K in Last Week for Enhanced Audio on Quest, Rift S, & More
Rebuff Reality has taken its latest VR accessory, VR Ears, to Kickstarter with the hopes of bringing an enhanced audio solution to all major headsets, including those with sub-par or no integrated audio like PSVR, Quest, and Rift S. In its final week, the project is well past its goal as it closes in on $200,000.
‘Bigscreen’ Expands International Availability of On-Demand Anime Films
Bigscreen, the social VR viewing platform, launched on-demand 2D and 3D video late last month. Shortly afterwards, the studio announced it had partnered with Sony Picture’s anime distribution company Funimation to bring some of the biggest names in anime to its rapidly expanding on-demand service. Now those films can be viewed in some regions outside of the US.
Samsung is Terminating Its VR Video Apps on All Devices
With the end of Samsung Gear VR, it seems the South Korean tech giant is also doing away with its VR video apps as well. The company is ending service for all of its Samsung XR apps across the web, mobile, and VR headset platforms.
Quest Fitness App ‘Supernatural’ Now Offers Annual Subscriptions, Starting at $149
Apple Confirms Acquisition of VR Live Streaming Company NextVR
NextVR, the live event broadcasting platform for VR headsets, has been acquired by Apple in what was reportedly a $100 million purchase.
NVIDIA Launches CloudXR 1.0 SDK to Enable AR/VR Streaming Services in the Cloud
NVIDIA today announced the launch of version 1.0 of its CloudXR SDK, a suite of tools which allows network operators to offer cloud-rendered AR/VR streaming capabilities.
Oculus Link Now Works with USB 2.0 Cables, Including the One that Ships With Quest
Oculus Quest can function as a PC VR headset with the Oculus Link feature which was introduced in beta late last year. At launch the feature only supported USB 3.0 cables, which somewhat awkwardly didn’t include the cable that came in the box with Quest. A recent update to Oculus Link now allows Quest to use the feature with USB 2.0 cables, including the one it ships with.
‘Tetris Effect’ Arrives on Oculus Quest Today
Tetris Effect (2018) first released on PlayStation 4 and PSVR in late 2018, later coming to PC via the Epic Store, which included support for SteamVR headsets. Now the award-winning stacker puzzle game is available on Oculus Quest starting today.
‘Phantom: Covert Ops’ Preview – A Compelling Take on VR Stealth, but Comfort Challenges Could Muddy the Waters
The premise of Phantom: Covert Ops almost sounds ridiculous at first blush: you’re a special forces dude in a tactical kayak who is slinking around the waterways of an old Russian base. But don’t let the silinees of a tactical kayak fool you, this is actually a fundamentally compelling and immersive approach to a VR stealth game, but with one unfortunate conceit.
Co-op VR Cooking Game ‘Cook-out: A Sandwich Tale’ Coming to Rift & Quest This Year
Resolution Games, the Stockholm-based studio behind Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs (2019), Bait! (2016) and Acron: Attack of the Squirrels! (2019), today unveiled a short slice of gameplay for its next multiplayer VR game, Cook-Out: A Sandwich Tale.
