Bigscreen, the social VR viewing platform, got a big overhaul recently that brought 50+ livestreamed TV channels for free to users on all supported VR platforms. Now, Bigscreen is getting a Halloween update that includes more spooky channels and a new retro cinema environment.
Stormland, the upcoming Oculus exclusive from Insomniac Games, is headed to the Rift platform on November 14th. In preparation for the big day, Insomniac has released a new video showing off the first-person VR adventure’s ongoing content, which promises to mix up the world with weekly reveals of new challenges and environments.
Microsoft unveiled an experiment this week that explores the future of always-on virtual reality. Building a system called DreamWalker, Microsoft researchers walk around in the physical world while still being fully immersed in VR, essentially taking the first steps into replacing your morning walk with something that’s not only reactive to your physical surroundings, but ultimately more interesting.
Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency, the sequel to Neat Corporation’s 2018 stealth adventure game, is officially arriving on PC VR headsets in December.
Five Nights at Freddy’s VR: Help Wanted (2019), the VR version of the popular horror game, is getting its first DLC pack for VR today, ‘Curse of Dreadbear’.
Fast Travel Games, the studio behind VR bow-shooting adventure Apex Construct (2018), announced their narrative-based puzzle game The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets is officially due out in November, coming to PSVR, PC VR headsets, and Oculus Quest.
Sandbox VR, the location-based VR attraction, announced an additional $11 million in funding from some of the biggest household names in entertainment and investment.
Virtuix, the company behind the Omni VR treadmill, has partnered with HP to offer a prize pool of $100,000 for its upcoming 2020 Omni Arena series, the company’s annual VR esports competition.
The VOID’s latest immersive experience, Avengers: Damage Control is available now. We got a look inside and found a great example of what a VR attraction should be.
Initially targeting launch in September, upcoming VR game Doctor Who: The Edge of Time finally has a firm release date.
Epic Games today released a new video featuring a demo for HoloLens 2 that aims to show off just what sort of graphics can be achieved on Microsoft’s latest standalone AR headset. Called Apollo 11: Mission AR, the interactive demo is streamed wirelessly in real-time from networked PCs running the company’s game engine, Unreal Engine.
Borderlands 2 VR (2018) is finally headed out of PSVR exclusivity today, with the game’s Steam page ready to give PC VR headset users a crack at the VR port of the popular looter shooter.
At MWC Los Angeles this week, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang demonstrated the company’s CloudXR platform which is made to stream cloud-rendered AR and VR content over 5G connections. Built to support SteamVR/OpenVR content out of the box, Nvidia says it will release a CloudXR SDK to enable companies to offer AR and VR content from the cloud.
DAVIGO is an upcoming indie VR project where two players battle in a duel of scales. One player, wearing a VR headset, takes the form of a lumbering giant while a non-VR player plays as a small, speedy, and equally lethal third-person character.
Firewall Zero Hour (2018), the PSVR exclusive team-based shooter from First Contact Entertainment, is getting a new DLC drop soon called Operation: Heartland. The free DLC is said to arrive in two pieces, the first on October 22nd and the second on November 26th.
