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Report: Magic Leap Sees Sluggish Sales Numbers Amidst Latest Funding Round

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Dec 10, 2019

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Magic Leap is one of the most well-funded startups in history, boasting $2.6 billion in overall funding—and that’s before calculating its latest financing round, the amount and specifics of which are still unknown at this time. A new report from The Information however alleges that the company has seen sluggish sales of its Magic Leap One AR headset, something that reportedly only sold 6,000 units in the first six months following its August 2018 launch.

Musical Gardening Game ‘Fujii’ Launches on PSVR Today

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Dec 10, 2019

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Funktronic Labs, the studio behind funky real-time strategy game Cosmic Trip (2017), launched their latest VR project back in May that brought its so-called “creative gardening” app to PC VR headsets and Oculus Quest. Now PSVR users can get in on what we called in our review a “serene journey ripe with discovery.”

Oculus Quest Hand-tracking Starts Rolling Out This Week, Developer SDK Next Week

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Dec 9, 2019

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Oculus announced today that hand-tracking on Quest will start rolling out sometime this week with basic functionality. A hand-tracking SDK will be made available next week, giving developers the ability to create third-party applications which use the new feature.

Quest Dominated Black Friday Search Volume in the US, Tied PlayStation VR Worldwide

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Dec 7, 2019

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Though it’s Facebook’s newest headset, Oculus Quest may be the company’s most popular so far, at least as far as search volume is concerned. Kicking off the holiday shopping season on Black Friday, Quest dominated other VR headsets in search interest in the US. Worldwide, Quest tied with PSVR, the longstanding leader in holiday shopping search volume.

Adobe Acquires Facebook’s ‘Oculus Medium’ VR Sculpting Tool

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Dec 6, 2019

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Facebook today announced that Adobe—the company behind industry-leading creative tools like Photoshop, Premiere, and Substance—has acquired Oculus Medium, the company’s VR sculpting tool.

‘Swords of Gargantua’ Gets Rogue-lite Adventure Mode in New Update

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Dec 6, 2019

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Swords of Gargantua (2019), the multiplatform combat arena from Yomuneco and gumi, now includes a new rouge-lite adventure mode that tasks players with going into what the studios call ‘The Tesseract Abyss’.

‘Apollo 11 VR’ Studio to Launch ‘Shuttle Commander’ Next Week on PSVR

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Dec 6, 2019

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Immersive VR Education, the studio behind VR experiences Apollo 11 VR (2016) and Titanic VR (2018), is set to launch its next mission into space on PSVR soon, this time taking you to the Hubble Space Telescope to go hands-on with an accurate recreation of the mission, shuttle cockpit, and space telescope itself.

Snapdragon XR2 Chip to Enable Standalone Headsets with 3K×3K Resolution & 7 Cameras

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Dec 5, 2019

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Qualcomm today announced Snapdragon XR2 5G, its latest chipset platform dedicated to the needs of standalone VR and AR headsets. The new platform is aimed at high-end devices with support for 3K × 3K displays at 90Hz, along with integrated 5G, accelerated AI processing, and up to seven simultaneous camera feeds for user and environment tracking.

Zombie Shooter ‘Arizona Sunshine’ Now Available on Oculus Quest, Trailer Here

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Dec 5, 2019

Arizona Sunshine (2016), one of VR’s early acclaimed titles, launched nearly three years ago on PC VR headsets, bringing with it VR gunplay and zombie-killing like few had ever experienced in the new medium. Arizona Sunshine has finally come to Oculus Quest.

Medieval Adventure ‘Shadow Legend’ to Launch on PSVR in January, Trailer Here

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Dec 5, 2019

First launched on PC VR headsets back in March, indie studio Vitruvius VR is only a few weeks away from bringing its medieval melee adventure Shadow Legend VR (2019) to PSVR.

The 10 Best Oculus Rift Games of 2019

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Dec 4, 2019

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It’s been three years since the major consumer VR headsets came onto the scene, with Oculus Rift leading the charge back in March 2016. Now that Rift S is here, and Oculus Link is ushering more users to hook up their Quests to a VR-ready PC and finally check out made-for-Rift games (in all their glory), it’s high time we take a look at the best games for Rift that came out this year.

‘The Climb’ Now Available on Oculus Quest, Launch Trailer Here

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Dec 4, 2019

Don’t look down, because Crytek’s aptly-named climbing game The Climb (2017) is headed out of Rift exclusivity soon with its impending launch on Oculus Quest.

HTC Launches Viveport PC Streaming for Vive Focus Plus

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Dec 4, 2019

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HTC today announced that it’s released support for 5Ghz WiFi streaming for Vive Focus Plus, as well as all 6DOF standalone headsets supporting the Vive Wave platform. Much like Oculus Quest’s Link functionality, Vive Focus Plus can now play PC VR titles through Viveport, albeit without the need of a cable.

Pimax “8K” Headsets & Accessories Delayed Again, Now Estimated for Late 2019 & Early 2020

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Dec 3, 2019

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Pimax announced back in Fall that it was not only bringing more styles of its “8K” model headsets to market this year with the entrance of the $1,300 “8K” X and the $1,000 “8K” Plus, but that backers would finally get the headsets they’ve been waiting for, with shipments of “8K” Plus slated for shipment in late October. The company however today announced in a Kickstarter update that its original 2019 shipping window for all its headsets and accessories has been pushed back into late 2019 and early 2020.

‘Angry Birds Movie 2 VR’ Studio Raises $2M to Continue Development on AR/VR Games

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Dec 3, 2019

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XR Games, the studio behind couch co-op VR game The Angry Birds Movie 2 VR: Under Pressure (2019), has secured $2 million (£1.5 million) in a recent funding round, which was led by Praetura Ventures alongside existing investor ACT Capital Partners.

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