Valve Reveals Top Selling VR Games on Steam in 2018
As we head into the New Year, Valve has released a look back at 2018’s best selling VR titles on Steam.
HoloLens’ Missing Stock Fuels HoloLens 2 Speculation
For a category-defining first-gen device introduced in early 2015, HoloLens has had a remarkably long lifespan. But it increasingly seems like 2019 could be the year that HoloLens 2 is revealed as official channels have now been weeks without stock of the original headset.
15 VR Games We Can’t Wait to Play in 2019
This year was awesome for VR gaming, but 2019 is looking even brighter with a slew of highly polished titles coming to PSVR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.
Oculus Quest Hits FCC on Its Way to Spring 2019 Launch
As we head into 2019, there’s a growing sense of bated breath within the VR industry as the Oculus Quest launch draws near. Today the headset popped up in FCC listings, seemingly indicating that things are on track for the Spring 2019 release.
The Steam Winter Sale is Here, Discounts on Bethesda VR & More Top VR Games
If you’re expecting a stocking full of Steam Gift Cards this year, Valve has a nifty solution of relieving you of most, if not all of your Steam funbucks. Starting today and going until January 3rd, Steam’s annual Winter Sale is here with big savings on hundreds of VR titles including the full suite of Bethesda’s VR games.
Oculus Winter Wonderland Sale Brings Big Savings to Hundreds of Rift Titles
Even though it’s cold outside, things are heating up over at the Oculus Store starting today with the company’s ‘Winter Wonderland’ sale. A staggering number of top-rated Rift titles are currently marked down from 10% – 65%. A majority are hovering around the 25% off mark.
HapTech is Aiming its Electromagnetic Haptics at Military VR Training
HapTech aiming its impressive electromagnetic recoil system toward military VR training. The company recently demonstrated how their haptic tech can scale all the way up to the Browning M2, a mounted .50 caliber machine gun.
Hit Viral Song POP/STARS Comes to ‘Beat Saber’ Free on All Platforms
Beat Games today announced that the hit viral song POP/STARS by K/DA is now available as a free track in Beat Saber. The song comes from Riot Games, the studio behind League of Legends, who created the virtual K-pop group K/DA which consists of four characters from their massively popular game.
AMD’s SteamVR Streaming Tool ‘ReLive for VR’ Won’t Support Oculus Mobile Devices
AMD recently launched an updated version of their Radeon Software suite which brought the ability to stream SteamVR games to standalone and smartphone-based headsets, provided you own a supported AMD GPU. Now the company has put future support for all Oculus mobile devices in doubt.
Impressive Valve-built Environment ‘Winter Peak’ Comes to SteamVR Home
It’s hard to get tired of Valve’s SteamVR Home when the company keeps pumping out high-quality spaces like Gulping Goat and Candy Emporium as of late. Now on Steam Workshop, the company’s open marketplace for environmental additions and asset packs, Valve has pushed out a new environment called ‘Winter Peak’ that puts you in a frosty winter wonderland befitting the season.
Developers Now Receiving Google’s Experimental 6DOF Controller Kits
As applications for the Lenovo Mirage Solo 6DOF controller dev kits come to a close recently, it appears Google has begun sending out its first wave of units, an experimental hardware add-on for Lenovo’s Mirage Solo standalone headset that brings optical positional tracking to a pair of purpose-built controllers.
‘Angry Birds VR’ is Coming to All Major VR Platforms in 2019
Rovio’s Angry Birds defined the early days of mobile games. Now, the studio has set their sights on consumer VR with their next installment of their incredibly popular pig-smashing title. Called Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs, the game is set to debut early next year on “all major VR platforms,” the studio says.
Road to VR’s 2018 Game of the Year Awards [Updated]
Consumer VR is a little over two years old now, creeping up on three years next April. There’s been plenty to talk about in VR gaming over the course of 2018, with even more ambitious indie studios and AAA game companies getting into the medium for the first time. Now in our second annual Road to VR Game of the Year Awards, we’ve again put the top VR games from the industry’s leading platforms through their paces.
Magic Leap One Prescription Inserts Are Finally Available
Magic Leap One launched back in August with a glasses frame insert in the box, although the onus was on the user to find an optician to fit it with prescription lenses. Now, the company has finally unveiled their official prescription inserts, and like the $2,300 headset itself, it costs a pretty penny.
Facebook Open-sources DeepFocus Algorithm for More Realistic Varifocal VR Rendering
DeepFocus is Facebook’s AI-driven renderer that’s said to produce natural looking blur in real-time, something that’s poised to go hand-in-hand with the varifocal displays of tomorrow. Today, Facebook announced that DeepFocus is going open source; while the company’s wide field of view (FOV) prototype ‘Half Dome’ may be proprietary, their deep learning tool will be “hardware agnostic.”
