‘Oculus Home’ Update Brings New Improvements, Social Features & More to All Users

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Rift’s new system software, previously known as Rift Core 2.0, is now rolling out to everyone, bringing with it a number of performance improvements, UI updates, and a more customizable Oculus Home area with support for up to eight people.

‘Firewall Zero Hour’ Tops PSVR’s List for Most Downloaded Game in September

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Tactical team shooter Firewall Zero Hour (2018) took the top spot again as the most downloaded PSVR game last month.

Magic Leap Shows off Upcoming Enterprise Apps Focused on Professional 3D Design

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Magic Leap announced a number of consumer-facing apps and games coming soon to Magic Leap One, the company’s long-awaited AR headset which released back in August. Today at the company’s first developer conference, they detailed a few enterprise-facing apps that will help bring the device into use in businesses.

Insomniac Games Announces ‘Seedling’, Launching on Magic Leap in November

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Insomniac Games, the talented game studio behind non-VR games like Spider-Man (2018) and VR games like Edge of Nowhere (2016) and The Unspoken (2016), today announced their first AR game called Seedling, coming to Magic Leap in November.

Magic Leap to Add Two Controller Support, Iris Login, Javascript Support, & More

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Today at Leap Con, Magic Leap spoke briefly about its software roadmap for the end of 2018 and into early 2019, indicating some interesting new features on the way to their AR headset.

Magic Leap to Launch ‘Avatar Chat’ Next Month, Developer Tools to Create Multiuser Apps

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Magic Leap is slowly broadening its app offerings, and as a part of the company’s next steps to move forward to a fully-fledged consumer product, the company today announced at L.E.A.P. Con, the company’s first developer conference, that Magic Leap One is getting a bit more social in the next few months.

‘Tetris Effect’ Landing on PS4 & PSVR Next Month, Pre-orders Now Available

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Tetris Effect is a single-player adaptation of Tetris for the modern era, boasting support for both PS4 Pro and PSVR. Sony now says the game is heading to the PlayStation store on November 9th, 2018.

‘Astro Bot Rescue Mission’ to Get Free Demo Next Week on PSVR

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Astro Bot Rescue Mission (2018) is objectively an overwhelmingly great VR game, earning our first ever [10/10] review rating for good reason. Starting next week, you’ll be able to find out why when a free demo lands on the PlayStation Store.

Watch Magic Leap’s Dev Conference Keynote Live Here @ 9 AM PT Today

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Magic Leap’s first developer conference, L.E.A.P. Con, is well under way, now in its second and final day. The company is livestreaming its keynote today, which will feature a number Magic Leap partners including speakers from Weta Workshop, AT&T, Unity, Epic Games, and ILMxLAB.

PSVR’s 2nd Anniversary Sale Brings Big Discounts on Top VR Titles

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Gearing up for PlayStation VR’s two-year anniversary, Sony has brought back some big discounts, offering up to 60% off on top titles.

Magic Leap Reveals 16 AR Experiences From Wacom, SketchUp, Wingnut AR, and More

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Today at Magic Leap’s first creator conference the company has revealed a bevy of AR content built on the headset—some experimental, and some actually launching on the headset soon (or today)—but all up and running on real hardware.

‘Dr. Grordbort’s Invaders’ Launches Today for Free on Magic Leap One, New Trailer Here

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Weta Workshop’s long teased AR shooter, Dr. Grordbort’s Invaders, launches today on Magic Leap One, coinciding with Magic Leap’s first developer conference, L.E.A.P. Con.

New Pixel 3 & Pixel 3 XL Are Daydream Ready, Google Confirms

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Google today revealed its latest phones, the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. And while the introduction of the devices didn’t see much fanfare related to VR, Google has confirmed to Road to VR that both phones are compatible with its Daydream View headsets.

Philip K. Dick-inspired VR Story ‘The Great C’ Brings Expert Cinematic Flair

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Secret Location, developers behind Blasters of the Universe (2017), today launched a Philip K. Dick-inspired VR adaptation of The Great C, a sci-fi short story that follows a tribe of humans oppressed by an artificially intelligent overlord.

‘Evasion’ Review – Strafe, Shoot, Heal, Rinse & Repeat

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Evasion is a first-person sci-fi shooter from indie AR/VR studio Archiact. With its co-op campaign missions, the game is decidedly aiming to capture a Halo-esque shooting experience along with massive numbers of enemies, something the studio has been couching as a bullet-hell genre shooter. While it’s a technically competent game that looks and feels well polished, some lackluster enemy types and repetitive gameplay left me feeling pretty ambivalent about moving forward through the off-world colony.

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