Samsung Holiday Deal Slashes New Odyssey+ to Just $300
Samsung Odyssey+ is the company’s latest VR headset, and while it launched just a few weeks ago for $500, the Korean tech giant is throwing it on sale this Black Friday at a 40% discount.
Vive Holiday Deals Include $200 off Vive Pro & Free ‘Fallout 4 VR’ with Viveport Subscription
This Black Friday HTC is focusing on pushing its high-end Vive Pro headset and will be offering discounts on the ‘full kit’ and the ‘headset only’ option. The company is also offering big discounts on its Viveport Subscription service, which will include a free copy of Fallout 4 VR, $10 in free credit, and more.
Indie Gem ‘Vanishing Realms’ Dev Affirms Continued Work on New Content
Indie VR title Vanishing Realms brought Zelda-esque room-scale RPG action to the Vive all the way back at the headset’s April 2016 launch. The game is one of the top rated titles on SteamVR, but remains in Early Access more than two and a half years later. Communication from the title’s sole indie developer have been extremely sparse, but a fresh update today affirmed that work is ongoing and aims to bring major changes to the game… eventually.
‘Echo Combat’ Review – Going Out Guns Ablazing in Zero-G
Echo VR just welcomed its newest addition to the zero-g family, the VR team shooter Echo Combat. If you haven’t been around for the multiple open betas, then Echo Combat is going to present you ample opportunity to curse at children, and go out guns ablazing in a blind fury as you shoot and take cover, possibly smacking your walls in the process.
Baobab’s New VR Experience ‘Crow: The Legend’ Launches on Rift, Go & Gear VR
Baobab Studios, the minds behind Emmy Award-winning VR experiences Asteroids! (2017) and Invasion! (2016), just released their latest animated VR story starring actors John Legend, Oprah Winfrey, and Constance Wu. Called Crow: The Legend (2018), the story puts a new twist on a Native American creation story, created with the help of Native Americans in Philanthropy (NAP), a group dedicated to engaging, educating and empowering native peoples.
Magic Leap is Offering Individual Developers up to $500K for Their AR Projects
At Magic Leap’s developer conference last month, the company announced they were ready to throw down serious cash to developers to build apps for their new AR headset, Magic Leap One. Now, the company has unveiled the specifics of the Independent Creator Program, which aims to give individual developers and teams up to $500,000 in grant money to start their ML One projects.
Google’s Latest Spotlight Story ‘Age of Sail’ Delivers a Powerful & Emotional VR Experience
Google just released Age of Sail, its latest Spotlight Story for VR headsets. The company’s ability to assemble talent to deliver quick but meaningful storytelling seems to have paid off again, as Age of Sail hits a home run in nearly every department.
Zero-G VR Shooter ‘Echo Combat’ Launches on Rift Today
Echo Combat, Ready at Dawn’s team-based zero-g shooter is coming sooner than you might think; the studio is launching the high-flying competitive shooter today on Oculus Rift.
Wiz Khalifa, Jonah Hill & Adam Levine Appear in Oculus Go Advert
Virtual reality is still very much a “try it before you buy it” proposition, but in Facebook’s latest Oculus Go advert, they’re reaching out to the masses with the help of A-listers Jonah Hill, Adam Levine, Wiz Khalifa, Awkwafina, and Leslie Jones.
Award-Winning VR Space Experience ‘SPHERES’ Lands on Rift
SPHERES is a three-chapter space experience from Darren Aronofsky’s Protozoa Pictures and writer/director Eliza McNitt that takes you on a trip through a universe filled with sound. Once featured at film festivals the world over, including Sundance and the Venice Film Festival where it won the Grand Prize in VR, the experience is now available on Oculus Rift for $10.
Haptics Company Exiii is Loaning Its ‘EXOS Wrist’ Haptic Device to Developers for Free
Exiii, a Japan-based startup working in VR haptics, is starting a free rental program across the US and Japan that will let developers go hands-on with the company’s latest haptic developer kit, EXOS Wrist DK2, for up to six months, free of charge.
Owlchemy’s ‘Vacation Simulator’ Launch Pushed Back to Early 2019
Owlchemy Labs, the studio behind breakout VR parody game Job Simulator (2016), announced that their upcoming sequel Vacation Simulator is coming to VR headsets in 2019, and not 2018 as previously planned.
Chinese Tech Giant Huawei Aims to Commercialize AR Headset in 1-2 Years
As the world’s largest telecom manufacturer, when Chinese tech giant Huawei makes a market prediction, they have plenty of room to speak. Talking in an interview with CNBC, Huawei CEO Richard Yu says the industry at large will begin commercializing AR headsets within one to two years, Huawei included.
