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‘In Death’ Review: Angelic Beauty, But Devilishly Difficult Roguelike Bow-shooter

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InDeath_Purgatory2 — Image courtesy Solfar Studios

I find roguelikes to be somewhat masochistic. You play as far as you can even when you know death will put an end to every ounce of hard work you put in—all of it with the knowledge that when you hit the restart button, that everything has changed and all of the challenges are rearranged; a true Sisyphean task that bears out just enough accomplishment to keep you going. This is In Death in a nutshell, a truly challenging VR bow-shooter set in a world where you’re given nearly zero respite, as you’re attacked by some of the most gruesome (and well-realized) goblins to creep out of the Necronomicon.

‘Twilight Path’ Review – Puzzles Missing Purpose

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twilight path review (1) — Screenshot by Road to VR

From the makers of FORM (2017), a well regarded indie VR puzzle game, comes Twilight Path. With an entirely new setting, Twilight Path attempts something more ambitious than its predecessor, but winds up feeling like a rushed followup.

‘ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission’ Review – This VR Platformer Earns Our First 10 Out of 10

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Astro Bot Rescue Mission (8) — Image courtesy SIE JAPAN Studio

The release of ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission, coming Tuesday, will be a genre-defining moment for VR platforming on PSVR. The game is expertly designed, animated, and rendered. Full of charm and the right amount of content, Astro Bot Rescue Mission is the first title we’ve scored 10 out of 10 since the launch of PSVR nearly two years ago.

‘Mario Kart VR’ Comes to the US Today in Bandai Namco’s Newest VR Arcade

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Oct 1, 2018

mario-kart-gp-vr — Photo courtesy Bandai Namco

For the first time, BANDAI NAMCO is bringing to the United States a number of popular VR experiences once only available in Japan and UK-based VR ZONE arcades. Included in the line-up is the much-awaited Mario Kart Arcade GP VR.

‘Vader Immortal’ VR Series to Be a Canonical Part of the ‘Star Wars’ Saga

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Oct 1, 2018

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ILMxLAB, Lucasfilm’s immersive entertainment division, is bringing a Darth Vader-themed VR series to the recently announced Oculus Quest. With six main films dedicated to telling to Vader’s story though, you’d think there wouldn’t be much left to say about the franchise’s archetypal ‘dark father’. The developers behind the upcoming Vader Immortal however say in a blog post that there’s more to learn about Darth Vader, and it’s going to be canon to the series.

VR Motion Platform ‘Feel Three’ Nearly Quadruples Kickstarter Goal as Campaign Comes to Close

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Sep 28, 2018

Feel Three, a 3DOF motion simulator for VR, went live on Kickstarter late last month. And owing to its vision in providing a relatively cost-effective solution among a sea of expensive motion platforms, the company not only blasted past their £50,000 funding goal within only five hours of launch, but have finished out their campaign today with an astounding £181,440 (~$237,000 USD).

Oculus CTO: Quest is ‘In the Neighborhood of Xbox 360 / PS3 Processing Power’

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Sep 28, 2018

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Speaking on stage at Oculus Connect this morning, Oculus CTO John Carmack gave his signature unscripted talk, somehow going into depth despite covering a wide range of topics from Go to Quest to Rift, and plenty more. Part of his talk offered some insights into the relative power in the Quest headset and the expectations that developers and users should consider.

Oculus CTO Explores Next-gen Oculus Go Feature Wishlist

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Sep 27, 2018

john-carmack-oculus-connect — John Carmack at Oculus Connect (2018) | Image courtesy Meta

Legendary programmer and Oculus CTO John Carmack took the stage today at Oculus Connect to have another one of his famous off-script, stream-of-thought talks. Carmack was instrumental in architecting the company’s mobile VR platform, so when he talks about the 3DOF standalone headset Go, pretty much everyone listens. There’s a few sore spots in Oculus Go that Carmack thinks could be solved in the next generation of low-cost VR standalones.

‘Moss’ is Coming to Oculus Quest at Launch

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Sep 27, 2018

moss (1) — image courtesy Polyarc

There isn’t a list of launch titles for Oculus Quest yet, the company’s newly announced $400 high-end standalone VR headset. Polyarc, the minds behind Moss (2017), say that the super endearing platformer adventure is indeed going to be among the 50+ launch titles coming to Quest on day one.

‘Echo Combat’ Gets November Launch Date, Open Beta Now Live with New Map & Mode

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Sep 27, 2018

Echo Combat, Ready At Dawn’s upcoming shooter expansion to the newly renamed Echo VR, has had several open betas since the zero-G combat game was announced at last year’s Connect. Now, the studio has revealed that Echo Combat is launching in November along with a few new features that users can try out right now in the latest open beta.

Oculus Shows off Colored Quest Headsets at Connect

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Sep 27, 2018

orang-oculus-quest — Image captured by Road to VR

Oculus Connect, the company’s annual developer conference, kicked off yesterday with the surprise announcement of a new high-end standalone VR headset. Dubbed Oculus Quest, the headset is being shown off at Connect in an array of colors outside of the initially advertised matte black.

Oculus Quest Hands-on and Tech Details

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Sep 27, 2018

Oculus Quest was the main attraction at Oculus Connect 5 this week. Following the high-end standalone headset’s reveal, attendees of the conference got to try several demos to experience the headset’s inside-out positional head & hand tracking, including in an ‘arena-scale’ setting. We also got a handful of interesting details about the headset’s specs and capabilities.

‘Superhot VR’ is Coming to Oculus Quest

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Sep 26, 2018

superhot-vr — Image courtesy Superhot Team

Superhot VR (2016), the ultra-successful slow-mo VR shooter, is coming to the newly announced Oculus Quest.

Up Close With Oculus Quest

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Sep 26, 2018

Oculus Quest (4) — Photo by Road to VR

Oculus Quest (formerly Santa Cruz) has been officially revealed, launching Spring 2019 for $400. We’ve got our first up close look at the newly refined headset.

Facebook & RED Unveil ‘Manifold’ Volumetric VR Camera

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Sep 26, 2018

red-facebook-manifold — Image courtesy Facebook, RED Digital Cinema

Last May, Facebook and RED Digital Cinema announced they were working on a volumetric video camera based on Facebook’s Surround360 technology. At Oculus Connect 5 today, the company’s annual developer conference, Facebook and RED revealed a first-look at the camera, dubbed Manifold.

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