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‘Red Matter’ Review – Adventure, Intrigue & a Retrofuture Cold War in Space

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Image courtesy Vertical Robot

Red Matter is a first-person puzzle adventure set in a strange and mysterious alternate universe, which takes old Cold War rivalries and teases them out to an interesting logical conclusion: space bases, astronaut espionage and a healthy dose of intrigue as you, a member of the Atlantic Union, infiltrate the off-planet test facility of the Soviet-sounding Volgravians. Exclusive to Oculus Rift, Red Matter showcases some impressive worldbuilding, a knack for polish, and an engaging enough story to make this a single sitting game.

NOLO VR Completes $10 Million Series A Financing Led by BlueRun Ventures

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May 24, 2018

nolo — Image courtesy Nolo VR

Nolo VR, the China-based company behind the 6DOF mobile tracking system Nolo CV1, today announced they have successfully completed a $10 million Series A financing round. The Series A was led by the Menlo Park-based BlueRun Ventures, and included Nigeria-based Lotus Capital. Previously, Nolo VR had secured financing from Lotus Capital and Galileo Capital.

Hulu’s VR Comedy ‘Door No. 1’ Launches Today, Catch the Trailer Here

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May 24, 2018

Hulu’s new VR comedy Door No. 1 launches today on the Hulu VR app. Written and directed by Nora Kirkpatrick (The Office, Greeks) and produced by AOL’s immersive film studio RYOT, the single-episode VR comedy will be available on Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR, PSVR, Google Daydream and Oculus Rift.

GameFace Starts Dev Kit Pre-orders for Standalone Headset with Tethered SteamVR Support, Powerful NVIDIA Chip

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May 24, 2018

gameface labs ep1 (2) — GameFace Labs' prototype from 2017 | Photo by Road to VR

GameFace Labs, a company that’s been in ongoing development of an ambitious standalone VR headset over the last few years, has finally opened pre-orders for its dev kit, a system built around NVIDIA’s powerful Jetson TX2 computing platform. Priced at $600, the device is fully self-contained running a custom Android operating system, but can also be tethered to a PC for full compatibility with SteamVR content, including support for SteamVR Tracking.

VR Co-op Shooter ‘Gunheart’ to Leave Early Access Next Month

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May 24, 2018

gunheart-platform-bugs — Image courtesy Drifter Entertainment

Gunheart, the VR co-op shooter from Drifter Entertainment, has been in Early Access for almost a year, and now the studio says the alien bug-exploding game is getting an official street date for its full release: June 4th, including support for desktop PC, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Windows “Mixed Reality” VR headsets.

Sony Japan Studio Announces VR Platformer ‘Astro Bot Rescue Mission’ For PSVR, Teaser Trailer Here

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May 23, 2018

Sony Japan Studio today announced a new platform action game for PSVR starring the cute little robots made famous in Sony’s The Playroom (2013) and The Playroom VR (2016). Called Astro Bot Rescue Mission, you take control of Astro, the Bot captain of a ship on a mission to rescue its lost crew, who are scattered across five planets.

Sci-fi Shooter ‘Evasion’ to Arrive on PSVR This Fall, AIM Support Confirmed

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May 23, 2018

Evasion, an upcoming sci-fi bullet-hell shooter from Vancouver-based studio Archiact, was previously confirmed for release on Oculus Rift and HTC Vive this Fall. Archiact today announced that PSVR owners will have a chance at the robo-bug killing adventure too, which includes support for AIM, the PSVR gun peripheral introduced with Farpoint (2017) last year.

Sony: PS4 Enters “final phase of life cycle,” Next PlayStation to Come in 3 Years

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May 23, 2018

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Sony’s PlayStation 4 is entering its ‘final phase’, according to a recent tweet by Wall Street Journal reporter Takashi Mochizuki, citing a talk with PlayStation Chief Tsuyoshi Kodera. But the console’s wind-down may last longer than you think—three years before the next PS console arrives, says Kodera in a recent interview with WSJ.

Open-World Survival Game ‘The Forest’ Gets Beta VR Support in New Update

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May 22, 2018

the-forest-vr — Image courtesy Endnight Games

The Forest (2018), a first-person open world-survival game from Endnight, launched out of a four-year stint on Steam Early Access last month. Starting today, The Forest has a few new badges on its Steam listing, including support for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

Road to VR Readership Survey 2018

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May 22, 2018

Road to VR is running a survey with our partner Gamer Network to better understand our audience. Your participation is entirely optional and anonymous, but we’d be thrilled if you’d share your responses with us.

Oculus Brings ‘Boggle’ to Social VR App ‘Rooms’, More Hasbro Games ‘coming soon’

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May 22, 2018

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Oculus first announced that Boggle and other Hasbro board games would be coming to Oculus’ mobile VR platform back at F8, Facebook’s developer conference. Now the day has arrived, at least for Boggle, as users on Gear VR and Oculus Go can already play the mind-boggling word game for free in Oculus Rooms, the company’s social VR app on mobile.

Microsoft Releases Free Preview For ‘Remote Assist’ & ‘Layout’ Enterprise AR/VR Apps

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May 22, 2018

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Microsoft appears to be seeing strong traction with HoloLens in the enterprise space, and the company continues to expand its “Mixed Reality” platform in that sector, promising businesses time and money savings. Two new applications to address this, Remote Assist & Layout—announced at Microsoft Build earlier this month—are now available in free, limited-time previews.

Lucid & RED Partner to Build Next-Gen 3D Camera With Dual 4K Sensors

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May 22, 2018

lucid-red-camera-8k — Image courtesy Lucid & RED

Lucid, maker of the stereoscopic point-and-shoot LucidCam camera, is partnering with RED, the professional-use camera company, to produce a 180-degree stereoscopic camera for 8K video and image capture.

Google & LG Detail Next-Gen 1,443 PPI OLED VR Display, ‘especially ideal for standalone AR/VR’

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May 22, 2018

google-lg-14430oled — LG & Google's 1,443 PPI VR display | Image courtesy Google & LG

Ahead of SID Display Week, researchers have published details on Google and LG’s 18 Mpixel 4.3-in 1,443-ppi 120Hz OLED display made for wide field of view VR headsets, which was teased back in March.

‘WipEout Omega’ For PSVR & PS4 is Getting a Free Demo Tomorrow

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May 21, 2018

wipeout-omega-collection-psvr — Image courtesy Sony Studio Liverpool

Ever since WipEout Omega Collection (2017) added support for PSVR back in March, it became the de facto gold standard of anti-grav VR racing on the platform. Now, users looking to pop their head in to see what all the fuss is about should have their eyeballs pointed to PSN starting tomorrow, as Sony is tossing out a free WipEout Omega Collection demo replete with PSVR support.

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