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‘ROM: Extraction’ Review

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Shooting a gun in VR is a pretty powerful experience, and the feeling of being able to look down the sights and blast away the baddies with a well-aimed shot is pretty cathartic to say the least. With games like Space Pirate Trainer (2016) and Raw Data (2016) at the forefront of the HTC Vive’s commercial release though, the ‘shoot the robot’ trope is pretty well-trodden territory by now, so what does VR’s newest wave shooter ROM: Extraction do that other games don’t? The answer: exploding grenades and tactical ‘bullet time’.

Meta Publishes Meta 2 Dev Kit Unboxing, But 2016 Delivery Looks Unlikely

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Dec 16, 2016

Meta made sizeable waves in the AR space in early 2016 with the announcement, demonstration, and pre-order launch of their Meta 2 development kit. The company has published an unboxing video of the system, but with just over two weeks until 2017, it doesn’t appear the company will hit its 2016 delivery goal.

StubHub ‘Virtual View’ Lets You Preview Your Seats Before Buying Tickets

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Dec 15, 2016

Ticket marketplace StubHub has launched a new ‘Virtual View’ feature which will let users know exactly what the view from their seats will look like before buying tickets.

HTC Vive Exec Makes Predictions for the Next 2 Years of Virtual Reality

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Dec 15, 2016

htc-Alvin-Wang-Graylin — Alvin Wang Graylin, HTC's China Regional President of Vive

HTC’s China Regional President of Vive, Alvin Wang Graylin, took to the stage at the Unity Vision Summit in Asia this week and made a series of bold predictions for where we’ll see VR in the next two years.

Interview with ‘SUPERHOT VR’ Game Designer – The Joy of a Slow Motion, Full-body Experience

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Dec 14, 2016

SUPERHOT VR is one of the standout VR games to come out with the Oculus Touch launch with its unique blend of the mechanics of a first-person shooter but with the strategy of a puzzle game. Physics-based interactions in VR are already compelling since it helps to cultivate plausibility within our brains through the expectation loop of prediction and observation. Tying your movements to the progression of time within the game provided me with a awe-inspiring experience of the fabric of space-time that’s completely unique to VR and feels like it has rewired my brain.

Third-party VR Client for Plex is in the Works to Stream Your Own Media Library in VR

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Dec 14, 2016

While much of the world moves to cloud streaming media libraries, there remains those of us that like to maintain our own personal local media library. Plex is a popular application for streaming your own library to other devices, and now a developer is creating a VR client that builds on the Plex platform.

Unity’s In-VR Game Editor Launches Tomorrow, This Is What It’s Like

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Dec 14, 2016

Tomorrow Unity plans to launch the first experimental build of EditorVR, a component of the Unity game engine which will let developers build games within virtual reality.

VR Sports Training Company STRIVR Labs Scores $5 Million Investment

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Dec 14, 2016

STRIVR Labs, a company focused on using VR for sports training, plans to use a new $5 million investment to expand the scope of its “experiential learning” platform.

‘Racket: Nx’ for HTC Vive Gets Early Access Launch Date and Multiplayer

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Dec 14, 2016

One Hamsa, developers of VR sports game Racket: Nx, announced that the Early Access version will arrive on Steam in late January 2017. This first version will also include “competitive” multiplayer and a new single player mode.

Oculus CEO Steps Down to Head PC Division, Founder Palmer Luckey to Shuffle Too

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Dec 13, 2016

brendan-iribe-oculus-presense — Image courtesy Oculus

In a post to the company’s official blog, Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe confirms he’ll be stepping down from the company’s top position to head the new PC VR group. Founder Palmer Luckey will also land in a new role.

‘Raw Data’ Developer Survios Raises $50 Million, Now Top Funded VR Dev Studio

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Dec 13, 2016

Survios, the VR development studio behind the Vive title Raw Data, has announced a whopping $50 million in funding to further expand its VR content offerings. The new round makes the company the most funded pure VR development studio to date.

‘The Unspoken’ is Getting a Spectator Mode, New Classes, Arenas, and Play Modes in 2017

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Dec 13, 2016

Insomniac Games have laid out their plans detailing content updates for their Oculus Touch launch title The Unspoken – and there’s a lot of stuff on the way.

‘Perfect’ is a Relaxing Virtual Getaway for PSVR

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Dec 13, 2016

nDreams, the company behind this year’s VR intriguing adventure title The Assembly, have announced a new project which offers an altogether different experience. Perfect is a transportative, relaxation experience which aims to whisk your mind away to beautiful locations in order to escape the daily grind.

The ‘Orah 4i’ 4k Live Streaming 360 Camera is Available to Pre-order Now

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Dec 13, 2016

VideoStitch, the company behind the eponymous 360 post-production software suite, yesterday announced the launch of their first 360 camera, the Orah 4i. The all-in-one solution provides a 4k resolution image that can be automatically stitched and transmitted them live to VR headsets and video streaming platforms.

Xbox One Owners Can Now Stream Games in VR Via PC

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Dec 13, 2016

Microsoft has enabled a long promised feature for their games console the Xbox One, the ability to stream games into a VR environment via a headset attached to a PC.

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