The long anticipated Oculus Touch controllers launch on December 6th. If you’re just putting in your pre-order with Oculus today, you may not have your hands on the device until later in the month. Other retailers may still have unordered stock.
The latest Compatibility Definition Document for Android includes a new section specifying what’s required from a ‘Daydream-ready’ phone. Daydream VR is Google’s new high-end mobile VR platform, built directly into Android, but it only works with specially designed phones.
Pinball FX2 VR’s timed exclusivity with Oculus shortly comes to an end, with the game due to arrive on HTC Vive and PlayStation VR on November 29th. At the same time, the popular Walking Dead-themed table shuffles its way onto all VR versions of the game.
Oculus today has confirmed that there’s more than 50 Touch-supporting titles ready for the controller’s launch next month.
Announced nearly a year and a half ago, Oculus and Microsoft are finally making good on their promise to stream Xbox One games into a virtual theater on the Rift.
HTC and the Shenzhen Municipal Government announced plans to set up a joint China VR Research Institute, creating a 10 billion RMB (~$1.45 billion USD) Shenzhen VR Investment Fund to accelerate the development of the VR industry in China.
From November 24th to the 28th, purchases of an Oculus Rift headset through Best Buy will be eligible for $100 of Oculus Store credit which can be spent on Rift and Gear VR games and apps.
Beginning on November 24th, HTC will give $100 off purchases of the Vive system, while stocks last. Software deals during the Black Friday weekend will also be available through HTC’s own VR app store, Viveport.
Launching later this year on Rift, Gear VR, and Vive, music VR platform MelodyVR is previewing a light version of its app across some 600 O2 stores in Germany in partnership with Telefónica. 42 of those stores will allow visitors to try the app on Samsung Gear VR headsets, where they can enjoy vantage points on concerts from the likes of Kygo, The Who, and the London Symphony Orchestra. In the remaining stores, the light version of the app will be shown by O2 Gurus.
As the launch of Oculus Touch nears, the company is lifting embargos on a number of Touch titles, including the hotly anticipated Oculus Medium.
BlazeRush, the 3rd person VR vehicle combat racer, has been a big hit with VR gamers for some time and now developers Targem Games want to take add a new, distinctly Rocket League dimension to the title with their latest add-on BlazeBowl.
Classic 80s Atari arcade game Paperboy is to get a spiritual (albeit commercially unrelated) successor in the form of a new Oculus Touch and HTC Vive title Special Delivery from developers Meerkat Gaming. Here’s what it looks like in action.
Ironbelly Studios and TectonicVR are bringing a new built-for-VR open world title to the HTC Vive, set within the medieval era, and it’s looking mighty promising too.
Out now on Steam Early Access, Overkill VR is a First-Person Shooter available for the HTC Vive. Developed by Starloop Studios and published by Game Troopers, it offers a large arsenal of upgradeable weapons, plenty of levels and varied boss battles.
Google Earth VR was launched this week to great excitement, except to Rift users who found out that the game wouldn’t work with their headset. Little more than a day later, a hack surfaced that adds compatibility for the Rift, Touch, and even Razer Hydra to Google Earth VR.
