The Most Anticipated VR Games of 2024 Coming to Quest, PSVR 2, and PC VR
There are a ton of VR games coming this year, although there are a few big names we’re really holding out hope for.
PSVR 2 Discount More Than Doubled Usual Sales Volume, But Quest Still Leads
PSVR 2 got its first big sale the other week which resulted in a large lift in sales volume for the headset in the US.
VR Games Showcase Teases 7 Reveals Coming Next Week, Including New Games, Updates & More
A new VR Games Showcase is kicking off next week, promising a peek at ‘AAA’ VR games and major updates coming from a number of studios, including nDreams, Vertigo Games, Schell Games, Flat2VR Studios, and IO Interactive. Now we have at least seven studios teasing what’s next.
Spiders Are So Scary in VR That ‘Dungeons of Eternity’ Added an Option to Censor Them
Dungeons of Eternity (2023) is chock-full of skeletons, zombies, slimes and yes… spiders. But now developer Othergate has added an ‘Arachnophobia Mode’ that lets you take on the VR hack-n-slash adventure on Quest without fear of eight-legged creepy crawlies.
Meta VR Studio Behind ‘Lone Echo’ Shuttered After No New Game Release in Nearly Three Years
Meta’s first-party VR studio Ready at Dawn—the developers of Lone Echo and more—is reportedly being shuttered. This comes after the studio was acquired back in 2020 and has only released one game since.
PSVR 2 Works on PC Without the Adapter If You Have the Right Graphics Card
Sony released its long-awaited PC VR adapter for PSVR 2 this week, however early reports maintain some user don’t even need the company’s $60 adapter to start playing PC VR games like Half-Life: Alyx (2020).
Pico to Unveil New XR Product on August 20th in Special Event
Pico Interactive today announced it’s getting ready to reveal “a new product” this month, promising to boost your “MR/VR experience to the next level.”
Microsoft Reportedly Orders Samsung Micro OLEDs to Restart XR Hardware Ambitions
Mixed Reality Gaming Studio MixRift Secures $1.6M Funding to Make the ‘Angry Birds’ of MR
MixRift, a mixed reality game studio, today announced it’s secured a $1.6 million pre-seed investment round, something the team says will be used to develop more MR games.
VR Veteran Studio nDreams to Reveal “what’s next” at VR Games Showcase Next Week
‘Garry’s Mod’ Sequel Adopts OpenXR to ‘Expand VR Feature Set’ and Support More Devices
‘The New Salsa Academy’ Teaches You All The Right Moves, Now Available on Quest
Taking a dance course can be intimidating, not to mention time consuming—but it doesn’t have to be. At least not when you can do it in VR (and MR).
VR Port Studio Joins Andreessen Horowitz Accelerator, Earning Investment and Validation
Flat2VR Studios has been accepted into the SPEEDRUN accelerator, not only giving the studio a financial boost on its mission to bring VR support to non-VR games, but a good measure of validation too.
Omni One VR Treadmill Shares Launch Lineup of 51 VR Games, Shipping Expected in September
Virtuix’s latest VR treadmill, Omni One, is finally set to launch next month. The company has updated its launch roster of VR games that will natively support the treadmill, now including Sniper Elite VR.
Microsoft and Sony Join Other Industry Giants in Support of OpenUSD Standard
Last year, Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, and NVIDIA announced the Alliance for OpenUSD, an organization to advance and proliferate the USD file format as the future standard for creating and distributing 3D content. The standard, which is a framework for constructing and packaging complex 3D scenes, was called the “HTML of the metaverse” by NVIDIA, and expected to “help accelerate the next generation of AR experiences,” by Apple.
