Veteran VR Studio of ‘Fracked’ & ‘Phantom: Covert Ops’ Raises $35M to Expand Development & Publishing
nDreams, the veteran VR studio behind titles like Fracked (2021) and Phantom: Covert Ops (2020), today announced a $35 million investment from Aonic Group.
nDreams was an early adopter of VR, starting with early VR tech demos in 2014, followed by small titles...
Latest Manus VR Gloves Promise New Levels of Finger Tracking Accuracy
At GDC 2022 this week, VR glove creator Manus revealed its new Quantum Metagloves which the company says delivers significantly more accurate finger tracking than its prior solutions. Though priced for enterprise use, the company says it one day...
Surgery Training Platform ‘Osso VR’ Secures $66M Series C Financing
Osso VR, the VR surgical training platform, today announced it's closed a $66 million Series C financing round, something the company says will be used to broaden its VR surgical offering and hire more expert talent.
The Series C round was...
High-flying Shooter ‘STRIDE’ Releases on PSVR Today
After a few delays, the high-flying parkour madness of STRIDE (2021) is finally making its way to PSVR today.
Created by Joy Way, the studio known for VR games OUTLIER and AGAINST, Stride is all about jumping and shooting your way through increasingly...
Snap Acquires Brain-Computer Interface Startup NextMind
Snap announced it's acquired neurotech startup NextMind, a Paris-based company known for creating a $400 pint-sized brain-computer interface (BCI).
In a blog post, Snap says NextMind will help drive "long-term augmented reality research efforts within Snap Lab," the company's hardware team...
Meta is Nudging VR Devs Towards ‘Horizon Worlds’ with Training, Funding & More
Meta today announced it's expanding the company's VR developer programs to include training on how to build games and experiences inside Horizon Worlds, Meta's growing social VR platform. Devs can also nab some cash too—a strong incentive to help Meta...
Roguelike Bullet-hell ‘MOTHERGUNSHIP’ Coming to Quest 2 & SteamVR
The studio behind MOTHERGUNSHIP (2018) announced it's releasing a VR reimagining of the roguelike shooter this summer on Meta Quest 2 and SteamVR headsets.
Dubbed MOTHERGUNSHIP: FORGE, developers Terrible Posture Games says the roguelike bullet-hell shooter is releasing on June 16th, 2022.
Like the original,...
An Official NFL Game is Coming to Quest & PSVR
The National Football League (NFL) and sports tech company StatusPRO, announced at GDC 2022 that they're partnering to create an NFL-licensed VR game, which is targeting Meta Quest and PSVR.
The game, which is still unnamed, is said to "bring...
‘Zenith: The Last City’ Studio Closes $35M Series B, Aims to Create Metaverse Platform
Ramen VR, the creators behind crowd-funded VR MMORPG Zenith: The Last City, announced it's closed a Series B round of $35 million, something the studio says will allow it to significantly expand in size as it aims to develop Zenith into...
FOV Ventures Raises $18 Million to Fund European Metaverse Startups
FOV Ventures is a newly formed venture capital firm which plans to invest in early-stage metaverse startups. The firm says it has raised an initial $18.1 million as part of its first fund.
Founding partners David Haynes and Petri Rajahalme announced...
