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‘Sense Arena’ is a VR Hockey Trainer That’s Being Adopted by NHL Teams

Flying, driving—even fencing & crane operation—and now hockey. VR continues to prove out training as a core use-case for the technology. Sense Arena is a VR hockey training platform in use by NHL teams and now expanding beyond goalie training to...

How to Enable Smartphone Notifications on Oculus Quest

The latest Oculus Quest update, v29, added support for displaying smartphone notifications (currently iOS only) inside of your headset. Here's how to enable the feature. Note: Smartphone notifications in Quest are only currently supported for iOS devices (iPhone 7 or...

Yaw2 Motion Simulator Chair Garners Over $2.7M on Kickstarter

Following the original Yaw motion simulator chair in 2018, which garnered Yaw VR over $200,000 on Kickstarter funding, Yaw VR returned to the crowdfunding platform to bring Yaw2 to life, a less compact, but decidedly more advanced motion simulator chair....

Steam Next Fest to Bring Free Demos from Upcoming VR Games, Starting June 16th

Steam Next Fest, the newly renamed Steam Game Festival, is starting its week-long PC gaming celebration on June 16th, bringing along with it free demos from upcoming VR titles, developer livestreams, and Q&As. As part of Steam Next Fest announcement...

You Can Now Buy Valve Index Controller & Tether Replacements

Accidentally breaking a motion controller or finding out your all-important headset cable has been chewed through by a pet can ruin anyone's day, especially for a device as costly as Valve Index. Now Valve has made replacements controllers and...
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‘Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Tempestfall’ Gets First Look at Gameplay, Invite-only Beta

Due to launch later this year on PC VR and Quest, Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Tempestfall, is shaping up to look like a rather pretty (if creepy) game with an interesting mix of melee & magic combat. Developer Carbon...

‘Überläufer’ is a Wolfenstein-inspired Roguelike Coming to PC VR This Fall

Überläufer is an upcoming roguelike dungeon crawler for PC VR that's inspired by the original Castle Wolfenstein (1981), the first in the series which put a heavy emphasis on stealthily evading capture as you escape the game's maze-like prison. Created by indie studio Think...

Quest is Getting a Third-person Spectator View for Casting

The latest update to the Oculus Integration for Unity includes a beta release of a spectator camera capability which will allow developers to show a third-person view to spectators watching on a smartphone or web browser. Today if a friend...
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PSVR Exclusive ‘Fracked’ Reveals More Fast-paced Action in New Gameplay Trailer

VR publisher & developer nDreams, most recently behind Oculus exclusive Phantom: Covert Ops (2020), announced back in March that it's creating a new VR shooter named Fracked. Due out sometime this summer exclusively on PSVR, we got a better look at Fracked in...

‘Sniper Elite VR’ to Release on All Major VR Headsets July 8th

Rebellion, developer of the Sniper Elite franchise, announced its bringing Sniper Elite VR to all supported platforms on July 8th, 2021. The game, which puts you into the shoes of an Italian anti-fascist resistance fighter in WWII, is simultaneously launching on Oculus...