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Grappling Shooter ‘Swarm’ Releasing on Quest & Rift April 8th, Trailer Here

SWARM is a high-flying arcade shooter from Greensky Games that gives you two grappling hooks and plenty of firepower to take down gads of enemy drones. Swarm has been in beta testing for the past year, but now Greensky says it's coming...

Microsoft Signs $22B Contract with US Army to Bring HoloLens 2 Tech to the Battlefield

Following a prototyping phase started in 2019, Microsoft and the United States Army have announced they are moving to a production phase of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), based on HoloLens 2 technology, through a contract worth up...

Report: Snapchat Readying an AR Version of Its Spectacles Glasses

Hot on the tail of Niantic teasing a pair of AR glasses earlier this week, a new report from The Information says the company is readying a pair of its Spectacles glasses with proper AR functionality. Snapchat has been selling its Spectacles...

Facebook’s Bosworth: Quest 2 Has Outsold All Oculus Headsets Combined

During an interview with Bloomberg this week, Facebook Reality Labs VP, Andrew Bosworth, said that Quest 2 has outsold all Oculus headsets combined, a significant milestone for a headset which has only been available for five and a half months. Adding...

Case Study: The Design Behind ‘Cubism’s’ Hand-tracking

Hand tracking first became available on the Oculus Quest back in late 2019. Out of enthusiasm for this new input method, I published a demo of Cubism to SideQuest with experimental hand tracking support only a few days later....
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Parkour-shooter ‘STRIDE’ Delayed on PSVR to “late 2021”

The high-flying shooter STRIDE (2020) from developer Joy Way is making its way to PSVR this year, however it's coming a bit later than the anticipated 'early 2021' release window. Update (March 30th, 2021): Joy Way announced via Reddit that its PSVR version...

‘STRIDE’ Studio Reveals Work on Gritty Rhythm Game Prototype

Joy Way, the developers behind high-flying parkour shooter STRIDE (2020), released a new look at a game prototype that aims to fuse rhythm, shooting and slicing. If the studio intends on keeping the new aesthetic, it's also going to...

‘Pokémon GO’ Developer Niantic Teases a See-through Headset

Niantic, the studio behind the popular Pokémon GO, today teased some kind of see-through headset. Following a prototype demonstration of Pokémon GO running on HoloLens 2 earlier this month, Niantic CEO John Hanke today showed a teasing glimpse of a see-through headset...

‘DOOM 3 VR Edition’ Releases Today on PSVR, Extended Gameplay Video Here

DOOM 3 VR Edition launches today on PlayStation consoles, bringing the 2004 classic horror-shooter to PSVR for the first time. We haven't gone hands-on with the refreshed VR port yet, however YouTube channel 'GrizGaming' puts together a good look of the...

This ‘Fallout 4 VR’ Modpack Brings VR-native Overhaul to the Wasteland

There are a ton of Fallout 4 VR mods out there since it launched on the first generation of consumer VR headsets back in 2017, most of which you can find on NexusMods. If you're looking for an all-in-one solution that...