‘Blade & Sorcery’ Update 9 Makes Combat Even More Brutal
As if shanking someone in the face wasn't brutal enough, Early Access battle simulator Blade & Sorcery just got a little more gory with the new U9 update which landed on Friday.
Developers WarpFrog say that the U9 content is "essentially...
‘STRIDE’ Story Mode to Arrive in Q3 2021, Studio Releases First Teaser
STRIDE, the high-flying VR action game inspired by Mirror's Edge, is getting its much anticipated story mode later this year. Now developer Joy Way has released the story mode's first teaser.
Joy Way threw out three tweets late last week...
‘Virtual Desktop’ Can Now Stream PC VR Games to Quest, Without the Sideloading Workaround
Virtual Desktop, an Oculus Quest app which allows users to control their Windows PCs from inside the headset, now officially offers the ability to stream PC VR games wirelessly to the headset. Facebook had previously not allowed the feature...
VR’s 2021 Outlook: 14 Indicators in One Place
Hard data on the VR market is often difficult to come by, while broad 'industry reports' are often so general that it's difficult to see what things look like 'on the ground'. To get a sense of VR's outlook...
You Can Now Activate Quest Voice Commands Hands-free, But You’ll Have to Say “Hey Facebook”
Oculus today announced that it's rolling out a small but welcomed change to Quest's voice commands feature: the ability to activate it with a wake phrase—"Hey Facebook."
Quest got voice commands last year, allowing users to double-tap the Oculus button...
‘Superhot VR’ on Quest Surpasses 1 Million Units Sold, Quest 2 Sales Outperform All Platforms
Superhot VR (2016) has long been held up as one of the 'must-have' VR games. Now the studio announced it's just tipped the one million mark for units sold on the Oculus Quest platform.
Superhot VR is a virtual reality success story...
SteamVR Update Brings Full Support for OpenXR 1.0, A Huge Step for the Open Standard
The latest update to SteamVR, version 1.16, now includes full support for OpenXR 1.0, the widely backed industry standard which aims to make cross-platform VR development easier by allowing developers to build around a single API rather than porting their...
‘VRChat’ Can Now Import Free Customizable ‘Ready Player Me’ Avatars
Ready Play Me, the free avatar maker from Wolf3D, now supports exporting avatars to VRChat, making it quick and easy to get a customizable avatar into one of the most popular social VR applications.
While VRChat is host to tons of...
Microsoft to Talk About the Future of XR in Ignite 2021 Keynote Hosted in ‘AltspaceVR’
Microsoft is looking to make good use of its social VR platform AltspaceVR next week as it hosts its first Ignite keynote in virtual reality.
Alex Kipman, technical fellow at Microsoft's AI and Mixed Reality team, announced that the virtual...
One of Quest’s Best-rated Experiences, ‘ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos’ Launches on SteamVR
Sci-fi anime VR visual novel experience ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos launched on Oculus Quest in December and quickly rose to become one of the best rated titles on the headset. Now the app has launched on SteamVR for PC VR users to...
