PlayStation Store PSVR Spotlight Sale Brings Big Discounts to Over 100 VR Games

If you were saving up to buy a PlayStation 5 when it launches this holiday season, you may need to save a little more, as one of the biggest PSVR game sales to date just kicked off today. Over 100...

‘Echo Combat’ Not Currently in the Works for Oculus Quest

If you were hoping for the Rift-exclusive team shooter Echo Combat (2018) to eventually make its way to Quest after developers Ready at Dawn ported the zero-G sports game Echo VR, you'd better not hold your breath. "To put it simply, we...

Someone Recreated ‘Fall Guys’ in VR and It’s Actually Awesome

Although Fall Guys (2020) is only available on PS4 and PC, it wasn't long until a dedicated fan came along to recreate a few of the knockout-style game's levels in VR. Making things in VR is easier than ever now, especially...

NVIDIA’s DLSS 2.1 Supersampling Now Supports VR, Could Significantly Boost Fidelity

NVIDIA's Deep Learning Supersampling (DLSS) technology uses AI to increase the resolution of rendered frames by taking a smaller frame and intelligently enlarging it. The technique has been lauded for its ability to render games with high resolution with...

HTC CEO Yves Maitre Steps Down After Less Than One Year

With less than one year at the company's helm, HTC announced that Yves Maitre is stepping down as the company's President and CEO. Maitre took over as CEO just shy one year ago in late September 2019. According to Engadget, the...

Rumor: HP is Building a Reverb G2 Model with Eye, Mouth, & Face-tracking

HP announced its Reverb G2 headset earlier this year and plans to ship it this fall. Another, rumored version of the headset referred to as the 'Omnicept Edition' is said to include eye, mouth, and face-tracking. Reverb G2 is an...

AR Glasses Startup Nreal Secures $40M in Series B Financing

Nreal, the China-based company behind the Nreal Light AR glasses, today announced its secured another $40 million in funding. As reported by TechCrunch, the latest financing round was led by Chinese video sharing platform Kuaishou, with participation by iQiyi, GP Capital,...

Social XR Collaboration Platform ‘Spatial’ Now on Oculus Store for Quest

Spatial, the social collaboration platform for XR devices, is now available for public download on Oculus Quest, which includes cross-platform support for HoloLens, Magic Leap One, Nreal, Web browsers, and iOS & Android mobile devices. As a work-focused social app, Spatial puts heavy...

The VirtualLink Single-cable Headset Connection Standard Has Been Abandoned

VirtualLink was an open standard that defined a USB-C based connection protocol that was “developed to meet the connectivity requirements of current and next-generation VR headsets,” and backed by major VR industry players. The goal was to make a...

Facebook Wants to Build an AR Headset to Supercharge Your Hearing, Create a Custom HRTF from...

The Facebook Reality Labs Research team shared some of its latest audio initiatives today. The group aims to build technologies into an AR headset that will supercharge your hearing by making it easy to isolate the sound of your...