Valve Releases ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Steam Workshop Tools for Making & Downloading Mods

Valve today launched new Half-Life: Alyx modding tools which will allow developers and tinkerers to make and publish mods and user-generated content via the Steam Workshop system. Valve says the tools will allow for the creation of new levels, models, textures,...
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Rock Star Simulator ‘Hotel R’n’R’ to Launch on PSVR May 28th, Trailer Here

Hotel R'n'R, the rock star lifestyle simulator, is headed out of early access on PC VR headsets soon, which will coincide its release on PSVR. Developers Wolf & Wood Interactive say the full version is set to release on May 28th, which...

VR Ears Kickstarter Nears $200K in Last Week for Enhanced Audio on Quest, Rift S, &...

Rebuff Reality has taken its latest VR accessory, VR Ears, to Kickstarter with the hopes of bringing an enhanced audio solution to all major headsets, including those with sub-par or no integrated audio like PSVR, Quest, and Rift S....

‘Bigscreen’ Expands International Availability of On-Demand Anime Films

Bigscreen, the social VR viewing platform, launched on-demand 2D and 3D video late last month. Shortly afterwards, the studio announced it had partnered with Sony Picture's anime distribution company Funimation to bring some of the biggest names in anime to its...

Samsung is Terminating Its VR Video Apps on All Devices

With the end of Samsung Gear VR, it seems the South Korean tech giant is also doing away with its VR video apps as well. The company is ending service for all of its Samsung XR apps across the...

Quest Fitness App ‘Supernatural’ Now Offers Annual Subscriptions, Starting at $149

Supernatural (2020), the VR fitness app for Oculus Quest, kicked off its subscription service late last month, offering up a fun and engaging gameified fitness routine for $19 per month. Now the developers Within have included an annual subscription...

Apple Confirms Acquisition of VR Live Streaming Company NextVR

NextVR, the live event broadcasting platform for VR headsets, has been acquired by Apple in what was reportedly a $100 million purchase. Update (March 15th, 2020): For the first time since reports broke back in April, Apple has confirmed that...

NVIDIA Launches CloudXR 1.0 SDK to Enable AR/VR Streaming Services in the Cloud

NVIDIA today announced the launch of version 1.0 of its CloudXR SDK, a suite of tools which allows network operators to offer cloud-rendered AR/VR streaming capabilities. Nvidia has been steadily readying its CloudXR system in preparation for the proliferation of GPU-equipped...
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Oculus Link Now Works with USB 2.0 Cables, Including the One that Ships With Quest

Oculus Quest can function as a PC VR headset with the Oculus Link feature which was introduced in beta late last year. At launch the feature only supported USB 3.0 cables, which somewhat awkwardly didn't include the cable that came...

‘Tetris Effect’ Arrives on Oculus Quest Today

Tetris Effect (2018) first released on PlayStation 4 and PSVR in late 2018, later coming to PC via the Epic Store, which included support for SteamVR headsets. Now the award-winning stacker puzzle game is available on Oculus Quest starting...