Wiz Khalifa Concert Coming to ‘Oculus Venues’ Today, May 6th

The Grammy-nominated artist Wiz Khalifa is set to host a concert today, May 6th, and you can watch it live from the comfort of your own Oculus Quest or Go headset via Oculus Venues. The concert starts this afternoon at 4:00 PM...

Oculus Quest Successor Reportedly Being Readied with Faster Refresh Rate, New Controllers

Oculus is reportedly readying a Quest successor which will iterate on the existing headset with a smaller form-factor, faster refresh rate, and new controllers. Rather than an outright Quest 2, it seems Oculus may be aiming first for a Quest...
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‘The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners’ Launches on PSVR, Quest Version Expected in Q4

Skydance Interactive's latest VR title, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners, is available on PSVR as of today. VR zombie survival game The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners launched on PC VR headsets in early 2020 and has garnered considerable praise, including...

Spellcasting Sequel ‘The Wizards – Dark Times’ to Launch on PC VR Headsets in June

Carbon Studio, the Poland-based team behind The Wizards (2018), today announced that their upcoming sequel to the spellcaster series, The Wizards – Dark Times​, is slated to arrive on PC VR headsets June 4th. Carbon initially planned for Dark Times to be a standalone...

Ultra-wide FOV Headset StarVR One Priced at $3,200, Selling to Enterprise Only

StarVR One, the ultra-wide field of view (FOV) VR headset, has traveled a long and winding path on its way to launch since it was first announced in late 2018 that developers and enterprise would be able to apply...

Oculus Exclusive ‘Star Wars Vader Immortal’ Coming to PSVR This Summer

Admit it. You've been wanting to try out the Oculus exclusive series Star Wars Vader Immortal since it first came to Rift and Quest last year. Now ILMxLAB says it's preparing to bring the award-winning narrative adventure series to PSVR. Vader Immortal...

Sony Researchers Unveil Knuckles-style Prototype VR Controller with Full Hand Tracking

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) researchers unveiled a prototype motion controller recently which showcases experimental techniques into full hand tracking using machine learning and capacitive sensors. Vision-based hand tracking systems like Leap Motion are great for tracking hands when you're not...

Analysis: ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Adds Nearly 1 Million VR Users to Steam in Record Gain

The launch of Half-Life: Alyx saw nearly 1 million additional monthly-connected headsets over the prior month, a leap that nearly tripled the previous largest monthly gain. Each month Valve collects info from Steam users to determine some baseline statistics about what kind of...

HTC Now Selling Cosmos Elite Headset-only Option & Separate SteamVR Faceplate

HTC is now selling a headset-only package of Cosmos Elite priced at $550. Released in March, Cosmos Elite was initially only sold in a package that included controllers and base stations for $900. To boot, you can now also...

Valve Drops Support for SteamVR on MacOS

Valve this week announced that it has dropped support for SteamVR on MacOS to focus on Windows and Linux versions. For many, I imagine the reaction to this news will be "wait, SteamVR supported MacOS?" Indeed, though few VR games were...