Oculus ‘Designing for Hands’ Document Introduces Best Practices for Quest Hand-tracking

Hand-tracking on Quest rolled out as an experimental feature in late 2019, but Oculus is letting it gestate before it will accept third-party apps with hand-tracking. In the meantime, the company has published fresh developer documentation which establishes best...

‘Until You Fall’ Dev Focuses on Supporting More Headsets, Quest & PSVR Likely Considered

Until You Fall launched in Early Access on Steam and Oculus back in August 2019; the game impressed us with its excellent VR melee combat system. Despite consistently high reviews, the game hasn't attracted a critical mass of players,...

Stress Level Zero Affirms Work on Next ‘Boneworks’ Game, Planned for Quest and PC VR Headsets

Boneworks (2019), the VR shooter-adventure from Stress Level Zero, is now live on the Oculus Store for Rift, although arguably more fascinating is the studio's intention to bring its physics-based system built for Boneworks to the modest Oculus Quest, which...

Update Makes OculusMirror Much Easier to Use, But It’s Still Hidden Away

VR streamers and those capturing VR gameplay footage with Oculus PC headsets know about OculusMirror.exe which lets you customize the VR view displayed on the monitor, including showing things like Oculus Dash and Oculus Home which don't normally appear...

Index Will Return to Stock Ahead of ‘Half-Life: Alyx’, but “far fewer units” Due to Coronavirus

Valve today confirmed that the Coronavirus outbreak has impacted production of the Index VR headset and other hardware. While the company tells us it still expects that new stock will be available ahead of the launch of Half-Life: Alyx on...

Facebook/Oculus & Sony Are Pulling Out of GDC Over Coronavirus Concerns

Facebook and Sony today announced they won't be attending the annual GDC conference in San Francisco next month other Coronavirus concerns. GDC has historically been a key event for both Facebook/Oculus and Sony, with major announcements and previews of...
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‘No Man’s Sky’ February Update Lets You Grow & Fly Living Ships

No Man's Sky (2016) has been on a roll lately with its continuous updates ever since its big 'Beyond' refresh in Summer 2019, which brought along with it VR support for PS4 and PC versions of the game. Now,...

HTC Reveals Vive Proton, a Compact Standalone VR Headset Prototype

As if announcing three new Cosmos headsets wasn't enough, HTC today also revealed Vive Proton. The company is calling this a "prototype" headset with two different flavors: a standalone VR headset and a 'VR viewer' which would be powered...

HTC Unveils Three New Vive Cosmos Headsets: Elite, Play, and XR

Buckle up, this one's a doozy. HTC today introduced three new variants of its Vive Cosmos VR headset. Joining the original Cosmos is Cosmos Elite, Cosmos Play, and Cosmos XR. The four variants of the headset aim to cover...
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‘Pistol Whip’ VR Tournament Kicking Off in March with $10,000 Prize Pool

SpringboardVR, the content distribution platform for VR arcades, has partnered with Cloudhead Games and eSports organizers The Virtual Athletics League (VAL) to bring a Pistol Whip (2019) tournament next month to more than 500 arcade locations as well as...