Valve Explains the Deceptively Simple Design Process That Made ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Excellent
The secret to Half-Life: Alyx's near-universal acclaim is... well, not as secret as you might think. Yes, the game surely had a budget much larger than any other VR game to date, but it's far more than money that makes a...
Etee SteamVR Controller Creators Share ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Gameplay and Q&A
Etee, the finger-tracking VR controller with SteamVR Tracking, has nearly reached its Kickstarter goal with plenty of time to spare. Though the controller is designed to be free of buttons, sticks, and triggers (relying instead on finger tracking), its...
Mozilla Updates the Unity WebXR Exporter to Run VR Apps in the Browser
WebXR is an open standard which allows VR apps to run directly from web browsers. While the tools for building WebXR apps are designed to be familiar to web developers, many VR developers use game engine tools like Unity...
‘Boneworks’ Update Adds New Weapon, Sandbox Maps, & “significant improvements” to Player Physics
A new Boneworks patch, Update 1.4, has been released with a handful of additions and tweaks.
Update (April 10th, 2020): The Boneworks update 1.4 is available now. Developer Stress Level Zero has detailed the new update in an official post.
Those who...
Physics Simulator ‘Universe Sandbox’ Comes to Magic Leap 1
Universe Sandbox, the physics-based space simulator from Giant Army, made a splash on PC back in 2015, later getting VR support so you could physically smash the Moon into the Earth with your own two hands. Now Giant Army has released...
‘Beat Saber’ Wants to Get Your Heart Pumping in New Free Track ‘FitBeat’
Beat Saber (2018) is a great tool if you're stuck indoors and want to stay fit. To keep you up and moving, Beat Games today released their latest free track, called 'FitBeat', which aims to get your heart pumping to...
GameStop is Selling Refurbished PSVR Headsets for $99, Available 1 Day Only
Whatever your opinion on GameStop, we know a deal when we see one. For today only, on April 8th, GameStop is selling refurbished PSVR headsets for $100.
Unfortunately the deal doesn't include the PlayStation Camera, nor PlayStation Move Controllers, which...
Apple Seeks to “identify new computational display technologies for AR/VR” with New Hires
In its latest hiring bout, over the last month Apple has sought more than a dozen new hires specifically for AR and VR roles. Among them, the company is looking for a Computational Display Engineering Manager for incubating advanced...
VR Puzzler ‘FORM’ Launches on PSVR Today
FORM, the VR puzzle game that made a splash on PC VR headsets back in 2017, is now available on PSVR starting today.
Update (April 7th, 2020): FORM is now live on PSN, priced at $15. Since it's an object-heavy...
‘No Man’s Sky’ April Update Brings Mechs to PSVR & SteamVR Headsets
Ever since last year's Beyond update to No Man's Sky, which among other things brought VR support to the galactic sandbox game, there seems to be a steady stream of content still rolling out from developers Hello Games. Now, players on...
