‘Quill Theater’ Brings Incredible Immersive Artwork & Stories to Quest

Oculus quietly released Quill Theater on Quest last month as a way to bring immersive art and animations made in VR to more of its VR userbase. The free app offers up a curated selection of content, including the...

‘Stormland’ Now Works on Index, Vive, Windows VR, & More Thanks to Revive Update

Like all Oculus Studios titles, Stormland officially only supports the Oculus platform. Thanks to an update to Revive, a free unofficial mod, Stormland is now compatible with Valve Index, HTC Vive, Cosmos, Windows VR, and other SteamVR headsets. Update (January...

Microsoft’s VR Maker Tool ‘SharePoint Spaces’ to Launch in First Half of 2020

Back at Microsoft's annual SharePoint Virtual Summit in May 2018, the company announced it was getting ready to ship a new VR maker tool set called Spaces for SharePoint, the web-based collaborative platform for enterprise customers. Now, Microsoft says Spaces...

Feelreal VR Scent Mask Hits Roadblock Amidst Crackdown on Flavored Vaping Products

Although the Feelreal scent mask for virtual reality isn't a nicotine vaping system or e-cigarette, it does vaporize aromatic liquids for user inhalation, which according to the company puts it in same FDA certification bracket as those devices. While...

‘Boneworks’ Outpaces ‘Beat Saber’ to 100K Units, Earns an Estimated $3M in First Week

Action-physics adventure game Boneworks released earlier this month to a strong reception despite little formal marketing. The title surpassed 100,000 players in its first week, reeling in an estimated $3 million in revenue despite being available on just one of...

‘Superhot VR’ Grossed Over $2 Million in Only 1 Week This Holiday Season

We knew Superhot VR (2016) was doing extremely well when Superhot Team announced the VR adaptation had generated more revenue than the original PC game back in April. Now the studio has set one of the most impressive benchmarks of success for the...

‘Beat Saber’ Ranks Among Steam’s Top Sellers in 2019

Beat Saber had an awesome year in 2019, launching out of Early Access on the platform in May with multiple music packs following behind it, which featured bands such as Green Day, Imagine Dragons, and Panic at the Disco. It...

15 VR Games We Can’t Wait to Play in 2020

We loved 2019 for its bounty of VR games and emphasis on new hardware, but 2020 is looking to bring a host of big budget titles and polished indies alike that should not only keep us all happily strapped...

‘Snow Crash’ TV Series Coming to HBO Max, Neal Stephenson to Executive Produce

Neal Stephenson's classic cyberpunk novel Snow Crash (1992) is an oft referenced starting point for many in the VR scene. Now, a Deadline exclusive holds that HBO Max is officially developing a TV series out of the novel. According to Deadline, Michael...
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Tested Goes Hands-on with ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Using 8 Major VR Headsets

Valve let Tested's Norman Chan and Will Smith into their headquarters recently for a multi-hour session with Half-Life: Alyx, the studio's famed flagship VR game coming out in March 2020. Chan and Smith couldn't reveal plot details and some of...