New Pimax ‘Artisan’ Headset Mysteriously Unveiled Ahead of CES

Pimax unveiled a new VR headset called 'Artisan' yesterday that, according to Pimax European Marketing Director Martin "SweViver" Lammi, shouldn't have been revealed until CES 2020. Pimax tweeted this cryptic image yesterday, and also published it to their website: https://twitter.com/pimaxofficial/status/1206521744426536960 The headset is lower...

Oculus Will ‘wait for feedback’ on Quest While Considering Hand-tracking for Rift S

Oculus rolled out hand-tracking on Oculus Quest last week as an experimental feature, but the company says it's waiting on feedback before it commits to bringing the capability to its latest PC headset, the Rift S. Though the company has...

Microsoft’s Social VR Platform ‘AltspaceVR’ Revamped for Improved Event Hosting

Microsoft's social VR platform, AltspaceVR, has been updated with a renewed emphasis on event hosting. While it's always been possible to hop into AltspaceVR just to hang out and chat, the platform is honing in on a use-case where users come to...

‘Bigscreen’ Brings Paid Movies to Social VR Platform, Showing Select 2D & 3D Films

Bigscreen today announced it's launched a new feature called Bigscreen Cinema, which brings a paid option to its free social VR platform that will let you buy a ticket to watch select 2D and 3D films each week. Films, which...

Varjo Unveils ‘Workspace’ User Interface, Exploring the Future of Always-on AR/VR Workflows

Varjo Technologies today announced its new user interface, code-named ‘Varjo Workspace’, which is designed to seamlessly let professionals use their Windows computer applications and 3D software tools with the company's recently announced developer-focused AR/VR headset, Varjo XR-1. The company's software...

Impressive Bowshooter ‘Sacralith: The Archer’s Tale’ to Launch on PSVR Soon

Sacralith: The Archer's Tale (2018), a story-driven bowshooter from Moscow-based indie studio Odd Meter, demonstrated some relatively high polish when it was first released on PC VR headsets last year. Now, the studio says its making its way to...

HoloLens Creator: ‘Half-Life: Alyx is the most immersive VR game I’ve ever played’

HoloLens creator Alex Kipman tried Valve's upcoming VR title Half-Life: Alyx and shared some choice words about his experience. Microsoft and Valve have long had close ties, both geographically and historically. Valve was co-founded after two Microsoft employees, Gabe Newell...

Oculus Link Beta Now Supports Some AMD GPUs

Launched last month in beta, Oculus Link lets you connect your Oculus Quest standalone headset to a VR-ready computer, letting you play PC VR games simply by hooking up a high-quality USB 3 cable. Users with AMD graphics cards...

Magic Leap 2 Planned for Launch in 2021, Targeting Enterprise & Prosumers

Magic Leap's next-gen AR headset, Magic Leap 2, is officially slated to launch sometime in 2021. Company founder and CEO Rony Abovitz says in a Forbes interview that ML2 will be targeting enterprise and early prosumers, calling it "a major new...
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‘Path of the Warrior’ is a ‘Double Dragon’ Style VR Beat’em Up, Now on Rift &...

At last night's Game Awards, Oculus announced it's been working with Twisted Pixel Games to create a new VR beat'em up called Path of the Warrior, which is out now on for Rift and Quest. Inspired by classic arcade titles such...