Our Vive Cosmos Review is Postponed Until HTC Shines Light on a Potentially Glaring Issue

HTC's latest headset, Vive Cosmos, officially launches today. While we were looking forward to bringing you one of our signature deep-dive reviews, we discovered a potentially significant issue late in our testing, and don't feel comfortable offering a verdict...
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‘Synthesis Universe’ is a Musical Sci-fi Experience Coming Soon to PC VR, Trailer Here

French indie developer Olivier JT is finally getting ready to release his long-awaited musical sci-fi experience for VR headsets, Synthesis Universe. As a VR pioneer, Olivier JT has been working on Synthesis Universe as far back as 2012. Shortly after the...

‘Beach Body Bros’ is a Protein-infused Fever Dream from the Creator of ‘BUTTS’ & ‘Chocolate’

Tyler Hurd is the creative genius that made me write that headline; it's a sentence that never existed until now, and I thank him for letting me bring it into the universe. And while I really can't think of...

Google Releases Highly-polished VR Tour of Versailles for Free

Google Arts & Culture partnered with Château de Versailles to create an extremely detailed VR tour of the iconic French palace, aptly named VersaillesVR - the palace is yours (2019). The free app, which is now available on Steam with support...

‘Star Wars Vader Immortal – Episode 2’ Review – Shorter Story, Awesome Dojo Action

The second installment of Star Wars: Vader Immortal is here, the narrative-based VR adventure that tosses you back into Darth Vader's mysterious Imperial fortress situated on the lava planet Mustafar. Like the first episode, which we gave a respectable...

Hands-on: Quest Hand-tracking Will be Great for Casual Input, But Core Games Will Still Rely on...

Oculus finally revealed that Quest will get controllerless hand-tracking input. We got to test the feature at Oculus Connect 6 last week and came away impressed. Hand-tracking will open the door to a range of casual use-cases that will...

Oculus CTO: ‘Rift S Still Worthwhile Even After Quest Gets PC-tether Feature’

Oculus CTO and legendary programmer John Carmack took to Twitter recently to explain his reasoning behind why Rift S is still worth buying even though Oculus Quest will soon get the ability to play Rift games via Oculus Link. A...

Verizon Acquires Jaunt XR’s Augmented Reality Tech

Jaunt, the cinematic VR company that pivoted to AR last year, today announced it has sold its software, technology, and "certain other assets" to American telecom Verizon. Neither company has disclosed the acquisition price, or if that will include any...

‘Asgard’s Wrath’ Boasts Massive 121 GB File Size Thanks to High-res Textures

Asgard's Wrath is launching exclusively on Rift October 10th, so you know exactly how much time you'll need to either clear out space on your SSD, or buy a new one for what appears to be one of, if not...

Stress Level Zero to Bring ‘Boneworks’ Universe Game to Quest Next Year

Announced at Oculus Connect 6 this week was a new title from Stress Level Zero, the studio behind Hover Junkers (2016) and Duck Season (2017). The game, which is said to arrive on Oculus Quest sometime next year, is slated...