‘Star Trek: Away Mission’ Multiplayer VR Game Coming to Sandbox VR This Fall

Sandbox VR, the location-based VR facility, today unveiled a new Star Trek multiplayer game that, unlike previous Star Trek VR titles, is a free-roaming experience. As reported by Variety, Star Trek Discovery: Away Mission is slated to arrive this fall at existing Sandbox...

HP Reverb Still ‘Sold Out’ as Reports of Display Issues Continue

After several weeks of delays from the May 6th launch date, HP said that their new Reverb VR headset should be restocked at their official website and major retailers in July, though it seems only a small number of...

First-gen HoloLens to No Longer Receive Major OS Updates

Microsoft's first-gen HoloLens, a device initially launched to developers in early 2016, has received its last major OS update, moving on to its Long Term Servicing (LTS) state. The original HoloLens will continue to receive monthly servicing updates, although the...

Zuckerberg to Shareholders: ‘Quest is selling as fast as we can make them’

Addressing shareholders during Facebook's Q2 2019 earnings call last week, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that unit sales of Oculus Quest are exceeding the available supply of the headset. Facebook and Oculus have always been mum about sales figures for their...

OpenXR 1.0 Released, Microsoft Supports HoloLens 2 & WMR, Oculus Plans Rift & Quest Support

OpenXR, a widely supported initiative which aims to streamline AR/VR development across headsets and platforms, has reached its 1.0 release today. It's a major milestone, according to Khronos Group which has overseen development of the standard by a consortium...

‘Firefox Reality’ VR Web Browser Comes to Oculus Quest

Mozilla has finally brought its made-for-VR web browser, Firefox Reality, to Oculus Quest. In September of last year, the company initially released Firefox Reality on Oculus Go, Lenovo Mirage Solo, and Vive Focus (and other Vive Wave headsets) for free. Now, according to a...

Magic Leap Launches ‘Undersea’ Experience, Turning Your Living Room into a Coral Reef

Magic Leap Studios is set to debut a new experience for the Magic Leap AR headset at SIGGRAPH this week. The studio, which says that Undersea will transform your living room into a serene "photorealistic" coral reef, has today released...

NOLO VR Raises $15M to Further Develop 6DOF Tracking Tech

NOLO VR, the Beijing-based VR startup behind one of the earliest mobile 6DOF tracking platforms, announced the completion of the $15 million series A+ financing. The funding round was led by Joy Capital, followed by BlueRun Ventures and Peakview Capital. Joy...

VR Music Video ‘Sheaf – Together EP’ is a Low Poly Love Letter to the ’80s

There's a few short VR experiences that just stick with you, and one of my favorites is the 2015-era VR music video Surge. Now, Netherlands-based synthwave producer Sheaf has created a real-time rendered VR music video for their debut EP...

Adorable Adventure ‘Raccoon Lagoon’ Launches on Quest & Rift with Cross-buy

Hidden Path Entertainment, the studio behind Brass Tactics (2018) and Defense Grid 2: Enhanced VR Edition (2016), has released a new game for Rift and Quest that takes you to an adorable island filled with story quests and plenty of...