Quest Gets ‘Oculus Venues’, Finally Connecting Quest Users with Oculus Go & Gear VR

While Oculus Quest was devoid of any of Facebook's social VR applications at launch, Oculus Venues is finally available for the headset. That means that, for the first time, Quest users will have a first-party social experience in which they can...

Quest & Rift S Update Brings Controller Tracking Improvements

Oculus Quest and Rift S use similar inside-out tracking which relies on cameras on the headsets to not only track the user's head but also their hands. While this works well in many cases, at launch there was something...

EDM Artist REZZ Debuting New Album Today in Social VR Rave Platform ‘Wave’

EDM artist REZZ is hosting a world premiere listening party of her new album 'Beyond the Senses' in Wave, a social VR rave platform. The event kicks off at 3PM PT . Wave (previously TheWaveVR) is a social VR platform that brings...

‘Angry Birds Movie 2’ Couch Co-op Game to Launch on PSVR August 6th

XR Games today announced that the franchise's next Angry Birds VR game is set to launch on PSVR on August 6th; the game was created in partnership with XR Games, Sony's VR team and Rovio Entertainment. Update (July 23rd, 2019): XR...

‘Tetris Effect’ Now Available on PC with VR Support, Exclusively from Epic Store

Tetris Effect (2018), the latest entry in the iconic tile-stacker series, is officially available starting today on PC, which also includes support for VR headsets. Update (July 23rd, 2019): The PC version is finally here, letting Oculus Rift & HTC Vive...

NextVR to Broadcast Liverpool FC Friendly Match to US-based Oculus Go & Gear VR Users

NextVR, the company known for its live VR broadcasts in sports and entertainment, is getting ready to bring the Liverpool FC vs. Sporting Club of Portugal friendly match to US-based Oculus Go & Gear VR users this week. The pre-season...

‘Lion King’ Director’s VR Film ‘Gnomes & Goblins’ is Back From the Dead, Now “Coming Soon”

Back in 2016, director Jon Favreau, in association with immersive studio Wevr, released the Gnomes & Goblins preview, a demo of an (at the time) ambitious VR film project. While it was well received, it lay nearly forgotten as the years passed with...

‘Star Wars: Vader Immortal – Episode 2’ Will Focus on Force Powers

Star Wars: Vader Immortal is a three part VR "narrative adventure" and Oculus exclusive. Episode I launched on Quest and Rift earlier this year. Little is known about Episode II, including its release date, but this week the creators shared a...

American Museum of Natural History’s T. Rex VR Experience Comes to Viveport

HTC and the American Museum of Natural History announced early this year that the Manhattan-based institution's 'T. rex: The Ultimate Predator' exhibit was getting a VR experience that would let museum-goers collaborate to build a Tyrannosaurus rex bone-by-bone in...

Surgery Training Platform ‘Osso VR’ Now Used by 1,000 Surgeons Monthly

The team behind Osso VR, the VR surgical training platform, says that the software is now in use by more than 1,000 surgeons a month around the globe. The platform, which was created to provide surgeons with an immersive, repeatable...