Knight Foundation Offers $750K in Grants for Immersive Tech in the Arts
The Knight Foundation, focused on journalism and the arts, is opening a call-for-ideas from creatives and organizations using immersive technology to bring art to their audiences. Selected projects will be awarded a share of a $750,000 grant pool, as...
‘ASTRO BOT’ Behind-the-scenes – Insights & Artwork from Sony’s JAPAN Studio
From the very first time we previewed an early build of ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission, it was clear that there was much care and craft behind the work. At its October 2018 launch, the finished game not only didn't disappoint,...
Tyler Hurd’s ‘Beach Body Bros’ Experience Looks Patently Absurd as Ever
Tyler Hurd, the creator behind patently ridiculous VR experiences Butts (2016) and Old Friend (2017), has just joined the Oculus Medium team. Now, Hurd says, he's developing a new VR project called Beach Body Bros using Medium.
Beach Body Bros is a four-minute room-scale...
Elon Musk Details ‘Neuralink’ Brain Interface Tech, Oculus CTO Calls It “very bold work”
Elon Musk unveiled Neuralink earlier this week, a startup that aims to not only revolutionize the growing field of brain-machine interfaces (BMIs), but eventually wants to make neural implants as common as LASIK outpatient procedures are today—that's the long-term...
Hands-on: ‘Iron Man VR’ Shows Huge Potential with Innovative Flying Mechanics
I have to say, when I first saw the announce trailer for Marvel's Iron Man VR, I wasn't exactly blown away. Now that I've actually had a chance to try the game for myself, my tune has totally changed—there's...
Indie VR Gem ‘Racket: NX’ Launches on Quest with Cross-platform Multiplayer
Indie VR gem Racket: NX (2018) launches today on Oculus Quest with cross-platform multiplayer with the Rift version of the game. Playing out as a techno-future infused mashup between Breakout and racquetball, Racket: Nx feels right at home on Quest thanks...
‘Echo VR’ Update Brings Undersea Lobby, Skirmish Zone, & New Customizations
Echo VR, the hub for both 'Echo Arena' and 'Echo Combat', got a sizeable update today with a revamped lobby which turns zero-G into under-the-sea. A new Skirmish zone lets players hop into pick-up battles for practice before diving...
‘Blood & Truth’ Free Demo Lands on PSVR Today
If you were skeptical about the $40 price tag on Sony's latest PSVR exclusive, Blood & Truth (2019), the company has some good news: you can now play a healthy slice of the game for free starting today.
Sony says in...
‘Gadgeteer’ Early Access Review – Tinker to Your Heart’s Content
In all the time I’ve spent mucking around in Oculus Home and Rec Room—both physics-based sandbox environments that promise to let me do as I please in VR—I always felt like there was a significant time gap involved with...
Pirate Ship Battler ‘Battlewake’ Heads into Closed Beta This Weekend
Survios, the studio behind Raw Data (2017) and Creed: Rise to Glory (2018), is getting their upcoming nautical battler Battlewake into ship-shape for this weekend, which marks the beginning of the game's closed beta.
Update (July 17th, 2019): Battlewake is headed into closed beta...















