Ubisoft Launches ‘Space Junkies’ Non-VR Open Beta Today

Space Junkies (2019), Ubisoft Montpellier's VR arena shooter, seems to be hunting for a larger playerbase as the studio today launched an open beta for non-VR PC users. The open beta is available from July 25th – August 7th via Uplay...

Amazon Launches ‘Prime Video VR’, Commits to Building up VR Video Library

Amazon today announced the launch of Prime Video VR on Oculus Quest, Go, and Gear VR. In addition to bringing the entire Prime Video catalog onto the headsets, Amazon is also for the first time adding VR content to its Prime...

Bigscreen Boasts 5,000+ RSVPs for SpaceX Launch Viewing Today

Bigscreen released their 'Bigscreen TV' update two weeks ago, which brought 50+ livestreaming TV channels to the platform for free. Now, company founder and CEO Darshan Shankar reports the social viewing platform received more than 5,200 users who want...

Magic Leap Update Brings Hand Occlusion, Expanded Multiplayer Support & More

Despite securing $280 million from Japan's largest telecom earlier this summer, we've heard surprisingly little from the multi-billion dollar AR startup of late regarding its flagship headset, Magic Leap One. Now, the company has announced a number of new features...

PSVR Shooter ‘StarBlood Arena’ Goes Dark Forever Starting July 25th

WhiteMoon Dreams, the developers behind PSVR arena shooter StarBlood Arena (2017), released a statement recently bidding farewell to its community. Earlier this year, the studio announced that their online-only game would be going dark; the official date for server shutdown...

Oculus Quest Will Support Oculus Go Apps Later This Year

Later this year Oculus Quest is going to get access to a heap of new VR content thanks to support for Oculus Go apps via official emulation. Oculus CTO John Carmack this week confirmed that Oculus Quest will eventually support...

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...