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Former ‘God of War’ Devs Launch Kickstarter for Colossal VR Shooter ‘Titan Arena’

Lightbound Studios, a company founded by two former God of War series developers, are aiming to bring something truly colossal to VR with their upcoming first-person shooter Titan Arena. The game essentially pits you against increasingly harder Titans in a crowded...
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Acer Unveils New Business-friendly Windows VR Headset with Detachable Display

Acer today announced a new Windows "Mixed Reality" VR headset. Dubbed the Acer OJO 500 (pronounced 'O-ho'), the new headset is packing a few features that seem to be making overtures to the commercial sector. Seemingly taking a page out...

Avegant Raises $12M Financing to Further Develop AR Display Tech

Avegant, the AR display company known for its Glyph head-mounted display, announced that the company has successfully closed a $12M Series AA financing, which will allow them to further develop their light field technologies and "high resolution, low latency,...

Firewall Zero Hour Review: Tactical Multiplayer Action Comes to PSVR

Firewall Zero Hour has landed on PSVR, and with it comes the platform's first tactical multiplayer FPS. While the slow one-life-only pace might not suit everyone's taste, it makes for undeniably tense and strategic gameplay that's enhanced by the immersion...

Hands-on: ‘Nostos’ Aims to Deliver Anime-inspired Open World RPG in VR

Nostos, an upcoming open world RPG from China-based tech company NetEase, made its Western debut at Gamescom this year with something that appears to be heavily influenced by the popular anime series such as Sword Art Online. I got a chance...

Dedicated ‘Beat Saber’ Machine to Hit VR Arcades in South Korea & China

Beat Games, the Czech Republic-based indie developers behind smash hit rhythm game Beat Saber, are aiming to make a big splash in Asia with a newly revealed dedicated arcade machine. The cabinet was created in partnership with SKonec Entertainment, a Seoul-based company that...

Samsung Offers Free Gear VR USB-C Adapters to Note 9 Users

Samsung hasn't released a new Gear VR model since the launch of Note 8 last year, but you'll still be able to use the latest Gear VR with that shiny new Note 9. As reported by Engadget, the SM-R325 Gear VR...

Oculus Avatars Are Finally Going Cross-platform

Oculus had announced almost a year ago now that they planned to take their Oculus Avatars system cross-platform. Now, with last week's release of Oculus Avatar SDK 1.28, the package is finally ready to be deployed cross-platform, meaning that...

First Public ‘Stormland’ Demo to Debut at PAX West, Available One Day Only

Stormland, the upcoming open-world VR title from Insomniac Games and Oculus, will be playable at PAX West this week to the general public, and not just badge-holders. The Oculus Stormland pop-up will be available for one day only on August...

Oculus Founder Serves up Scathing Review of Magic Leap One, Calling It a “Tragic Heap”

While Palmer Luckey provided his own Magic Leap One headset to iFixit for their tear down, the founder of Oculus certainly had his chance for a proper review before the spudgers and screwdrivers came out, and he isn't pulling...