Preview: ‘Space Junkies’ Feels Like VR’s Spiritual Successor to ‘Unreal Tournament’

Unreal Tournament (1999) was one of the staple arena shooters of my youth. It's simple; find the best gun you can, stock up on as much health and armor as possible, always keep moving until you die, respawn, rinse...

Pimax Starts Mass Production Phase of “8K” VR Headset

Pimax today announced they've headed into the mass production phase of the Pimax "8K" VR headset. "The obstacles that prevent us from mass production have been eliminated last week, thus the whole project now can move on with full speed towards...

Niantic Offers Tantalizing Peek at Upcoming AR Tech, Announces New Platform for Third-party Devs

Niantic, the developer behind Pokémon Go and the upcoming Harry Potter AR game, announced they'll be opening up access to their latest work in AR, dubbed the 'Niantic Real World Platform', to third-party developers soon. To boot, the company...
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Oculus ‘Medium’ 2.0 Overhauls Performance and Tools, Allows Exporting to ‘Home’

Medium, Oculus' first-party VR sculpting and modeling tool, today gets a major update in version 2.0, bringing better performance, improved tools, and the ability to export your creations into your own Oculus Home space. Having launched Medium initially back in...

‘Marvel Powers United VR’ to Launch Next Month on Rift, Black Panther Revealed as Newest Hero

Oculus and Sanzaru Games today announced their upcoming co-op VR game for Rift, MARVEL Powers United VR, finally has a release date. The game, which lets you take on the powers of a number of Marvel superheroes, is slated to launch...
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VR Co-op Shooter ‘Firewall Zero Hour’ Finally Gets Release Date on PSVR, New Gameplay Trailer Here

First Contact Entertainment today announced on the PlayStation blog that Firewall Zero Hour, the upcoming multiplayer VR shooter for PSVR, finally has a release date, and that a special PS Aim bundle will be available at launch. Heading to PSVR on 29th...

High Fidelity Raises $35M Series D Financing to Further Develop Social Platform & Blockchain Tech

High Fidelity, the social VR platform founded by Second Life founder Philip Rosedale, today announced it's successfully closed a $35 million Series D financing round. The company says it's using the funds to continue development on its global infrastructure for VR experiences, to accelerate hiring, and...

Penalty in ZeniMax v. Oculus Reduced to $250M, Motion to Halt Headset Sales Rejected

Bloomberg reported this week that the $500 million penalty levied at Oculus in last year's case brought by ZeniMax has been reduced to $250 million. A motion seeking to prevent sales of Oculus products using code attributed to ZeniMax...

HTC Partners With China’s Massive State Cellular Carrier to “boost mass VR adoption”

HTC and China Mobile Communications Corporation today jointly announced a partnership to "accelerate the proliferation of 5G infrastructure and devices in China." Further, China Mobile, the country's massive state-owned mobile phone carrier, will help HTC push its VR devices into...

‘Beat Saber’ to Get a Multiplayer Mode, Custom Avatars & Sabers Considered

Beat Saber developer Beat Games (formerly Hyperbolic Magnetism), has confirmed work on a competitive multiplayer mode for the popular rhythm game, which may in the future include custom avatars and sabers. Beat Saber currently offers global, friend, and local leaderboards...