‘Beat Saber’ Sells 100K Units in First Month for $2 Million in Revenue
In its first month, Beat Saber has sold 100,000 copies across Steam and Oculus, generating $2 million in revenue—another big milestone of success for a game still in early access and made by a three-person indie studio.
Update (05/28/18): Hyperbolic...
Hands-on: ‘Rec Royale’ is a Promising VR Battle Royale Shooter From ‘Rec Room’
With shooters like PUBG (2017) and Epic's Fortnite (2018) taking the traditional gaming world by storm as of late, many VR developers have seen the success of the battle royale games and attempted to replicate the winner-take-all game mode in virtual reality....
Watch the First 12 Minutes of ‘Budget Cuts’
Budget Cuts (2018) is a room-scale VR stealth game from indie studio Neat Corporation. Launching on May 31st on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, we took the time to show you just what this objectively fantastic game looks like from...
Vive Focus 2.0 Update Brings Bevy of New Features: Phone Mirroring, Pass-through Video & More
HTC launched the Vive Focus System Update 2.0 this week to add quite a few extra features to the headset. A new companion app for HTC smartphones also brings smartphone-to-headset functions to the Vive Focus.
HTC shared a slew of...
VR Video & Broadcast Platform ‘NextVR’ Finally Comes to Vive, Coming Soon to Rift
NextVR, a company specializing in live VR broadcasting of sports and entertainment content, have finally launched their app for the Vive via Viveport after being available for several years on other platforms. The app is also soon to launch...
HTC Announces Strategic Partnerships With MLB & McLaren Formula One Team
At the Vive Ecosystem Conference (VEC) in Shenzhen today, HTC announced new VR initiatives in partnership with Major League Baseball (MLB) and McLaren Racing, the Formula One racing team.
Looking to take advantage of the growing baseball trend in China, HTC...
Report: Qualcomm to Unveil New Snapdragon Chip Specifically Designed For Standalone Headsets
It's possible standalone headsets are poised to leave the smartphone parts bin behind in the near future in a big way, as Qualcomm is reported to unveil a new Snapdragon system-on-a-chip (SoC) built specifically for standalone AR/VR headsets, according...
Here’s a Look Inside Both Samsung & JDI’s High Pixel Density VR Panels
SID Display Week played host to a number of big names in display technology showing off their respective high pixel density VR panels. UploadVR's Ian Hamilton was on the scene, and managed to get a pretty good capture of...
HTC & Seagate to Produce External Battery+Data Storage Solution for Vive Focus
HTC and Seagate have partnered to produce an external power & data storage accessory for Vive Focus, ideal for people using the headset for local media consumption.
Dubbed the Seagate ‘VR Power Drive’, the external battery+storage device is said to...
Vive Focus to Get 6DOF Controller Mode, Optical Hand-tracking for Gesture Input
While it's exciting to start seeing 6DOF standalone VR headsets like the Vive Focus and Mirage Solo, both unfortunately include a 3DOF controller which in many cases functions as an immersion barrier compared to a fully 6DOF VR system....
