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‘Bravo Team’ Gets New Trailer Ahead of Tomorrow’s Launch on PSVR

Ahead of tomorrow's launch on PSVR, there's a new trailer for cooperative VR shooter Bravo Team, which preps players for the game's strategic, cover-based gameplay and careful marksmanship. Bravo Team is a promising new title for PSVR from developer Supermassive Games,...

Google to Announce New Dev Tools at GDC 2018, Keynote to Feature AR/VR

This year's Game Developers Conference (GDC) is nearly upon us, and now that talks for the week-long event are published on the GDC website, it appears Google will be taking the stage to introduce a number of new products and...

‘Yahoo! MAP’ for iOS Now Has AR Navigation Mode in Japan

Yahoo! Japan just updated their iOS-based Map application to include a new experimental AR mode which superimposes a blue pathway onto the physical world for you to follow to your final destination. The AR function, which is only intended for...

Virtualitics Closes $7M Series B Round to Further Develop VR/AR Data Visualization Platform

Virtualitics, a big data visualization and analytics company, announced the successful close of a $7 million Series B round of equity funding led by investment group Centricus, and participated by existing investor the Venture Reality Fund (‘The VR Fund’) and...
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Owlchemy Labs’ New VR Game ‘Vacation Simulator’ is Headed to GDC

Owlchemy Labs, creators of Job Simulator (2016) and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (2017) tonight announced their latest VR title, Vacation Simulator. Update (3/5/18): Owlchemy Labs has confirmed that it'll be bringing Vacation Simulator to GDC 2018 later this month where the studio will...

Exploring Near-Future Moral Quandaries with INVAR Studios

Rose Colored by INVAR Studios & Adam Cosco won the award for best live-acton VR experience at the Advanced Imaging Society's Lumiere Awards on February 12th. I previously interviewed Cosco at VRLA last year, and I had a chance...

Hardware Developers Are Now Receiving SteamVR 2.0 Base Stations

It was only a few weeks ago that we saw our first SteamVR 2.0 base station in the wild, shown off at this year's CES working with Vive Pro, HTC's upcoming high-resolution VR headset. Now, it appears some developers...

‘Ready Player One’ is Getting a Massive SXSW Event Powered by HTC Vive

Steven Spielberg's upcoming film Ready Player One—based on Ernest Cline's eponymous New York Times Bestseller—is getting plenty of buzz at South by Southwest (SXSW) this year ahead of the film's March 29th release. According to Warner Bros., SXSW attendees...

‘Rec Room’ Gets New ‘Isle of Lost Skulls’ Quest Alongside Substantial Update

Rec Room (2016), the social VR app from Against Gravity, now has a brand new Quest (a four player co-operative mission) alongside a number of other improvements thanks to a new update. Update (3/2/18): It might not be Sea of Thieves...
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Creators of ‘Myst’ & ‘Obduction’ Announce VR Steampunk Adventure ‘Firmament’

Cyan, the studio behind Myst (1993) and Obduction (2017), announced they're working on a new steampunk adventure game called Firmament. The studio is keeping specifics under wraps for now, including target headset, launch date, etc. Cyan calls it a "resplendent, magical, journey...