HTC Scraps Plans to Bring Daydream-based Vive Focus to Western Markets
HTC revealed their new standalone Vive Focus headset today, poised to launch into the Asian market. Earlier this year the device was teased to be heading to Western markets as part of Google's Daydream platform in 2017, but now...
HTC Announces ‘Vive Focus’ Standalone VR Headset
Today during the Vive Developers Conference in Beijing, HTC revealed the Vive Focus, a standalone VR headset with inside-out positional tracking. The headset is positioned for the Chinese market.
Update (11/14/17): HTC has confirmed to Road to VR that the company...
Windows VR Headsets Can Play Oculus Exclusive Games via Revive
The announcement that Steam will support the forthcoming Windows VR headsets was big news which means that owners will eventually have a strong library of VR content to draw from while Microsoft builds up its own library of VR games...
‘From Other Suns’ Review
If FTL: Faster Than Light (2012) and the Borderlands franchise had a baby, the freakishly hard offspring would invariably be From Other Suns, a first-person shooter/spaceship management sim from Gunfire Games, the makers of Dead & Buried (2017), Chronos (2016) and Herobound: Spirit Champion...
PSVR Titles ‘The Inpatient’ & ‘Bravo Team’ Delayed Until Early 2018
Supermassive Games has delayed two of its upcoming PSVR titles originally expected for Q4 releases, Bravo Team and The Inpatient. Both games are now set to launch in Q1 of 2018.
Bravo Team, a cover-based shooter, was originally slated to launch December 5th; and The...
LG Patent Shows Unique Split Design for VR Headset
LG revealed its prototype VR headset using Valve's Lighthouse positional tracking earlier this year, and while it isn't certain what will become of the headset—or if it'll be named "UltraGear" as a recent trademark filing suggests—it's clear LG is thinking long and...
Tune in Monday for ‘Skyrim VR’ Gameplay Stream from Bethesda @12:30 PM ET
Bethesda's VR version of Skyrim (2011) is nearly here, launching on PSVR Friday this week. If you're itching to see more gameplay before pulling the trigger on the full-priced game, Bethesda is running a live stream starting Monday, November 13th at 12:30pm ET (your time...
Popular SteamVR Shooter ‘Onward’ Launches for Oculus Rift in Early Access With Cross-play
Onward (2016), the popular VR FPS known for serving up its 'no-frills' squad-based action, is now in Early Access on the Oculus Store. The tactical mil-sim shooter, which aims to appeal to fans of traditional shooters like Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon, or Counter-Strike, now...
‘Haptic Shape Illusion’ Allows VR Controllers to Simulate Feel of Physically Larger Objects
In a study lead by Eisuke Fujinawa at the University of Tokyo, a team of students created a procedure for designing compact VR controllers that feel physically larger. Exploring the concept of ‘haptic shape illusion’, the controllers have data-driven,...
Oculus: EA’s Acquisition of Respawn Entertainment Will Have No Impact on Studio’s VR Title
Titanfall developer Respawn Entertainment has announced plans to join EA, one of the world's largest and most influential videogame publishers. The acquisition of Respawn, which will cost EA up to $455 million, won't impact the studio's recently announced VR...
