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Facebook’s Non-advertising Revenue ‘primarily driven by Oculus,’ up 80% to $297M

In Facebook's Q1 2020 earnings call today, the company overviewed its latest financial situation and noted that Oculus products were a major contributor to $297 million in non-advertising revenue. While Facebook makes the vast majority of its revenue from advertising,...

Facebook Expects Coronavirus Will Have “additional impact” on Oculus Quest Availability

After being backordered by weeks in many regions, Oculus Quest is now "unavailable" from Oculus in 17 out of 23 regions where the unit is sold, including the United States, Canada, and much of Europe. Facebook says the Coronavirus outbreak is...

‘Vanishing Realms’ Roadmap: New Content, Hardware Support, and 1.0 Launch on the Way

In Early Access since the launch of the Vive last year, Vanishing Realms (2016) development continues, as stated in the updated roadmap on the game’s Steam news page. The acclaimed VR action RPG is due to receive a large update...
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Sony Announces ‘Tetris Effect’ for PSVR & PS4, Coming Fall 2018

It looks like the alleged Sony E3 leak, which showed Resident Evil 2 (1998), Spider-Man, and BioShock Resurgence coming to PSVR, hasn't gotten its moment of vindication yet, as Sony today announced that a new Tetris game is coming to the PS4 console...

Varjo Secures $6.7M Investment, First Batch of “Human Eye-Resolution” VR Prototypes Shipping to Partners Soon

At Slush 2017, Helsinki-based Varjo Technologies today announced an additional investment of $6.7 million from the Finnish business development group Tekes to continue development on their "human eye-resolution" display for VR headsets. The company also announced they'll be shipping their first Alpha Prototype...

Crafting Memorable VR Experiences – The Interaction Design of ‘Fujii’

Creating a VR that truly immerses the user is no easy feat. To pull this off correctly requires a careful blend of graphics, animations, audio, and haptics that work together in deliberate concert to suspend disbelief and engross the...

Following Success on Quest, VR Classic ‘Racket: Nx’ to Get Major Update, Likely Headed to PSVR

Racket: Nx, a virtual reality fusion of tennis and Breakout, is soon to get a major update with new features like co-op, avatar customization, and in-game tournaments. The studio has also teased that the game is heading to "another...

‘MLB Home Run Derby’ Swings for the Fences on Main Quest Store After Long Stint on...

Major League Baseball’s batting simulator MLB Home Run Derby VR (2018) has left App Lab and is now available on the main Quest Store, which also comes alongside a few updates to the game. Previously launched on PC VR in 2018 and...

Evidence Mounts for Apple’s Support of WebXR in Latest iOS Beta

As the most valuable tech company in the world, decisions that Apple makes tend to reverberate throughout the industry. Recent evidence strongly points to Apple planning to support WebXR on Safari and possibly its forthcoming XR headset, which would...

HTC Registers ‘Vive Focus’ Trademark in EU & US, Likely Intended for Standalone VR Headset

HTC has submitted a new trademark application in both Europe and the US, specifically requesting the use of a new name: Vive Focus. First revealed at Google I/O 2017 developer conference, both HTC and Lenovo announced they were building standalone VR...

‘Spice & Wolf VR’ Coming to PSVR & Nintendo Labo VR Soon, Sequel Now in Production

Japan-based studio SpicyTails announced that Spice & Wolf VR will land on PSVR and Nintendo Labo VR this week. Furthermore, the studio says that the experience's sequel is already in the making. Based on the manga/anime Spice & Wolf, the studio celebrated two wildly...
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‘Metro Awakening’ to Release on All Major Headsets in November, New Gameplay Revealed

Developer Vertigo Games announced that Metro Awakening, the VR exclusive created in collaboration with the series’ original author Dmitry Glukhovsky, is slated to arrive on all major VR headset November 7th. If you haven't read any of Glukhovsky’s novels, or played Metro...
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Gameplay Video: World War Toons on Sony’s Morpheus at E3 2015

Sony's Morpheus had a huge presence at E3 this year with the system present in nearly 20 demos on the show floor. World War Toons by Reload was one of them. Here's a short gameplay video of the game in...

This is What a Vision Pro Competitor From Meta Could Look Like

With Apple Vision Pro out in the wild, it's likely that Meta's Quest Pro line will evolve to become more of a direct competitor. And we've actually got an idea of what an even higher-end Quest Pro 2 could...

Making Valve’s OpenVR Truly Inclusive for VR Headsets

With multiple proprietary VR systems on their way to retail, development fragmentation in the VR market has recently become a hot topic in the VR community. In this guest article, a veteran developer who goes by the name of...
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