2023 Sections
News Bits: Take a Virtual Tour of the Millennium Falcon with the Oculus Rift
I've written before how virtual reality might well enable new and more powerful ways to re-live moments from the past or just gently wallow in immersive nostalgia. The recent launch of nostalgia simulator MemoRift and the Transformers tech demo...
Rebellion’s CEO Jason Kingsley on Pioneering Commercial VR with Battlezone
Rebellion, makers of the made-for-VR reboot Battlezone, is a veteran games developer with over 20 years in the industry. Here, in footage taken from a recent Sky News interview with Joe Tidy, the company's CEO Jason Kingsley shares his reasons...
XR Training & Gaming Startup Touts $5.2M Investment and Lamar Jackson Partnership
XR startup StatusPRO has announced it has raised a $5.2 million seed investment. While the company hasn't fully revealed its product, it says it's using AR and VR to create immersive sports training and gaming experiences. Teasing a partnership...
Comparing ‘EVE: Valkyrie’ VR Experiences: Oculus Rift Vs PlayStation VR
This week at Fanfest 2016, CCP Games has announced that EVE: Valkyrie will not only find its way to all three major VR headsets, but will also allow cross-platform play between them. We went hands-on with PC and console versions...
Sony: ‘PSVR Breakout Box is Not a Crutch for PS4’
Today at the 'PlayStation VR: Development and Innovations' session, Sony Senior Staff Engineer Chris Norden took to the stage to give a technical overview of the company's VR headset. During the talk he sought to clear up misreported information regarding...
‘Red Matter 2’ Announced for Quest 2, Promising to Deliver the “best graphics on mobile VR...
Today during the Meta Quest Gaming Showcase, developer Vertical Robot announced Red Matter 2 for Quest 2, the sequel to its 2018 PC VR game which was eventually ported to Quest. Not only does the studio say the gameplay is expanding...
‘Sacralith’ Review – a Superb VR Bowshooter With High Action & Real Narrative
Moscow-based indie developer Odd Meter isn't a household name in VR development yet, but with their latest game Sacralith: The Archer's Tale (2018), that may change somewhat. It's a surprisingly clever bow shooting game draped in impressively polished visuals...
‘DiRT Rally 2.0’ Finally Gets VR Support for Rift, Index, & Vive; ‘No Plans’ for PSVR
An update to DiRT Rally 2.0 (2019) today has finally brought VR support to the game. Now available for $60 on Oculus and Steam, the game offers support for Rift, Index, and HTC Vive, though developer Codemasters also confirmed that...
On the Hunt for VR’s Killer App with Epic Games’ Technical Director of VR & AR,...
Everyone in the VR industry can envision a world in the next 10 years that’s radically changed by virtual reality. From healthcare, education, social, training, cinema, gaming, and more, VR has a lot of Killer Use-cases. But it seems...
New ‘Skydance’s Behemoth’ Trailer Shows Off New Boss, Gameplay & More Ahead of December Release
Skydance's Behemoth is coming to all major VR headsets in December, and developer Skydance Games has entered full hype mode with the release of its latest trailer, which shows off a new Behemoth and a good slice of fresh gameplay.
Ahead...
Valve’s Only VR Title, ‘The Lab’, is the Highest Rated Game on All of Steam
Among more than 9,000 games on Steam, Valve's VR title The Lab is heading the platform's list of top rated games.
Valve's The Lab is a free VR-only title that offers players eight short room-scale experiences which range from photogrammetry to castle...
Steam Survey: HTC Vive Neck and Neck with Oculus Rift After Repeated Gains
Valve's monthly Steam hardware and software survey is out again, and it appears HTC Vive is holding firm ground on the platform after Oculus Rift took majority market share in March as the most popular VR headset on Steam.
After a...
‘L.A. Noire VR’ for PC Gets Minigames Previously Exclusive to PSVR
Rockstar Games brought L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files (2017) to PSVR in a surprise launch last September, bringing along with it some minigames to keep you shooting, punching, and driving with moxie well after you'd interrogated your last suspect. Now,...
New Apple Patents Cover “Micro-gesture” XR Input, Head-worn Haptics to Guide User Attention
A newly published patent application from Apple highlights the company's internal exploration of "micro-gestures" for AR input, which involves using the thumb against the index finger as a sort of virtual joystick or selector. Another newly granted patent covers the...
Update to SteamVR Suggests Valve is Still Working on a Standalone Headset
Valve is a notorious black box when it comes to basically everything. A recent update to Steam client for VR though suggests the company is still working behind the scenes on what appears to be its long-awaited standalone VR...



















