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Facebook Buys Its Third VR Studio, ‘Lone Echo’ Developer Ready at Dawn

Facebook announced today that it has acquired Ready at Dawn, marking the company's third VR studio buyout. The 17 year old game studio is most recently known for its acclaimed VR titles, Lone Echo and Echo VR, both published...

Valve Adds Experimental Stereo-correct Passthrough View to Index

Valve's Index headset has had a passthrough view feature since launch, but the company has just released an experimental update which aims to make the view through the cameras more realistic by creating a synthetic image that more closely...

EA: Playing ‘Star Wars: Squadrons’ in VR Will Be “more like being a real pilot”

Star Wars: Squadrons is coming to PC, consoles, and VR headsets on October 2nd. And while we got our first look at gameplay of the upcoming dogfighter in a special premier last night, it's still not entirely clear what's at stake...
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‘Star Wars: Squadrons’ Gets First Gameplay Trailer, October Release Date

Just a week after the surprise reveal of Star Wars: Squadrons (and confirmation of full VR support on PC and PSVR), we're already getting our first glimpse of gameplay. What's more, it won't be long before you can hop...

Back-compat PSVR Games on PS5 Could See Improved Frame Rates, Resolution, & Loading

We're still awaiting confirmation of the first VR game natively designed for PS5, but for now we know that many PSVR titles for PS4 are expected to support backwards compatibility on PS5. When running on PS5, those older titles...

Space-Noir Adventure ‘The Rig: A Starmap to Murder’ Coming to PC VR Next Week

Indie studio Sunset Division announced it's bringing its space-noir adventure game The Rig: A Starmap to Murder to PC VR headsets next week. It's been a long time coming for the self-professed "small and scrappy" San Francisco-based VR studio, which was founded in...

‘Trover Saves the Universe’, ‘In Death’ & ‘Gravity Lab’ Heading to Quest

Although E3 was cancelled this year due to the ongoing pandemic, many studios went forward with their traditional mid-June game announcements just the same. That just so happens to mean that Oculus Quest owners are getting a rash of PC...
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‘Pistol Whip’ Gets New DLC & Long-term Roadmap Reveal, Heading to PSVR in July

Hit VR rhythm shooter Pistol Whip got a brand new DLC level today on PC VR and Quest. Developer Cloudhead games also shared its long-term roadmap, including DLC planned for Q4 which will mark "a whole new era" for the...

‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Update Adds New Weapon & Example Content for Workshop Modding

Half-Life: Alyx has been updated to version 1.4.1 which adds an example weapon to the game's Workshop modding tools, allowing modders to experiment with bringing new weapons to the game. The update also includes improvements to the Workshop tools,...

‘Star Wars: Squadrons’ to Support HOTAS, No Mention of VR Motion Controllers

Star Wars: Squadrons is EA's upcoming dogfighting game from a galaxy far far away, and it's going to include VR support when it launches on consoles and PC in the fall. If you were hoping for an immersive in-cockpit...

‘Population: One’ to Begin Invite-only Playtesting on Oculus Quest

BigBox VR announced that its upcoming VR battle royale shooter Population: One is heading back into invite-only playtesting soon, this time focusing on Oculus Quest. "We’re going to start with Quest playtests in the month of June and then we’ll add in PC...

PlayStation 5 Will Support PSVR, Sony Affirms

It was more than a year ago—before PlayStation 5 was formally announced—that Sony confirmed its 'next-gen console' would continue to support PlayStation VR. Luckily those plans haven't changed; following the full reveal of the system last week, the company...
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‘Star Wars: Squadrons’ to Support PSVR & PC VR at Launch This Fall, Trailer Here

Star Wars: Squadrons is an upcoming first-person dogfighter that's set to release on PC and consoles this fall. As luck would have it, both PSVR and PC VR owners will also be able to play the game when it...

New ‘Astro Bot’ & ‘Resident Evil’ Games Revealed for PS5, But Not Confirmed for PSVR

We wouldn't blame you for being excited to see the reveal of Astro's Playroom and Resident Evil 8: Village for PS5, but so far there's no indication that these games will support PSVR even though their predecessors did. Sony must have known...
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‘Myth: A Frozen Tale’ is Disney Animation’s First Publicly Released VR Short Film, Now on Quest

Disney Animation Studios today released Myth: A Frozen Tale, its first publicly released VR short film, based on the Frozen franchise. Myth: A Frozen Tale debuted with the release of Frozen 2 last year as Disney's latest VR short film, but it's just now...
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