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Microsoft Says it Hasn’t Given up on the VR Side of Windows Mixed Reality

While Microsoft has been full steam ahead on the augmented reality side of Windows Mixed Reality via HoloLens, the company has had very little to say in the last year about the VR side of its platform. While it...

News Bits: Sony ‘Virtual Reality – A New Era for Games’ Panel at PlayStation Experience (video)

At Sony's PlayStation Experience event earlier this month, the company brought together four prominent folks from the game industry to chat about the future of virtual reality and Sony's 'Project Morpheus' VR headset for the PS4. Earlier this year, Sony...

‘Vail VR’ Studio Reveals $5.5M in Revenue as It Opens Crowd-investment Campaign

AEXLAB, the studio behind VR shooter Vail (2024), announced it's opened a crowd-investment campaign to support ongoing development of the game. Additionally, the studio revealed the multiplayer shooter has generated over $5.5 million in revenue to date, owing to its...

PlayStation Summer Sale Brings Big Discounts to Top PSVR 2 Titles

PlayStation's annual summer sale just kicked off, tossing a ton of deep discounts your way on some of the best PSVR 2 games out there. There are a ton of great games currently on sale—available between today and July 29th—many of...

Valve Plans to Offer Replacement Parts for Index via iFixit

Valve will soon offer official replacement parts for its Index VR headset (and possibly other Index products like controllers and base stations) via DIY repair site iFixit. Valve announced today that it plans to offer official replacement parts for "Valve...

‘MYST’ Studio Cyan Announces Second Layoff Round This Year

Cyan, the indie studio behind VR-supported revivals of classic puzzle adventures MYST (1993) and RIVEN (1997), announced a second tranche of layoffs following a round in March that reduced the company by half. Cyan announced the news in a Bluesky post,...

Valve Launches Free Steam Audio SDK Beta to Give VR Apps Immersive 3D Sound

Valve today announced the Steam Audio SDK, a spatial audio plugin that the company says is made is designed to "enhance all interactive products, specifically VR applications." The company has launched a beta of the SDK today supporting Unity,...

Analysis: Monthly-connected VR Headsets on Steam Reach Record High of 1.7 Million

The latest Steam Survey data became available this week, showing a record number of headsets in use on the platform as well as a surprising shift in the popularity of specific headsets. That’s based on March 2020 data released this...
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Developer Videos Show Valve’s Knuckles Controllers in Action

New footage of Valve’s new ‘Knuckles’ controllers has emerged over the past few days, as developers begin to test out the new device. The ‘next-gen’ SteamVR controller prototypes represent a major advancement over the current Vive motion controllers, with...
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‘Alex and the Jets’ Brings Mixed Reality Dogfights to Your Living Room Next Month

HOOP-O Studios, a new indie creating mixed reality games, announced its remote-controlled dogfighting game Alex and the Jets is coming to Quest 3 next month.   As a casual arcade flying game, Alex and the Jets lets you take control of Alex the Squirrel and...
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4th Part of Epic’s ‘Sense of Presence’ VR Doc Focuses on the ‘Future of VR’

Epic, the company behind the popular Unreal Engine, has released the fourth part of it's series of films looking at virtual reality technology and the industry. It's been an interestingly positive journey thus far and this latest instalment focuses...

Google’s ‘Tilt Brush’ Gets Sketchfab Support to Share VR Artwork Across the Web

The latest update to Tilt Brush brings welcome improvements, including support for showcasing creations on the popular online 3D model viewer Sketchfab. Tilt Brush, Google's virtual reality paint program for the HTC Vive got a major update recently to version 7.0,...

Studio Behind ‘Rom: Extraction’ Announces Tactical Multiplayer FPS ‘Firewall Zero Hour’ for PSVR

Firewall Zero Hour is an upcoming team-based, tactical multiplayer FPS for PlayStation VR from First Contact Entertainment, the makers of Rom: Extraction (2016). The game, which pits two teams of mercenaries against each other in objective-based attack/defend missions, is...

Modest Gains Bring Rift’s Share of Headsets on Steam to a New High Amid Sale

According to the latest figures from Valve's Hardware & Software survey, Rift has reached its highest historical market share on Steam thanks to modest gains amid an ongoing sale. Despite the new high point, the HTC Vive still holds the...
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Rave in VR at Tonight’s Free HEAVYGRINDER Show in ‘TheWaveVR’

TheWaveVR, a social music platform for VR performances, debuts its third major show, this time bringing EDM duo HEAVYGRINDER into VR for a live and interactive virtual reality concert. You can join the fun for free tonight, July 26th, at...
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