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‘Boneworks’ Update Adds Checkpoint System, New Content, Climbing Improvements & More

After its launch in December, one common Boneworks gripe was the lack of any mid-level checkpoints, which meant players had to complete entire levels in a single play session otherwise they would lose their progress and be forced to restart the...

Three Totally Creative Uses of Quest Hand-tracking

Oculus brought controllerless hand-tracking to Oculus Quest as an experimental feature back in December, and while it's useful for navigating around the headset's menus when you don't want to pick up the controllers, developers have begun prototyping more creative...

‘The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners’ Among Steam’s 20 Top-selling Games Released in January

The Walking Deal: Saints & Sinners (2020), a VR game based on The Walking Dead comic book series, had its fair share of success when it launched on PC VR headsets late last month. Now, it appears Skydance Interactive's zombie-slaying thriller...

Media Molecule: ‘Dreams’ PSVR Support Coming ‘as soon as possible’

Dreams, Media Molecule's creation-focused game, launched out of Early Access lat week, but without the hotly-awaited addition of PSVR support. Although the studio has spoken very little about its plans to support PSVR in the preceding months, a Video Games...

JDI Starts Mass Production on 1,058 ppi High Pixel Density LCD for VR Glasses

Japan Display Inc. (JDI), a display conglomerate created by Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi, today announced the mass production of a new high pixel density, 2.1-inch 1,058 LCD display created for VR 'glasses' style headsets. Update (1:25 PM ET): German publication MIXED...

Acer: ‘We’re continuing to explore & invest in XR’

Following confirmation of the cancellation of its latest ConceptD OJO VR headset, Acer says it's still in the XR game. Earlier this week Acer confirmed that it decided to cancel its ConceptD OJO headset; it had been 10 months since...

‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Launches Next Month But Index is Still Sold Out Across the Globe

Valve's first flagship VR title, Half-Life: Alyx, is now set to launch on March 23rd but unfortunately the company's Index VR headset is still just about impossible to buy direct. In the meantime, the shortage has seen secondary markets selling the...

‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Release Date Set for March 23rd, New Screenshots Revealed

Half-Life: Alyx finally has a release date and it's March 23rd. The most anticipated VR game to date is now just one month and ten days away, and Valve has released some new screenshots to whet your appetite. Half-Life: Alyx...
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Diorama-based VR Puzzler ‘Down the Rabbit Hole’ Coming in March, Gameplay Trailer Here

Cortopia Studios, the Stockholm-based team behind spellcasting combat game Wands (2016), is set to release its upcoming puzzler Down the Rabbit Hole next month. The game, which was originally slated to arrive in December 2019, is now set to arrive on all...

Acer Has Cancelled its ConceptD OJO Headset

With no information some 10 months after the announcement of its latest VR headset, the ConceptD OJO, we started to wonder what had come of the device. After reaching out to the company, Acer has confirmed to Road to VR that...

2019 Was a Major Inflection Point for VR—Here’s the Proof

VR adoption is accelerating thanks to the Oculus Quest. We’ve seen over 100 VR titles break $1 million in revenue, growing the total VR software market by 3x in 2019. Top grossing VR titles have cleared $10 million in...

Humble VR Bundle Offers Up ‘Superhot’, ‘Space Pirate Trainer’, ‘Moss’ and More for $15

Recently picked up a PC VR headset and looking to add a handful of top rated VR games to your library? Between now and February 25th a special Humble VR Bundle is offering up Cosmic Trip, Smashbox Arena, Gorn, Budget...

‘Paper Beast’ Sandbox Mode Looks Like a Cross Between ‘Viva Piñata’ and ‘From Dust’

The curiously crafted PSVR exclusive Paper Beast got a new trailer today revealing a sandbox mode which looks like a cross between Viva Piñata (2006) and From Dust (2011). Paper Beast is an intriguing title set to launch in Q1 (though no specific release date...

‘Space Channel 5 VR’ Headed to PSVR This Month, PC VR & Quest Versions TBA

Space Channel 5 (1999) first launched on Dreamcast and PS2 over two decades ago, and now the long-dormant franchise is ready to reemerge on PSVR headsets this month with Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash! Originally slated to launch...

New SteamVR Tracking Dev Kit Aims to Make VR Controllers Cheaper, Easier to Design

Tundra Labs is releasing a new SteamVR Tracking hardware development kit. Featuring a tiny new module which condenses the necessary control, processing, and communication components into a mere 16mm × 10mm, the hardware development kit is smaller and cheaper,...
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