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Oculus: ‘We’d Eventually Like Quest PC Tethering to be Wireless’

Today at Oculus Connect 6, CTO John Carmack dove into the work the company has done on Oculus Link, the Quest feature which will soon allow the headset to tether to PC to play Rift games. Today this requires...

Hands-on: Oculus Link Makes Quest Feel Like a Native PC VR Headset

Announced yesterday, Oculus Link will allow Quest to play Rift games by connecting to any VR-capable PC. In our hands-on at Oculus Connect, the feature really does seem to deliver an experience that feels like a native PC VR...

PC Tethering on Quest is a Huge Upgrade, Making Rift S a Tough Sell

Oculus today announced an upcoming PC tethering feature coming to Quest headsets in November. Oculus Link, as it's called, will let users plug into VR ready PCs and play games originally designed for Rift. Oculus is calling it "the...

‘Beat Saber’ is Getting New DLC Featuring Panic at the Disco Next Week, 360 Mode in...

Beat Games took to the stage at Oculus Connect today to make a surprise announcement that Beat Saber's (2018) next music DLC is set to feature music from American pop rock band Panic! at the Disco. The 360 mode, first shown on...

Backed by $4.4M in Funding, Devs Behind ‘Job Simulator’ & ‘Fantastic Contraption’ Announce New XR Startup

Developers behind critically acclaimed VR games Job Simulator (2016) and Fantastic Contraption (2016) today announced they're founding a new studio dubbed Absurd Joy. To give them a big push along their quest to "invent entirely new ways to interact, play, and experience immersive...

‘Star Wars: Vader Immortal – Episode 2’ Now Available on Rift & Quest, Trailer Here

At Oculus Connect 6 today, ILMxLab showed off some new footage of the second installment of Star Wars: Vader Immortal, and in a surprise ending, Facebook announced the experience's sequel is now available on both the Quest and Rift...
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Co-op VR Shooter ‘After the Fall’ to Launch on PSVR & PC VR Next Year

Vertigo Games, the studio behind Arizona Sunshine (2016), announced that its previously revealed co-op VR shooter After the Fall is also headed to PSVR in addition to PC VR headsets. Update (September 25th, 2019): First unveiled for PC VR headsets at...
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‘HUMANITY’ Makes Gameplay from Massive Crowd Simulation, Coming to PS4 & PSVR in 2020

HUMANITY, a undeniably unique looking title from Tokyo-based design studio Tha LTD uses massive crowd simulation with an apparent focus on on puzzle and RTS-like gameplay. The game was revealed today and announced to be headed to PS4 in...

‘L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files’ Gets Surprise Launch on PSVR with New Content, Technical Upgrades

During the PlayStation State of Play presentation, Sony announced that L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files will be available starting today on PSVR. L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files launched on PC VR headset back in 2017, offering up discrete slices of...

‘Arizona Sunshine’ DLC ‘The Damned’ Headed to PC VR & PSVR in October

Arizona Sunshine (2016) was supposed to get its biggest paid DLC mission to date last month, 'The Damned DLC'. Vertigo Games and Jaywalkers Interactive now say that fans won't have to wait much longer, as it's scheduled to come out...

7invensun Announces $150 Eye-tracking Module Supporting All HTC Headsets

Today at HTC's Vive Developer Meeting in Beijing and its simultaneous Shanghai-based Vive Ecosystem Conference, Chinese eye-tracking startup 7invensun debuted a new eye-tracking module that's not only affordable at $150 (¥1100 RMB), but is designed to support all of...
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Real-time Strategy & MOBA Inspired ‘Spuds Unearthed’ Available Now

Spuds Unearthed, a mashup title which combines real-time strategy and MOBA elements, has launched on Rift and Vive headsets following nearly nine months in Early Access. Set in a persistent battlescape where players contend against one another for planetary control,...
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Rhythm Shooter ‘Pistol Whip’ to Launch in November on Quest and PC VR, Trailer Here

Cloudhead Games, the studio behind The Gallery series and Aperture Hand Labs, today announced that its upcoming 'action-rhythm FPS' Pistol Whip is set to arrive on November 7th. Pistol Whip is said to include cross-buy for the Oculus Store version, meaning you'll only need...

VR Fitness Startup YUR Secures $1.1M Investment, Releases Calorie-counting Software for Quest

YUR, a VR fitness company, today announced it's secured $1.1 million in pre-seed funding, something the company says will help them to further use VR to address what it considers a 'worldwide epidemic of sedentary behavior'. The pre-seed investment round...

Apple AR Headset FOV, Codename, and Stereoscopic Rendering Mode Reportedly Found in iOS 13.1

Steadily becoming the biggest open-secret in the industry... more evidence has come to light that Apple in ongoing development of an AR headset. Inside iOS 13.1 beta 3, a developer claims to have found codenames, display dimensions, and fields...
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