2023 Sections
Mixed Reality Gaming Studio MixRift Secures $1.6M Funding to Make the ‘Angry Birds’ of MR
MixRift, a mixed reality game studio, today announced it's secured a $1.6 million pre-seed investment round, something the team says will be used to develop more MR games.
The funding round was led by Outsized Ventures, Underline Ventures, and SOSV....
Hands-on: ‘Blood & Truth’ Brings Tight Gunplay and New Bullet Time Mechanic
Blood & Truth, a promising VR action shooter from Sony's first-party London Studio, got a brand new demo for E3 2018 which brings improved gunplay and a new bullet time mechanic while showing off a new level.
Blood & Truth...
New Evidence Suggests Meta is Still Working on PC VR Cloud Game Streaming for Quest
It was first discovered years ago that Meta has been testing cloud game streaming to bring PC VR games to Quest, but the feature has yet to see the light of day (or even an official announcement). New evidence...
HTC Vive Setup Guide Reveals IPD, Eye-relief Adjustments, and More
With deliveries of the HTC Vive Developer Edition now arriving, Valve has released the 'Setup guide pamphlet' that's included in the box. Filled with classic subtle humor from Valve, the pamphlet also confirms IPD and eye-relief adjustments on the HTC Vive...
You Can Access Oculus Home with DK2, Play Free and Paid Content Right Now
There's plenty of reasons to be excited for the Oculus Rift to arrive at your doorstep in the next few days (or months), but don't throw out that DK2 just yet, because there's still some life in the old...
‘ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission’ Review – This VR Platformer Earns Our First 10 Out of 10
The release of ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission, coming Tuesday, will be a genre-defining moment for VR platforming on PSVR. The game is expertly designed, animated, and rendered. Full of charm and the right amount of content, Astro Bot Rescue Mission is...
PSVR 2 Gets Its First Game with Controller-less Hand-Tracking
Sony introduced hand-tracking support for PSVR 2 back in December, offering up the ability for developers to update their games and let players go hands-on thanks to the headset's on-board tracking cameras. Now, beloved wizardry game Waltz of the...
Microsoft’s Struggling Military AR Headset Gets Boost From Oculus Founder’s Latest Venture
Anduril Industries, the defense tech company founded by Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, announced it's partnering with Microsoft to boost the company's militarized, HoloLens 2-based AR headset, which is currently under contract by the United States Army.
The company maintains its Lattice...
Pimax Apologizes After Secret Social Media Incentive Program Sparks Astroturfing Concerns
Brand ambassador and referral programs are everywhere, aiming to drive engagement and sales through influencers and loyal fans alike. But last week, Pimax crossed a line, the company publicly admitted. It was discovered the PC VR headset company was...
HTC Will Install Your Vive For $250, Now in Select U.S. Cities
Are you the sort of person that has a hard time installing surround sound stereo equipment, or building IKEA shelves? Well, HTC is now offering customers a premium installation service to take the hassle out of setting up the Vive, a...
The 20 Best Rated & Most Rated Quest Games & Apps – December 2020
While Oculus doesn’t offer much publicly in the way of understanding how well individual apps are performing across its VR storefronts, it’s possible to glean some insight by looking at apps relative to each other. Here’s a snapshot of...
NBA is Broadcasting a Ton of Games This Season in VR on Quest
The NBA announced it's expanding the number of games it's recording for Quest headsets by a wide margin, bringing a ton of 180-degree immersive games to NBA League Pass holders.
Games will be available in both through the Xtadium app on...
Valve Announces ‘Skeletal Input’ to Give SteamVR Apps More Lifelike Hands Moving Forward
Accompanying the news that Valve has made a critical redesign of its 'Knuckles' motion controller, the company also recently released a new input system in beta that not only aims to create lifelike hands, but make them accessible to...
Creator of Indie Breakout ‘Braid’ Building Roomscale VR Game With ‘no concessions for stationary play’
Jonathan Blow, the creator of one of indie gaming's fomative successes, Braid, has begun hiring a team to develop his first VR game.
Before Fez (2012), before Limbo (2010), and before Minecraft (2009), Braid (2008) was one of the breakout successes...
Valve Reveals Knuckles EV3 Dev Kit, Planning Production of “Much greater quantities”
Having revealed the 'Knuckles' EV2 controller development kit just a few months ago, Valve has rapidly incorporated improvements based on feedback from developers and today revealed the updated EV3. The company says will be "produced in much greater quantities...




















