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‘Ready Player One: OASIS beta’ Launches on Steam With Vive, Rift, & Windows VR Headset Support

Ready Player One: Oasis beta (2018), the free mini-game sampler with experiences inspired by Steven Spielberg's latest film Ready Player One (2018), is finally on Steam, which includes support for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Windows "Mixed Reality" VR headsets. RPO:...

Hands-on: Upcoming VR Shooter ‘Telefrag’ Boasts Impossible, Escher-style Arenas

Anshar Studios, the developers behind Detached (2017), showed off a new arena shooter at Gamescom this year. Dubbed Telefrag VR, the game (still in pre-alpha) pits you against another player in a futuristic, gladiatorial-style battle taking place in impossible spaces. Set...

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ VR Experience Arrives on All Major Headsets for Free

We were a bit disappointed when we found out that you couldn't properly web-sling as your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man in MARVEL Powers United VR (2018) last year, but it appears Sony has heard our collective groans and done something about...

VR Training Company Gemba Secures $18M Series A to Expand Enterprise Metaverse

Gemba, the corporate VR learning platform, announced it's closed an $18 million Series A funding round, which the company says will be used to continue expansion into Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and North America. The latest funding round was...

Oculus Releases Beta Support for Link, Turning Quest into a PC VR Headset

Oculus today announced that Link is officially in beta, the company's compatibility software so that Quest users can play Rift titles on PC. If you have an AMD GPU, you're going to have to wait though. If you have a...

PSVR 2 Discount More Than Doubled Usual Sales Volume, But Quest Still Leads

PSVR 2 got its first big sale the other week which resulted in a large lift in sales volume for the headset in the US. At $550 MSRP, PSVR 2 is actually more expensive than the PS5 console that powers...

PSVR 2 Unlikely to Ever Work on PC, Says Creator Behind PSVR 1 Compatibility Driver

No more ungainly break-out boxes to contend with; thankfully PSVR 2 connects to PlayStation 5 via a single USB-C cable. But if you think you'll be able to plug in that seemingly standard cable to a VR-ready PC to...

‘World of Warcraft’ Mod Brings PC VR Support to the World of Azeroth

The long-awaited VR mod for World of Warcraft (2004) is here, bringing full PC VR support to players grinding the vast lands of Azeroth. Created by Flat2VR community members 'Streetrat' and 'Marulu', the long-time modders have finally brought full 6DOF VR...

WaveOptics Raises $16M to Create Optics For Small Form-Factor AR Headsets

WaveOptics, a UK-based firm involved in designing and engineering optics for augmented reality, has today announced a successful series B funding round amounting to £12.0m ($15.7m). Investors include Touchstone Innovations, Robert Bosch Venture Capital GMBH, Octopus Investments, and Gobi...

‘VEX MAGE’ Combines Spellcasting and Co-op Arena Action on Quest & PC VR Next Month

Nervous Systems and Fast Travel Games announced that VEX MAGE is coming to Quest and PC VR headsets next month, bringing spellcasting abilities to Quake-style arenas. Vex Mage is all about fast-twitch shooting action, albeit with the ability to cast (and combine) magical...

HTC Launches ‘Vive XR Suite’, a Bundle of VR Apps for Remote Productivity

HTC has officially launched the Vive XR Suite, a bundle of five enterprise-focused VR applications which are unified under a single login. The company has tapped the likes of VRChat, Museum of Other Realities, and ENGAGE to offer businesses a range of VR...

Quest’s Next Update Could Make It Easier to Use 2D Android Apps, But Harder to Mod...

Meta recently rejected Google's bid to bring Android XR to Quest, although now it seems the company is looking to make it slightly easier to use 2D Android apps on its standalone headsets, but also possibly harder to mod...

Quest ‘Augments’ Feature for Concurrent AR Apps Needs More Time to Cook, Says Meta CTO

Last year Meta announced the so-called Augments feature, planned for Quest 3, which would allow persistent mini AR apps to live in the world around you. Now, eight months after the headset hit store shelves, Meta's CTO explains why...

‘Google Earth VR’ Update Adds Street View Navigation, Optimizes for Quicker Loading

Google Earth VR is pretty self-explanatory; it's Google Earth, but available on VR headsets like Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. What isn't so easy to communicate is the sheer immensity of the world around you as you view everything Google has captured...

Varjo Secures $5.8M Investment to Accelerate Military-Grade XR Hardware

Varjo, the Finland-based maker of high-end XR headsets, announced it's secured a €5 million (~$5.8 million) minority investment from THEON, the Greece-based manufacturer of military imaging systems. Structured as a convertible loan, the €5 million investment also includes the option...
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