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‘Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted 2’ Coming Quest This Week, Trailer Here

Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 (2023), the sequel to the popular VR horror game, is officially coming to Quest next week. Developer Steel Wool Studios announced FNAF: Help Wanted 2 is slated to arrive on the Quest platform on May...
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VR Design Unpacked: The Formula for Great VR Game Trailers

Our series Inside XR Design explores the best of immersive design. Today we’re talking about how to make an incredible VR trailer using just in-game footage. No mixed reality setups, no complicated compositing—just smart planning and a proven playbook. And keep...

Quest 3 is Launching with Its Own New Controllers, But Will Also Support Touch Pro

If you're not getting along with the company's newly redesigned Quest 3 controllers when it comes later this year, dubbed Touch Plus, Meta says you'll have the option of swapping in the company's Touch Pro controllers. Meta unveiled its next...
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Hands-on: New VR Shooter ‘VENDETTA FOREVER’ Mashes ‘Pistol Whip’ & ‘Superhot’ Into Something Unique

Veteran VR studio nDreams has made several shooters with innovative mechanics over the years. That experience seems to have guided the studio's publishing interest as well; the newly announced VENDETTA FOREVER, developed by MeatSpace Interactive and published by nDreams, uses...
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Cheeky Airport Security Game ‘TSA Frisky’ to Launch May 17th

TSA Frisky is an upcoming room-scale game that turns the tables on travelers and their would-be airport security officers. The game, which appears to be a cheeky cross between Papers, Please (2013) and Job Simulator (2016), is slated to arrive on Steam for...

Apple Reveals Pricing & Release Date for Logitech Stylus & PSVR 2 Controllers for Vision Pro

Apple previously announced the Logitech Muse stylus for Vision Pro and added PSVR 2 controller support to VisionOS 26. Now we have an official release date for the stylus and a package of PSVR 2 controllers which will be...

Valve Expands ‘Steam Link’ PC VR Streaming to More Headsets and Opens the Door to Android...

Valve today announced that it's bringing its wireless PC VR streaming software, Steam Link, to five more headsets from PICO and HTC. The company also plans to make it easier for headset makers to bring Steam Link to even more...

Mind-bending VR Adventure ‘The Under Presents’ Coming to Steam This Week

The Under Presents (2019), the multiplayer theatrical adventure originally built for Quest and Rift, is heading to Steam on April 16th, which includes support for all standard SteamVR-compatible headsets. Created by indie studio Tender Claws, known for its breakout hit VR experience Virtual...

Analysis: Steam Hangs on to VR Surge Four Months After ‘Half-Life: Alyx Launch’

Half-Life: Alyx led to a huge leap in VR usage on Steam when it launched back in March. Four months later, there's nearly as many VR headsets on Steam as there were right after the game's launch. Each month Valve...

How Unity is Enabling this First Wave of Virtual Reality Experiences

Pete Moss is Unity's "VR Dude" in that he's been a long-time believer and advocate in the cross section between VR and gaming and how the Unity game engine could play a significant part. He talks to me about...

Acer to Invest $9 Million in Starbreeze to Help Manufacture StarVR Headset

Taiwan-based electronics firm Acer recently announced an investment into game studio Starbreeze equating to the sum of $9M USD, an amount intended to further the manufacture and commercialization of Starbreeze's high-FOV, high resolution StarVR headset. The investment, which comes on the heels of the news...

Impressions on Valve’s New VR Controller Prototype from Cloudhead’s Denny Unger

Valve premiered a prototype of a new type of VR input controller at Steam Dev Days in order to get some preliminary feedback from developers. They've created a capacitive-touch controller that is attached to your hand so that you...

Vive Pro Gets AR Capabilities Thanks to HTC’s New Tools for Front-facing Cameras

HTC has announced a new set of tools allowing developers to build applications which take advantage of the Vive Pro's stereo front-facing cameras, effectively turning the device into an AR headset dev kit. The new tools allow the cameras to...
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‘Raw Data’ Launches out of Early Access Today with 25% Discount, Comes to PSVR October 10th

Survios’ stunning VR action game Raw Data (2017) is officially out of its long, but healthy stint on Steam Early Access for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. The high-flying shooter, slicer, and high-tech beat 'em up will also be available on...

Apple Reportedly Delays Cheaper Vision Pro Beyond 2027, M5 Chip Refresh May Arrive Instead

Apple may be taking a beat before it releases a cheaper follow-up to Vision Pro, which would more broadly appeal to consumers, instead releasing a hardware refresh next year that includes the new M5 chipset. According to independent tech analyst...
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