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Facebook is Giving Away a Free Oculus Quest to Everyone at F8

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage today at F8, the company's annual dev conference, to announce that both the standalone headset Oculus Quest and the next Rift headset, Rift S, are now available for pre-order. Additionally, he surprised...

Oculus Quest Now Available for Pre-order, Starting at $400 with May 21st Launch

Facebook today announced that their long-awaited standalone VR headset, Oculus Quest, is now available for pre-order. The mobile VR headset, which starts at $400, is slated to ship on May 21st alongside the PC VR headset Rift S across 22...

Valve to Launch a “Flagship VR Game” Later This Year on Index and Other SteamVR Headsets

Valve today announced that pre-orders for Index are set to arrive on May 1st with a shipping date of 'sometime before the end of June'. And while we've been waiting patiently for any indication of the three full VR games...

Philip K. Dick-inspired VR Story ‘The Great C’ Now Available on Mobile VR

Secret Location, developers behind Blasters of the Universe (2017), today announced they've brought their Philip K. Dick inspired VR experience, The Great C (2018), to Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream. The 37-minute sci-fi adventure experience is now available for...

‘Firmament’ Kickstarter Reaches Funding Goal in Final Hours, PSVR Support Confirmed

It wasn't clear last week whether Cyan, the makers of iconic puzzle adventure games Myst (1993) and Riven (1997), would be able to make up the remaining Kickstarter funds for their next VR-compatible title, Firmament. Miraculously the studio was able to rally...

WW2 RTS ‘Final Assault’ to Leave Early Access Next Month

Phaser Lock Interactive, the studio behind VR titles Final Approach (2016) and Twisted Arrow (2017), are bringing their WWII-themed real-time strategy game Final Assault out of Early Access with their full launch next month. Update (April 25th, 2019): Phaser Lock today announced their...
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Claustrophobic Underwater Adventure ‘FREEDIVER: Triton Down’ Coming to PC VR Next Month

Archiact, the studio behind VR games Evasion (2018) and Waddle Home (2016), are diving into new territory soon with an upcoming VR experience that promises to give claustrophobics and thalassophobics (people afraid of open bodies of water) a shared reason...

Report: Apple to Announce ARKit Updates at WWDC 2019 Including OS Support for AR Headsets

Apple has been continuously iterating on ARKit, its augmented reality development tool that lets creators make smartphone-based AR experiences. The company unveiled ARKit at its World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) in 2017, and the 2.0 version at the dev...

Hands-on: VRMMO ‘OrbusVR: Reborn’ Offers a True World of Possibilities

OrbusVR has been in Early Access for a little over a year now, and with the entrance of its first expansion, Reborn, the VRMMORPG is finally launching as a full game. This was my first opportunity to scratch the...

Cat Simulator ‘Konrad the Kitten’ 2.0 Update Brings More Gameplay (and cats)

Virtual pets have seen quite the revival since consumer VR took off nearly three years ago. As an early entrant back in 2016, Konrad the Kitten took some of the much beloved game mechanics from the classic hand-held digital pet Tamagotchi and imbued...
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Rube Goldberg-inspired Physics Game ‘Gadgeteer’ Heads into Early Access Today, Trailer Here

Metanaut, the developer behind early VR experience MSI Electric City (2016), is releasing its first bonafide game today in Early Access, the very Rube Goldberg-inspired gadget game Gadgeteer. Gadgeteer is a physics-based VR puzzle game that tasks players with building massive...
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VRMMO ‘OrbusVR: Reborn’ Expansion Launches Tomorrow, Quest Support Coming Spring 2019

Orbus Online, the indie studio behind OrbusVR, announced that their first expansion ‘Reborn’ now has an official street date. The studio also released word that users will be able to jump into the game on Quest "later this spring." OrbusVR is a...

‘3DSen VR’ Brings Nintendo Classics to VR, Demo Now Available on Steam

3DSen VR (formerly known as 3DNesVR) is an emulator tool that runs Nintendo Entertainment System games in VR, letting you play the '80s and '90s classic titles that made the console a world-wide phenomenon. Update (April 22nd, 2019): 3DNesVR, in its original...

‘Beat Saber’ on Quest Will be Fully Featured at Launch, Use Identical Tracking Logic

Beat Saber developer Beat Games confirmed to Road to VR that the game will include all official features, modes, and music when it launches with Quest this Spring. Additionally, the studio says it didn't have to make any concessions...

Critically Acclaimed Rhythm Action Game ‘Thumper’ is Coming to Quest at Launch

Oculus announced that Thumper (2016), the popular rhythm-action game, is officially coming to Quest at launch. The company released the news via a blog post as a part of their on-going 'Quest Countdown'; exactly when the clock is supposed to strike zero,...
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