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VorpX Update Released – DK2 Support, Early Positional Tracking, DX11 G3D Support and More (video)

The new version of VorpX, the 3D driver that lets you play non-VR games on your Oculus Rift, has just been released and it adds early support for the DK2, Geometry 3D support for DirectX 11 games and positional...

Time-bending Murder Mystery ‘The Invisible Hours’ Coming Soon to Quest

Tequila Works today announced that their VR murder mystery game The Invisible Hours (2017) is making its way to Oculus Quest "soon," the studio says. The Invisible Hours offers up a unique time-bending gameplay mechanic, which lets the user freely explore...

Varjo is Pulling Support for All of Its Older XR Headsets Next Year

Varjo announced that starting next year, it's no longer supporting its fleet of third generation XR headsets, which includes XR-3, VR-3, and Varjo Aero. As first spotted by XT Today, Varjo says it's now "focusing our manufacturing efforts on the...

7 Ways to Move Users Around in VR Without Making Them Sick

You only need 10 minutes with a keyboard and mouse set-up to find out that moving around in VR is completely different from anything else in gaming. Here we take a look at some of the techniques developers are using to put...

SteamVR Now Supports Automatic Controller Binding, Making Weird VR Controllers a Little Less Weird

Valve released its 1.26 update to SteamVR, which ought to make it easier to play any VR game using any type of motion controller thanks to automatic controller binding. The company initially released a Compatibility Mode in its 1.24 update...

Case Study: The Design Behind ‘Cubism’s’ Hand-tracking

Hand tracking first became available on the Oculus Quest back in late 2019. Out of enthusiasm for this new input method, I published a demo of Cubism to SideQuest with experimental hand tracking support only a few days later....

Quest 3S vs Quest 3 vs Quest 2 Compared with Detailed Specs

After a torrent of leaks, Meta has finally unveiled Quest 3S at Connect today, detailing every reason why it thinks Quest and Quest 2 owners ought to upgrade to the company's latest and now most affordable mixed reality headset....

Evangelizing VR Within an Indie Game Studio

Kayla Kinnunen is a game director at Roadhouse Interactive, which is an independent game development studio based out of Vancouver, BC. She talks about her process of evangelizing VR at her studio and slowly ramping up a VR team....
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New VR Publisher Unveils ‘VRIDER’ Superbike Racing Game, Coming to Quest and PC VR

VRAL Games, the publisher behind the SBK superbike mobile franchise, announced it's publishing its first VR motorcycle racing game, coming to Quest and SteamVR headsets later this year. Called VRIDER, the multiplayer game is set to be the official title of the...

More Than Two Years After Launch, Valve Index is Now the Second Most Used Headset on...

While Quest 2 has certainly soaked up much of the attention as it quickly became the most used headset on Steam, Valve's expensive Index headset has proven its longevity, now taking second place among the most used headsets on...

PC VR Exclusive Puzzle Adventure ‘Firmament’ Coming to PSVR 2 Later This Year

Firmament (2023), the puzzle adventure from MYST creators Cyan, announced they're finally bringing the game to PSVR 2, making good on their original Kickstarter promise. The studio announced the news in a Kickstarter update, stating Firmament may arrive on PlayStation as...

‘Beat Saber’s’ New Free Track ‘Crab Rave’ Isn’t an April Fool’s Day Joke

Running out of fresh songs after downloading Beat Saber's first paid DLC, Monstercat Music Pack Vol. 1? Well, Beat Games just threw out a free track for their block-slashing rhythm game that should keep from getting too crabby. The newest...

Airship Adventure ‘Bow to Blood’ to Land on PSVR Next Month

Tribetoy's airship adventure Bow to Blood, which was first announced at last year's Paris Games Week, now has an official launch date on PSVR. Coming August 28th exclusively to PSVR, the single player game pits you against AI competitors in a futuristic...

‘Echo Arena’ Quest Release Delayed to 2020

'Echo Arena', the popular zero-G arena mini-game that's part of Echo VR, was set to launch on Quest this year but has been delayed into 2020. Update (November 6th, 2019): In a short announcement on the official Echo VR blog today, developer...
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Tactical VR Shooter ‘Zero Killed’ to Arrive on Vive & Rift This Month, Gameplay Trailer Here

Hot on the heels of PSVR's hit tactical shooter Firewall Zero Hour comes a new tactical VR shooter that's inspired by Rainbow Six Siege (2015) and the Counter-Strike franchise. Dubbed Zero Killed, the Warsaw-based VR/AR studio Ignibit today announced the four vs. four team shooter is slated to...
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