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VR Quiz Game ‘Go Guess’ Uses Google 360 Captures to Make You Guess Where You Are

Go Guess (2018) is a new interactive VR quiz game from developers Oblix that tosses you into Google 360 captures and makes you to guess where you are. The twist? You're playing against other people, and you can hobnob...
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MLB Batting Game ‘Home Run Derby VR’ Now Available on PSVR, Vive & Rift

Major League Baseball's Home Run Derby VR will let you step into the box and swing for the bleachers. The game, first trialed at All-Star FanFest back in June, is now heading to a total of 10 ballparks for the 2018 season,...
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Preview: ‘Carly & the Reaperman’ Plays Like a Co-op Version of ‘Moss’

Odd Raven Studios’ first major title is the VR puzzle-platformer Carly & the Reaperman – Escape from the Underworld. While there is a single player option, it has been designed as an asymmetrical co-op experience, with one player in...

Report: Apple Developing AR/VR Headset with 8K Resolution Per-eye Slated for 2020

According to a report by CNET, citing an anonymous "person familiar with Apple's plans," the company is working on an AR/VR headset targeting 8K resolution per-eye, scheduled for launch in 2020. As Apple continues to hire, file patents, and buy up...

‘Beat Saber’ Developer Confirms Plans for Color Blind Mode, Soundtrack Release

Beat Saber, the hotly anticipated VR rhythm game launching May 1st, relies heavily upon colors to guide players in striking the correct notes. For those with color blindness, this could make the game more challenging. Fortunately the developer has...

Mozilla’s ‘Hubs’ is the One-click VR Meeting Space I’ve Been Waiting For

As part of Mozilla's ongoing efforts to make VR a first-class citizen on the web, the company today announced Hubs, a WebVR-based social experience which makes for effortless, one-click creation of virtual spaces which anyone can join—from smartphones desktop browsers...

VR World Creation Engine ‘NeosVR’ to Launch Open Beta May 4th

Developer Tomáš ‘Frooxius’ Mariančík, known for his work on the early Oculus experience SightLine, recently announced that NeosVR, the multiuser VR world creation engine, is headed into open beta starting May 4th. Update (04/25/18): Mariančík recently released a video announcing the open beta's...

Oculus Opens Applications for 2018 Launch Pad Mentorship Program

Oculus recently opened applications for its annual Launch Pad program, a developer mentorship that provides funding and resources to people from underrepresented backgrounds. Oculus Launch Pad was created to "ensure diversity of thought in the VR ecosystem," and focuses on...
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Pimax Unveils New Knuckles-style Controller, Supports SteamVR 2.0 Tracking

Pimax, the company behind the wide field of view "8K" VR headset, today unveiled a new  controller design intended to ship alongside their upcoming VR hardware. Much like Valve's still unreleased 'Knuckles' controllers, the new Pimax controller is designed...

Nanotechnology Researchers Are One Step Closer to the Perfect ‘Meta-lens’ for AR/VR Headsets

AR and VR headsets of the future could have clearer, lighter, and wafer thin lenses, thanks to a new manufacturing process that uses nanotechnology to not only shrink the thickness of the lens, but also correct for the sort...

Vive Pro Bundle With 2.0 Base Stations & Controllers Now Available at $1400

HTC today started selling the long-awaited Vive Pro headset and SteamVR 2.0 base station hardware bundle, making it the first instance of the 2.0 tracking hardware coming to market. The new hardware bundle, which includes the Vive Pro headset, two...
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‘Archangel: Hellfire’ Update to Bring Off-rails Multiplayer June 28th, Beta Starts May 25th

Skydance Interactive, the studio behind arcade mech shooter Archangel (2017), officially announced today that their next update, Archangel: Hellfire, will bring an off-rails multiplayer mode to the base game, which at launch was exclusively an on-rails, single player experience. Archangel: Hellfire will...

‘COMPOUND’ Creator Drops Details on Upcoming Update and Early Access Launch

COMPOUND is an intriguing VR hobby project from developer Bevan "NotDead" McKechnie which drops players into a "rogue-lite, free-roaming shooter" for VR, with a totally unique and authentic pixel-art feel. We've had our eyes on the game since 2017, but...

Oculus Offers Up Developer Quick-start Guide for Bringing Apps to Go

With the impending launch of Oculus Go, the company's first standalone headset, Oculus has shared with developers a handy cheat sheet for bringing Gear VR applications to the Go. Oculus writes in a new post on their developer blog that Oculus Go...

9 PSVR Titles Just Got Permanent Price Drops, Between 25-50% Off

It looks like PSVR owners have a few more games to browse through on their next digital shopping spree. Now it appears at least nine games have gotten between a 25%-50% off their permanent prices. First spotted by ShackNews, the following...
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