2023 Sections
HTC Launches $300 SteamVR 1.0 Tracking Bundle for Vive Pro Users
HTC today announced they're launching a hardware accessory bundle for $300 that will include all necessary bits for new Vive Pro customers starting from scratch (besides the headset, that is).
The tracking bundle includes two SteamVR base stations and two...
‘Facebook Spaces’ Overhauls Avatars to Be More ‘fluid and natural’
Facebook Spaces, the company's social VR application which launched in beta one year ago, is getting an entirely new avatar system and customization tool, something Facebook says in a recent blog post was designed to make avatars "more expressive and...
Oculus Rift Increases Lead Over HTC Vive in Steam Majority Market Share
Valve's monthly Steam hardware and software survey is out, and it appears Oculus Rift is still gaining momentum over HTC Vive on the Steam platform as the number one VR headset among Steam users.
Each month, Valve runs the survey among...
A Candid Assessment of the Industry From a Leading Indie VR Developer
What is happening with the VR industry? Is adoption and growth still on target to support a vibrant and diverse ecosystem of independent VR developers? Leading headset manufacturers have not been transparent in sharing any specific information, and analyst...
‘Skyrim VR’ for PC Review – a Dragon-sized Feast for the Eyes
Skyrim VR (2017), Bethesda's premier virtual reality port of the hit open-world RPG Skyrim (2011), has finally made its way to PC VR headsets after its November 2017 launch on PlayStation VR. Unlike the studio's recent release of Fallout 4 VR...
StarVR Corporation Prepares to Go Public on Taiwanese Stock Exchange
StarVR Corporation, the Acer and Starbreeze joint venture behind the wide-FOV StarVR headset, announced that it has completed its application to go public on the Taiwan Exchange.
Upon approval, the company's board will apply for a listing on the Taipei Exchange Emerging Market...
Ubisoft Extends IBM Watson Support for ‘Bridge Crew’ Through 2018
Watson, IBM's artificial intelligence platform designed to understand natural language, launched support for Star Trek: Bridge Crew (2017) across all VR platforms back in June of last year. Last week, Ubisoft said in a forum post that it was...
‘WipEout Omega’ Looks, Sounds, and Plays Brilliantly on PSVR, Just Remember to Pace Yourself
Thanks to a free update to PS4's WipEout Omega Collection (2017), you can finally get the authentic anti-grav racing experience on PSVR. The game's VR update is a smart and skillful adaptation, offering players a chance to "play the full...
4 Minutes of Boxing Glory in ‘Creed’ VR, Gameplay Video Here
Survios, the studio behind Raw Data (2017) and Sprint Vector (2018), debuted a new single player VR game this year on the GDC expo floor, an upcoming arcade boxing title that puts you in the shoes of Adonis Creed, son of Apollo Creed...
‘Electronauts’ Turns Anyone Into an Electronic Music Artist, Gameplay Video Here
Survios, the studio behind Raw Data (2017) and Sprint Vector (2018), showed off Electronauts at GDC this year, their upcoming VR music creation app for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift that makes DJ'ing so easy that even the least musically talented person...
‘Sairento Reborn’ Aims to Springboard off ‘Sairento’ Success, Support VR & PC
Indie VR developer Mixed Realms, creators of badass VR ninja simulator, Sairento, announced this week plans for their next chapter, coming in the form of Sairento Reborn. Described as "bigger and better," Sairento Reborn hopes to open up the title, allowing cooperative hack &...
‘Gran Turismo Sport’ Update Brings Time Trials to ‘PSVR Mode’
Gran Turismo Sport (2017), the VR-compatible PS4 racing sim, just got an update that lets PSVR owners take a crack at all available circuits in time trial mode.
GT Sport isn't exactly a fully fledged PSVR title as such, since you...
Hands-on: Roguelike Bow-shooter ‘In Death’ is Divinely Inspired & Devilishly Fun
In Death is a roguelike bow-shooter from Sólfar Studio, the developers behind Everest VR (2016). Now in Early Access on Steam and Oculus Home, the procedurally generated, medieval-inspired world stretching out in front of you offers a pretty standard selection of monsters,...
Augmented Reality Startup Ubiquity6 Emerges from Stealth With $10.5M in Funding
Ubiquity6, an augmented reality startup only a few months out of stealth, today announced a $10.5M Series A round led by Index Ventures, with First Round Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Google’s AI fund Gradient Ventures, LDVP, A&E Networks and WndrCo.
The company,...
Sony Drops PlayStation VR Price by $100, Bundles Now Starting at $300
Sony has announced a $100 price drop to their PlayStation VR headset across the board. The PSVR Doom VFR bundle now starts at $300 and the PSVR Skyrim bundle runs $350.
Bringing prices that haven't been seen since temporary sales...



















