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‘Moss’ and ‘GORN’ Join the Platinum Club With 1 Million Units Sold

Moss (2018) and GORN (2019) have become the latest VR games to reach the 1 million unit 'platinum' mark, earning an estimated $22.5 million and $12 million, respectively, in revenue. Multi-platform development was key to their success. Selling one million units...

‘OrbusVR: Reborn’ Expansion Heads into Beta #3 in Open Weekend Starting Today

OrbusVR: Reborn is the first expansion to OrbusVR, a VRMMORGP in Early Access from indie studio Orbus Online. Now in its third open beta weekend, owners of the base game OrbusVR can hop into Reborn starting today, which comes with plenty of new...
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‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Post-credits Scene Clearly Sets the Stage for More ‘Half-Life’ in VR

Half-Life: Alyx launched on Monday to critical acclaim. The worst part about the game? After waiting so long, it's over all too soon. But, Valve has left a very significant tease that the game won't be the last Half-Life VR...

‘Guided Meditation VR’ Makes Great Use of Carmack’s 5K Playback Tech on Oculus Go

Earlier this year Oculus CTO John Carmack revealed a new video playback technique designed to bring high-resolution video to mobile headsets like Oculus Go. Oculus released a sample of the system and developer Cubicle Ninjas saw a perfect opportunity...

Varjo’s Enterprise Cloud XR Streaming Platform Now Supports Quest 3 and Quest Pro

Varjo announced it's now supporting Quest 3 and Quest Pro for its cloud XR streaming platform 'Reality Cloud', which lets professionals stream and share immersive 3D content rendered on cloud-based GPUs. The Finland-based creator of high-end XR headsets is known...

New Quest 3 Update Improves Passthrough, Brings ‘Lying Down Mode’ & External Mic Support

Meta announced it's now rolling out its v64 software update for Quest, which the company says features key improvements to passthrough quality on Quest 3, support for external mics, and a few other bits and bobs. In update v64, Meta...
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SteamVR Dashboard Update Adds Individual Window Focus & Controller Docking

The latest beta update to SteamVR has brought improvements to the way users can use their PC desktop inside of VR through the SteamVR dashboard. Now you can choose to display specific applications instead of your entire desktop, and...

Oculus 1.17 Update Will Let You Launch SteamVR Apps From Oculus Home

Until recently, Oculus Rift owners have had to maintain two separate repositories for games; Steam and Oculus Home. And depending on where you bought a game, that's usually where you'd launch it from. Revealed in a forum post, Oculus...

VR Publisher VRAL Acquires 30% Stake in Studio Behind VR Shooter ‘EXOSHOCK’

Miami-based VR publisher VRAL Games announced it's acquired a 30% stake in PolarityOne, a Seattle-based indie studio developing the upcoming co-op VR shooter EXOSHOCK. The studios say the investment aligns with VRAL Games’ strategy to expand its presence in immersive gaming, leaving...

Diversity in VR: Lessons from the Oculus Launchpad Initiative

In March 2016, Oculus announced their Oculus Launchpad program with the idea that in order for VR to be successful, then there needs to be a diverse range of content created from diverse set of creators who are informed...
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John Wick-style Shooter Sandbox ‘HARD BULLET’ Coming to Quest 3 This Spring

GexagonVR announced its action flick-inspired shooter sandbox HARD BULLET (2020) is finally coming to Quest. There's no specific launch date yet, however Hard Bullet now has a Horizon Store page, which is marked as coming to Quest 3 and 3S sometime this Spring. Initially...

OpenXR Chair Shifts from Epic to Intel, Progress Update Planned for March

Intel's Brent Insko has taken over as the Chair of the OpenXR working group after Epic's Nick Whiting passed the torch. The pair say the OpenXR effort is still going strong, and a progress update is planned for March. OpenXR...

‘Until You Fall’ Gets Preliminary Support for Index & WMR, Roadmap Tracks Plans for New Weapons,...

VR hack-and-slash roguelite Until You Fall launched in Early Access in late August with support for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. The game has been updated with preliminary support for other SteamVR headsets, including Index and Windows VR, for...
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‘Beat Saber’ Wants to Get Your Heart Pumping in New Free Track ‘FitBeat’

Beat Saber (2018) is a great tool if you're stuck indoors and want to stay fit. To keep you up and moving, Beat Games today released their latest free track, called 'FitBeat', which aims to get your heart pumping to...

Hands-on: Oculus Link Makes Quest Feel Like a Native PC VR Headset

Announced yesterday, Oculus Link will allow Quest to play Rift games by connecting to any VR-capable PC. In our hands-on at Oculus Connect, the feature really does seem to deliver an experience that feels like a native PC VR...
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