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Exclusive: 35 Minutes of ‘Until You Fall’ Groundbreaking Melee Combat Gameplay

In announcing Until You Fall, Schell Games was boastful about its ability to deliver an “intense, real-time combat expe­ri­ence that hasn’t been seen before with VR." After spending a few hours with the pre-alpha version of the game, it's clear...

‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Breaks Concurrent User Record for VR Game on Steam

Half-Life: Alyx (2020) launched yesterday on Steam, which not only symbolizes Valve's first dip back into the Half-Life franchise from over a decade, but also marks it as their first full-fledged VR title. You might not be too surprised to...

NOLO VR Completes $10 Million Series A Financing Led by BlueRun Ventures

Nolo VR, the China-based company behind the 6DOF mobile tracking system Nolo CV1, today announced they have successfully completed a $10 million Series A financing round. The Series A was led by the Menlo Park-based BlueRun Ventures, and included...

‘Pokémon Go’ Studio Niantic Completes $200M Funding Round

Niantic, the developer behind Pokémon Go and the upcoming Harry Potter AR game, announced they've taken on $200 million in their Series B investment round. As reported by Tech Crunch, the Series B investment round was lead by Spark Capital in participation with Founders...

VR Studio Behind Movie Tie-in Games Aims to Kick-start Original IP with $2M Investment

UK-based VR studio XR Games, known for its recently released Zombieland VR game, announced this week that it has raised an additional £1.5 million (~$2 million) investment to expand its studio with 20 new jobs and a focus on...
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‘VTOL VR’ Update Introduces Air Combat Fighter Jet and Mission Editor

VR-only flight simulator VTOL VR, recently received a substantial update that includes a mission editor and a pilotable fighter jet. The sim is designed specifically around the use of VR motion controls, and is available in Early Access on Steam. Since our...

Google’s VR Painting App ‘Tilt Brush’ is Coming to Quest at Launch, Cross-Buy with Rift

Already own a copy of Google's VR creation tool Tilt Brush (2016) from the Oculus Store? Then you'll be able to hop right into the company's intuitive painting app with Oculus Quest, the upcoming standalone VR headset. Update (April 18th, 2019):...

You Can Now Cast Oculus Quest to Xbox One with AirServer

AirServer, the casting software for Xbox One, received an update a few weeks ago that now lets users cast the view from inside the Oculus Quest to Xbox One without the need of a Chromecast device. The paid app is...

‘Phantom: Covert Ops’ Preview – A Compelling Take on VR Stealth, but Comfort Challenges Could Muddy...

The premise of Phantom: Covert Ops almost sounds ridiculous at first blush: you're a special forces dude in a tactical kayak who is slinking around the waterways of an old Russian base. But don't let the silinees of a...

Dev Tool Uses Quest Hand-tracking to Quickly Model Realistic Hand Poses for VR

Grabbing objects in VR may be one of the medium's most fundamental interactions, but making it work well isn't as easy as you might think. Developers often need to spend time hand animating the hand model so that it...

Amazon Selling ‘Oculus Certified’ Refurbished Quest 2 with $50 Discount & Extra Warranty

Oculus quietly began selling officially refurbished Quest 2 units earlier this month and now Amazon is offering them with an even more generous one-year warranty. Starting in early February, Oculus began selling refurbished Quest 2 units with a $50 discount...
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Mech Brawler ‘UNDERDOGS’ Coming to Quest & PC VR This Month

One Hamsa, the studio behind VR sports game Racket: NX (2018), announced that their upcoming single player physics-based mech brawler UNDERDOGS is set to launch later this month. Update (January 12th, 2024): One Hamsa says UNDERDOGS is launching on Quest and SteamVR headsets...
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Niantic is Bringing Its Large-scale AR Positioning System to WebAR Too

This week Niantic announced Lightship VPS, a system designed to make possible accurate localization of AR devices at a large scale to enable location-based AR content that can also be persistent and multi-user. While the first implementation of the...

This Free ‘Halo: Combat Evolved’ PC Mod Brings VR Support to the OG of Shooters

Halo Combat Evolved (2001) released on the Xbox over two decades ago, but thanks to this mod, you can now play the original PC version in VR, which critically includes motion controller support. The mod, called 'HaloCEVR', was created by modder 'LivingFray',...

VR Veteran Fast Travel Games Announces Layoffs, Citing Lower Than Expected Sales in 2024

Fast Travel Games, the Stockholm-based developer and publisher behind a host of VR titles, announced they're laying off 30 employees, which the VR veteran studio says is a direct result of lower-than-expected sales in 2024. The studio says affected include...
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