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Indie VR MMO ‘OrbusVR’ to Launch in Early Access in December
OrbusVR, an upcoming indie VR MMO for SteamVR-compatible headsets, has seen several closed betas since it's successful Kickstarter back in March 2017, but starting December 15th the plucky quest-driven MMORPG will head into Early Access on Steam.
Having garnered more than $34,000 from...
Fan-Created ‘xkcd’ VR Tool Lets You Make Your Own xkcd-style Webcomics in VR
Created by Winnipeg-based indie studio The Campfire Union, xkcd VR lets you become a character from Randall Munroe's popular webcomic and create your very own stick figure-based stab at the comic's famously acerbic humor.
Built as an entry at the Winnipeg Winter Game Jam and xkcd...
Best VR Experiences to Introduce Your Family to Virtual Reality Over Thanksgiving
The turkey is in the oven, the cranberry sauce is in the can, and your VR setup is in the box ready to be shown off to the family at Thanksgiving. Since you'll be doing a fair bit of...
Report: Apple Acquired VR Headset Startup Vrvana for $30 Million
Citing sources close to the deal, TechCrunch reports that VR headset maker Vrvana has been acquired by Apple for $30 million.
Vrvana is a little known VR headset maker that's been on the scene since 2014. The company was building...
Toyota’s New Experimental Humanoid Robot Uses HTC Vive for Remote Operation
Toyota recently revealed T-HR3, the company’s third-generation humanoid robot. Designed primarily as an experiment to explore new technologies to make robots more physically capable, T-HR3 demonstrates a new "remote maneuvering system" that not only mirrors a user's movements to...
Pixvana Raises $14M Series A Investment for Cloud-based VR Video Platform
Pixvana, a Seattle-based startup creating a cloud-based processing and delivery platform for VR video, today announced a $14 million Series A funding round led by Vulcan Capital with participation from Raine Ventures, Microsoft Ventures, Cisco Investments and Hearst Ventures,...
Free UE4 Template Makes Creating More Realistic VR Hands a Snap
Czech developer iNFINITE Production has released UVRF - a free, cross-platform template for hand presence in VR. The open-source demo offers a framework for use in any Unreal Engine project, as well as a ‘Playground’ scene containing an underground...
‘Skyrim VR’ Review – The Other Side of the Immersion Equation
Skyrim VR is the first to launch in a series of VR titles from legendary game-maker Bethesda (with Doom VR and Fallout 4 VR soon to follow). The title is effectively a port of the now six year-old open-world...
‘Resident Evil 7: Biohazard’ Wins Golden Joystick’s Best VR Game of 2017
The 2017 Golden Joystick Awards winners are in, revealed last night at the 35th annual ceremony that celebrated the best in gaming this year. Taking the Golden Joystick for 'Best VR Game' was Capcom's horror-adventure Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (2017), a...
HTC Announces New First-Party Titles, ‘Front Defense: Heroes’ & ‘Super Puzzle Galaxy’
HTC’s internal development and publishing arm Vive Studios has announced two new games coming to Vive in early December. Physics puzzler Super Puzzle Galaxy from 2 Bears Studio and multiplayer WWII shooter Front Defense: Heroes from Fantahorn Studio will...
HTC’s Black Friday Sale Gets You a Free Audio Strap with Vive Purchase, Free ‘Fallout 4...
HTC recently announced they'll be sweetening the pot this Black Friday for potential Vive-owners located in North America by throwing a free Deluxe Audio Strap your way when you purchase an HTC Vive. The deal also includes the previous...
New PSVR ‘DOOM VFR’ Bundle Will Include Updated Headset, Launching December 1st
Just in time for Christmas, the much awaited DOOM VFR is getting a PlayStation VR bundle too, giving you everything you need to battle demons from the pits of Hell.
Including a PSVR headset, PS Camera, the new PSVR demo disc and a...
‘Payday 2’ VR Beta Now Available, Supporting Cross-play with Desktop Players
Payday 2 (2013), the popular FPS with four-player co-op, has now updated to include access to the VR beta for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. The beta is free, and will see updates in discrete phases, the first of which is now...
‘Sparc’ Comes to Vive & Rift with Cross-play Support for PSVR
Despite the news that CCP Games is shelving VR for the time being, the company promises that their last title Sparc will not only go on, but CCP is carrying through with plans to launch the game on both the Oculus...
Universal VR Web Dashboard, ‘V’, Gets Support for Vive & SteamVR Headsets
The uni-lettered V is a web-based dashboard that runs inside of the VR apps you know and love, allowing you to access web apps like Netflix, Spotify, Slack, and do pretty much anything else you can do through a...




















