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‘Moss’ 1 & 2 Get a Visual Overhaul and 25% Discount in Time for Quest 3S...

Polyarc, the studio behind Moss and Moss: Book II, announced both pint-sized VR adventure platformers are getting visual overhauls and a 25% discount—just in time for the launch of Meta's newly unveiled Quest 3S. The studio says both games are getting all-new...
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VR’s Favorite Combat Sandbox is Bringing Long-awaited Campaign to Quest Next Week, Trailer Here

Blade & Sorcery: Nomad, the physics-based combat sandbox for Quest, has essentially been the little brother to the PC VR game ever since it released in 2021. With the addition of the game's long-awaited 'Crystal Hunt' campaign on Quest next...

‘BEATABLE’ Early Access Review – Casual Rhythm Gaming Cleverly Designed for Hand-tracking

Is Quest's hand-tracking good enough for a rhythm game, which genuinely needs low latency and precise input? After playing the early access version of BEATABLE, which gets you tapping, clapping and snapping to the beat, XR Game's latest entry is...

VR Headset Growth on Steam Takes Its Biggest Leap Yet, Led by Rift S

It appears that the 2019 holiday shopping season may have been the best ever for PC VR headsets. The latest data released this week from Valve shows VR on Steam making its single biggest leap yet, on a path...

Sony Teases Something from ‘Starship Troopers’ Coming to PSVR 2

Sony is teasing something to do with the beloved cult classic film Starship Troopers (1997) and PSVR 2, with more information coming next week. Sony Pictures VR, with the help of original Starship Troopers actor Casper Van Dien (Juan Rico), tossed out a...

Sony Reveals Standalone MR Headset with “4K” OLED Displays and Unique Controllers

Today at CES Sony revealed a new standalone MR headset equipped with "4K" OLED displays. The headset is yet-unnamed, but the company says it's aimed at creatives building 3D content and will launch this year. Sony's unnamed standalone MR headset...

‘Arizona Sunshine’ for PlayStation VR Gets 2 New Horde Mode Maps in Free ‘DLZ’ Update

Arizona Sunshine (2017) on PlayStation VR, the zombie shooter from Vertigo Games, just got a free DLC update that includes two additional maps for its survival-style endless Horde mode. While the two maps in question—“Old Mine” and “Undead Valley”—have been available in Horde...
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‘Blood & Truth’ to Launch on PSVR in May, Pre-orders Now Available

As a part of Sony's inaugural 'State of Play' webseries, the company today announced that the upcoming action shooter for PSVR Blood & Truth finally has a release date. The game is headed exclusively to PSVR May 28th, 2019. Pre-orders are available today...

Gree VR Capital Completes First $18M VR/AR Fund, Changes Name to GFR Fund

GREE VR Capital, the investment firm backing startups such as VRChat, TheWaveVR, and Littlstar, today announced the completion of its first immersive media fund, totaling $18.3 million in allocated funds. Previously called GVR Fund, the company is now changing its name...

Back-compat PSVR Games on PS5 Could See Improved Frame Rates, Resolution, & Loading

We're still awaiting confirmation of the first VR game natively designed for PS5, but for now we know that many PSVR titles for PS4 are expected to support backwards compatibility on PS5. When running on PS5, those older titles...

New Steam Guidelines to Allow All Controversial & Adult Content (as long as it’s legal)

Valve is about to adopt a whole new laissez-faire attitude to what content it will allow on Steam, which previously banned things like explicit adult content and what the company calls in their current guidelines things that are "patently offensive...

New Startup Artie Wants to Bring AI-driven Avatars to Augmented Reality

Former Felix & Paul chief content officer Ryan Horrigan and former Milk VR and VRSE.works producer Armando Kirwin have banded together to found Artie, a new startup with the mission of bringing AI avatars to augmented reality. In the video...

Holiday Search Volume for Quest in the US Exceeded PlayStation, Nintendo, & Xbox for the First...

The 2021 holiday season was very likely the best yet for the Oculus Quest 2. For the first time ever, holiday search volume in the US for the headset exceeded major gaming consoles like PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and...

VR Studio Releases Free Unity Development Framework for Building Rich VR Interactions

Veteran enterprise VR studio VRMADA has released a public version of its VR toolset for quickly building immersive interactions for VR within Unity. Called UltimateXR, the studio says the tool is free and open source. Our Guest Article by VRMADA...

HaptX Secures $12M Financing to Produce Next Generation of Haptic Gloves

HaptX, a producer of haptic VR gloves, today announced it's secured $12 million in its Series A financing round. The company has additionally signed a strategic partnership with Advanced Input Systems, which the companies say will include shared product...
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