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‘Firmament’ Kickstarter Heads Towards Halfway Mark with Less Than 3 Weeks Left

Cyan, the studio behind genre-defining puzzle classics Myst (1993) and Riven (1997), launched a Kickstarter campaign for their upcoming VR puzzle game Firmament. While the campaign initially rushed out of the gate by garnering over 25% of funding in the...

‘Star Wars: Battlefront II’ Won’t Be Supporting PSVR Headsets After All

Criterion Games, the EA studio that developed the PlayStation VR-exclusive Star Wars Battlefront Rogue One: VR Mission, says Battlefront II won't be getting the virtual reality treatment the developers previously announced, and that no VR missions will be present in the game. As...

PSVR Exclusive ‘Golem’ Release Date Slips into 2019

For a PSVR exclusive that started development all the way back in 2015—before PSVR was even released—Golem sure has been taking its time. Following several delays, we last heard that the studio planned to launch the game by the...

Penrose Studios Raises Another $10 Million for VR Animation and Storytelling

Having announced an $8.5 million seed investment back in March 2016, VR animation firm Penrose Studios is adding another $10 million to the pile for its Series A investment. Led by TransLink Capital, the round also saw participation by SalesForce founder...

‘FREEDIVER: Triton Down’ Arrives on PSVR & Quest Today in New ‘Extended Cut’

Archiact, the studio behind VR games Evasion (2018) and Waddle Home (2016), today launched its underwater adventure FREEDIVER: Triton Down (2019) on PSVR and Oculus Quest in a new 'Extended Cut' edition. Update (1:15 PM ET): In a surprise turn of events, it appears...

Sony Experimenting with Advanced Livestreaming Features for PSVR, Mixed Reality Views

Speaking during a session at GDC 2018 last month, Richard Forster, Senior Team Lead at Sony's Research & Development West group, chronicled a range of explorations in advanced livestreaming and sharing features for PSVR. Today PSVR users can access the usual...

Report: Sony Targeting Holiday 2022 Launch for Next-gen PSVR with OLED Display

A report from Bloomberg citing unnamed sources points to a Holiday 2022 launch of Sony's next-gen PSVR headset. The report says that PSVR 2 may be the only next-gen VR headset to use OLED displays rather than LCD. Following reports of...
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‘Panther VR’ Kickstarter Inches Past Funding Goal in Its Final Hours

Wolfdog Interactive, a Netherlands-based studio known for its work on VR titles Skyworld and VR Dungeon Knight, launched a Kickstarter in September to help fund its next VR game, a stealth-action title called Panther VR. It wasn't clear if...

‘Assassin’s Creed VR’ Full Reveal Coming June12th at Ubisoft Forward

Although we didn't get a first look at Ubisoft's VR take on Assassin's Creed during Meta's big Quest Gaming Showcase today, the studio says we should watch out next week for the full reveal. Meanwhile, today's announcement (of an announcement) confirmed...

Apple’s Job Listings Seek ‘VR File Format Engineer’, ‘VR Pipeline Engineer’, & More

Now that Apple is being open about their interest in VR the company is publicly listing new job postings for a number of roles seeking candidates with VR expertise. Two of the latest listings suggest the company is exploring VR...

HoloLens 2 Hits the Ground as the U.S. Army’s Own AR “combat multiplier”

Microsoft won a decisive $480 million defense contract with the U.S. Army late last year to bring the company's AR hardware platform to the battlefield. Now CNBC has gone hand-on with the modified headset based on the enterprise-focused HoloLens 2. Dubbed...

32 New VR Game Demos Coming to Steam Next Fest – See Them All Here

Steam Next Fest is nearly upon us once again, giving PC VR players a chance to try out a rash of upcoming SteamVR titles for a limited time. Valve has confirmed a mega list of games coming to this year's...

‘Laser Dance’ Hands-on: Forget ‘the floor is lava’—You’ve Got Lasers Now

After recently playing a prototype version of Laser Dance, I've been trying to wrap my head around what makes it so engaging. And it finally struck me. The game is a manifestation of the kind of simple rules that could...

Valve Says New Calibration Software Makes Lower-Cost LCD Panels Viable for High-End VR

New SteamVR optical technologies now available to VR hardware manufacturers includes the use of both LCD and OLED custom panels. According to the press release provided to Road to VR, Valve’s work with display manufacturers and recent advancements in...

Rift and Windows VR Continue Growth Streaks at Expense of Vive in Latest Steam Survey

The latest data from Valve's Steam Survey shows the Rift and Windows VR headsets continuing growth streaks in their share of monthly-connected headsets on Steam, snatching share mostly from the Vive and Vive Pro. Each month Valve collects info from...
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