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Oculus to Talk “Breakthroughs in Spatial Audio Technologies” at Connect Conference

Oculus Connect 4, the company's fourth annual developer conference, is set for October 11th and 12th in San Jose, California. There, Oculus will share with developers some of its latest research and developments, including what's coming to the company's VR Audio...
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‘Rez Infinite’ Gets Surprise Launch on PC Today With VR Support and 20% Discount

Happy day for Rez (2001) fans—with no prior announcement, the modern remake, Rez Infinite (2016), launches today on PC with optional support for both the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift. In addition to a 20% launch discount which prices...

Google is Exploring Ways to Let You Animate Your ‘Blocks’ Creations

Google’s team at Daydream Labs have been prototyping ways of animating objects and characters in Blocks, the company’s recently released VR modelling tool. In a recent entry on the Google Blog, senior UX engineer Logan Olson describes how it...

Save 55% on ‘Batman: Arkham VR’ Through August 22nd

Batman: Arkham VR (2016) is both the first VR Batman game, and the first VR title from developer Rocksteady Studios'—you wouldn't know it though, given the game's excellent visuals and well crafted VR design. If you haven't had a chance...
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VR Puzzler ‘Light Tracer’ Coming to PSVR Next Month

Oasis Games have announced a September release for whimsical VR puzzle-platformer Light Tracer, in a recent post on the PlayStation Blog. The game involves guiding the Princess up a giant tower from the perspective of a ‘godlike entity’, solving...
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NASA-backed ‘Mars 2030’ Now Available – A Beautiful, Educational Trek That’s Rough Around the Edges

The education-focused Mars 2030 launches today on SteamVR for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, soon to come to PSVR. With 40 square kilometers of explorable terrain, the experience successfully achieves its main objective: to make the user feel like they...

Save 50% on ‘Battlezone’ During Weekend Steam Sale – Now Including HOTAS Support

Looking to pick up one of Steam's most polished VR titles? Battlezone (2016) is on sale for 50% of the usual asking price through August 7th. Battlezone, inspired by the original 1980 game of the same name, initially launched on PSVR back in...

Valve Sends ‘Knuckles’ Controller Dev Kit to Revive Developer

Valve isn't being shy about their support for Jules "LibreVR" Blok, the developer behind Revive, a hack which allows the Vive to play games from the Oculus store. Having patched SteamVR on more than one occasion to ensure Revive's...
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VR Design Tool ‘Gravity Sketch’ Launches in Early Access

VR-optimised 3D creation tool Gravity Sketch is now available on Steam Early Access. Developed by a group of design engineers at the Royal College of Art, the software is ‘for everyone’, but its feature set has particular relevance to...
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‘The Lost Bear’ Side-scrolling Platformer Coming Exclusively to PSVR This Month

Odd Bug Studio’s debut title The Lost Bear arrives exclusively on PlayStation VR this month. Described as a “2D cinematic platformer”, the player controls Walnut, a young girl who sets out to save her teddy bear from the Toy...

Inception Raises $15 Million Series A Funding Led By EU Media Conglomerate RTL Group

Inception’s ambitions to become the ‘Netflix of VR’ have just received a major boost, with the Tel Aviv-based company closing a $15 million Series A funding round led by media and broadcast giant RTL Group. Launched in October 2016,...

Modest Gains Bring Rift’s Share of Headsets on Steam to a New High Amid Sale

According to the latest figures from Valve's Hardware & Software survey, Rift has reached its highest historical market share on Steam thanks to modest gains amid an ongoing sale. Despite the new high point, the HTC Vive still holds the...

HP’s New Commercial VR Backpack PC Smartly Docks to Double as VR Desktop

Scheduled for release in September starting at $3,300, the HP Z VR Backpack G1 Workstation is aimed at the commercial market, with high-performance components including an Intel Core i7 CPU and Nvidia Quadro GPU. It features a smart docking...
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Co-op VR Shooter ‘Gunheart’ Launches in Early Access, From Minds Behind ‘Gears of War’ and ‘Halo’

Gunheart, Drifter Entertainment's co-op VR shooter, launches today in Early Access on Steam for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. In Gunheart, you step into the shoes of a robotic bounty hunter looking for cash, something you can grab throughout each level as you squash...

VR MMORPG ‘OrbusVR’ Open Alpha Weekend Has Begun

OrbusVR, the upcoming VR MMORPG for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, is going into a limited-time open alpha starting on July 28th, 2017 at 12 pm CT (your local time) and will last for approximately 60 hours. Update (7/29/17): The OrbusVR Open Alpha weekend...
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