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Oculus Founder: “Should I try to save AltspaceVR?”

Following this week's news that AltspaceVR, one of the first social VR platforms, is shutting down, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, who is no longer with the company, queried the community to ask if he should seek to save AtlspaceVR...

AltspaceVR, One of the First Social VR Platforms, Is Shutting Down Next Week

This evening AltspaceVR has announced it will be closing its doors for good on August 3rd. Founded in 2013, the social VR platform was one of the first to come online and connected tens of thousands of users monthly...
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New ‘Ark Park’ Trailer Reveals a Lot Less “Education” and a Lot More Dino Destruction

When Ark Park was first revealed back in 2016, we were told it would be an educational experience allowing players “the opportunity to truly appreciate and understand dinosaurs in their natural habitat." That seemed odd at the time, given...

‘Take on Me’ Built With ARKit Opens a Portal to ’80s Nostalgia

The mantra goes: If it's possible, someone will eventually build it. That statement rings true for everything from the weird and spastic games like Mosh Pit Simulator or hardware add-ons like the pulsating haptic skin from Omnipulse, and while I'm just...

‘Rec Room’ Update Adds Hundreds of New Items, Increases Level Cap, Squashes Bugs

The impressively popular social VR game Rec Room recently received a ‘Fancy Pants’ update, adding more than 100 new items for players to customize their avatars. As detailed on the game’s Steam news page, the update fixes a number of...
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Rave in VR at Tonight’s Free HEAVYGRINDER Show in ‘TheWaveVR’

TheWaveVR, a social music platform for VR performances, debuts its third major show, this time bringing EDM duo HEAVYGRINDER into VR for a live and interactive virtual reality concert. You can join the fun for free tonight, July 26th, at...
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‘The Wizards’ Spellcasting Combat Game Launches in Early Access Friday – Launch Trailer

The Wizards is a single-player spellcasting combat game from Carbon Studio, the makers of Alice VR. The game is set to launch in Early Access on Steam for the Vive and Rift this Friday, July 28th. A new Early Access launch...

Oculus 1.17 Update Will Let You Launch SteamVR Apps From Oculus Home

Until recently, Oculus Rift owners have had to maintain two separate repositories for games; Steam and Oculus Home. And depending on where you bought a game, that's usually where you'd launch it from. Revealed in a forum post, Oculus...

New York City Invests in AR/VR Incubator to Bolster City’s Jobs, Tech Talent

New York City’s Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development, Alicia Glen, recently announced the selection of NYU Tandon School of Engineering to “develop and operate” the “first government-funded” VR/AR hub for education, training, research, investment and business creation...
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‘Smashbox Arena’ Now Available on PSVR – Launch Trailer

Smashbox Arena, one of SteamVR's best rated titles, today launches on Playstation VR. The game plays like a mashup of a first person shooter and a game of dodgeball. Smashbox Arena originally launched for the HTC Vive in late 2016. On...
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Arcade Slot Car Racer ‘Tiny Trax’ Launches on PlayStation VR

Tiny Trax (2017), the tiny slot car racing game, is now out for PlayStation VR. Created by Brighton-based studio FuturLab, Tiny Trax gives you the tiny HotWheels-sized cars from your childhood and lets you tear around and the room,...

10 Oculus Exclusives HTC Vive Owners Should Play Using Revive Hack

Thanks to ReVive, a hack that lets SteamVR-compatible headsets play Oculus Rift exclusives, anyone with an HTC Vive can enjoy a number of unofficially supported games from the Oculus Store. Here we take a look at 5 of the games...

Acclaimed ‘Racket: Nx’ Getting Major ‘Early Access 2’ Update This Week

Racket: Nx is an impressively polished and physical VR arcade sport which plays like a mashup of futuristic racquetball and pinball. Currently in Early Access (and rated 99% positive), the game is due to get a major 'Early Access...

ARKit Project Shows Turn-by-Turn Directions in AR, Giving a Glimpse into Future of AR-enabled Maps

What's that building in the distance? Where's the nearest Starbucks? How do I get to there from here? These are questions you'd likely find answers to in your smartphone's map application—but with Apple's ARKit, one developer showed it could...
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MMO-like Dungeon Combat Game ‘Age of Heroes’ Launches From Vive X Portfolio Company Omnigames

Omnigames, among one of the first companies to join HTC's Vive X accelerator, has launched their "multiplayer combat VR game," Age of Heroes, on Steam. Age of Heroes aims to bring a MMO-like experience to VR, which means choosing classes, casting abilities,...
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