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‘Racket Fury’ Bringing Amped-up VR Ping Pong to Early Access This Week

Table tennis is becoming an increasingly crowded area in the world of VR sport, and Racket Fury aims to differentiate itself with a blend of futuristic visuals, unique robot AI personalities, and detailed physics. The game has been in...

PSVR 2 Firmware Update Includes New Support for NVIDIA GPUs, Pointing to Wired PC VR Connection

Sony announced last month it was bringing PC VR support to PSVR 2 sometime this year, although the company didn't specify how or exactly when this would happen. According to the headset's latest firmware update, all signs now point...

Meta Restructures Reality Labs to Better Focus on Ray-Ban Smartglasses and Other Wearables

Reality Labs, Meta's XR division formed in 2020, is now being reorganized into two distinct groups, 'Wearables' and 'Metaverse', which reportedly comes along a "relatively small" number of layoffs. As reported by The Verge's Alex Heath, Meta CTO and head of...
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VR Platformer ‘To The Top’ to Land on PSVR This Month, Launch Trailer Here

To The Top (2017), the VR platforming game that first released on Steam, is heading to PSVR on May 29th. Using a the 'grab the world' locomotion mechanic, you use your superhuman jumping powers to traverse over 35 levels, replete with...

Ubisoft Extends IBM Watson Support for ‘Bridge Crew’ Through 2018

Watson, IBM's artificial intelligence platform designed to understand natural language, launched support for Star Trek: Bridge Crew (2017) across all VR platforms back in June of last year. Last week, Ubisoft said in a forum post that it was...
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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...

‘Tetris Effect’ Landing on PS4 & PSVR Next Month, Pre-orders Now Available

Tetris Effect is a single-player adaptation of Tetris for the modern era, boasting support for both PS4 Pro and PSVR. Sony now says the game is heading to the PlayStation store on November 9th, 2018. Tetris Effect pre-orders are also now available,...

‘Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality’ to Land on PSVR April 10th

Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (2017) is coming to PSVR April 10th, 2018. Developed by Owlchemy Labs, the studio behind Job Simulator (2016), and voiced by series creator Justin Roiland, this might be the only chance to hang out with the hard-drinking genius scientist Rick...
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Survios’ New Title ‘Sprint Vector’ Could be a Watershed Moment for VR Locomotion

When it comes to VR, best practices say that the player's in-game movement should be static, and if the player needs to move, it should be within their physical space, or through some locomotion method that's comfortable in VR,...

Acer Takes Majority Control of StarVR with $5M Capital Injection

Starbreeze and Acer announced a new capitalization plan for StarVR, the upcoming high field of view (FOV) VR headset, that will see Acer inject $5 million into the project and take a 66 percent majority control of the joint venture. Starbreeze made quite...
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4 Minutes of Boxing Glory in ‘Creed’ VR, Gameplay Video Here

Survios, the studio behind Raw Data (2017) and Sprint Vector (2018), debuted a new single player VR game this year on the GDC expo floor, an upcoming arcade boxing title that puts you in the shoes of Adonis Creed, son of Apollo Creed...

HTC Vive and Steam VR has Google, HBO and Lionsgate as Content Developers

Yesterday, Valve and HTC revealed the 'Vive' VR headset, and there's some pretty big names already working on content for the headset. According to the Vive website, Google, HBO, and Lionsgate are already working to create content for the new headset...

‘Assetto Corsa EVO’ Launches on PC VR Headsets in Early Access, But You May Want to...

Assetto Corsa EVO made its big Early Access launch on Steam yesterday, bringing the next iteration of the racing franchise to both flatscreen and PC VR headsets. It's getting mixed reviews, although VR users in particular are warning that you...
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PlayStation VR Teardown Reveals Display Curiosity and Lenses

A hardware launch wouldn’t be complete without an iFixit teardown, and the most recent VR device on their operating table is Sony’s PlayStation VR. With decades of experience in hardware design and manufacturing, and having created many non-VR head-mounted displays...

Xiaomi Reportedly Partners with Goertek to Chase Success of Ray-Ban Meta Smartglasses

Xiaomi makes everything, from phones and vacuum cleaners to massage guns and even electric cars. Now, according to a report from Chinese media 36kr, Xiaomi may be developing a device that goes toe-to-toe with Ray-Ban Meta smartglasses. The report maintains...
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