2023 Sections
‘Grav|Lab’ Early Access Review
Grav|Lab, despite its Early Access status, might well be the surprise star of the Oculus Touch launch lineup. It doesn't have the glitz and glamour of the bigger releases - and many of its rough edges are in need...
‘Arizona Sunshine’ Review
In the overcrowded genre of VR shooters, with quite a few of the zombie variety already out in the wild, Vertigo Games have a take on zombie slaughter that makes enough tweaks to the formula to ensure that Arizona...
AxonVR Raises $5.8 Million Seed Investment for Advanced VR Haptics
AxonVR has announced the closure of a $5.8 million seed investment, which is claimed to be the largest secured by a VR haptics company to date. The company intends to use the money to build out their HaptX platform...
HTC Launches ‘Vive Studios’ for First-party VR Game Development and Publishing
HTC today announced that they've spun up an internal development and publishing group called Vive Studios.
Mirroring Oculus' own 'Oculus Studios' effort, HTC has formed an internal VR game studio and publishing group called Vive Studios. Like other first-party studios,...
VR Industry’s Biggest Players Are Banding Together to Create an Open VR Standard
The Khronos Group announced on Tuesday that they have a critical mass of major VR players who are collaborating on a VR open standard. This VR open standard will have a software and hardware component that will enable VR...
‘Werewolves Within’ Review
Based on the popular party game Mafia (also known as Werewolf), Werewolves Within represents Ubisoft's first dive into the world of social VR games. I first got my hands on the game at GDC earlier this year, and while it remains...
Oculus ‘Quill’ is Spectacular, But It’s the Instantly Usable Interface That Surprised Us Most
Quill is Oculus' 'VR paint' app, and it's nothing short of spectacular. Tucked away inside this creative-focused app, however, is an interface that's so simple, you might miss its brilliance.
Quill, which is available to every Touch owner for free,...
Zero Latency Raises $7 Million for Expansion of ‘Warehouse Scale’ VR Tech
Melbourne-based firm Zero Latency has raised $7 million in venture funding. The company specialises in out-of-home ‘warehouse scale’ local multiplayer VR experiences, and is beginning to open attractions around the world.
Consumer VR headsets are optimised for use in a...
Oculus Rift and HTC Vive Roomscale Dimensions Compared
Ahead of the launch of Oculus Touch, the company has finally detailed its 'experimental' camera arrangements for 360 degree and 'roomscale' tracking, allowing us to take a look at how those tracking volumes compare with the HTC Vive.
The Vive...
‘Planetary Annihilation’ Developer Reveals Lite RTS ‘Dino Frontier’ for PlayStation VR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWWJ1yECoWo
Uber Entertainment, the studio behind Planetary Annihilation and the VR title Wayward Sky, have announced their next virtual reality game, Dino Frontier, for PlayStation VR.
As the name would imply, Dino Frontier is a mashup of classic Western elements and...
First Look at ‘Star Wars Battlefront X-Wing VR Mission’ Gameplay on PSVR
The Rogue One themed Star Wars Battlefront X-Wing VR Mission, is tantalizingly close for PlayStation VR owners, launching next week on December 6th, and now we've seen the first glimpse of gameplay from a developer livestream revealing the latest Star...
VR-capable Frostbite Engine Suggests More AAA VR to Come from EA
It's been confirmed that the soon to launch Star Wars Battlefront X-Wing VR Mission on PlayStation VR is powered by DICE's coveted Frostbite Engine, a strong hint that more AAA VR development is on the way from the company.
Star...
2016’s Record Breaking VR Venture Funding Has Been Driven by Mega Deals
After years of record-breaking venture funding in the virtual reality industry, we wondered if 2016 would continue on its torrid pace. The numbers are starting to roll in, as reported in the new Fall edition of the 2016 Virtual...
TIME-LIFE and HTC Launch 75th Anniversary ‘Remembering Pearl Harbor’ Experience for Vive
Launching today for $10 on HTC's VR app store, Viveport, Remembering Pearl Harbor commemorates the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the 1941 tragedy that led the US to join World War II. A collaboration between TIME's LifeVR,...
ODG Raises $58 Million Series A Investment for AR Glasses, New Products to Debut in January
San Francisco based Osterhout Design Group (aka ODG) announced today that they've raised a significant $58 million Series A investment to accelerate production and R&D of its smart glasses products.
ODG's current flagship device is the enterprise-focused R-7 Smartglasses System which sell...




















