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Valve Releases ‘Destinations’, a Free VR Creation Tool Built on Source 2 Engine

Valve has today released a new VR content creation tool suite called Destinations, a free program that lets you create, share and view community-created photogrammetry scenes, game worlds, and other 3D models. Both HTC Vive and Oculus Rift users can take advantage...

HTC Announces Vive ‘Business Edition’ for $1200

HTC today announced a new edition of the Vive headset targeted specifically at businesses looking to get into room-scale experiences. Called simply 'Vive Business Edition' (Vive BE), HTC says that the new enterprise-focused presentation of the headset will include "additional services...

‘Kittypocalypse’ Review

Kittypocalypse is a first-person tower defense game for Oculus Rift that wants to liven up some pretty well-trodden territory. With its army of infectiously cute alien kitties waddling ever closer to your base, your only hope is to find the...

HTC Vive to Hit 100 US Stores, Orders Now Ship in 72 Hours Worldwide

HTC has announced that it's first VR headset, the SteamVR powered Vive, is to appear at 100 retail locations from this month and for those ordering online, they're promising to ship to you within 72 hours wherever you are...
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Sony Reveals New PlayStation VR Launch Title ‘Tethered’

With things already heating up for this year's E3, Sony has today announced a new addition to the PlayStation VR lineup—Tethered, an impossibly cute strategy game from UK-based studio Secret Sorcery. Commanding a flying village of little creatures, known as 'Peeps',...

How to Sharpen Rift Visuals with Supersampling Using Oculus Debug Tool

Tired of jumbo pixels muddling in-game detail on your Rift games? Wish there was a way to boost detail even on VR titles with no options? Then the Oculus Debug tool may just be your saviour, as long as...

PlayStation VR E3 2016 Line-up Includes Psychonauts and Rez: Infinite

Sony have confirmed 10 PlayStation VR titles to be playable on the show floor at E3 this year including the return of some old favourite franchises, Psychonauts and Rez. Sony's PlayStation VR launch is rapidly approaching this October and, with...

Valve Updates ‘The Lab’, Now with Global Leaderboards and More

Valve's The Lab, the ridiculously fun Portal-themed tech demo for HTC Vive, recently released a new update that will have you sharpening your skills against the best in the world. Called the Appliance of Science Update, Valve is now including global...

Unreal Engine 4.12 is Out Now, Gets ‘VR Editor’, OSVR and Google VR Support

Epic Games' popular Unreal Engine has just received a major update with version 4.12 now sporting Google VR 'Daydream' and OSVR native support. It also ships with a preview of the company's impressive VR Editor, which allows developers to...

Vanishing Realms Review

Garret Bullard hacks and slashes his way through the Zelda-esque, HTC Vive exclusive action RPG Vanishing Realms from one-man development team Indimo Labs, and finds one of the most engrossing room-scale VR experiences out there. Vanishing Realms Details: Official Site Developer: Indimo Labs LLC Available On: Steam (HTC...

‘Waltz of the Wizard’ Preview

What do you get when you combine mandrake root, a ruby, and a suspicious red potion? How about eye of newt, a glowing green gemstone, and a foul yellow liquid? To be honest, I can't really remember, but whatever...
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‘Myst’ Spiritual Successor ‘Obduction’ Gets Street Date, Supports New Nvidia VR Tech

A street date for the long-awaited VR-enabled Obduction, created by Cyan, a development studio set up by some of the team behind classic PC adventure Myst, has finally been announced. Obduction was one of the very first titles we covered...

GTA Boss on VR: “No Market” for VR that “Requires You to Dedicate a Room”

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has poured scepticism on the hype surrounding VR post launch by voicing concerns about the cost and space requirement of current systems, mostly (by the sounds of it) the HTC Vive. Strauss Zelnick isn't exactly what...

Valve Releases ‘The Lab’ Unity Renderer for Free

Valve have released the Unity based renderer for its superb VR experience collection The Lab in an effort to encourage adoption of what it sees as optimal rendering techniques for VR experiences. Although many probably assumed that Valve's collection of VR experiences,...

uSens Grabs $20 Million Series A Investment for ‘Inside-out’ Tracking Tech

This week uSens announced a $20 million Series A funding round led by Fosun Kinzon Capital. Usens is one of the early developers of hand and head tracking tech; according to the announcement from the company this investment will help launch...
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