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SteamVR Tracking Courses Begin, Already Completed by 50 Developers

Valve opened up their SteamVR tracking technology for third-party development in August, and since then, 50 developers have completed the mandatory training course provided by Synapse, the first company to enter the field. Synapse says that most of the participants...
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‘Modbox’ Developer Shows Off Knuckles Controllers in Action with SteamVR Skeletal Input

Alien Trap's Lee Vermeulen, one of the developers behind VR creation tool Modbox, received a brand new pair of Knuckles controllers recently. One of his first missions: show off Valve's Skeletal Input system in detail, which was released in beta to developers...

‘Waltz of the Wizard’ ‘Ghostline’ Analytics Reveal Some Surprising Player Behaviour

Aldin Dynamics has released a detailed breakdown of user data gathered during over 300,000 sessions of Waltz of the Wizard gameplay. Launched in May 2016, the motion-controlled VR game was developed with the insights gained from using Aldin's own...
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‘Smashbox Arena’ Studio Announces VR Battle Royale ‘Population: ONE’

You might think battle royale shooters are passé, but until we get a really good one in VR, it isn't over yet. Enter Population: ONE, a newly announced VR battle royale from BigBox VR, the developers behind Smashbox Arena (2016). On...

HTC Vive Pro Headset Review: Welcomed Improvements Overshadowed By a Steep Price

Set to launch this week, on the two year anniversary of the original Vive, HTC's Vive Pro shows the progress the company has been able to make on their VR headset in the same span, though it isn't being...

Mil-Sim VR Shooter ‘Onward’ to Host Free Access Period on Steam This Weekend

Onward, the multiplayer VR shooter in Early Access, is hosting another free access weekend, this time on Steam for owners of Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. The popular mil-sim tactical shooter has hosted several free weekends since its Early Access...

VR Games Showcase to Feature 20+ Games Next Week, Including ‘Hitman’, Flat2VR Ports & More

VR Games Showcase is returning next week, promising to feature 20+ VR games from over a dozen developers and publishers. The livestream, kicking off on March 11th at 12 PM ET, is slated to not only include updates to...

SteamVR Gets a New Dashboard, Finally Ditching Steam Big Picture

From very early on, the SteamVR dashboard had adapted Steam's 'Big Picture' mode which was designed for use on big screen TV's rather than in VR. As it wasn't made with VR in mind, much of its functionality is...

Meta is Discontinuing Quest 1 Support for New Apps Starting Next Month

Meta announced last year it was sunsetting the original Quest, which was first released in 2019. While many developers of new apps have since stopped including the nearly five year-old headset as a supported device, now the company says...

‘Hitman 3 VR: Reloaded’ for Quest 3 – A Visual & Mechanical Mess

A rebuilt-for-Quest version of the celebrated stealth-action title Hitman 3 seemed almost too good to be true when we first heard about it earlier this summer. While that version technically exists now with the release of Hitman 3 VR:...

Veteran VR Studio nDreams Announces Layoffs Amid “challenging VR games market”

nDreams, one of the most veteran VR studios, today announced it's tightening the belt with a layoff round due to affect 17.5% of the company. The Farnborough, UK-based studio maintains in the LinkenIn announcement that layoffs are in response to "a challenging...
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New Quest Game from ‘Job Simulator’ Studio Surprise-launches This Week, Built Entirely Around Hand-tracking

Owlchemy Labs, the Google-owned studio behind Job Simulator (2016) and Vacation Simulator (2019), surprise announced its next VR title today, a hand-tracking-tastic social co-op game called Dimensional Double Shift. And you can get ready to multiplayer job this week. Launching for free...
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‘Train Sim World’ Arrives on Quest, Letting You Take on the Mean Rails of New York...

Train Sim World is finally here on Quest, bringing its realistic train driving experience to VR for first time. Called Train Sim World VR: New York, the game lets you become a train driver on New York's MTA Harlem Line,...

Sony Shows Off ‘The Last of Us’ Immersive Attraction Concept That Should Be VR, But Sadly...

Sony unveiled a new location-based entertainment (LBE) concept based on The Last of Us game and TV franchise. While it looks ripe for VR arcades, it appears to be skipping VR headsets altogether for an array of large format LED...

Rhythm Shooter ‘Audica’ to Launch on Quest Next Week with Rift Cross-buy

Audica (2019), the VR 'rhythm shooter' from Guitar Hero studio Harmonix, is officially set to arrive on Oculus Quest on January 28th. This, the studio said in a recent tweet, also includes cross-buy with the Rift version available through...
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