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John Wick-inspired Shooter Sandbox ‘Hard Bullet’ Comes to Quest 3 Today, Trailer Here

Gexagon, the developer behind early access PC VR shooter sandbox Hard Bullet, announced the game's physics-based madness is finally available on Quest 3. Hard Bullet initially landed on Steam Early Access in 2020, bringing brutal gunfights and physics-based melee action to...

Voices of VR Podcast’s 1,000th Episode Looks Back on Seven Years of the VR Industry

Just this weekend the Voices of VR Podcast reached an impressive milestone; in the podcast's 1,000th episode, host Kent Bye looks back at his conversations with members of the VR industry over the last seven years to parse where the moderrn...

Pico Shutdown Rumors are False, Says Parent Company ByteDance

A recent rumor, which alleged that TikTok parent company ByteDance is slated to spin down its XR hardware subsidiary Pico Interactive, is false, the company says. China-based publication EqualOcean reported late last week that ByteDance is set to "gradually abandon the PICO...

Owlchemy’s ‘Vacation Simulator’ Launch Pushed Back to Early 2019

Owlchemy Labs, the studio behind breakout VR parody game Job Simulator (2016), announced that their upcoming sequel Vacation Simulator is coming to VR headsets in 2019, and not 2018 as previously planned. Much like Job Simulator, Vacation Simulator puts you in a...

Hands-on: ‘Battlewake’ Delivers Frenetic High-seas Mayhem with a Splash of Smart VR Design

Survios, the studio behind Raw Data (2017) and Creed: Rise to Glory (2018), is getting ready to release their next big VR soon, a pirate-themed nautical combat game called Battlewake. The game is set to launch on Rift, Vive,...
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Watch 9 Minutes of ‘The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners’ Pre-alpha Gameplay

The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is an upcoming VR survival horror game that places you squarely in the show's apocalyptic universe of zombies. While developing studios Skydance Interactive and Skybound Entertainment lifted the veil on the game's trailer today (see it here), the...

‘Moss’ Breaks into February’s Top 10 PSVR Downloads After Only 2 Days on Store

Moss (2018), a puzzle platformer for PSVR that follows the ridiculously cute mouse Quill, has broken through to the top 10 most-downloaded PSVR games last month. Released on February 27th, Moss rated #7 on the list with only two days of...

VR Educational Game ‘Titanic VR’ Landing on PSVR This Week

Titanic VR (2018) is an immersive educational interactive story and game that takes you to the depths of the final resting place of the RMS Titanic, where you explore the 1912 shipwreck, its history, and experience over 6 hours of...

Upcoming ‘Sniper Elite’ VR Game Likely Headed to PSVR With Aim Support

Yesterday Rebellion Developments, the studio behind the Sniper Elite series, announced that a Sniper Elite VR game is in development in partnership with studio Just Add Water. Details have been kept to a minimum, with a full announcement planned for...

Investors Poured a Record $2 Billion into VR/AR in 2017, But Early Stage Funding Slowed

In 2017, venture funding of VR/AR companies reached at least $1.9B, ending slightly above 2016. The total number of companies raising venture capital during 2017 outpaced 2016, but the average deal size declined sharply by 35%, according to Greenlight...

Valve Developer to Talk About Secretive ‘Flagship VR Title’ at DigiPen Next Week

When it comes to game development, Valve is probably one of the most notorious of black boxes; there's still no telling what the studio has in store for its promised three 'full-length' VR titles, let alone the one planned...

Jaunt Acquires Personify’s Volumetric Capture Tech & Talent to Build Out XR Platform

Jaunt was once a cinematic VR company which produced high-quality 360 video, and to boot even a professional-grade 360 camera dubbed NEO. Taking a step in a decidedly more AR direction with its recently revealed volumetric video capture solution, Jaunt...

VRChat Lays off 30% of Company, Citing Growing Pains Following COVID Platform Boom

VRChat, one of the oldest and most popular social VR platforms, announced it's laying off "around 30%" of its staff, citing issues with slower than anticipated growth, over-hiring during its boom in 2021, and the slow adoption of a...
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‘Vive N Chill’ Soon to Double Crowdfunding Goal with 2 Weeks Remaining

ViveNchill, the intriguing new bolt-on dual-fan cooling solution for the HTC Vive, has begun its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. Update (7/17/17): The ViveNchill Indiegogo is now at 193% of its $5,000 goal. With 13 days remaining, the campaign appears on track to...

Latest Quest Update Includes Meta AI, New ‘Layout’ Utility App & Performance Boosts

Following Meta's big v67's multitasking update earlier this month, the company announced it's now rolling out its v68 software update for Quest, which features experimental access to Meta AI, a new utility app centered on home improvement, and some performance...
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