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‘Rec Room’ is Coming Soon to PSVR, Applications for Beta Testing Now Open

Rec Room (2016), the popular social VR app for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, is coming soon to PlayStation VR. Production studio Against Gravity announced Rec Room's PSVR release via the PSVR reddit page, saying that the game is slated...

‘Firewall Zero Hour’ to Get New ‘Containment’ Map in DLC Drop Tomorrow

First Contact Entertainment today announced that Firewall Zero Hour (2018), the studio's PSVR team shooter, is getting a new map just in time for Christmas. The game's third DLC will feature 'Containment', a free map set in an infectious disease...
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The Sequel to One of Quest’s Best-rated Games is Now Available, Trailer Here

SWARM (2021), the high-flying arcade shooter from Greensky Games, is one of the best-rated paid games on Quest, serving up fast-paced, arcade-style grapple shooting action as you battle against the titular Swarm. Now you can get your hands on the sequel, SWARM...
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Sequel to Quest’s Most Popular VR Boxing Game Teases Release in New Trailer

Thrill of the Fight 2, the upcoming sequel to Quest's most popular VR boxing sim, seems to be gearing up for release, as studios Sealost Interactive and Halfbrick Studios tossed out its first teaser trailer. Update (September 16th, 2024): Announced early...

Developing Rich VR Interactions Faster & Easier Using UltimateXR

Rich interactions between the user and the virtual world are a key aspect of what makes VR so compelling, but creating and tuning such interactions is a challenging and time consuming task for developers. Toolsets like UltimateXR can speed...

VR Co-op Shooter ‘Gunheart’ to Leave Early Access Next Month

Gunheart, the VR co-op shooter from Drifter Entertainment, has been in Early Access for almost a year, and now the studio says the alien bug-exploding game is getting an official street date for its full release: June 4th, including...

‘Beat Saber’ Gets Free Music Pack ‘OST Vol. 3’ on All Supported Platforms

Beat Games, the studio behind the popular block-slashing rhythm game Beat Saber (2018), today released a free update that brings with it six new playable tracks to the game, and a few new features and improvements too. The OST Vol....

Apple Announces ARKit 3 with Body Tracking & Human Occlusion

At the company's annual WWDC developer conference today, Apple revealed ARKit 3, its latest set of developer tools for creating AR applications on iOS. ARKit 3 now offers real-time body tracking of people in the scene as well as...

Unreal Engine 4.25 Improves Support for HoloLens 2, Magic Leap, Adds Azure Spatial Anchors

Unreal Engine 4.25 launched this week bringing a host of improvements to the engine's XR functionality. HoloLens 2 and Magic Leap saw the most attention, including the addition of Azure Spatial Anchors, Microsoft's cross-platform system which enables shared augmented...

Studio Behind ‘DOOM 3’ VR Port Announces Layoffs

Archiact, the veteran studio known for a host of VR titles, announced it's laying off a portion of its staff. The number of staff affected by the layoff hasn't been confirmed. The studio says however in an X post that it's...
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This is Fantastic Contraption as a ‘Desk Scale’, Seated VR Experience

HTC Vive title Fantastic Contraption has flaunted its room-scale credentials to impressive effect in various mixed reality videos. Now, the team from Radial Games and Northway Games demonstrate you can enjoy the title just fine as a seated 'desk...

Xreal Announces Air 2 Ultra AR Glasses Ahead of Apple Vision Pro Release

China-based XR company Xreal (previously Nreal) announced its newest pair of glasses at CES 2024, marking the company's return to augmented reality right as Apple is prepping its $3,500 Vision Pro for its upcoming launch. Called Air 2 Ultra, the...
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Watch Windows VR Controllers Stand up to ‘Beat Saber’s’ Hardest Song

While high-end headsets like the Rift and Vive use external sensors for positional tracking, the Windows VR headsets use a fully 'inside-out' solution which eliminates the need for external trackers and simplifies setup, but certainly makes hand-tracking more challenging....

CCP Games Releases First Major Update to ‘SPARC’ Despite 2017 VR Pullback

In late 2017, CCP Games shuttered their VR-producing studios, shifting their focus to PC and mobile games after selling off the Newcastle branch behind EVE: Valkryie (2016) and closing down the Atlanta-based branch behind SPARC (2017). Although CCP made...

PlayStation is Developing New First Party PSVR Titles With Support for Aim Controller

At a PlayStation VR session today at GDC, Sony stated that first-party PSVR titles with support for the new Aim peripheral are in development. Sony's curious looking Aim controller may not be the coolest looking peripheral out there (a dubious...
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