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Niantic Raises $300M Investment at $9 Billion Valuation to build “real-world metaverse”

Niantic, the company behind Pokémon GO, today announced it has raised a $300 million Series D investment which values the company at $9 billion. Beyond its geo-location games, the company has been building out a world-scale framework which it believes...

VR Games Showcase Starts at 12PM ET with 30+ Mins of VR Game Announcements for Quest,...

The next show from friends at VR Games Showcase is nearly here, with more than 30 minutes of trailers and info on upcoming VR games and updates for Quest, PSVR 2, and PC VR. Watch the premiere starting at...

This is What a Vision Pro Competitor From Meta Could Look Like

With Apple Vision Pro out in the wild, it's likely that Meta's Quest Pro line will evolve to become more of a direct competitor. And we've actually got an idea of what an even higher-end Quest Pro 2 could...

Rift and Windows VR Squeeze Marketshare from Vive in Latest Steam Survey

In the latest set of data from Valve's monthly Steam Hardware & Software survey, the Oculus Rift and Windows VR headsets posted gains in marketshare at the expense of the HTC Vive. Each month, Valve runs a survey among Steam users to...
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Microsoft Releases ‘Maquette’ on Steam, a VR Tool for Spatial Ideation and Design

Microsoft Maquette is a VR tool from Microsoft which is all about prototyping spatial designs. First teased in October 2018, the company has now released Maquette for free on Steam. Update (January 16th, 2019): Microsoft has released Maquette for free on Steam supporting...

Hands-On: ‘Star Shelter’ – Survival in Zero Gravity

Stranded in space with just an AI voice and your broken ship for company, you must scavenge for materials to survive, searching random debris floating nearby using motion-based, zero-gravity locomotion. Needing some polish but highly playable in its current...

Hands-on: ‘Budget Cuts’ Showcases an Impressive Grip on What Makes VR Great

It's been over two years since Stockholm-based Neat Corporation released the initial prototype for Budget Cuts, an upcoming stealth-action game that throws you into a robot-filled office space and arms you with various throwing weapons and a novel portal-based teleporting device,...

‘Espire 1: VR Operative’ to Launch on All Major VR Headsets This Week

Espire 1: VR Operative, Digital Lode and Tripwire Interactive's hotly-awaited VR stealth combat game, may have been delayed a day before it was originally set for release back in September, but now the studios say the time is nigh...
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Free ‘Farpoint’ DLC Adds 1v1 Multiplayer Combat & Expanded Weapon Selection, Now Available

Farpoint (2017), PSVR's bug-shooting showcase for the mightily impressive PS Aim, has had one free expansion so far, the 'Cryo Pack', which added additional co-op levels and challenge mode. Now the game has just received its next free DLC in...

PlayStation Plus Members Can Save up to 75% Off on 100+ PSVR Titles & DLC This...

That $60 yearly membership to PS Plus is definitely paying off for US-based PSVR owners this time around, as this next batch of discounts is putting over 100 PSVR items on sale including games and DLC. The sale lasts until...

Hands-on: ‘Blood & Truth’ Brings Tight Gunplay and New Bullet Time Mechanic

Blood & Truth, a promising VR action shooter from Sony's first-party London Studio, got a brand new demo for E3 2018 which brings improved gunplay and a new bullet time mechanic while showing off a new level. Blood & Truth...

Studio Behind Social VR App ‘Rec Room’ Raises $24 Million in Funding

Against Gravity, the studio behind the popular social VR game Rec Room, has raised an addition $24 million in venture capital across two investment rounds. Speaking to TechCrunch, Against Gravity says that it has raised $24 million in venture funding in...
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‘Dreams’ is Finally Getting PSVR Support, Free Update Coming This Month

If you've been hoping to make and experience some wild VR things in Dreams (2020), the content creation suite from Media Molecule, you won't have to wait too much longer. On July 22nd, Dreams is finally getting that PSVR...

Amazon to Begin Selling VR Apps Through New HTC Partnership

Amazon will soon begin selling VR apps on its massive digital marketplace through a new partnership with HTC. While Steam generally functions as the Vive's defacto app store, HTC runs its own VR app store called Viveport. The company's partnership...
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Hands-on: ‘Halo: Recruit’ is the First Taste of Halo’s True Scale

Today Microsoft revealed the Halo: Recruit experience, launching on October 17th for Windows VR headsets. I got to go hands-on with the experience during an event today at the company's San Francisco developer hub. Among a number of exciting announcements Microsoft...
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