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Hands-on: ‘Budget Cuts 2’ Demo Brings a Bow and Arrow to a Knife Fight

Gamescom 2019 kicked off today in Cologne, Germany, and there I got a chance to go hands-on with the upcoming sequel to Budget Cuts (2018), the cheeky stealth assassin adventure from the Stockholm-based indie studio Neat Corp. Much like the...

HoloLens Co-inventor & AR/VR Pioneer Avi Bar-Zeev Has Left Apple

Avi Bar-Zeev, HoloLens co-inventor and longtime AR/VR stalwart, has left Apple, Variety reports. Bar-Zeev helped found and invent the core technologies behind HoloLens at Microsoft, assembling the company's very first AR prototypes, demos and UX concepts. According to his LinkenIn bio, Bar-Zeev...
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Kinetic Rhythm Game ‘Spin Rhythm XD’ is Coming to PSVR 2 This Summer, Free VR Update...

Spin Rhythm XD (2023), the kinetic rhythm-action game, is coming to PSVR 2, PS5 and PS4 this summer, which is also slated to include a free VR update to the original game on Steam. Releasing on July 9th, Spin Rhythm...

Magic Leap to Partner with NBA to Bring Basketball to AR, Shaq’s Massive Head Fits in...

Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz took the stage at the Code Media conference last night to talk a little bit more about the company's upcoming AR headset, Magic Leap One. While we now know the headset will probably cost the...
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‘Rec Room’ Launches ‘Jet Set Radio’ Inspired Mini-game ‘Run the Block’, Trailer Here

Rec Room is full of first-party adventures you can play with friends and randos alike. The social VR platform's next big offering is already here in 'Run the Block', which has taken a number of cues from Dreamcast retro-favorite...

‘Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord’ Teases “major update” Coming in March

Sony Pictures Virtual Reality (SPVR) and nDreams showed off more of the post-launch roadmap for Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord (2023), the ghostbusting co-op adventure that landed on Quest and PSVR 2 in October. Owners of the game...

StarVR Corporation Prepares to Go Public on Taiwanese Stock Exchange

StarVR Corporation, the Acer and Starbreeze joint venture behind the wide-FOV StarVR headset, announced that it has completed its application to go public on the Taiwan Exchange. Upon approval, the company's board will apply for a listing on the Taipei Exchange Emerging Market...

Vision Pro Gets Another Fully Immersive VR Game, With Cross-play to Other Headsets

Tabletop action RPG Demeo (2021) is now available on Vision Pro, which prominently features a fully-immersive VR mode so you can crawl the game's many dungeons alongside other virtual basement dwellers. Resolution Games has finally released Demeo for Vision Pro, which includes cross-buy...
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High-flying Shooter ‘Skyfront VR’ to Hit Steam Early Access November 10th

Skyfront VR, the upcoming multiplayer arena first-person shooter from Levity Play, is coming to Steam Early Access on November 10th, including support for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Setting it apart from more 'traditional' VR shooters, Skyfront VR boasts a unique locomotion style that...

20 VR Games Releasing in 2018 We’re Excited About

Without any major VR hardware releases on the radar for this year, 2018 is shaping up to be a time for content to shine. We've rounded up a list of 20-something VR games launching in 2018 that we're excited about,...

‘Border Patrol’ Aims to Bring the ‘Papers, Please’ Experience to VR, Demo Now Available

Border Patrol is an upcoming first-person virtual reality take on Papers, Please (2013), putting you in the shoes of a booth operator at an AI travel border who must accept or deny entry to robots trying to enter the region. Featuring...
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Rube Goldberg-style Puzzler ‘Gadgeteer’ Gets Free Beta Demo on Steam

Physics-based puzzler Gadgeteer has launched a free beta demo on Steam alongside a contest to see who can build the coolest chain reaction. As a VR puzzler, Gadgeteer stands out for allowing you to build your own Rube Goldberg-style reaction machines,...

‘Traffic Jams’ Lets You Control Traffic, Help Pedestrians & Kill Zombies

On the surface, Traffic Jams looks like a pretty standard job simulator-type game, albeit with some pretty funny ragdoll citizens ambling around and smashing through windshields. In a new gameplay teaser though, the Netherlands-based studio Little Chicken Game Company is peeling...

Leading Hand-tracking Company Ultraleap Raises $82 Million Investment

Ultraleap, a leading company focused on hand-tracking interfaces, this week announced it has secured a £60 million (~$82 million) Series D investment, with the goal of expanding its hand-tracking and mid-air haptic tech in the XR space and beyond. Formerly known...

“More than 10” Quest Apps Have Earned $2 Million in Revenue in a Year or Less

With the one year anniversary of Oculus Quest this week, Facebook is sharing a handful of interesting stats, including the fact that "more than 10" Quest games and apps have earned $2 million in revenue in their first year...
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