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Crowdfunded AR Startup Tilt Five Secures $7.5M Series A Investment

Tilt Five, the startup behind the eponymous AR headset for tabletop gaming, today announced it has secured $7.5 million in Series A funding. The funding round was led by SIP Global Partners with participation from BITKRAFT Ventures, Galaxy Interactive, and...

Elite:Dangerous Horizons 1.5 Beta Brings HTC Vive Support

Elite:Dangerous is evolving and the first in a series of expansions, named Horizons, will be available on November 30th - bringing with it a host of new features. One exciting addition is the first inclusion of official HTC Vive...

News Bits: Take a Virtual Tour of the Millennium Falcon with the Oculus Rift

I've written before how virtual reality might well enable new and more powerful ways to re-live moments from the past or just gently wallow in immersive nostalgia. The recent launch of nostalgia simulator MemoRift and the Transformers tech demo...

Hands-on: ‘Astro Bot Rescue Mission’ Aims to Be the Delightful & Engaging Platformer VR Needs

We're here at E3 2018, and I got chance to play Sony Japan Studio's upcoming platformer Astro Bot Rescue Mission. As a thematic extension of the little bots that were first introduced in The Playroom (2013) and later in The Playroom VR (2016),...

Meta to Pull ‘Beat Saber’ Multiplayer on Quest 1 Later This Year

Beat Saber was the defining game on Quest when it came to the company's first standalone at launch back in 2019, making the infectious block-slashing rhythm game a real system-seller. Now, Meta says it's cutting Beat Saber's online services...

Final Fantasy XIII Hints at Oculus Rift Support Through SteamVR Beta Option

The Final Fantasy series of RPGs is one of the longest running franchises of its kind and certainly one of the most successful, selling millions of copies over multiple decades and gaming platforms. Final Fantasy XIII hits Steam for...

Vive Deluxe Audio Strap Gets June 6th Release Date

HTC announced a serious looking upgrade for its Vive headset earlier this year at CES 2017. The 'Deluxe Audio Strap' replaces the original device's harness and upgrades it with integrated headphones and a new, more robust adjustable head assembly. Update...
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Watch: ‘Throttle Powah’ is a Crazy VR Racer That Gives You Motorbikes for Arms

Early in development, Throttle Powah is a promising looking multiplayer racer with a VR locomotion mechanic which seems entirely unique and more than a little insane. It's refreshing to watch the still young virtual reality development community flourish, not least...

AltspaceVR Seed Investment Tops $5.2 Million, Software Details Revealed Today at SVVR #13

Altspace VR has today announced significant follow-on funding to their initial investment round which more than doubles the company's seed funding, putting the total now at $5.2 million. The company, which has been largely in stealth mode, intends to...

‘PowerWash Simulator VR’ Studio Announces End of Updates Only 14 Months After Launch

PowerWash Simulator garnered viral success when it launched on Steam Early Access in 2021, prompting developer FuturLab to not only add a mountain of DLC to the game, but also port the flatscreen hit to a standalone VR title. Now,...

‘Half-Life: Alyx’ is Now Five Years Old. What’s Next for Valve in VR?

Five years after Half-Life: Alyx reshaped expectations for VR gaming, Valve remains a quiet yet critical force in the industry. Despite little fanfare, the company has continued to shape the VR landscape through steady updates to SteamVR, integration with...

New Tower Defense RTS Coming to Vision Pro From Veteran Studio Resolution Games

Resolution Games, the veteran VR studio behind Demeo (2021) and host of recognizable VR titles, announced it's bringing a brand new tower defense game to Vision Pro early next year. Called Gears & Goo, the new real-time strategy game is coming to...

Futuremark Explains Why VR Benchmarking is About More Than Just Numbers

Futuremark have now released the full version of their long awaited, dedicated virtual reality benchmark, VRMark. And, after months of research and development, the company has found itself having to redefine its own views on how the difficult subject...

HTC’s Vive President on What’s Happening in China & VR

Alvin Wang Graylin is the China President of Vive at HTC, and I had a chance to talk with him at CES this year about what's happening in China. He provided me with a lot of cultural context, which...
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VR Woodworking Game ‘vrkshop’ Arrives on Steam Early Access Today

Building something with your own two hands out of wood can be rewarding, but also messy, difficult, and not always practical depending on where you live. In the Early Access game vrkshop, which is available starting today, you'll get a chance...
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