2023 Sections
‘Star Wars: Vader Immortal – Episode 2’ Will Focus on Force Powers
Star Wars: Vader Immortal is a three part VR "narrative adventure" and Oculus exclusive. Episode I launched on Quest and Rift earlier this year. Little is known about Episode II, including its release date, but this week the creators shared a...
Microsoft Teases the Future of the Super Bowl with HoloLens
Microsoft has splashed out on a promotional video designed to demonstrate its vision of a Super Bowl future, augmented by its untethered, augmented reality headset HoloLens, demonstrating how it could used in the home to enhance the football viewing experience.
Microsoft's HoloLens...
‘Super Mario Run’ Co-Developer Announces VR Puzzle-Adventure ‘VoxEl’
DeNA, the Japan-based mobile game developer known for their work on several Nintendo properties including Super Mario Run (2016) and Fire Emblem Heroes (2017), announced a new VR adventure game targeting PSVR, HTC Vive, and Oculus Rift. Dubbed VoxEl, the game...
Oculus Quest Now Available for Pre-order, Starting at $400 with May 21st Launch
Facebook today announced that their long-awaited standalone VR headset, Oculus Quest, is now available for pre-order. The mobile VR headset, which starts at $400, is slated to ship on May 21st alongside the PC VR headset Rift S across 22...
Tactical Haptics to Debut Vive ‘Reactive Grip’ Prototype at VR Launchpad
Tactical Haptics, the company behind the unique tactile feedback technology 'Reactive Grip', will show their latest HTC Vive compatible prototype for the first time at VR Launchpad, the the VR startup showcase event, kicking off tomorrow at the Computer History Museum...
SteamVR Update Brings Motion Smoothing, Easier Keybinding & More
Valve has released the 1.1.3 update to the SteamVR SDK, and along with it comes a host of long-awaited improvements such as Motion Smoothing, easier access to Valve's custom controller keybinding utility, and a few more bits and bobs...
New ‘Trover Saves the Universe’ Gameplay Video Reveals the Weird & Wild World of Trover
Upcoming action-platformer Trover Saves the Universe is the bizarre and hilarious brain child of Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland. Now you can see for yourself what PS4 and PSVR users will experience in a new demo presented at...
This ‘Beat Saber’ Project Uses AI to Generate Custom Beat Maps for Any Song
Manually creating beat maps for your favorite songs in Beat Saber (2018) requires a bit of know-how and time. If you're looking for a quick and surprisingly effective solution to automatically creating beat maps for any song, look no further...
‘Sairento Reborn’ Aims to Springboard off ‘Sairento’ Success, Support VR & PC
Indie VR developer Mixed Realms, creators of badass VR ninja simulator, Sairento, announced this week plans for their next chapter, coming in the form of Sairento Reborn. Described as "bigger and better," Sairento Reborn hopes to open up the title, allowing cooperative hack &...
‘Beat Saber’ Gets Imagine Dragons DLC Music Pack, New 360 Game Mode Coming Soon
Beat Games today announced that Beat Saber (2018) just dropped a ten-song DLC music pack featuring the music of Grammy Award-winning rock band Imagine Dragons. The studio is also showing off a new '360' level mode at E3 this week,...
Oculus Rift Increases Lead Over HTC Vive in Steam Majority Market Share
Valve's monthly Steam hardware and software survey is out, and it appears Oculus Rift is still gaining momentum over HTC Vive on the Steam platform as the number one VR headset among Steam users.
Each month, Valve runs the survey among...
Students Hack Positional Tracking onto Gear VR with SteamVR Tracking
In a reverse engineering exercise, two students at Utah State University have hacked positional tracking onto a Gear VR headset using SteamVR Tracking technology. Mobile VR solutions like Samsung’s Gear VR currently employ rotational tracking only.
The popular forms of...
Sony Morpheus Development – ‘Vanguard V’ Dev Shares Perspective
With the Gear VR and Oculus Rift 'Crescent Bay' prototype currently in the spotlight, it shouldn't be forgotten that Sony's PS4 VR headset, Project Morpheus, is still brewing in the background. Development kits are out in the wild and work has...
Penrose Studios Raises Another $10 Million for VR Animation and Storytelling
Having announced an $8.5 million seed investment back in March 2016, VR animation firm Penrose Studios is adding another $10 million to the pile for its Series A investment.
Led by TransLink Capital, the round also saw participation by SalesForce founder...
Vive Tracker Enables a Bevy of Bats, Guns, Gloves, and Other Tracked Accessories
Today at CES 2017 HTC announced the Vive Tracker, a standalone tracking module that's designed to attach to anything to become tracked in the virtual world.
We heard at least as far back as the reveal of the HTC Vive...


















