2023 Sections
AppliedVR Secures $29M Funding to Pursue FDA Approval for VR Pain Management Tech
AppliedVR, a virtual reality pain management startup, today announced it has secured $29 million in funding, something it aims to use in pursuit of FDA approval for its cognitive behavioral therapy-based pain management tech.
The Series A financing round includes F-Prime...
Google is Rolling out Photorealistic ‘Likeness’ Avatars on Android XR to Compete with Apple’s ‘Personas’
Google is starting to roll out new photorealistic avatars which they call "Likeness". Similar to Apple's Personas, Likeness avatars are generated by scanning a user's face, then animated it with input from the sensors on a headset. The avatars...
The HTC Vive Costs $799 and Ships April 1st
HTC have finally officially announced the price of the 'Consumer Edition' of their Valve SteamVR powered virtual reality solution. The HTC Vive will cost a cool $799.
Those eagerly awaiting news on how much they can expect to have to lay...
‘Wands’ Comes to HTC Vive via Viveport Today, Cross-play & Steam Launch Coming Soon
Wands (2017), the first-person magic-dueling game, is available today for HTC Vive via Viveport. Already supporting Gear VR, Daydream, and Oculus Rift platforms, developing studio Cortopia confirmed with Road to VR that cross-play with other headsets is coming today, or...
XR Glasses Maker VITURE Secures $100M Investment as Wearable Segment Heats Up
San Francisco-based XR glasses company VITURE announced it's secured $100 million in Series B financing, which the company says will aid in global expansion of its consumer XR glasses.
Viture initially announced in October 2024 it successfully secured a Series...
Metallica Comes to Vision Pro in Immersive Performance This Week
Apple announced it's releasing an immersive concert experience from Metallica, landing exclusively on Apple Vision Pro this week.
The concert experience, simply dubbed 'Metallica', captures a performance in Mexico City which took place during the second-year finale of the band’s...
Darkfield VR Launches Kickstarter, Hands-On and Developer Interview
Darkfield VR is one of the earliest members of a new resurgence in the Space Combat genre - seemingly brought back from the dead with the advent of the Oculus Rift. It's a pure multiplayer dogfighting game which pitches...
This Leap Motion Shooter is Inspired by Dreamcast Classic ‘Rez’
Motion sensing peripheral specialists Leap Motion's second development event '3D Jam' has had over 180 submissions for projects that fuse the Leap's input capabilities with virtual reality. This entry 'VRez', inspired by classic Dreamcast shooter Rez, caught our eye as a...
Meta Reportedly Slashes Funding for Third-party VR Games Amid Greater Push for Lifestyle Content
Meta may be rethinking its approach to third-party app funding, as the company has reportedly cut funds to some outside VR game developers whilst reshifting its focus to non-gaming apps.
According to a report from The Information, Meta is becoming "more...
Start Making Google Daydream VR Apps Today with a DIY Dev Kit
This week Google announced Daydream, the company's initiative for high-end mobile virtual reality. While Google didn't reveal a dedicated dev kit, the company says developers can cobble together their own using the Nexus 6P smartphone, Cardboard, and a spare phone.
Google says...
Snap Acquires Brain-Computer Interface Startup NextMind
Snap announced it's acquired neurotech startup NextMind, a Paris-based company known for creating a $400 pint-sized brain-computer interface (BCI).
In a blog post, Snap says NextMind will help drive "long-term augmented reality research efforts within Snap Lab," the company's hardware team...
‘Gorilla Tag’ Sequel ‘Orion Drift’ Launches in Early Access Next Week on Quest
Another Axiom announced that Orion Drift, its follow-up to hit VR game Gorilla Tag, is set to launch in early access next week, coming to Quest 2 and above.
Orion Drift has been in closed early access since late last...
‘Guided Meditation VR’ Makes Great Use of Carmack’s 5K Playback Tech on Oculus Go
Earlier this year Oculus CTO John Carmack revealed a new video playback technique designed to bring high-resolution video to mobile headsets like Oculus Go. Oculus released a sample of the system and developer Cubicle Ninjas saw a perfect opportunity...
‘Obduction’ PSVR Support Arrives Today, From The Creators of ‘MYST’
Obduction (2016), the VR puzzle adventure from Cyan, the studio behind the ’90s point-and-click classics Myst (1993) and Riven (1997), is finally making its way to PSVR today.
Update (05/08/18): The PSVR patch for Obduction is now available, which should automatically push an update to the PS4...
This Fun PvP Vive Game Brings Frantic Bomberman-Style Action to VR
MNGOVR's new title for HTC Vive is a wildly colourful and fantastically fun PVP title which seemingly draws inspiration from the Hudson Soft classic Bomberman and is at once wonderfully simple and frantically addictive.
Bomberman from Hudson Soft represented some...



















