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Valve Affirms Continued Work on VR Games, Suggests First May Ship with Knuckles

With a history of developing some of the greatest games ever made—Half-Life, Portal, Counter Strike, Team Fortress, to name a few—the VR space has high hopes for the three VR games that the company has confirmed it's developing. But...

WaveOptics Raises $26 Million to Expand AR Optics Supply Chain

WaveOptics, a manufacturer of diffractive waveguide optics for AR displays, today announced it has raised a $25 million Series C investment which will be used to continue building a large volume supply chain for the company's optics. UK-based WaveOptics said...

Meta CTO Confirms Work on “glasses form-factor” Mixed Reality Device

Meta CTO and head of Reality Labs Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth says the company is currently working on a "glasses form-factor" mixed reality headset. In an Instagram Q&A, Bosworth confirmed the company is working on the device, although didn't provide any...

Meta Confirms Next-gen Consumer Quest Headset Planned for 2023

Meta quietly confirmed that its next consumer-focused Quest headset (likely called Quest 3) will launch in 2023. While it was a bit more than a year between the launch of the first Quest and Quest 2, it's now been more...
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Hands On: Crytek Unveils Oculus Rift Exclusive Title ‘The Climb’

Crytek is widely known for best-selling titles like Crysis and the Far Cry series, but today they’re announcing an exciting new VR-exclusive game called The Climb. When coupled with previously-announced VR games Robinson: The Journey and Dinosaur Island, it...

HTC Vive Support and “New Morpheus Features” Coming to Unreal Engine 4

According to Epic's Unreal Engine roadmap, the company is soon to add support for Valve's SteamVR / HTC Vive platform as well as new features for Sony's Morpheus VR headset. With strong existing support for both the Oculus Rift and...

How to Watch Meta Connect to See All Things Quest, AR & More, Kicking Off Today...

Meta Connect 2024 is kicking off today, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg just moments away from making what hopes to be a big announcement, possibly even the thoroughly leaked Quest 3S. Starting at 10AM PT / 1PM ET (local time here),...

Meta Discounts Certified Refurbished Quest 3S to $216 Ahead of Black Friday

There's no telling how low Meta will discount Quest 3S this Black Friday. If you're looking to get your hands on one before the holiday spending rush, you might consider a certified refurbished unit, now discounted to only $216. The...

Previously Delisted, All of Insomniac’s Rift Games Are Now Back on the Store

Insomniac Games' most beloved Rift titles are all now back from being delisted, including Edge of Nowhere (2016), The Unspoken (2016), Feral Rights (2016) and Stormland (2019). Insomniac Games' VR titles have been delisted periodically over the years, however most recently all four of...

‘Bulletstorm VR’ Review – An Uglier & More Tedious Version of the Game You Love

Bulletstorm (2011) is the sort of epic single-player shooter that's all about running and gunning through an explosive linear campaign while chewing the fat with some wise-cracking sidekicks. It's an interesting choice as a VR port; it has the promise...

Reportedly on the Verge of a $500m Investment, Here’s What We Know About Magic Leap

Earlier this week, Recode reported that Google is "set to lead a huge investment in Magic Leap." The article cites "sources" which say that Google could be leading a $500 million funding round for the company, possibly including capital...

Vive Pro Bundle With 2.0 Base Stations & Controllers Now Available at $1400

HTC today started selling the long-awaited Vive Pro headset and SteamVR 2.0 base station hardware bundle, making it the first instance of the 2.0 tracking hardware coming to market. The new hardware bundle, which includes the Vive Pro headset, two...

Apple Announces WWDC 2024 with Plans to Highlight “visionOS advancements”

Apple finally revealed when its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) is happening this summer, and the company says it's also slated to highlight some "advancements" on Vision Pro's operating system, visionOS. Coming June 10th - 14th, WWDC is set to feature...

This Uncovered Silhouette May Be the First Glimpse of the SteamVR Headset

So you've probably heard by now that Valve is set to reveal a SteamVR Dev Kit come GDC 2015 next week. Well, some folks poking around their website found a photo hidden in the source code that reveals what...

‘Tetris Effect’ is Getting a Limited-time Free Demo This Week, New Modes Revealed

Enhance today announced that their upcoming PSVR-compatible Tetris game Tetris Effect will have over 10 extra gameplay modes than previously revealed. A free trial demo of Tetris Effect will also be available the weekend before the game’s November 9th release. Starting November...
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