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Pico Reportedly Developing Slim & Light Mixed Reality ‘Goggles’ to Rival Next-Gen Meta Headset

Pico, the XR headset maker owned by TikTok parent ByteDance, is reportedly developing a mixed reality device aimed at rivaling Meta's next-generation XR headset. According to a report from The Information, Pico is currently working on a pair of mixed...

We Play Elite: Dangerous in the DK2 – In-Depth Hands-On Video

A couple of days ago, I asked you - our dear readers - what you'd most us to try once we received our Oculus Rift DK2s (mine arrived yesterday). Elite:Dangerous has been consistently among the highest requested games you guys...

SteamVR to Get Linux and Mac OSX Support Within “a Few Months”

Valve is planning to introduce beta versions of its SteamVR platform for Mac OSX and Linux users within a few months. One thing's for sure, if you're a PC user wanting to indulge in a spot of immersive entertainment right...

HTC Unveils PC VR Headset Vive Cosmos, Dev Kits Coming Early 2019

At a special CES event today, HTC unveiled their latest PC VR headset, Vive Cosmos. Unlike Vive Focus, the company's 6DOF standalone headset that launched first in China with a single 3DOF controller, Vive Cosmos is being advertised as a...

‘Portal Stories: VR’ Brings 10 Made-for-VR Puzzles to the World of Aperture Science

When I loaded up Portal Stories: VR I was greeted with familiar sights and sounds from the Portal universe. A disembodied voice told that I was about to take part in an Aperture Science Virtual Reality Experiment, words I was...

PlayStation 5 to Support Current Gen PS Aim, Move Controllers, Camera & DualShock 4

Sony previously confirmed PSVR compatibility with the upcoming PlayStation 5 console, however what wasn't so clear was whether you'd be able to use all of your current-gen accessories like PS Aim and PS Move controllers. Now Sony says those...

Why Rothenberg Ventures is Gung Ho About Investing in Virtual Reality

Rothenberg Ventures is a venture capital firm located in San Francisco, California. Started in 2012 by Mike Rothenberg, the firm has now invested in over 60 technology companies and was recently part of AltspaceVR's $5.2 million seed round. Dylan...
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Why New Social VR App ‘Rec Room’ Makes You Smile

Rec Room is a new social VR platform for HTC Vive from indie studio Against Gravity, and as a project currently in Early Access for the low low cost of absolutely free, it's quickly becoming a success on Steam. At the time of this writing, more...

Déraciné Review – An Exercise in Boredom

Déraciné comes from FromSoftware, the studio best known in the West for its work on the Dark Souls franchise, though it's also behind a lengtiether list of works including the Armored Core series. Déraciné is the studio's VR debut, and...

Penn & Teller’s ‘Desert Bus VR’ is a Bad Simulator with a Good Heart

Penn & Teller's Desert Bus VR is finally here, letting you take the wheel of a crappy old commercial bus for a mind-numbing 8-hour trip from Tuscon to Las Vegas. It's not great (at all), but it's built for a truly noble cause. You...

Quest Spring Sale Brings Big Savings to Top VR Games: ‘BEHEMOTH’, ‘Metro Awakening’ & More

Meta's big Quest Savings sale is here, offering up to 50% off tons of VR games, experiences, and bundles galore. The Spring Sale, which goes from now until March 23rd, is bringing the best deals to some of the most critically-claimed...

‘Blade & Sorcery’ Early Access Review – Bloody Sandbox Battles Aplenty

A storyline can be useful for its ability to frame the action; it gives you a reason to fight and fuels your hunger to reign victorious over the hordes of NPC baddies. But if you're easily urked by mediocre...

Etsy Co-founder is Reportedly Building a Wild Magnifying Glass-like XR Device

Robert Kalin, co-founder and former CEO of online marketplace Etsy, is reportedly building a hand-held, magnifying glass-like XR device. As discovered by Low Pass, Kalin's new startup Dopple Works is developing a mixed reality device reportedly called 'Loop'. An application for the...

‘Disembodied’ is an Inventive Platformer for Quest That’s All About Hand-tracking

Disembodied is a unique platformer coming to Quest that answers the question: how do you build a 'traditional' game entirely around hand-tracking? Retroactively adding hand-tracking to existing games is a bit of a mixed bag. Sometimes it works just fine, like in...

Behind the Scenes of Crytek’s VR Projects

David Bowman is Director of Production at Crytek, and he gave me the inside story of how VR went viral within Crytek to the point of having well over 50 developers and multiple triple AAA quality VR projects in...
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