2023 Sections
Photogrammetry Showcase ‘Realities’ Update Brings New Content, Touch Support, and Improved Visuals
Realities, a ‘virtual travel’ title that presents near photo-realistic VR captures of real-world locations, has received a major update. In addition to a new explorable location, the software has been overhauled to support forward rendering and improved support for...
‘Werewolves Within’ Review
Based on the popular party game Mafia (also known as Werewolf), Werewolves Within represents Ubisoft's first dive into the world of social VR games. I first got my hands on the game at GDC earlier this year, and while it remains...
Classic RTS ‘Homeworld’ is Getting a Brand New VR Game for Quest Next Month
Relic Entertainment, the studio behind the classic real-time strategy franchise Homeworld, announced it's releasing its all-new VR game for Quest next month, putting players in its iconic 3D space battles.
Update (April 23rd, 2024): Relic Entertainment and FarBridge announced that Homeworld: Vast...
SteamVR ‘Shell’ is Customizable, Allows Seamless VR Game Switching and Web Browsing
The HTC Vive Pre is now in the hands of press and developers around the world and although hands-on impressions with Vive games are now fairly common, what's the SteamVR interface, where you spend your time between games, like to...
‘Defense Grid 2’ Proves How Compelling Tower Defense in VR Can Be
Jeff Pobst admits that it's probably not a new Rift owner's first thought to go out and buy a tower defense game, but Defense Grid 2: Enhanced VR Edition proved to me how compelling a tower defense game can...
‘Raw Data’ Launches out of Early Access Today with 25% Discount, Comes to PSVR October 10th
Survios’ stunning VR action game Raw Data (2017) is officially out of its long, but healthy stint on Steam Early Access for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. The high-flying shooter, slicer, and high-tech beat 'em up will also be available on...
‘Trover Saves the Universe’ Launches on PSVR, Coming to PC Next Week
Trover Saves the Universe, the latest VR title from Squanch Games and the mind of Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland, launched today on PS4 with support for both PSVR and non-VR. The game will launch for PC VR...
‘Synthesis Universe’ is a Musical Sci-fi Experience Coming Soon to PC VR, Trailer Here
French indie developer Olivier JT is finally getting ready to release his long-awaited musical sci-fi experience for VR headsets, Synthesis Universe.
As a VR pioneer, Olivier JT has been working on Synthesis Universe as far back as 2012. Shortly after the...
New Official Dev Tool Tests VR Apps Against Oculus Platform Guidelines Before Submission
Up until now, developers wishing to get their VR app on the Oculus Store had to submit to a manual review process by which their game or experience was washed through two stages; a tech review to see if...
Facebook is Giving Away a Free Oculus Quest to Everyone at F8
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage today at F8, the company's annual dev conference, to announce that both the standalone headset Oculus Quest and the next Rift headset, Rift S, are now available for pre-order. Additionally, he surprised...
‘Blood & Truth’ PSVR Hardware Bundle Now Available for Pre-order, Launching Tomorrow
Blood & Truth is set to launch tomorrow, May 28th. As Sony's next big title after the hit platformer Astro Bot Rescue Mission (2018), the company is putting its best foot forward by featuring the action game in its...
WaveOptics & Goertek Deal to Enable Mass Production of AR Optics
AR optics maker WaveOptics has announced a manufacturing partnership with Goertek, one of the VR industry's leading manufacturers. The deal will enable mass production of WaveOptics' waveguides for integration into AR headsets which the companies say could be market-ready at...
‘Echo Arena’ Quest Release Delayed to 2020
'Echo Arena', the popular zero-G arena mini-game that's part of Echo VR, was set to launch on Quest this year but has been delayed into 2020.
Update (November 6th, 2019): In a short announcement on the official Echo VR blog today, developer...
‘Viral Invasion’ Aims to Be ‘Job Simulator’ Meets ‘Mars Attacks!’
We're all so busy looking at our smartphones and vying for likes on social media that we didn't bother to check whether we were invaded by a hostile alien species or not; that's at least the basic premise behind Viral...
‘Arizona Sunshine’ for PlayStation VR Gets 2 New Horde Mode Maps in Free ‘DLZ’ Update
Arizona Sunshine (2017) on PlayStation VR, the zombie shooter from Vertigo Games, just got a free DLC update that includes two additional maps for its survival-style endless Horde mode.
While the two maps in question—“Old Mine” and “Undead Valley”—have been available in Horde...




















