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‘Open Brush’ Gets Multiplayer Mode, Bringing Collaborative Art to Free ‘Tilt Brush’ Successor
Open Brush (2021), an open source successor to Google's defunct VR art creation app Tilt Brush (2016), now has a multiplayer mode thanks to a recent update to the free app.
Open Brush developer The Icosa Foundation has already released the update across...
Chinese AR Startup Xreal Raises $60M in Hopes of Competing with Apple
Xreal, the China-based AR headset creator, announced it's secured $60 million in its latest funding round which it hopes to use for product development and an expansion of production facilities.
Founded in 2017 and headquarted in Beijing, Xreal counts among...
HTC Releases 3 ‘Ready Player One’ VR Experiences in ‘OASIS Beta’, Now Free on Viveport
HTC showed off eight Ready Player One-inspired experiences at the film's debut event at SXSW. Now, the company has released three of these experiences on Viveport in a single download called Ready Player One: OASIS Beta.
Here's the full list of mini-games...
‘World of Comenius’ Demonstrates Powerful Educational Interaction with Leap Motion and Oculus Rift
We recently covered a (at that point unnamed) VR project by developer Tomáš “Frooxius” Mariančík, the mind behind the stunning 'Sightline' VR series of demos. The project fused Leap Motion skeletal hand tracking with Oculus Rift DK2 positional tracking to...
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...
VR Manga Game ‘TOKYO CHRONOS’ Kickstarter Successfully Funded
Japanese VR studio MyDearest and Los Angeles-based Sekai Project launched a Kickstarter campaign last month to fund the development of a new VR manga game. Dubbed TOKYO CHRONOS, the VR visual novel game is now one step closer to coming to users...
Update to ‘PSVR 2 App’ for SteamVR Makes it Easier to Diagnose Controller Tracking Issues
Sony has released an update to the PlayStation VR2 App which allows the headset to be used with SteamVR content. The update makes it easier to diagnose controller tracking issues which have been proven problematic.
The latest update to PlayStation VR2...
Introducing Exemplar 2, Save $100 on Our Second-generation VR Test Bench
Today we're are pleased to announce Exemplar 2, the second generation of our high-end VR gaming PC designed for those who want to push the limits of immersion. Exemplar 2 Ultimate is Road to VR's internal test bench for...
Snap Spectacles Offer a Peek into All-day AR with New Geo-location Platform Update
Snap, the company behind Snapchat, introduced its fifth-gen Spectacles AR glasses six months ago, and now the company is releasing a number of new features that aim to improve geo-located AR experiences.
Released in September 2024, Spectacles are still very...
‘Paranormal Activity’ HTC Vive Demo Playing in AMC Theaters from Oct 22nd
Paramount Pictures will try to scare the pants off you whilst also extolling the virtues of virtual reality from today as they's rolling out a series of demonstrations of a new HTC Vive experience based on 'Paranormal Activity'. The...
Amazon Brings Augmented Reality Product Previews to iOS App
'Try it before you buy it', the old adage goes. Well, an AR preview might not exactly be 'trying it', but Amazon's new 'AR View' function aims to help you figure out if a crock-pot clashes with your marble counters,...
VR Support Planned for Serene Photography Game Built with UE5
Lushfoil Photography Sim, a serene photography game built on Unreal Engine 5, is expected to get optional PC VR support following its initial release.
In development by solo developer Matt Newell and to be published by Annapurna Interactive, Lushfoil Photography Sim is designed as...
Valve to Release ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ SteamVR Environments You Can Explore with Friends
Half-Life: Alyx is now less than three weeks away from launch, and to further stoke the inevitable hype surrounding the game's impending release on March 23rd, Valve is releasing some new SteamVR Home environments to Valve Index owners.
Valve says in...
‘Iron Man VR’ Developer Remains “All-in on VR” and “Can’t wait to tell you more”
Developer Camouflaj has been pretty quiet since the 2020 release of one of our favorite PSVR games—Iron Man VR. But the developer recently teased that it has "exciting things on the horizon" and remains "all-in on VR."
Iron Man VR was...
HTC Expands Vive Financing Program – Get a Headset and VR PC Interest Free
Announced today via the official Vive blog, HTC now has three VR bundles available with 6, 12, and 24-month financing plans in an effort to help customers afford the high upfront cost of the system and the required hardware. Bundles...




















