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Elite: Dangerous Beta 2.0 Adds Oculus SDK 0.4.2, Fixes DK2 Judder and Much More

Elite: Dangerous emerged fairly early on in the Oculus Rift DK2s public life as the poster boy for the new hardware. With an exceptional, VR-tuned UI and an all-round best in class VR experience, it's clear that the team...
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100ft Robot Golf is Coming to PlayStation VR, Trailer and Screenshots Revealed

Another show, another slew of PlayStation VR titles announces, with some surprising additions. One of the more left-field titles is a new IP from developer No Goblin, is a kerrazy looking mini-golf game involving of all things, 100ft Robots...

Nearly $700 Million Invested in AR/VR in 2015

According to a recent report by Digi-Capital, investors have injected some pretty big bucks into companies focusing on augmented and virtual reality lately. A total of $686 million in 2015 alone. The most interesting bit: they aren't counting Magic Leap. Digi-Capital,...

Valve to Launch a “Flagship VR Game” Later This Year on Index and Other SteamVR Headsets

Valve today announced that pre-orders for Index are set to arrive on May 1st with a shipping date of 'sometime before the end of June'. And while we've been waiting patiently for any indication of the three full VR games...

Quest 2 and Quest Pro are Being Discontinued, Encouraging Wider Adoption of Mixed Reality

Out with the old, in with the new. Meta announced that the cheap and cheerful Quest 2 and the company's pricey mixed reality pioneer Quest Pro are officially getting the boot, marking Meta's next big push to bring mixed...
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Hit Physics Sandbox ‘Besiege’ is Coming to Quest in May, Trailer Here

Ready the siege engines and charge the catapults (or trebuchets), because hit physics sandbox Besiege (2020) is coming to Quest next month. Developed by Thief Simulator VR: Greenview Street (2022) studio 3R Games in partnership with original developer Spiderling Studios, Besiege...

Only Select Developers Can Publish Google Daydream Apps Until 2017

Google Daydream is supposed to launch Fall 2016, but only a select group of developers will be able to publish Daydream apps to the Google Play store until 2017. Daydream, Google's high-end VR initiative for Android, is set to launch...

OSVR Launches Pre-orders for HDK 2 VR Headset, Begins Shipping July 29

Starting today OSVR is taking pre-orders for the HDK 2, the modular, open source ‘Hacker Development Kit’ VR headset which the organization says will ship starting on July 29th. Sold in its basic configuration for $399, the new HDK 2 will be largely the same...

A Look Inside Meta’s ‘Aria’ Research Glasses Shows What Tech Could Come to Future AR Glasses

Earlier this year, Meta unveiled Aria Gen 2, the next iteration of its research glasses. At the time, Meta was pretty sparse with details, however now the company is gearing up to release the device to third-party researchers sometime next year,...
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‘Pistol Whip’ Action Rhythm Shooter Announced by Cloudhead Games

Cloudhead Games, the studio behind The Gallery and Aperture Hand Labs, has revealed Pistol Whip. In what appears to be a significant (and quite intriguing) departure from their previous works, Pistol Whip is described as "part first-person shooter, part rhythm game...

Apple CEO on AR Headsets: ‘We don’t want to be first, we want to be the...

Apple CEO Tim Cook thinks augmented reality is going to be something big, a fairly simple claim to make thanks to the company's recent inclusion of its AR tech into every Apple device capable of updating to iOS 11. But...
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‘Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted 2’ Coming to PSVR 2 Next Month, Gameplay Trailer Here

One of VR's most popular horror games is getting a sequel. Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 is officially heading to PSVR 2 next month, promising a big improvement over the original. Update (November 21st, 2023): FNAF: Help Wanted 2...

bHaptics Reveals Revamped Lineup of Haptic Accessories for VR, Pre-orders Now Live

bHaptics, the South Korea-based VR haptics creator, announced it's launching a refreshed lineup of its most popular haptics hardware, which are said to support over 270 titles across Quest, PSVR 2, and PC VR headsets. The company today announced pre-orders...

Magic Leap 2 Update Claims Vastly Improved Hand-tracking, Biometric ID, & More

A major update to Magic Leap 2 claims to improve many of the device's core capabilities. With all that's happened in the XR space recently, it's hard to believe that Magic Leap 2 has hardly been out for more than...

The Number of VR Users on Steam Dropped Sharply Last Month, But Valve Isn’t Saying Why

Valve's monthly Steam Hardware & Software Survey, which we've been carefully tracking for years now, has been a useful way to gauge how many VR headsets are being used on the platform each month. The latest data shows an...
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