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Tested Goes Hands-on with ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Using 8 Major VR Headsets
Valve let Tested's Norman Chan and Will Smith into their headquarters recently for a multi-hour session with Half-Life: Alyx, the studio's famed flagship VR game coming out in March 2020.
Chan and Smith couldn't reveal plot details and some of...
‘Vivecraft’ Demo Shows Just How Amazing Minecraft and More Will Be with Natural Input
A developer at Facepunch Studios, the team behind Garry's Mod, has whipped up a Minecraft VR prototype for the HTC Vive. Thanks to natural input devices like the SteamVR controllers, interaction and manipulation will be beyond anything gamers have seen...
Vision Pro Teardown Shows Balancing Act Between Cutting Edge Tech & Weighty Design
Vision Pro is here, and if you were wondering what's under the hood of Apple's $3,500 mixed reality headset, iFixit has done another one of its patented teardowns to crack some tightly-glued seals and un-torque a billion-or-so screws.
Vision Pro...
New ‘Beat Saber’ Music Pack Coming June 10th
Beat Games is getting ready to unleash their next music pack for Beat Saber (2018), VR's popular block-slashing rhythm game.
The studio says the game's second official music pack should arrive on June 10th, although they haven't specified the artists, genre,...
Holiday Search Volume for Quest in the US Exceeded PlayStation, Nintendo, & Xbox for the First...
The 2021 holiday season was very likely the best yet for the Oculus Quest 2. For the first time ever, holiday search volume in the US for the headset exceeded major gaming consoles like PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and...
‘Lone Echo’ Developer Shows Impressive Procedural Hand-posing System for VR
Lone Echo, Ready At Dawn’s upcoming space-based VR game, employs a physics-based movement system where the player pushes and pulls themselves around a zero-gravity environment. A video presented at GDC highlights their procedural animation system that allows for convincing...
‘Assetto Corsa EVO’ Launches on PC VR Headsets in Early Access, But You May Want to...
Assetto Corsa EVO made its big Early Access launch on Steam yesterday, bringing the next iteration of the racing franchise to both flatscreen and PC VR headsets. It's getting mixed reviews, although VR users in particular are warning that you...
360fly Catches $40 Million in Series C Funding for Consumer-focused 360 Cameras
Thanks to the recent, headline-capturing releases of both the Vive and the Rift, investment money is continuing to pour into VR-based initiatives and complimentary hardware. An additional $40 million in Series C funding has gone into the coffers of...
‘Technolust’ Studio to Bring Cyberpunk Game ‘LOW-Fi’ to Kickstarter in September
IRIS VR, the indie studio known for the cyberpunk adventure Technolust (2016), today announced that the next VR project is headed to Kickstarter on September 1st, 2019.
Dubbed LOW-Fi, the game is described as the spiritual successor to Technolust, as it clearly taps...
New Tower Defense RTS Coming to Vision Pro From Veteran Studio Resolution Games
Resolution Games, the veteran VR studio behind Demeo (2021) and host of recognizable VR titles, announced it's bringing a brand new tower defense game to Vision Pro early next year.
Called Gears & Goo, the new real-time strategy game is coming to...
Quest’s POV Video Casting Feature May Get WhatsApp Support Soon
Quest users can cast their in-game view to a TV, a mobile phone, and even to their friends and family on Facebook Messenger now. According to a recent marketing image uncovered by serial leaker and data miner Luna, it...
Meta Reportedly in Talks with Ray-Ban Maker to Deepen XR Ties via Minority Stake in Company
Meta is reportedly in talks with Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica to take a minority stake in the company. The move is seen as doubling down on a partnership that created the Meta Ray-Ban smartglasses.
The report, which comes from the Wall...
‘Beat Saber’ to End PSVR & PSVR 2 Updates Starting Today, Multiplayer Shuts Down in 2026
Meta-owned Beat Games announced its block-slashing rhythm game Beat Saber (2019) will no longer receive updates on PSVR and PSVR 2 starting today, with multiplayer slated to go offline early next year.
The studio announced in an X post that PS4/PS5...
E3 2020 Cancelled Over Coronavirus Concerns
E3 2020, the major games industry conference, has been cancelled over Coronavirus concerns. The cancellation is the latest in a string of disruptions to conferences that are important touchstones for the VR industry. The organization that produces E3, the...
New Trailer Reveals Release Date for ‘SUPERHOT’ Spiritual Successor ‘COLD VR’
COLD VR, a spiritual successor to long-time hit SUPERHOT VR (2016), is officially headed to Quest and PC VR headsets next month, with its PSVR 2 version slated to arrive later.
Superhot VR is old, but gold. And it's a wonder more studios...




















