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UK’s ‘SouthWest VR’ Becomes ‘VR World Congress’, Talk Submissions Now Open
The appetite for virtual reality industry gatherings seem to be insatiable at the moment. UK based SouthWest VR just announced that it's last sell-out event was so successful, they're re-branding it with a view to expand its global appeal....
‘Waba’ is a Virtual Pet That Aims to Wobble Your Heartstrings, Launching Next Week in Early...
The heyday of virtual pets like Tamagotchi and Digimon may be long gone, reaching the height of their popularity in the late '90s, but with new mediums come new possibilities, and new ways to interact with virtual pets too....
Glue Collaboration Raises $3.85M Financing to Further Develop Business-focused Social VR Platform
Glue Collaboration, a Helsinki-based company developing remote collaboration tools for AR/VR, today announced that it has completed a new seed round of financing, raising a total of €3.5 million (~$3.85 million) to support continued growth of its business-focused social...
BigBox VR Secures $5M Financing to Further Develop VR Battle Royale ‘POPULATION: ONE’
BigBox VR, the VR studio behind the critically-acclaimed multiplayer shooter Smashbox Arena (2016), today announced that it has secured $5 million in a seed funding round led by Shasta Ventures, with additional funding from GSR Ventures and Pioneer Square Labs...
PlayStation is Developing New First Party PSVR Titles With Support for Aim Controller
At a PlayStation VR session today at GDC, Sony stated that first-party PSVR titles with support for the new Aim peripheral are in development.
Sony's curious looking Aim controller may not be the coolest looking peripheral out there (a dubious...
This Modder Brought Custom Tracks to ‘Beat Saber’ on Oculus Quest
Oculus Quest—and one of its main launch titles Beat Saber (2018)—has only been out for a week now. A big question until recently was whether users would be able to bring the much beloved mods once only available on...
Fitness Service ‘Alo Moves’ Launches Immersive Mind-body Classes on Quest
Magnopus, the veteran XR studio behind Mission: ISS (2017), launched Alo Moves XR, a new mixed reality fitness app for Quest that uses volumetric 3D captures to deliver classes from top fitness gurus in yoga, Pilates, and mindfulness.
Announced earlier this year,...
‘EarthQuest’ is What ‘Google Earth VR’ Should Have Been on Quest
Despite not receiving updates in years, Google Earth VR (2016) on Steam is still one of the most useful and immersive ways to interact with the company's 3D version of planet Earth, Street View and all. There are already a...
‘Oculus Start’ Program Aims to Help Indies Jump into VR Development
Providing “access, support, and savings” to qualifying indie developers, the new Oculus Start program hopes to encourage and enable the development of great apps from those just getting started in VR. The program, which was introduced in a brief...
‘Rec Room’ Reveals New Virtual Obstacle Course Mini-game ‘Stunt Runner’
Social VR activity hub Rec Room today introduced a new mini-game called 'Stunt Runner'. Looking a bit like Sprint Vector, the game will have players speeding through a virtual obstacle course.
Set for launch in September, 'Stunt Runner' will pit four players...
‘BONELAB’, Successor to the Popular ‘BONEWORKS’, Announced for Quest 2 & PC VR
Formerly known only as 'Project 4', developer Stress Level Zero has officially announced BONELAB, the follow-up to its popular VR action sandbox game BONEWORKS. The game is set to launch on Quest 2 and PC VR this year.
It's been nearly two...
‘Panther VR’ Kickstarter Inches Past Funding Goal in Its Final Hours
Wolfdog Interactive, a Netherlands-based studio known for its work on VR titles Skyworld and VR Dungeon Knight, launched a Kickstarter in September to help fund its next VR game, a stealth-action title called Panther VR. It wasn't clear if...
PSVR 2 Gets Another Hand-tracking Game as Devs Slowly Tap Into New Feature
Hand-tracking support came to PSVR 2 back in December, letting developers update their games to use the headset's on-board tracking cameras for controller-less interactions. And it turns out casting magic is one of the most immersive things you can...
Greek Mythological Adventure ‘Journey For Elysium’ to Launch October 31st, Trailer Here
Journey For Elysium, the upcoming VR adventure game from publisher Cronos Interactive and developer Mantis Games, just got an official street date. The Greek mythology-inspired title is slated to launch Oculus Rift and HTC Vive on October 31st.
Update (October 12th, 2019):...
PlayStation VR 2 Finally Revealed in First Images
Sony finally lifted the veil on PlayStation VR2 along with the final design image of the PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers.
Note: This news is breaking. We're updating this piece as new information comes in.
We've been waiting for nearly a year...




















