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Multiplayer Sci-fi Adventure ‘Downward Spiral: Horus Station’ to Launch This Spring on PSVR, Rift & Vive

Downward Spiral: Horus Station is an upcoming sci-fi adventure game from 3rd Eye Studios, a Finish studio featuring industry veterans from games such as Alan Wake, and Halo 5, and movies including Wall-E, Gravity, and Prometheus. While Horus Station is technically the second installment in the series following last year's Downward Spiral:...

Rumor: Apple AR Glasses Leak Points to Name, Price & Possible Launch Window

We know that Apple has been developing an AR headset since at least 2017, but outside of what we gathered from files hidden in iOS 13.1 late last year though, which included a sizable trove of information on the...

FundamentalVR Partners with Mayo Clinic to Develop VR Surgical Simulations, Raises $1.4M Financing

FundamentalVR, the training and data analysis technology platform, today announced a three-year deal to jointly develop surgical VR simulation and education products with Mayo Clinic, the world-renowned academic medical center. FundamentalVR has also raised an additional $1.4 million in financing...

Meta Confirms Next-gen Consumer Quest Headset Planned for 2023

Meta quietly confirmed that its next consumer-focused Quest headset (likely called Quest 3) will launch in 2023. While it was a bit more than a year between the launch of the first Quest and Quest 2, it's now been more...

Meta Restructures Reality Labs to Better Focus on Ray-Ban Smartglasses and Other Wearables

Reality Labs, Meta's XR division formed in 2020, is now being reorganized into two distinct groups, 'Wearables' and 'Metaverse', which reportedly comes along a "relatively small" number of layoffs. As reported by The Verge's Alex Heath, Meta CTO and head of...

The HTC Vive Will Let You Call and Text in Virtual Reality

HTC Today unveiled the price and launch date of its SteamVR powered VR headset the Vive. They also revealed a new feature to launch with the Vive 'Consumer Edition', HTC Phone Services, a service which lets you make calls whilst...
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‘Budget Cuts 2’ to Launch on PC VR Headsets in December

Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency, the sequel to Neat Corporation's 2018 stealth adventure game, is officially arriving on PC VR headsets in December. Update (October 24th, 2019): Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency is slated to arrive on December 12th, coming to...
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SHVR Vive Jam Dev Log: Opening Day

To keep you connected to the action at this weekend's SHVR Vive Jam in Shanghai we're reporting directly from the event. On day one we take a look at the setup and structure of this weekend long dev session. See...
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Matrix Inspired VR Stealth Game ‘Black Hat Cooperative’ Launches

Black Hat Cooperative is a neat two player VR title which draws upon The Matrix for inspiration, that asks you to escape a labyrinth whilst being pursued, just like Neo, with only your 'operator' companion outside VR guiding you. One...

TPCast to Support Windows Mixed Reality with ‘Universal’ Wireless VR Module

Alongside its reveal of the TPCast Plus product range, the company also announced plans to bring their wireless technology to Windows 'Mixed Reality' VR devices. With the intention to transition into an OEM business model, TPCast is creating a...

Prop Hunt-style Game ‘Mannequin’ Goes Free-to-Play on Quest as Freemium Multiplayer Games Thrive

Mannequin (2024), the VR game that brings a unique twist to prop hunt, is going free-to-play on Quest starting today—which could point to more developers opting to go the freemium route. Launched last June on Quest and SteamVR headsets, Mannequin isn't...

HTC Partners to Stream VR Games to Vive in China, Cutting VR-Ready PCs Out of the...

Oculus and HTC have already reduced the prices of their respective headsets, with the Oculus Rift now selling for $500 and HTC Vive for $600. While graphically-capable PCs are cheaper than ever thanks to new GPUs and software optimizations,...

Wevr Teases ‘APEX’, Coming to Tribeca This Month From the Creator of ‘Surge’

APEX is the latest real-time VR music video experience directed by Arjan van Meerten, the creator of the acclaimed Surge (2015). The experience is set to debut at the Tribeca Film Festival this month. Update (4/10/17, 12:50PM PT): A spokesperson for Wevr...

‘Skyrim VR’ Review – The Other Side of the Immersion Equation

Skyrim VR is the first to launch in a series of VR titles from legendary game-maker Bethesda (with Doom VR and Fallout 4 VR soon to follow). The title is effectively a port of the now six year-old open-world...

Combining VR, RTS and Twin-Stick Shooting with ‘AirMech: Command’

James Green is the creative director at Carbon Games, and he was inspired to create AirMech: Command from playing a 1989 game called Herzog Zwei, which was one of the first real-time strategy games that also used a gamepad...
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