On Monday, the Microsoft Build conference kicked off, showcasing a series of demos that went off without a hitch — except for one big one. At the start of the show, the company was meant to show off the capabilities of the HoloLens 2 by highlighting a look at the historic Apollo 11 mission as...
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Microsoft Adds Spatial App Functionality to Office 365’s Teams App, Android & Web Interaction Demoed
Months ago, we showed you some of the powers of Spatial, the HoloLens app that allows groups of workers to collaborate in augmented reality using 3D avatars. On Monday, the company boosted its profile by taking the stage at Microsoft Build to show off its new integration into Microsoft Teams, a workplace chat application that...
Virtual Desktop On Quest Pushes Twice As Many Pixels As Oculus Go
Virtual Desktop is slated to be an Oculus Quest launch title later this month when the headset releases on May 21. For those unaware, Virtual Desktop is a VR application that allows you to stream your desktop to a virtual environment in VR. When paired with the portability of the Quest plus a good WiFi...
Community Download: What Do You Think Of The Valve Index?
Community Download is a weekly discussion-focused articles series published every Monday in which we pose a single, core question to you all, our readers, in the spirit of fostering discussion and debate. Last week was a big week for the VR community as we not only had F8 to contend with, but the embargo lifted on...
Borderlands 3 VR Has Been Talked About But ‘Nothing Really Planned’
Borderlands 2 VR was one of 2018’s late surprises. It came out of seemingly nowhere and offered up one of the beefiest and most intense experiences the PSVR has seen yet. Despite axing co-op for this version, since release it’s gotten PS Aim Controller support and the promise of all past Borderlands 2 DLC coming...
Pimax Debuts Sword And Sword Sense Controllers With Battery Swapping
As its high-resolution VR headsets tend to attract businesses and detail-focused customers, Pimax has been working on controllers with enough performance to match its displays. Today, the company announced two separate options — Sword and Sword Sense — which differ somewhat in features while sharing one big benefit: their batteries can be swapped on the fly, so users needn’t...
Oculus Sells First Week Of Quest And Rift S Shipments, New Preorders Ship May 29
UPDATE: this article has been updated with the current preorder availability situation Facebook opened preorders for the Oculus Quest and Rift S on Tuesday, with an initial shipping date of May 21. After four days of preorders, the website now provides an estimate of May 29 in the USA- indicating that the first week worth...
Oculus Quest Interview — Standalone VR Built For Value-conscious Gamers
Since its announcement last year, Oculus Quest has been touted as the next evolution of VR — a completely standalone, tetherless device with the ability to play nearly PC-caliber VR games and “experiences.” Now that it has an official release date (May 21) and pricing for both 64GB ($399) and 128GB ($499) models, we wanted...
Oculus Quest Comes With Demos For Beat Saber, Creed And More
The news is finally out; Oculus Quest, Facebook’s new VR headset, arrives on May 21. Over 50 titles are being lined up for the big day. But, given that you’ve just spent $399 on a new headset, you might be hoping to try a few games before you buy them. Well, good news; Quest comes...
I Expect You To Die Quest Review: Best On Quest
When we first reviewed Schell Games’ I Expect You To Die all the way back in 2016, we said this: “Between the motion controls and the immersive view of virtual reality, I Expect You To Die does a good job of putting you there in complex and sometimes dangerous situations […] And like the name...