We’ve heard from a growing list of VR developers who made it through Facebook’s stringent approval process for the Oculus Quest standalone VR headset and found a lot of buyers waiting to purchase their content on the other side. While we still don’t have enough reports to nail down the specific size of the Quest...
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Music From Ship Combat VR Game Battlewake Is Getting An Album Release
The official score from Survios’ upcoming ship combat VR game, Battlewake (official website), is getting a full official release from composer Jeremy Nathan Tisser. Battlewake (hands-on preview) hits PC VR headsets and NA PSVR stores tomorrow on September 10th for $29.99, plus a launch discount, with EU PSVR and Quest launches coming soon after. According...
Community Download: Do You Pledge To VR Kickstarter Campaigns?
Community Download is a weekly discussion-focused articles series published (usually) every Monday in which we pose a single, core question to you all, our readers, in the spirit of fostering discussion and debate. For today, we want to hear what you think about VR kickstarters and other crowdfunding campaigns. The Oculus Rift Kickstarter from Palmer...
Microsoft Research Demos Index-Like Haptic VR Controller
This prototype haptic VR controller from Microsoft Research suggests where Valve’s Index controllers could go next. Developed at KAIST University, TORC is a haptic controller offering ‘High-Dexterity Finger Interaction’. In its prototype stage, it uses a Vive Tracker for movement. The controller has a trackpad for your thumb protruding from one side. The user places...
Valve Developer Talking About Company’s Flagship VR Game This Week
A Valve developer is set to talk about the company’s long-anticipated flagship VR game this week. But don’t get your hopes up too much… The company’s Kerry Davis will be giving a talk at the DigiPen Institute of Technology on Saturday. Davis will be speaking as a 2006 graduate, talking about his work at Valve...
VR MMO Zenith Surpassese $200K In Kickstarter Funding, Over 800% Of Target Amount
Zenith is an upcoming VR MMORPG from the developers of Conjure Strike that features a distinct anime-style aesthetic and touts action-focused combat inspired by Beat Saber. The Kickstarter still has about two weeks left to go but it’s already earned over $200,000 reaching more than 800% of its targeted $25,000 goal between over 2,300 backers....
Online VR RPG Nostos Latest Beta Test Includes Two Hours Of Story Content
Open-world online VR RPG Nostos is currently holding a four-day long Beta Test featuring cross-play between both VR and non-VR PC players until September 9th and it will include lots of new things that weren’t in the previous test. For being one of the most anticipated VR games on the horizon (if the popularity and...
Magic Leap Teams With Brainlab, SyncThink, And XRHealth For Medical AR
Magic Leap’s $2,300 spatial computing platform Magic Leap One may be too expensive for most consumers, but like other early augmented reality devices, enterprise users with bigger pocketbooks are embracing its potential as a business tool. One particularly promising category is health care, where Magic Leap says it’s now collaborating with at least five different companies to bring its hardware...
Hands-On With Tilt Five, The Consumer-Grade Tabletop AR Gaming Platform
Tilt Five (official website) is an upcoming consumer-grade AR platform that aims to bring tabletop gaming to life right before your eyes. We tried it out for ourselves at PAX West last weekend. Have you ever wanted to see your game of Dungeons & Dragons come alive on the table? Is your fantasy group spread...
Onward Update Finally Re-Adds All Maps, And A New One
VR tactical shooter Onward (Steam page here) released an update this week re-adding three maps which were previously removed during a major graphics overhaul. It also adds a new map, new map variants, and introduces some major optimizations. Maps Are Back In late May an update was released which overhauled the game’s visuals, particularly the...
