Lately it feels like there’s been a new trailer from Insomniac’s Stormland every other week. Not that we’re complaining, of course. The Oculus Rift exclusive is one of our most anticipated titles on the horizon right now. And there is something genuinely new to talk about in the latest footage; specifically the co-op support. Specifically,...
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Swiss Society of Virtual and Augmented Reality
Billie Eilish Performing In Oculus Venues On Sept. 3
Facebook’s Oculus Venues social VR service will host a Billie Eilish concert on September 3. Oculus Venues is a service on Facebook’s wireless VR headsets including Gear VR, Oculus Go and Oculus Quest. The app features a series of events broadcast and recreated in virtual reality to varying degrees with co-watching features so you can...
Pinball FX2 VR Quest Review: Returning to the Pinball Table
The venerable pinball game, Pinball FX2 VR, comes to the Oculus Quest but unfortunately little has changed. Another VR platform launch means another pinball port. Pinball FX2 VR has appeared on every major piece of VR hardware and now the Oculus Quest is no exception. The game is much the same as it was when...
Star Wars: Vader Immortal Episode II Coming This Year, Lightsaber Dojo II Confirmed
From the moment you feel the lightsaber in your grip in Vader Immortal: A Star Wars Series you start to feel like your open hand is missing something. Vader Immortal Episode II should fix that by giving you force powers. The next episode in the three-part series from ILMxLab is due for release later this...
Beat Saber’s Jaroslav Beck Looks To Invest In Other VR Developers
Jaroslav Beck recently stepped down from his role as CEO of the company behind Beat Saber to “fully focus on our music roadmap and future opportunities.” Now he’s looking to invest in “supporting new developers.” Time to give something back. If you’re VR developer and need some support to finish your awesome idea, play this...
No Man’s Sky, Vanishing Realms, And Firewall: Livestream Schedule Aug. 26-30
Check out our schedule of planned VR gaming livestreams this week and don’t forget to tune in over on YouTube once we’re live. Plus, if you’re curious about how we livestream the way we do? Then look no further than this handy guide for general tips and this guide specific to our Oculus Quest setup. This week is all about Vanishing...
Community Download: Will Live Events In VR Eventually Become Mainstream Entertainment?
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 know what you think about the upcoming VR Billie Eilish concert and what it means for the...
The Void’s Curtis Hickman on scaling, creative IP and the future of VR experiences
What can you do with virtual reality when you have complete control of the physical space around the player? How “real” can virtual reality become? That’s the core concept behind The Void. They take over retail spaces in places like Downtown Disney and shopping malls around the country and turn them into virtual reality playgrounds,...
AT&T TV New Beta Streaming App for Magic Leap One Delivers Live Sports, News, HBO, TV & Movies via Video On Demand
The streaming content vision from Magic Leap recently underwent a quiet but major update, courtesy of AT&T. Previously, Magic Leap’s retail and 5G partner AT&T made its DirecTV Now streaming television service available to Magic Leap One users. But now that the company has launched its new service, AT&T TV, for regular TV viewers, it...
Editorial: Why Facebook’s Portal Could Be The Next Great AR/VR Accessory
In case you are unfamiliar with Facebook’s Portal, please let me bring you up to speed. I toured through the website for Portal for the first time this week. The product debuted last year, and the whole website for the device reads like Facebook put a mirror up to itself and had trouble figuring out...