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Angry Birds is getting a VR game. Okay, actually, a second VR game, not to be mistaken with the recently-released Isle of Pigs or that Magic Leap title. As the name suggests, The Angry Birds Movie 2 VR: Under Pressure instead ties into the new movie. The game is being developed by XR Games in...

Google recently announced that their flagship Pixel phones would be getting a new form of navigation that uses augmented reality to help users with walking directions in the Google Maps app. Google have yet to announce whether the feature will be coming to Google Maps on other phones that support AR, but as an owner...

Who wants a good ol’ fashioned pre-E3 teaser? Vertigo Games, the developer of smash hit VR zombie shooter, Arizona Sunshine, appears to be hinting at an announcement. The studio just posted a link to a new website. It doesn’t tell us much; you can see a TV sitting on a desk showing a lot of...

If you can throw on a VR HMD, you can throw a dodgeball. The Smashbox Arena League is a virtual competition held across 16 of Ctrl V’s global VR arcade locations and the second annual event is going down this summer. Teams of three have to be registered by June 28 with the competition for...

Population: One, the battle royale game built specifically for VR, was already confirmed to support cross-play between Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Windows Mixed Reality. If you’re on Oculus Quest, we now know that you’ll be able to join in on the fun, too. Confirmed via YouTube creator Population: One aims to make battle royale a...

At Apple’s WWDC 2019 this week Microsoft showed off gameplay of Minecraft Earth for the first time: Minecraft Earth is a smartphone augmented reality game. It’s loosely based on Minecraft, but it’s definitely not the same game. You make your own creations with blocks, much like creative mode, then place them in the real world...

VR spellcasting game The Wizards is coming to the Oculus Quest on Thursday. The Wizards launched on PC VR in early 2018. In March of this year it launched on PlayStation VR alongside a major update called Enhanced Edition, adding a new “expansive” level, new mechanics, and new locomotion options. The game features a roughly...

We’ve been busy. In April, we announced the first ever E3 VR Showcase. We wanted to give as many VR developers as possible their moment in the spotlight. The aim was to show VR fans what’s on the horizon and to help prove to others that it’s a great time to buy a headset. At...