Virtual and augmented reality news
A huge new update for PSVR exclusive Arashi: Castles of Sin is now live and it takes aim at one of the game’s biggest issues, along with a host of other changes. Patch 1.4 includes updates to three core areas: melee combat, improvements to your wolf companion, Haru, and general gameplay improvements. When it comes...
Earlier this week I installed Windows 11 – but as a VR user I already regret it. It’s not that it’s a bad operating system. In fact, when it comes to using regular applications and games I already prefer it to Windows 10. The design is clean, modern, and far more consistent than the visually...
SideQuest is leveling up from an initial $650K investment last year to a $3 million seed round as its founders look to build tools to aid VR developers. The sideloading platform launched in 2019 two days after Oculus Quest release and, now, SideQuest sees more than one million monthly active users, according to husband-and-wife founders...
Song in the Smoke deftly balances its mix of survival mechanics and earthy undertones for a rare experience that nails gameplay and atmosphere. More in our Song in the Smoke review. It doesn’t really matter that Song in the Smoke is, visually speaking, a little rough around the edges. Though leafy and lush, its forests...
Facebook debuted a new trailer for Lone Echo II a few days out from its release on October 12. You can check out the epic new trailer embedded above, which features a mix of new footage and some a better looks at sequences we saw peeks of in the gameplay trailer at the Oculus Gaming...
Loco Dojo’s likable, well-paced take on Mario Party in VR hides some brilliant VR interactions. More in our Loco Dojo review! Loco Dojo might essentially boil down to a series of fast-fire minigames, but packaged up together it’s an earnest exploration of just how different VR can really be. Swinging sausage nun-chucks around to ward...
A new content update, dubbed the Invictus Update, is available now for Espire 1: VR Operative on Oculus Quest and Quest 2. The update brings a mixture of new content and some quality of life changes based on community feedback. The biggest main addition is support for the Oculus Challenges feature on Quest headsets, which...
Facebook removed its brand from in-development social VR platform Horizon and plans to focus the effort around VR-based building tools with a $10 million fund to encourage creators. Horizon Worlds is the new name for Facebook Horizon and the company is removing support for Unity-based worlds, encouraging creators building with that game engine to seek...
Excellent free-walking VR shooter, Tea For God, now has an official demo on Oculus Quest and PC VR. Wait, what does that mean? Void Room’s experimental project has always been playable in one form or another through a continuously updated SideQuest and Itch APK. And it’s long had our attention thanks to its use of...
It’s kind of crazy to think we haven’t seen a good VR jousting game yet, given the idea’s simplicity could work well in headsets. The very literally named Jousting VR is hoping to rectify that. Developer VRAAR is bringing the game to Quest, Rift and HTC Vive in Q2 of 2022 and we’ve got an...
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