Earlier this week prolific Twitter tech leaker WalkingCat shared an image of what appears to be a new Oculus Quest. Today, WalkingCat shared a rear angle of the headset, captioned ’15 Sep 🧐’. It’s unclear whether the September 15 hint refers to a reveal, a targeted launch date, or something else entirely. Facebook’s First New...
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Watch: New Trailer For Space Channel 5 Hatsune Miku DLC, Releases July 27
A new trailer landed for the upcoming Hatsune Miku DLC, coming very soon to Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash. The DLC pack, officially called the “Space 39 Miku Pack”, is a collaboration with the virtual pop star Hatsune Mike. It will take players “to a stage where you can dance with Ulala...
Paper Beast PC VR vs PSVR Graphics Comparison
Eric Chahi’s sensational VR safari, Paper Beast, is finally out on PC VR headsets. How does this version stack up next to the PSVR original? Find out in our Paper Beast graphic comparison. Stacking up this week’s new PC edition of Paper Beast with the existing PSVR version is a funny one. If anything, it’s...
The Medium And Layers Of Fear Devs Discuss Possibility Of Future VR Horror Projects
During the Xbox Series X Games Showcase yesterday Bloober Team (developers of the Layers of Fear series and Blair Witch) revealed its next non-VR horror game, The Medium. Fortunately, it does still sound like more of their work could come to VR again. In an email Q&A following the release of Layers of Fear VR...
‘Oculus Quest 2’ To Enter Full Production As New Photos Leak
Photos leaked online today depict a new Oculus Quest and new Touch controllers. Reliable sources refer to the new device as “Oculus Quest 2”, though it is unclear if that’s an informal or temporary moniker or the final name of the device, and tell us it should enter full scale mass production next week. This...
In Death: Unchained Review – A Staple Roguelike For The Quest System
In Death released for PC VR and PSVR in 2018, but today it releases for Oculus Quest with some new content and a revamped title — In Death: Unchained. Does this version live up to the PC VR original? And what’s the new content like? Read on for our full review of In Death: Unchained...
Tokyo Chronos Sequel Altdeus Is A VR Visual Novel With Mech Battles
Nine months on from its initial announcement, we finally have more details about Tokyo Chronos sequel, Altdeus: Beyond Chronos. The game, developed by MyDearest, is coming to the Oculus platform first in Q4 2020. It’s a full sequel to Tokyo Chronos which, you may recall, was a stab at adapting the visual novel genre popular...
Augmented reality startup Mira announces $10M more in funding from Sequoia and others
The last few years haven’t proven too friendly to hardware companies in the augmented reality world. Enterprise-centric efforts like ODG, Daqri and Meta flared out, Magic Leap raised massive amounts of cash only to scale back its dreams this year in the face of looming disaster and just about every other hardware player has suffered...
Tetris Effect: Connected Multiplayer Expansion Includes Full VR Support
During the Xbox Series X Showcase from Microsoft today, Enhance unveiled an upcoming multiplayer edition of Tetris Effect called Tetris Effect: Connected. We confirmed this new version of the game will also include VR support on all relevant platforms, but it’s coming first to Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC this year. This new...
Immersed Launches Free Oculus Quest App To Work On Your PC Or Mac In VR
A new productivity app called Immersed brings your full PC or Mac into VR and is now officially available for free download in the Oculus Store for Quest. The app was announced as coming soon to Quest a while back and it is a bit of a mashup between Virtual Desktop and Bigscreen, with a...
