Though Sony’s PS5 is still planned for a 2020 launch, a new report states the console will see extremely limited availability at first. Following on from yesterday’s claim that Sony will hold a PS5 event on June 3, Bloomberg now reports that the console’s 2020 launch will be much smaller than in previous generations. Apparently,...
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Tetris Effect Soundtrack Is Now Available Online
The moment many of you have been waiting for since becoming hypnotized with one of 2018’s best VR games is here; the Tetris Effect soundtrack is now online. The full soundtrack is available digitally on YouTube Music, Amazon and Google Play. Hopefully a Spotify version will allow along shortly, though there’s nothing yet. The soundtrack...
HP Reverb G2: 4K VR Headset With Valve Audio/Lenses, Touch-Like Controllers, & IPD Slider For $600
HP appears to be taking notes from both Valve and Facebook with its latest headset, the Reverb G2, featuring four outward-facing tracking cameras, Valve’s audio and lens technology and redesigned Windows Mixed Reality (WMR) controllers that look a lot more like Oculus Touch. Reverb G2 is priced $600. The new HP headset also features a...
HP’s Next-Gen Reverb G2 Specifications And Price Revealed
HP fully revealed its next-generation VR headset this morning. Here are the main HP Reverb G2 specifications. The Reverb G2 is a follow up to the original HP Reverb headset. Like the original, it’s part of Microsoft’s line of Windows Mixed Reality VR headsets, but also made in partnership with Valve. As such there have...
Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz is out
Magic Leap talked a big game, and few were more responsible for fostering a cult of hype and excitement around its vision of the future than the company’s founder and CEO Rony Abovitz. Today, the CEO announced that the company has indeed secured a new bout of funding, but that the company will be attempting...
Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz Steps Down Citing ‘Focused’ Direction
Rony Abovitz is stepping down from the CEO role at Magic Leap after raising more than $2 billion and subsequently laying off a large segment of the workforce. A statement posted to the company website confirms the transition: As we’ve shared over the last several weeks, in order to set Magic Leap on a course...
Arizona Sunshine Dev To Publish Traffic Jams, Coming To Our VR Showcase
Adorable and deceptively manic VR game Traffic Jams is the latest title to be published by Arizona Sunshine developer, Vertigo Games, and we’ll have a fresh look at it soon. Vertigo Games will be publishing the title on all major VR platforms later this year. Developed by Little Chicken, Traffic Jams sees players organizing traffic...
Wallace And Gromit To Get Story-Driven AR Experience
Wallace & Gromit are popular British claymation characters featured in award-winning stop motion animated films and TV shows. This week, Aardman Animations, W&G Ltd., and Fictioneers Ltd. announced that they’ll be bringing the series to AR for the first time with The Big Fix Up this fall. According to a prepared statement, Wallace & Gromit:...
Varjo Partners With MeetinVR For Native VR Collaboration Platform Out Now
Work-focused VR collaboration platform, MeetinVR, is launching a public beta today, along with announcing a partnership with professional-grade VR headset maker, Varjo. MeetinVR is another VR service that allows users from around the world to meet up inside headsets and work together using a set of tools. The platform is designed to support brainstorming and...
New Half-Life: Alyx Update Adds Amazing Liquid Effect To Bottles
An amazing new detail arrives in the latest Half-Life: Alyx update; bottles now have liquid in them. No, seriously, it’s pretty impressive. Update 1.4 for the game, which launched a few hours ago, adds incredibly convincing liquid effects to the many, many bottles strewn along the streets of City 17. Some Valve developers have been...
