Valve Corporation filed a patent application for a VR headset adjustable head-strap. One of the listed embodiments depicts the HMD as wireless. We’ll caution that patents do little more than indicate ideas being thought about by personnel at a given company — they certainly don’t indicate product plans — and this latest patent application published...
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Space Invaders AR Mobile Game Announced From Square Enix Montreal
Today during the Square Enix Presents digital event a new Space Invaders AR mobile game was revealed in development by Square Enix Montreal in collaboration with TAITO. Did you read that sentence up above? Well, that’s just about everything we know about the game so far. The teaser trailer is really just an extended recap...
Traffic Jams Crashes Onto Quest And PC VR This April, PSVR This Summer
Wacky traffic controlling VR game, Traffic Jams, is slated to hit both Quest and PC VR headsets this April 8, with a PSVR release coming this summer. Traffic Jams is a promising-looking silly VR game published Vertigo Games and developed by Little Chick Game Company, in which you control the flow of traffic during increasingly...
With Poly Out, Styly Adds Direct Uploads From Tilt Brush
Psychic VR Lab’s VR creation platform, Styly, is adding direct uploads for Google Tilt Brush creations, after news of Poly’s demise. Operated out of Tokyo, Japan, Styly allows any user to jump in and start making 3D content almost instantly. These experiences can be viewed online via browser or fully inside VR via a native...
Space Force Is Using Oculus Quest 2 Headsets For Satellite Training
The United States Space Force is using Oculus Quest 2 headsets to train operators with virtual replicas of space stations, satellites and control rooms. Space Force is a military branch of the United States Armed Force, founded as an independent service in 2019. According to The Washington Post, Space Force is working with SAIC to...
Co-Op VR Platformer Carly And The Reaperman Hits Quest In April
Carly and the Reaperman, the cooperative VR platformer from Odd Raven Studios, is arriving on on Oculus Quest April 15th. The news was confirmed over on Twitter this week. Carly and the Reaperman first came to PC VR and PSVR platforms in 2018 but, in late 2020, Cook-Out developer Resolution Games announced that it would...
Half-Life: Alyx BioShock Mod Is Now An Incredible Full-Length Campaign
Back in October 2020, we reported on the release of a new mod for Half-Life: Alyx that brought the world of BioShock into the VR game. Now its developer has turned the experience into a full campaign that’s very much worth your time. Check out the full trailer right here. Return to Rapture from Wim...
Nostos Shuts Down Less Than 2 Years After Launch
NetEase Games’ open-world multiplayer VR experience, Nostos, is shutting down less than two years after it first launched. Nostos turned heads when it was announced in 2018, showcasing gorgeous art and promising endless multiplayer adventures. It hit Steam in December 2019 with optional VR support, where it accumulated mixed reviews. Today, though, NetEase announced that...
3D Photogrammetry-Based VR Jigsaw Game Puzzling Places Coming To PSVR
Today in a slew of indie game-related announcements, Sony revealed that 3D jigsaw puzzle VR game, Puzzling Places from realities.io, is now coming to PSVR. Here’s the official PlayStation webpage. Puzzling Places is a laid-back puzzle game in which you manipulate real-life 3D objects and locations that have been exploded into dozens of pieces and...
Amazon’s Upload Season 2 In Production As Star Plays Quest 2
Amazon’s VR-centered show Upload is in production on season 2 but there’s no announced premiere date yet. The show’s star Robbie Amell posted to Instagram back in January that production was underway and, in recent days, he and his wife Italia Ricci have been posting videos sporting the Quest 2 at home. They appear to...
