A week after announcing it will soon require Facebook sign-ins for VR devices, Facebook is renaming Oculus Connect to Facebook Connect. The new iteration of the company’s VR developer event will be taking place digitally on September 16th. In addition to its focus on VR, Facebook Connect will also give more time to the company’s...
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Facebook’s VR/AR Division Renamed Facebook Reality Labs, Oculus Branding Remains
Facebook has a new name for its entire VR and AR team – Facebook Reality Labs. Okay, a sort of new name. Previously, Facebook Reality Labs referred to the R&D division of the company’s VR and AR work, which itself started out as Oculus Research. As of today, though, that refers to every element of...
Star Wars: Vader Immortal On PSVR Has Issues With Locomotion, Lightsaber Control
The entire Star Wars: Vader Immortal trilogy hits PSVR today and, from what we’ve seen so far, it’s a solid port. But it does have a few issues that hold it back from being the best version of the game. On a technical front, what we’ve played so far holds up nicely. Vader Immortal already...
‘Magicians In VR’ Event In AltspaceVR Will Feature Talks And Live Magic
A new event in AltspaceVR, called ‘Magicians in VR’, will see prominent figures come together to virtually “educate, entertain and inspire the immersive content creation community with relevant insights about the art of magic.” The event is set to take place on Wednesday October 7 in Altpsace from 1:00pm PST. The event will discuss how...
Ace VR Dungeon Crawler Ancient Dungeon’s Demo Is Now On Oculus Quest
Back in April, we wrote about an impressive VR dungeon crawler named Ancient Dungeon that made its debut on PC VR headsets. Now, though, you can try its early version on Oculus Quest. An early version of Ancient Dungeon is now available on Itch, and can be installed via SideQuest. Developer Eric Thullen is accepting...
Barnstormers Is A VR Baseball Game Celebrating 100 Years Of NLB
Two years ago, a lone VR developer broke new ground in the scene with a hard-hitting look into the Civil Rights movement named I Am A Man. Now, Derek Ham is revealing his next project – Barnstormers: Determined To Win. I Am A Man was a poignant piece of VR history, transporting viewers back to...
Report: Apple Acquires VR Startup Spaces
Protocol reports that the VR startup Spaces was acquired by Apple this week, after the company made a statement via email and on its website that Spaces “is heading in a new direction.” The company was co-founded by Brad Herman and Shiraz Akmal and initially spun out of Dreamworks in 2015. Originally, the company focused...
Hands-On: 3 Ways Stride Is A Worthy Mirror’s Edge VR Tribute (And 3 Things To Work On)
VR gets its sprint on with Stride later this month. The Mirror’s Edge-inspired free-running game is coming to Early Access in August, but we’ve already taken it for a test run. Stride’s pre-release includes an Endless Mode that has you darting over rooftops, getting as far as you can before either taking a long tumble...
Community Download: What Do You Want From New PSVR Controllers?
Community Download is a weekly discussion-focused articles series published (usually) every Monday in which we pose a single, core question to you all, our readers, in the spirit of fostering discussion and debate. For today’s Community Download, we want to know what you’d like to see out of the next PSVR controllers? We are still very much...
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