We’re getting in the fighting spirit for this week’s livestreams. Join Jamie and Zeena on a quest to topple Until You Fall’s toughest mode, starting today at 8:30am PT/4:30pm GMT! Schell Games’ arcade-style roguelike remains one of our favorite VR games to date, but we’re yet to tackle Until You Fall’s greatest challenge – beating...
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FinchRing Is A New Gesture Controller Shown With Nreal
Finch Technologies revealed a new ring-like wearable for gesture recognition. The FinchRing was announced in connection with Mobile World Congress in Shanghai alongside a partnership with AR glasses maker Nreal. The device requires a separate device — the FinchTracker — worn on upper arm or full 6DoF tracking and the company claims there’s no limits...
Terje Haakonsen’s Powder VR Early Access Review: A Fine Winter Sports VR Game
Terje Haakonsen’s Powder VR (THPVR) on Steam Early Access may be a mostly enjoyable VR winter sports outing, but it’s rather lacking right now. Read on for our full Powder VR review in progress! Powder VR is quite a departure for developers RainSoft. Having previously brought us John Lazarus – Dead Man’s Origin to VR,...
The Shore Is A Gorgeous Looking Lovecraftian Horror Game Getting VR Support With ‘Extra Stuff’
The developer for recently released Lovecraftian horror game, The Shore, confirmed VR support is on the way with “extra stuff” not in the flat version. One of the game’s developers responded in a Steam discussion thread earlier this month confirming plans for VR support with a “Yep no worries” and going on to say “VR...
Stargaze Is Coming To Quest Later This Year, Rift In March
Played With Fire’s fantastical VR adventure, Stargaze, is coming to Oculus Quest later this year, but first it’s stopping by Rift. The title lands on the official Oculus Rift store on March 3rd and will follow on Quest later in 2021. Of course, it’s already available on SteamVR and Viveport with native Rift support there...
Through-The-Lens Clip Shows The Supremacy Of Passthrough AR
A short through-the-lens clip of the upcoming Lynx-R1 mixed reality headset shows the advantages of passthrough AR over transparent optics. Lynx-R1 was announced in February 2020, slated to be priced at $1499. It’s targeted at professionals. Since that announcement the design has changed, becoming significantly slimmer. It uses the same Snapdragon XR2 processor seen in...
Windows MR Figurehead Alex Kipman To Speak At Microsoft Ignite Conference
Microsoft’s Ignite conference is just around the corner, and the company’s Mixed Reality figurehead, Alex Kipman, will be speaking at the event. Ignite 2021 takes place from March 2nd – 4th, with a keynote speech opening up the first day. It’s the second year that the show has gone online in the wake of the...
Population: One Season 1 Arrives Next Week
The big date is finally here – Population: One Season 1 goes live on February 25th. Developer BigBox confirmed the news on Twitter this week, sharing a teaser image in the process. Season 1 is labelled Uprising and arrives a few days after the Advanced War Mode closes out on February 22nd. In the tweet...
This OpenAI GPT-3 Powered Demo Is A Glimpse Of NPCs In The Future
The developer of Modbox linked together Windows speech recognition, OpenAI’s GPT-3 AI, and Replica’s natural speech synthesis for a unique demo: arguably one of the first artificially intelligent virtual characters. Modbox is a multiplayer game creation sandbox with SteamVR support. It officially launched late last year after years of public beta development, though it’s still...
Zero Caliber: Reloaded Coming To Quest In 2021
One of PC VR’s most popular shooters is going standalone – a Zero Caliber Quest version is on the way. Developer XREAL announced the project today. Reloaded is not a straight-up port of the existing Zero Caliber, which is still in Early Access on Steam. It’s still a campaign-driven modern shooter with four-player co-op, but...