A new report by Janko Roettgers from Protocol states The Void’s assets have been acquired by a former investor with aims to relaunch the location-based VR company, in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Void was one of the leaders in the location-based VR industry before the pandemic, with 25 new locations opened in 2019...
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VR MMO Zenith Gets $10 Million In Funding, Team Expanding
Promising upcoming VR massively multiplayer online game (MMO), Zenith: The Last City, just got a big boost in funding. Developer Ramen VR announced this week that it has raised $10 million in a Series A round, which it will put to expanding its team and growing out the upcoming experience. The round was lead by...
Oculus Go Will Get A Special OS Build With Root Access
Facebook plans to make available an operating system build for Oculus Go with full root access, according to John Carmack. Go launched in May 2018 as Facebook’s first standalone headset, marketed mostly for passive media consumption and basic social VR. The 32GB base model was priced at $199. Unlike all VR headsets on the consumer...
Lone Echo II Now Launching In October On Oculus Rift
Lone Echo II releases on Oculus Rift on October 12. Facebook and Ready At Dawn say that’s final this time. The release date has been a long time coming. The sequel to the original Lone Echo was first announced in 2018 and, though we saw the game in 2019, Ready at Dawn fell silent for...
Apple CEO Tim Cook: AR Is One Of ‘Very Few Profound Technologies”
In a recent interview with YouTuber iJustine, Tim Cook called himself “AR fan #1” and said he thinks it’s one of “very few profound technologies” that have the potential to permanently embed themselves in day-to-day life. The comments on AR, prompted by a question from Justine, start around the 9:15 mark. Here’s a transcription of...
Facebook Announces XR Programs And Research Fund, $50 Million Investment
Facebook announced a $50 million investment in a newly-established XR Programs and Research Fund with plans to support research and collaborative efforts aimed at ensuring VR and AR technologies are “developed responsibly.” The blog post is authored by Andrew Bosworth, Facebook’s VP of VR/AR and soon-to-be Facebook CTO, and Nick Clegg, VP of Global Affairs....
Rhythm Of The Universe: Ionia Review
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HTC Vive Is Teasing ‘Big News In A Small Package’ Next Month
HTC Vive is back at it with the announcement teases. The company is now hinting at a reveal next month in predictably cryptic ways. The announcement takes place inside the Engage platform at 8am PT on October 14 and anyone can attend on VR platforms or flatscreen devices. HTC accompanied the news with an image...
Now Here’s Steam Deck Running Pistol Whip (Sort Of)
Last week we reported on the first video of a developer getting SteamVR Home up and running on Valve’s Steam Deck handheld console. Now Cloudhead Games has got VR rhythm hit Pistol Whip on the device. Well, sort of. CEO Denny Unger shared the video below on Friday. It shows him balancing the Steam Deck...
Virtual Desktop Gets PC Video Downloads & 120Hz Flat Game Streaming
A Virtual Desktop update adds a new videos tab to download or stream videos from your PC for local playback on Oculus Quest. Release notes for the update also say that on Windows you can “paste YouTube and other website URLs” and the “videos will be downloaded to your computer and streamed to your Quest.”...