Whoever knew the insides of a Soviet-era Russian space facility could look so, well, colorful? Yupitergrad did, apparently. This gorgeous new VR game is being developed by Poland-based Gamedust and is on its way to PC VR headsets later this year. It’s essentially a Spider-Man VR game… in space. Cast as a Russian cosmonaut, you...
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Downpour Shares First Full Onward Oculus Quest Footage
Ahead of launch tomorrow, developer Downpour Interactive just shared the first full footage for Onward on Oculus Quest. Previously we’d seen a trailer for the game with plenty of gameplay snippets. This footage, however, gives us our first in-depth look at some co-op gameplay with a montage of longer clips. As you can see from...
Oculus Quest 2? Everything We Know About Facebook’s Next VR Headset
Oculus Quest 2 seems to be on the way, with a Bloomberg report, developer site references, leaked photos, leaked marketing images and a noticed controller driver file. Reliable sources tell us this headset is real, entering full production this week. The current Oculus Quest forged a new category for virtual reality. It’s the first consumer...
Watch Launch Of The NASA Mars Perseverance Rover In Oculus Venues
The NASA Mars Perseverance Rover is set to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on July 30, and you’ll be able to watch the liftoff in Oculus Venues. Facebook announced that the countdown and liftoff stream for the NASA Perseverance Rover will be broadcast in Oculus Venues, which is available for Oculus Quest and...
Moss Developer Polyarc Secures $9M Series B Funding For AR Game Development
Today the developers of Moss, Polyarc, announced a $9 million Series B venture funding round led by Hiro Capital to expand into AR game development. Even still, the developer tells us they’re still committed to making a sequel to Moss. Anyone that has spent any time inside a VR headset and browsed any of the...
In Death: Unchained Getting New Game Mode, ‘Hall Of Fame’ Event And More
In Death: Unchained may have just released last week, but developer Superbright has wasted no time in providing updates for the game and detailing plans for new content. Developer Superbright is already supplementing the game with quick updates and plans for future content. The team has already pushed a 1.0.2 update that arrived in time...
Pixel Ripped 1995 Receives Ultimate Challenge Update, Available Now
A new update has arrived for Pixel Ripped 1995, called the Ultimate Challenge Update, which adds several new features and modes to the game. Pixel Ripped 1995 is a nostalgia-filled VR game that released earlier this year for PC VR, Oculus Quest and PSVR. A sequel to Pixel Ripped 1989, the experience plays out like...
Sources: New Oculus Quest Has Adjustable Lenses For IPD
Reliable sources confirm the new Oculus Quest features an adjustable system to fit the lenses to different eye distances. The upcoming Oculus Quest, first leaked last week, has a new system for physically adjusting the lenses to your IPD (interpupillary distance). The current Oculus Quest uses the same kind of mechanism as the original Oculus Rift...
5 Things We Learned About Star Wars: Tales From The Galaxy’s Edge, Coming To Quest
As promised, today we got a bit more information about another new VR experience coming to a galaxy far, far away: Star Wars: Tales From The Galaxy’s Edge. Details come by way of Entertainment Weekly, which got an early look at the project. We already knew a few things about Tales From The Galaxy’s Edge,...
Facebook’s Display Research Lead: Varifocal Half-Dome 3 ‘Almost Ready For Prime Time’
Facebook’s Director of Display Systems Research Douglas Lanman revealed the Half-Dome 3 prototype shown late last year is further along the development cycle than some other research projects. “It’s something that is not quite a publication. It’s beyond that. And this thing is more like level five. It’s almost ready for primetime“ Stated at an SPIE talk given earlier in the year, Lanman was referencing NASA’s Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs), adapted for tech products: Lanman works at Facebook...
