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Fast Travel Games Partners with MoonHood on Claymation-based VR Game

Image courtesy MoonHood, Fast Travel Games

Fast Travel Games announced it’s partnering with MoonHood, a new game studio founded by the creators of Lost in Random (2021) and VR game Ghost Giant (2019). MoonHood is creating a VR-supported game that aims to replicate the look and feel of claymation. Based in Gothenburg, Sweden, MoonHood aims to “immerse players in strange worlds handcrafted in actual […]

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21. September 2023

Varjo Cuts Price of High-end Aero Headset by 50%

Varjo, the Finland-based creator of high-end XR headsets, announced their businesses and prosumer-focused SteamVR headset Aero is now permanently 50% off its original $2,000 price tag. Aero is essentially a pared down version of the company’s strictly enterprise headsets, offering industry-leading fidelity and advanced features such as eye-tracking. Released in October 2021, Aero was (and […]

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Immersed Opens Pre-orders for Slim & Light ‘Visor’ VR Headset, Starting at $500

Immersed, the team behind the titular XR productivity and co-working app, announced Visor last month, a slim and light VR headset designed for work. Now the studio has opened “fully refundable” pre-orders for two distinct flavors of the device. Immersed is offering a 2.5K per-eye Visor model for $500 and a 4K per-eye Visor model […]

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20. September 2023

Microsoft to Supply US Army More AR Combat Headsets Following Positive Field Test

Microsoft’s HoloLens-based headset built on contract for the US Army has passed an important round of field testing by soldiers. The company is now set to fulfill a larger order to be used in more rigorous testing slated to take place in 2025. Awarded in 2019, Microsoft’s $22 billion defense contract is aiming to supply the […]

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19. September 2023

This ‘Portal 2’ Mod Brings Full VR Support to Valve’s Award-winning Puzzler

Flat2VR, the modding team known for bringing unofficial VR support to games such as Final Fantasy XIV, Half-Life 2, Jedi Outcast, and Left 4 Dead 2, recently released a mod for Portal 2 which finally brings SteamVR support to the iconic puzzle game. 🔥 Portal 2 VR Mod Releasing Today! (Video Of First 20 Minutes) 🔥 […]

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18. September 2023

Meta is Killing off Virtual Pet ‘Bogo’ & ‘Dead and Buried’ Series This Week

Announced late last year, Meta is shutting down three of its exclusive titles this week, including VR shooters Dead and Buried (2016) and Dead and Buried II (2019), and virtual pet simulator Bogo (2019), making it your last chance to say goodbye. Update (March 11th, 2024): The date for complete shutdown of Bogo and both Dead and Buried […]

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Meta is Killing off Launch Titles ‘Bogo’ & ‘Dead and Buried’ Games Next Year

Meta is shutting down three of its exclusive titles next March, including VR shooters Dead and Buried (2016) and Dead and Buried II (2019), and virtual pet simulator Bogo (2019). Meta announced via email to current game owners that all three titles will no longer be supported come March 15th, 2024. In the meantime, the company has […]

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High-flying Parkour Sequel ‘STRIDE: Fates’ Coming to Quest Next Month

Joy Way, the studio behind parkour action-shooter STRIDE (2022), announced that high-flying follow-up STRIDE: Fates is coming to Quest next month as a “full-fledged sequel” to Stride. Update (October 23rd, 2023): Joy Way announced that Stride: Fates is coming to Quest on November 9th. In addition to launching pre-orders, the studio also tossed out a new trailer, showing off […]

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14. September 2023

Epic Games is “exploring native Unreal Engine support” for Apple Vision Pro

Unity, makers of the popular game engine, announced earlier this week it’s getting ready to levy some pretty significant fees on developers, causing many to rethink whether it makes more sense to actually go with the main competition, Unreal Engine from Epic Games. It seems Epic isn’t wasting any time to help transition those creating projects […]

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Fast Travel Games Reveals Hide-and-Seek VR Multiplayer ‘Mannequin’

Fast Travel Games teased a mysterious VR multiplayer late last month, and now we have the full reveal: Mannequin, an asymmetric multiplayer for up to five players. The admittedly very slick cinematic reveal trailer shows off a bit of hide-and-seek style gameplay. Here’s how the studio describes the action: The world has stopped. Time is frozen. […]

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