These VR Gloves Track Your Fingers & Electrically Stimulate for Haptic Feedback
AI SILK is a Japanese wearable-tech startup that’s set to unveil a new haptic glove at CES 2023 next month which approaches both haptic feedback and finger-tracking in a different way altogether. AI SILK is a Tohoku University spinoff that develops wearable products using their patented technology to produce smooth conductive fiber, turning them into […]

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28. Dezember 2022
Quest New Year’s Game Sale Keeps the Discounts Rolling on Top VR Titles
Missed the Quest Winter Sale? Meta is offering up another opportunity to nab more paid Quest games on the cheap, including game bundles and a ton of top VR games. The Quest ‘Celebrate 2023 Sale’ is going from now until January 2nd at 11:59 PM PT (local time here), offering up to 40% off individual […]

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‘X Mask’ Aims to Bring Face-tracking to Consumers in Unique Facemask Form Factor
Dolami, a Japanese startup based both in the US and Japan, announced it raised 100 million yen (~$730,000) this week to help bring X Mask to market, a unique facemask capable of tracking a user’s facial movements in VR. While many of the specifics surrounding X Mask are still under wraps, the startup seems to […]

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Steam Winter Sale Slashes Prices on Award-winning PC VR Games, Ends January 5th
The holidays may have left you with a modest surplus of time and/or cash, and that never happens. Well, the fine people at Valve have a convenient solution in mind, as the Winter Sale has knocked down prices on top PC VR games that should get you through the cold winter. Whether you’re kicking it […]

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27. Dezember 2022
Quest Winter Sale Brings Deep Discounts to Top VR Titles, Ends December 26th
You might have checked out more than a few ways how you can best spend your first $100 on the Quest Store, but the savings are so deep right now that you might just add a few more top VR titles to your shopping cart today to take advantage of the biggest Quest game sale […]

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25. Dezember 2022
One of PC VR’s Most Anticipated Games Gets Updated Demo Prior to March Launch
Vertigo 2, the hotly awaited sequel to the original 2016 single-player VR adventure, has had the same demo on Steam for the past three years. Now developer Zulubo Productions has brought a complete overhaul to the free demo, which the studio says better reflects the quality of the final game. No new content or areas have […]

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23. Dezember 2022
nDreams Acquires VR Veteran Near Light, Studio Behind ‘Shooty Fruity’ & ‘Perfect’
nDreams, the VR studio and publisher behind titles such as Fracked (2021) and Phantom: Covert Ops (2020), today announced it’s acquired long-time partner studio Near Light. This marks the first such studio acquisition by nDreams, which follows a $35 million investment round secured back in March 2022. Details of the acquisition are still thin on […]

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20. Dezember 2022
Startup Behind Ambitious HalfDive Headset Launches New Kickstarter for VR Haptic Gloves
Diver-X, the Japan-based startup known for pitching an ambitious VR headset earlier this year, is at it again, this time with a pair of VR gloves that incorporates a membrane capable of flexing and compressing to replicate the sensation of touch. The original HalfDive headset campaign on Kickstarter managed to secure enough cash to be […]

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VR Industry Luminary John Carmack Quits Meta, Calling it “the end of my decade in VR”
John Carmack, legendary programmer and key player in the Oculus gensis story, announced he’s left Meta, writing in a memo to employees that he “wearied of the fight” of trying to push for change at the highest levels of the company. Carmack has never been one to mince words. Outside of bringing industry expertise to […]

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19. Dezember 2022
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HTC’s Next Consumer Headset Reportedly Called ‘Vive XR Elite’, Listed at $1,400
HTC’s upcoming standalone VR headset, which is said to compete with Meta for consumer dollars, may have just suffered a fairly important leak ahead of its promised CES 2023 unveiling this week. HTC seems to have tipped its hand by inadvertently releasing the name and pricing of the headset through its Korean storefront. Update (January […]

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16. Dezember 2022