‘Firewatch’ VR Support is Now Free as Unofficial Mod Goes Open Source
Ricardo ‘Raicuparta’ Lopes has been working on a VR mod for the award-winning adventure game Firewatch for nearly a year now. Although the mod is heading into “maintenance mode,” which means there aren’t any new features coming down the pipeline, Lopes has decided to make the so-called ‘Two Forks VR’ mod open source and free […]

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31. Mai 2022
Varjo’s Enthusiast Grade VR Headset is Getting a Brain-computer Interface (and it’s not cheap)
Varjo, maker of high-end XR headsets, and OpenBCI, a company creating open source brain-computer interface solutions, today announced a new partnership that’s bringing OpenBCI’s long-awaited neural interface ‘Galea‘ to Varjo’s latest Aero VR headset, something the companies say will provide “a deeper understanding to augment the human mind.” Update (11:15 ET): Previously OpenBCI had tapped Valve […]

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Apple May Announce AR/VR Operating System at WWDC Next Week, Trademark Suggests
Recent reports maintain we may be seeing a mixed reality headset from Apple sometime soon, however it appears the Cupertino tech giant has filed a global trademark for realityOS, its alleged XR operating system, which could suggest we’ll learn more about that and its XR device(s) as early as next week. The trademark was discovered […]

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30. Mai 2022
Report: Meta Actively Testing PC VR Cloud Gaming for Quest
Meta may be ramping up internal testing for its own first-party cloud gaming service which could let its latest standalone VR headset, Quest 2, play PC VR games without needing your own VR-ready computer. Mention of the ‘Avalanche’ cloud PC VR streaming function was allegedly uncovered in v24 of the Quest firmware, which released in […]

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27. Mai 2022
One of VR’s Biggest Social Hangouts is Getting Upgraded Avatars with More Convincing Motion Tracking
Among social VR platforms, VRChat is known for being remarkably flexible thanks to how it lets its users import custom avatars built using standard game development tools. Now the company is releasing an update that makes avatars even more realistic in how they move. VRChat announced it was bringing a “completely revamped” inverse kinematics (IK) system to […]

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One of VR’s Biggest Social Hangouts is Getting Upgraded Avatars with More Convincing Motion Tracking
Among social VR platforms, VRChat is known for being remarkably flexible thanks to how it lets its users import custom avatars built using standard game development tools. Now the company is releasing an update that makes avatars even more realistic in how they move. VRChat announced it was bringing a “completely revamped” inverse kinematics (IK) system to […]

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‘The Last Clockwinder’ Review – So Much More Than Just Robots Picking Fruit
The Last Clockwinder is casual puzzle game that tasks you with building moving contraptions out of your own clones. While constructing complex factories essentially populated by just yourself is good fun, the game also excels in delivering a world that feels alive, which isn’t an easy task when you’re basically (ok, not exactly) in one room […]

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26. Mai 2022
Lynx Secures $4M in Series A Funding, Aims to Become “European Champion of Mixed Reality”
Lynx, the French XR hardware startup known for crowdfunding the Lynx R-1 mixed reality headset, today announced it’s secured $4 million in its Series A round, led by social VR platform Somnium Space. Alongside Somnium Space, participants in the latest funding round also include what Lynx calls early supporters of the company and “other investors involved […]

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25. Mai 2022
Magic Leap is Selling Its First AR Headset for Just $550
It looks like Magic Leap is holding a barn burner of a sale on its first AR headset, Magic Leap 1, as the one-time $2,300 device can now be had for $550. As first reported by GMW3, Magic Leap appears to be flushing excess stock of the 2018-era AR headset via the Amazon-owned online retailer Woot.  […]

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24. Mai 2022
VR Roguelike ‘OUTLIER’ Cancelled Due to “overestimated demand”
Joy Way, the studio behind VR titles Stride and Against, announced it’s abandoning development on its most recent PC VR title, Outlier, which hit early access on Steam in March. The studio released a statement on Friday detailing the decision to remove Outlier from sale on Steam. Joy Way advises users to either refund the game […]

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23. Mai 2022