‘Star Wars Pinball VR’ Preview – Possibly VR’s Best Pinball Game to Date
Zen Studios, one of the most prolific virtual pinball creators, has teamed up with Disney and Lucasfilm Games to release a Star Wars-themed VR game filled to the brim with pinball machines. Much like the studio’s previous VR pinball game, Pinball FX2 VR(2016), Star Wars Pinball VR feels like it’s essentially the closest thing to […]

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25. März 2021
Puzzle Game ‘Starcaller’ Launches April 2nd on PC VR, Quest Soon to Follow
Starcaller is an upcoming puzzle game for SteamVR headsets from indie team Monarch Studio. The studio announced it’s coming to PC VR on April 2nd, and will arrive on Quest “soon after.” Described as a “fast-paced puzzle solving virtual reality game,” Starcaller tasks you with solving puzzles as fast as you can. The game is said to come […]

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24. März 2021
Social VR App ‘Rec Room’ Raises $100M Financing, Estimated at $1.25B Valuation
Rec Room, the social VR platform, announced it has secured a $100 million financing round, bringing the company’s valuation to $1.25 billion. This makes it one of the most valuable VR companies outside of platform holders Facebook, Valve, and HTC. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Rec Room reveals its largest round to date was […]

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AppliedVR Secures $29M Funding to Pursue FDA Approval for VR Pain Management Tech
AppliedVR, a virtual reality pain management startup, today announced it has secured $29 million in funding, something it aims to use in pursuit of FDA approval for its cognitive behavioral therapy-based pain management tech. The Series A financing round includes F-Prime Capital, JAZZ Venture Partners, Sway Ventures, GSR Ventures, Magnetic Ventures, and Cedars-Sinai, bringing its total […]

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23. März 2021
You Can Now Demo ‘Synth Riders’ for Free on Quest via App Lab
Now that Facebook has released App Lab, its unmoderated outlet for Quest apps, more studios are taking advantage of the ability to easily publish their demos for direct download, and Synth Riders just joined its ranks. There’s only a few game demos on the official Oculus Store for Quest, and decidedly many more on the unofficial store, […]

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22. März 2021
Gamescom 2021 is Moving Forward with Plans for Hybrid Event
Like a majority of in-person events, Gamescom was cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, or rather held entirely online—however you want to slice it. Now event organizers say it will be held as a “hybrid event” this August, offering up its massive halls to press, industry and even private visitors. Unlike last year’s […]

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PlayStation is Giving Away 5 Top PSVR Titles, Including ‘Astro Bot’, ‘Moss’ & More
As a part of PlayStation’s Play at Home program, the company is giving away a selection of nine free games, five of which are some of the best VR games on the platform. Update (March 25th, 2021): Ready, set, download! You can now download five of the best games on PSVR starting today, March 25th, […]

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19. März 2021
Facebook Gives Sneak Peek of New Avatar System for Quest, Watch It Here
At the all-digital version of SXSW 2021 today, Facebook’s Mark Rabkin, VP of Oculus, showed off an upcoming new version of its avatar system on Quest. In his chat with CNET’s Scott Stein, called The Quest Effect: Inside VR’s Next Chapter, Rabkin revealed the company’s next avatar system. It’s slated to arrive first on its […]

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18. März 2021
Sony Unveils Next-gen VR Motion Controller for PS5
In preparation for the reveal of its next VR headset, Sony today gave a first look at its next-gen VR controller for use with PS5, something that appears very similar to Oculus’ Touch controller. Sony showed off the new controller today, detailing a few of the most impactful changes coming to its VR ecosystem. One […]

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Sony Unveils Next-gen VR Motion Controller for PS5
In preparation for the reveal of its next VR headset, Sony today gave a first look at its next-gen VR controller for use with PS5, something that appears very similar to Oculus’ Touch controller. Sony showed off the new controller today, detailing a few of the most impactful changes coming to its VR ecosystem. One […]

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