‘Zombieland: Headshot Fever’ Studio Raises $7M to Continue Development on XR Games
XR Games, the indie VR studio behind Zombieland: Headshot Fever (2021), announced it’s secured $7 million (£5.9m), something the studio says will used to grow both its team and intellectual property as it continues to develop new XR games. The latest funding round led by existing investors Act Media Ventures, Praetura Ventures and Maven. This puts the […]
This AR Helmet Lets Helicopter Pilots ‘Own The Sky’
Pilots can actually see through the body of the aircraft as they fly. International technology company Elbit Systems this week unveiled a helicopter vision suite for military helicopters that uses a combination of augmented reality (AR), machine learning, and artificial intelligence to provide pilots better visibility while in degraded visibility conditions. The system is powerful, […]
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Rumored Canceled Halo VR Game Revealed
“Don’t make a girl a promise, if you know you can’t keep it.” Information has surfaced online regarding 343’s rumored canceled Halo VR game. In a recent Twitter post, video game informer Rebs Gaming shared supposed concept art from the canceled project, codenamed ‘Reverie.’ Based on the details provided, the game would have had players […]
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Post Malone to Hold ‘Twelve Carat Toothache’ Concert in VR Next Week
Meta is kicking off a summer-long series of VR concerts and community activities called Horizon Block Party next week. Headlining the event is nine-time Grammy-nominated artist Post Malone, who is holding a prerecorded virtual concert on July 15th. The Post Malone concert, which will feature tracks from his latest studio album Twelve Carat Toothache, is slated […]
‘RUINSMAGUS’ Review – Awesome Anime Vibes, Rinse and Repeat Dungeoning
RUINSMAGUS is a Japanese role-playing game with a heavy focus on dungeon crawling and magic-based combat. The game’s anime-adjacent visuals and storytelling style are welcome and familiar pieces, and end up delivering the sort of action you’d expect to find in VR game built around a much larger, more established universe. Combat is mostly efficacious, and it […]
AR Go-Karts Have Arrived, And We’re Here For It
BattleKart’s immersive go-kart experience brings games similar to like Mario Kart & Rocket League to life in the real world. AR-powered racing games appear to be a growing trend. Last year we covered Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge, a multiplayer thrill ride coming to Universal Studios Hollywood powered by AR headsets. Prior to that, we talked […]
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‘Walkabout Mini Golf’ Studio Says Half of Users Regularly Play Until Their Battery Runs Out
Walkabout Mini Golf developer Mighty Coconut is soon to release its fifth and largest new DLC course to date—a strategy that seems to be working well considering what the studio claim’s is a level of player engagement that’s 10 times the average. As terrestrial as it may be compared to a glut of VR action […]
Meta Accounts Will Let You Login To Quest Without Facebook
You’ll soon be able to use your Quest headset without the need for a Facebook account. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg today announced Meta accounts, a new way to log into your Meta Quest. This new login option offers additional flexibility by allowing you access to your headset without the need for a Facebook account, offering […]
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Meta Drops Forced Facebook Logins with Rollout of New Meta VR Accounts Today
Starting today, Meta is finally pulling back from one of its most controversial moves affecting its VR users, which required all new Quest owners to sign up with a valid Facebook account in addition to forcing legacy Oculus account users to link to Facebook by 2023. Goodbye Facebook, hello Meta. Update (August 23rd, 2022): Meta […]