Epic Games Awarded Grants to 31 XR Projects in 2021 Through the $100M MegaGrants Fund
Since 2019 Epic Games (well known as the creators of Unreal Engine & Fortnite) has run the Epic MegaGrants program, a $100 million fund to financially support projects built with Unreal Engine. In 2021 the program awarded grants to 31 XR projects. Epic recently recapped the complete list of MegaGrant recipients in 2021, comprising a whopping […]

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Fight A Mixed Reality Mech In Saber City, Coming To Quest & iPhone

Turn your living room into a mixed reality arena with this unique VR/AR experience. This week we caught our first glimpse of Saber City, an upcoming VR game for Quest that utilizes Passthrough technology to immerse players in a mixed reality arena. Here they’ll use a variety of weaponry to battle virtual mechs controlled in […]

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Beat Saber Teases Mysterious New Block Type

Speculation is already rampant. This week developer Beat Games teased a new block type on its way to the ultra-popular VR rhythm game Beat Saber. In a tweet posted yesterday to their official Twitter account, the company shared a picture featuring a classic Beat Saber block sliced into several even layers. The post was accompanied […]

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Rocket League Meets Archery Meets VR In NOCK, Coming Soon To Quest

Grab your bow and jump into the virtual arena. This week, developer Normal VR (Half+Half) unveiled its latest VR game, NOCK. Coming “soon” to the Quest platform, the multiplayer VR experience looks a lot like the popular vehicular soccer game Rocket League, only instead of driving rocket-powered cars, players instead use a bow and arrow […]

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VR MMO ‘Zenith: The Last City’ to Release January 27th on All Major VR Platforms, Trailer Here
Ramen VR, the team behind Zenith: The Last City, revealed that launch of the long-awaited VR MMO is set for January 27th, arriving on Quest, SteamVR and PSVR. It’s been an eventful few years waiting for Zenith: The Last City. From its a successful Kickstarter in 2019 to a $10 million Series A funding round just a few months ago, […]

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Inventive Multiplayer VR Studio Reveals New Game Fusing ‘Rocket League’ with Bows & Arrows
The studio behind the inventive multiplayer VR title Half + Half today announced a new multiplayer VR game called NOCK. Due to launch “soon” on Oculus Quest, Nock looks like Rocket League played with bows & arrows instead of cars. ‘Normal’ is the studio behind Half + Half, a collection of multiplayer mini-games on Quest and Rift that have some truly creative […]

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VR Restores The Notre-Dame Cathedral To Its Historic Glory

The 45-minute interactive tour takes you back 850 years to explore the incredible architecture in its prime. On April 15th, 2019, a massive fire that started under the roof of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral caused extensive damage to the historic structure. By the time the last flames were extinguished there was almost nothing left […]

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One Of The Best VR Shooters On Quest Is About To Get Better

The Blaston Reloaded update will introduce a variety of exciting new content. Resolution Games (Demeo, Acron: Attack of the Squirrels, Angry Birds VR) today announced several major updates coming soon to their VR dueler Blaston that will add new content to the game. This includes everything from a new seasonal game mode to graphic enhancements […]

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SteamVR Updated to Play Nicer with Quest Headsets
Oculus Quest headsets now account for nearly 44% of all headsets used on Steam, and this clearly hasn’t gone unnoticed by Valve. An update to the latest SteamVR beta aims to make the experience easier for new users. Despite making its own VR headset, Valve has stayed true to its commitment to make SteamVR a […]

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Linux-based Standalone VR Headset Ditches Kickstarter & Opens Direct Preorders
SimulaVR, the startup behind its own open-source VR Linux distro, is creating a VR headset that aims to bring the full power of a PC to the standalone format. The company initially had plans to launch a Kickstarter last month, but has scuttled its crowdfunding campaign for direct-to-consumer sales. Update (February 14th, 2022): SimulaVR has […]

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