PC VR Classic ‘Windlands’ Releases on Oculus Quest via App Lab
Windlands (2016), one of the founding pioneers of modern VR gaming, has made the quiet leap to Oculus Quest this past week where it lives on to finally serve up its dizzying heights and grappling hook-based movement scheme to the standalone headset. Initially released by indie developer duo Ilja Kivikangas and Simo Sainio as an Oculus […]

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23. August 2021
Unreal Engine Gets OpenXR Improvements Just in Time for Oculus Development Shift
The latest version of Unreal Engine 4, version 4.27, brings “production-ready” support for OpenXR. The change comes just in time for Oculus developers, as the company recently announced it’s fully moving open to the OpenXR standard for VR development going forward. You may recall news back in May that the early access version of Unreal […]

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20. August 2021
VR Studio Behind Movie Tie-in Games Aims to Kick-start Original IP with $2M Investment
UK-based VR studio XR Games, known for its recently released Zombieland VR game, announced this week that it has raised an additional £1.5 million (~$2 million) investment to expand its studio with 20 new jobs and a focus on original IP. XR Games has made a business out of building VR games as movie tie-ins. […]

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Stunning View Synthesis Algorithm Could Have Huge Implications for VR Capture
As far as live-action VR video is concerned, volumetric video is the gold standard for immersion. And for static scene capture, the same holds true for photogrammetry. But both methods have limitations that detract from realism, especially when it comes to ‘view-dependent’ effects like specular highlights and lensing through translucent objects. Research from Thailand’s Vidyasirimedhi Institute of […]

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19. August 2021
Facebook Surprise-launches New VR Meeting App With Virtual Desktops and up to 50 People
Facebook today is surprise-launching a new app called Horizon Workrooms, a virtual collaboration space that connects both VR and video chat users. With the ability to bring a user’s PC or Mac desktop into the virtual room, the app takes a big step toward turning Quest 2 into a collaborative productivity device. While the long-awaited Facebook Hozion […]

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A VR Newcomer Just Raised $7 Million to Build Social VR Games
VR developer ForeVR Games today announced it has raised an additional $7 million in seed capital, bringing its total capital raise to $8.5 million. The studio is focused on bringing classic real world games—like bowling—into VR with an emphasis on social play. Having launched in 2020, ForeVR is a newcomer to the VR space; the […]

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Facebook Connect Will be Held Online on October 28th
Facebook today announced that its XR conference, Facebook Connect (previously called Oculus Connect) will be held on October 28th. This is the second year running that the event has been in an online format due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Facebook Connect is the company’s annual conference for AR and VR developers. It’s also often used […]

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18. August 2021
Facebook Connect Will be Held Online on October 28th
Facebook today announced that its XR conference, Facebook Connect (previously called Oculus Connect) will be held on October 28th. This is the second year running that the event has been in an online format due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Facebook Connect is the company’s annual conference for AR and VR developers. It’s also often used […]

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The Dismal Reception of ‘Carrier Command 2 VR’ is a Cautionary Tale
Carrier Command 2 launched earlier this month alongside a separate version including full VR support. While the non-VR version of the game sits at a ‘Mostly Positive’ 75% user rating, the VR version quickly tanked to a 27% ‘Mostly Negative’ rating. A desire to cram VR into the game with limited testing and a lack […]

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The Dismal Reception of ‘Carrier Command 2 VR’ is a Cautionary Tale
Carrier Command 2 launched earlier this month alongside a separate version including full VR support. While the non-VR version of the game sits at a ‘Mostly Positive’ 75% user rating, the VR version quickly tanked to a 27% ‘Mostly Negative’ rating. A desire to cram VR into the game with limited testing and a lack […]

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