VR Content Revenue Grew by 30% in 2020, Becoming Media’s Fastest-growing Market
Virtual reality gained impressive ground in 2020, a recent PwC study finds. Global VR content revenues reportedly increased by around 30% year-over-year, beating out film, traditional video games, and music. As reported by Protocol, VR’s global content revenue is estimated to be around $1.8 billion, or 31.7% more than in 2019—making it the fastest-growing media […]

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14. Juli 2021
Resolution Games Secures $25M Series C Funding, ‘Demeo’ Surpasses “multi-million dollars” in Revenue
Resolution Games, the studio behind popular multiplayer VR titles Demeo (2021) and Blaston (2020), today announced it has secured a Series C funding round of $25 million. The Stockholm-based company says the investment will be used to bring “proper live games to the industry and expand their ability to innovate across both VR and AR […]

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Facebook Headsets Now Account for More Than 60% of VR Headsets Used on Steam
Facebook’s growing grip over the VR space reached new heights last month as the company’s Oculus headsets exceeded 60% of the share of monthly-connected headsets used on Steam. Facebook was already a major player in the VR market before the launch of Quest and Quest 2, but those headsets have significantly accelerated the company’s share […]

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‘Rec Room’ Adds More Flexibility to Avatar System with New Full-body, Animated Costumes
Ever since the social VR platform Rec Room launched in 2016, its avatar system has notably lacked full-body inverse kinematics like you see in its contemporary VRChat, which essentially leaves users with a stylized appearance lacking arms and legs. Now the studio says it’s releasing an update that will allow you to buy more articulated avatar […]

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13. Juli 2021
SteamVR Update Improves Oculus Link & Air Link Reliability as Quest 2 Exceeds 30% of Headsets on Steam
The latest update to SteamVR, version 1.18.5, brings improvements to error handling of Oculus Link and Air Link which is meant to improve reliability. The update comes as Quest 2 reaches 31.07% of all VR headsets in use on Steam. Valve has committed to making Steam a hardware agnostic place for VR headsets, even going […]

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12. Juli 2021
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‘RUNNER’ to Bring ’80s-inspired Run & Gun Action to Quest 2 in October
RUNNER is an upcoming racing game from indie studio Truant Pixel, promising to bring some very ’80s-inspired run-and-gun action to Quest 2 next month. Update (September 28th, 2022): Truant Pixel announced that RUNNER is headed to the official Quest Store for Quest 2 on October 6th, 2022. The studio says its previously mentioned release on SteamVR headsets is […]

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VorpX VR Driver Adds ‘FullVR’ Support for ‘GTA V’ and ‘Red Dead Redemption II’
VorpX is a tool which adapts many non-VR games to be played with VR headsets. A new update adds automatic configuration for both GTA V and Red Dead Redemption II, offering an optimized out-of-the-box VR experience with minimal fiddling. VorpX supports a long list of games, allowing users play them using a VR headset along with various adaptations […]

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9. Juli 2021
VorpX VR Driver Adds ‘FullVR’ Support for ‘GTA V’ and ‘Red Dead Redemption II’
VorpX is a tool which adapts many non-VR games to be played with VR headsets. A new update adds automatic configuration for both GTA V and Red Dead Redemption II, offering an optimized out-of-the-box VR experience with minimal fiddling. VorpX supports a long list of games, allowing users play them using a VR headset along with various adaptations […]

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Lynx Mixed Reality Headset to Start at $500 via Kickstarter in Late September
French startup Lynx announced its Lynx R-1 mixed reality headset last year. The standalone headset, which is capable of both VR and pass-through AR, was previously said to launch for business somewhere around the $1,500 price point. Lynx previously said it was pivoting to target both enterprise and consumers however, now adding that the headset will start […]

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From the Makers of ‘MYST’, VR Puzzle Adventure ‘Obduction’ Goes Free on Epic July 15th
Cyan, the prolific developers behind Myst (1993) and Riven (1997), is giving away Obduction (2016) on the Epic Games Store starting next week. Obduction is Cyan’s first VR-compatible puzzle adventure, and supports SteamVR headsets. The game is set to be free on the Epic Games Store from July 15th – 22nd. Make sure to add it to your wishlist so […]

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