VR Destination ‘Sandbox VR’ Emerges from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy After Reorganization
Virtual reality arcades and other out-of-home VR destinations have been some of the worst affected businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sandbox VR, one of the most well-funded in the industry, has been no exception, as the company’s US-based subsidiary Glostation USA Inc. filed for bankruptcy back in August. Now it’s come to light that Glostation […]

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10. Dezember 2020
Resolution Games Reveals ‘Demeo’, a Turn-based RPG Dungeon Crawler for VR
Resolution Games, the studio behind VR titles Cook-Out: A Sandwich Tale (2020), Blaston (2020), and Bait! (2017), revealed work on a new turn-based dungeon crawler RPG for SteamVR headsets, Oculus Quest, and traditional PC monitors. Called Demeo, the studio says the game zeroes in on the tabletop gaming experience by including rollable dice and “highly-detailed miniatures capable of […]

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Arthur Technologies Raises $2.5M for Its VR Office Collaboration Software
Munich, Germany-based AR/VR software company Arthur Technologies today announced it’s successful raised $2.5 million in seed funding. The company is also launching a beta of its VR collaboration software, Arthur. The seed round was led by Silicon Valley venture capitalist firm Draper Associates, a previous investor in companies such as Tesla, Skype, Baidu, Twitch, and […]

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‘MYST’ for Quest Review – Iconic Point & Click Gameplay Adapted for the Virtual Age
Originally released on Macintosh in 1993, Myst immersed players in a first-person adventure that was truly ahead of its time, both visually and conceptually. Real-time 3D rendering was still in its infancy back then, so there was something unique about Myst’s rich pre-rendered environments and its simple (but effective) story, which was told across 2,500 point-and-click stills. […]

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Oculus Unity Plugin Adds Experimental OpenXR Support & Latency-reducing Tech for Quest
The latest version of the Oculus Integration for Unity, v23, adds experimental OpenXR support for Quest and Quest 2 application development. A new technique for reducing positional latency called ‘Phase Sync’ has been added to both the Unity and Unreal Engine 4 integrations; Oculus recommends that all Quest developers consider using it. OpenXR Support for […]

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‘Warhammer 40K: Battle Sister’ Launches Today on Oculus Quest, Trailer Here
After a short delay, Warhammer 40,000: Battle Sister, the franchise’s first VR game, launches exclusively on Oculus Quest today. Created by Pixel Toys, Warhammer 40K: Battle Sister was originally set to launch on Quest on November 12th. Available starting today, the first-person VR shooter is set to bring a heaping dose of narrative-driven Warhammer action to the […]

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8. Dezember 2020
Once Slated for 2019, ‘Lone Echo II’ Release Date Slips into 2021
With an initial release date set for 2019, Oculus told us last year that the highly anticipated Lone Echo II had been delayed to Q1 2020. Earlier this year developer Ready at Dawn said the game’s development was “significantly impacted” by the Coronavirus pandemic, but still expected to ship in 2020. With three weeks remaining in […]

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[Update] Make Way – ‘Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond’ Needs 180GB and Recommends Demanding Specs
If you’re planning to pick up Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond when it launches this Friday, take note of both the required space and recommended specs. Update (December 10th, 2020): While Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond was originally planned to require 340GB of free space for its installation process of the Oculus version (resulting in […]

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‘Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond’ – Campaign & Multiplayer Preview
Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, the next big Oculus Studios title, launches in just a few days. We’ve spent several hours with the campaign and multiplayer components of the game ahead of launch and are here to share our initial impressions. As both an Oculus Studios title and a game developed by Respawn Entertainment—known […]

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7. Dezember 2020