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• Valve Index: Five Things We Want From Steam’s New VR Headset - UploadVR April 19, 2019
  Valve Index: Five Things We Want From Steam’s New VR Headset  UploadVR[This article was originally published on 4/9/19.] Thanks to some slip-ups, we already know a little more about Valve Index than we should. We know, for ...
• Game Development Software Market 2019-2025, by Audio Kinetic, PlayTech, Epic Games, Zenimax Media, Unity Technologies - Market Talk News April 19, 2019
  Game Development Software Market 2019-2025, by Audio Kinetic, PlayTech, Epic Games, Zenimax Media, Unity Technologies  Market Talk NewsHome · Information Technology; Game Development Software Market 2019-2025, by Audio Kinetic, PlayTech, Epic Games, Zenimax Media, Unity Technologies.
• Climb Mt. Everest in virtual reality - Hypergrid Business April 19, 2019
  Climb Mt. Everest in virtual reality  Hypergrid BusinessIf climbing Mount Everest in real life is too expensive or dangerous, but you still want to find out what it's like, virtual reality may have the answer. EverestVR is an ...
• This Week’s VR Game Roundup — Kill Roaches, Climb Mountains, and Smash Boulders! - VR Fitness Insider April 19, 2019
  This Week’s VR Game Roundup — Kill Roaches, Climb Mountains, and Smash Boulders!  VR Fitness InsiderYour browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about HTML5 video.
• Nintendo returns to virtual reality with $40 headset - Livemint April 19, 2019
  Nintendo returns to virtual reality with $40 headset  LivemintAquarter-century after its disastrous first foray into virtual reality (VR), Nintendo Co. has returned to the technology with an affordable headset that has potential ...
• Facebook is working on an AI voice assistant similar to Alexa, Google Assistant - Ars Technica April 18, 2019
  Facebook is working on an AI voice assistant similar to Alexa, Google Assistant  Ars TechnicaFacebook is working on developing an AI voice assistant similar in functionality to Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, or Siri, according to a report from CNBC and ...
• Critically Acclaimed Rhythm Action Game ‘Thumper’ is Coming to Quest at Launch - Road to VR April 18, 2019
  Critically Acclaimed Rhythm Action Game ‘Thumper’ is Coming to Quest at Launch  Road to VROculus announced that Thumper (2016), the popular rhythm-action game, is officially coming to Quest at launch. The company released the news via a blog post ...
• HTC's Latest VR Effort Promises Sharper Images, But Its Market Appeal Is Unclear - Forbes April 18, 2019
  HTC's Latest VR Effort Promises Sharper Images, But Its Market Appeal Is Unclear  ForbesHTC, once a powerhouse of the smartphone market, is now best known for its fall rather than its rise. But HTC has pivoted over the past four years toward virtual ...
• Global Virtual Reality Headsets Market 2019 Oculus Rift, LG, Sony PlayStation VR, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR - Times of Market April 18, 2019
  Global Virtual Reality Headsets Market 2019 Oculus Rift, LG, Sony PlayStation VR, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR  Times of MarketThe “Virtual Reality Headsets Market” report contains wide-extending factual assessment for Virtual Reality Headsets, which enables the customer to separate ...
• Local game developer to launch new virtual reality video game - Times Union April 17, 2019
  Local game developer to launch new virtual reality video game  Times Union Schenectady. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to climb up the face of a fortress while dodging robots and launching fireballs?
• Spice and Wolf VR Project Hits Oculus Rift/Go and HTC Vive on June 3 - Crunchyroll News April 17, 2019
  Spice and Wolf VR Project Hits Oculus Rift/Go and HTC Vive on June 3  Crunchyroll NewsIf you were wondering when to expect the VR project based on Spice & Wolf, the official Twitter account for developer SpicyTails came through with a date for a ...
• Sitting all day ruined my health. VR saved me. - Polygon April 17, 2019
  Sitting all day ruined my health. VR saved me.  PolygonIt's way too easy to find yourself spending most of your day in a chair, and it can have serious repercussions for your health. It nearly destroyed a co-writer of ...
• Google’s Tilt Brush is coming to the Oculus Quest - The Verge April 17, 2019
  Google’s Tilt Brush is coming to the Oculus Quest  The VergeTilt Brush, Google's virtual reality painting tool, is coming to Oculus' new standalone Quest headset. Google has said it's had to make a number of tweaks to ...
• VR Anime ‘Spice & Wolf’ Launching on Rift, Vive & Go in June - Road to VR April 17, 2019
  VR Anime ‘Spice & Wolf’ Launching on Rift, Vive & Go in June  Road to VRSpicyTails, the Japan-based studio behind VR anime experience Project LUX (2018), celebrated a successful Kickstarter earlier this year focusing on their next ...
• Visions of Virtual Reality in the Library - The Fairfield Mirror April 17, 2019
  Visions of Virtual Reality in the Library  The Fairfield MirrorStudents, faculty and professors flew among the skyscrapers of New York City, experienced colorblindness and got a glimpse at life with dementia as a part of ...
• Spice & Wolf VR Anime Slated for June 3 on Oculus Rift & Go, HTC VIVE - Anime News Network April 17, 2019
  Spice & Wolf VR Anime Slated for June 3 on Oculus Rift & Go, HTC VIVE  Anime News NetworkThe official Twitter account for the virtual reality anime based on Isuna Hasekura's Spice & Wolf novels announced on Tuesday that the anime will debut...
• You Can Journey With Lawrence And Holo In Spice & Wolf VR On June 3, 2019 - Siliconera April 16, 2019
  You Can Journey With Lawrence And Holo In Spice & Wolf VR On June 3, 2019  SiliconeraTeam SpicyTails has revealed that the VR title Spice & Wolf VR has been set for a June 3, 2019 release date for the HTC Vive, Oculus Go and Rift, and PC.
• How Oculus’s ‘Vader Immortal’ Puts You Into the Star Wars Universe - Variety April 16, 2019
  How Oculus’s ‘Vader Immortal’ Puts You Into the Star Wars Universe  Variety“Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order” was the big game reveal of Star Wars Celebration in Chicago this weekend, but Respawn Entertainment didn't share a single ...
• ‘ForceTube’ May Not Make Its Kickstarter Goal, But Creators Still Aim to Fulfill Orders - Road to VR April 15, 2019
  ‘ForceTube’ May Not Make Its Kickstarter Goal, But Creators Still Aim to Fulfill Orders  Road to VRWith only a few hours remaining in ForceTubeVR's crowdfunding campaign, the creators behind the VR haptic gun accessory are facing the facts: either their ...
• Facebook accidentally left 'Big Brother' messages inside Oculus Rift controllers - Mirror Online April 15, 2019
  Facebook accidentally left 'Big Brother' messages inside Oculus Rift controllers  Mirror OnlineFacebook claims the "easter egg" labels were only meant for prototype devices.
• Nintendo Labo VR is basic, but it’s immediately more fun than its expensive peers - VG247 April 15, 2019
  Nintendo Labo VR is basic, but it’s immediately more fun than its expensive peers  VG247Nintendo's VR solution is cheap, simple and made of cardboard – but it's still more fun out of the box than its bank-breaking rivals. It doesn't really matter if it's the ...
• Hands on with Oculus' two big evolutions: Quest and Rift S - Eurogamer.net April 15, 2019
  Hands on with Oculus' two big evolutions: Quest and Rift S  Eurogamer.netIt's been three years since the initial launch of Facebook's Oculus Rift and this spring, Oculus will be launching two new versions of its headset. Both the…
• JetX, Fast-Paced Cross-Platform Battle Racer Lands On PC, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift - One Angry Gamer April 15, 2019
  JetX, Fast-Paced Cross-Platform Battle Racer Lands On PC, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift  One Angry GamerSingularity Lab and Fibrum Limited have a unique new game that just launched onto Steam for PC, along with VR platform support for the HTC Vive and Oculus ...
• New Oculus Touch controllers may have secret messages hidden inside them - Digital Trends April 13, 2019
  New Oculus Touch controllers may have secret messages hidden inside them  Digital TrendsOculus co-founder Nate Mitchell revealed that new Oculus Touch controllers will be released to customers with secret messages accidentally hidden inside them ...
• PlayStation VR Version of Seeking Dawn Officially Cancelled - VRFocus April 13, 2019
  PlayStation VR Version of Seeking Dawn Officially Cancelled  VRFocusOne of the most ambitious virtual reality (VR) projects to arrive in 2018 for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive was Multiverse Entertainment's Seeking Dawn. A month after ...
• New Trailer Drops for Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series - VRFocus April 13, 2019
  New Trailer Drops for Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series  VRFocusWhile May 4th is usually a big day for Star Wars fans to celebrate their favourite franchise, this weekend is the Star Wars Celebration event in Chicago, US.
• Oculus Rift S and Oculus Quest are competing visions of VR's future - Wired.co.uk April 13, 2019
  Oculus Rift S and Oculus Quest are competing visions of VR's future  Wired.co.ukOculus is A/B testing the future of VR with two new high-end headsets – only one of which cuts the cord.
• ‘Vader Immortal’ Coming to Oculus Quest, Rift, Watch Story Trailer - Variety April 12, 2019
  ‘Vader Immortal’ Coming to Oculus Quest, Rift, Watch Story Trailer  Variety"Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series" is coming to the Oculus Rift and Quest headsets this spring, and ILMxLAB and Oculus released the story trailer for the ...
• JetX Brings A Fun New Take On A Shooter VR Experience - VR And Fun April 12, 2019
  JetX Brings A Fun New Take On A Shooter VR Experience  VR And FunRecently, Singularity Lab has released a brand new VR game called JetX. This a brand new racing shooter battle arena game where players have to fight ...
• Amazon Workers Found Listening To Alexa 04/11/2019 - MediaPost Communications April 11, 2019
  Amazon Workers Found Listening To Alexa 04/11/2019  MediaPost CommunicationsWords spoken to Amazon's Alexa are being monitored by Amazon workers to improve the digital assistant over time, according to a new report. Read the whole ...
• Horror Mystery ‘A Chair in a Room: Greenwater’ to Arrive on PSVR Later This Month - Road to VR April 11, 2019
  Horror Mystery ‘A Chair in a Room: Greenwater’ to Arrive on PSVR Later This Month  Road to VRA Chair in a Room first came to Google Cardboard and Oculus Rift DK1 as a free demo back in 2014. Later arriving on Steam as a full game for HTC Vive and ...
• Oculus Rift S Review - TrustedReviews April 11, 2019
  Oculus Rift S Review  TrustedReviewsOculus Rift S has evolutionary improvements so drastic it's going to consign the original Rift to the history books, or more likely, the bin.
• DCS World Developer On Oculus Rift S Cockpit Resolution: “I Can Read EVERYTHING” - UploadVR April 11, 2019
  DCS World Developer On Oculus Rift S Cockpit Resolution: “I Can Read EVERYTHING”  UploadVRDCS World Senior Producer Matt Wagner now has an Oculus Rift S, and he seems highly impressed with its improved resolution over the original. DCS (Digital ...
• Is His Virtual Reality Browser the Next iPhone? - OZY April 11, 2019
  Is His Virtual Reality Browser the Next iPhone?  OZYRussell Ladson's company, Drop, is building a VR browser, which could be the future of spatial computing.
• Oculus Rift S initial review: A freer VR experience - Pocket-lint April 11, 2019
  Oculus Rift S initial review: A freer VR experience  Pocket-lintOculus Rift S is intended as a replacement of the original Oculus Rift and the pinnacle of the Oculus VR line up. While the Oculus Quest fills the middle ground ...
• ‘Robo Recall’ Dev Promises Parity Between Oculus Rift and Oculus Quest - Variety April 9, 2019
  ‘Robo Recall’ Dev Promises Parity Between Oculus Rift and Oculus Quest  VarietyWhen Epic Games' first-person shooter “Robo Recall” launches on Oculus Quest, it will have the same gameplay experience found on the bigger and more ...
• Facebook's Oculus Rift S: VR headset for an immersive experience - Economic Times April 8, 2019
  Facebook's Oculus Rift S: VR headset for an immersive experience  Economic TimesSocial media giant Facebook has recently unveiled Oculus Rift S, a new version of its PC headset Oculus Rift. The Rift S replaces the original Rift with an ...
• Facebook’s Jason Rubin: Oculus Rift 2 would need ‘radical new tech’ - VentureBeat April 7, 2019
  Facebook’s Jason Rubin: Oculus Rift 2 would need ‘radical new tech’  VentureBeatFacebook VR head Jason Rubin said if Oculus did a Rift 2, "I think if we did something we honestly called a 2 and felt comfortable with that name, it would need ...
• Data Suggests Oculus Rift S IPD Range ‘Best’ For Just Half Of Adults - UploadVR April 5, 2019
  Data Suggests Oculus Rift S IPD Range ‘Best’ For Just Half Of Adults  UploadVROculus Rift S uses a single display panel and fixed lenses. Unlike the original Rift and upcoming Oculus Quest, it does not feature mechanical lens separation ...
• Jason Rubin: Oculus Rift 2 Would ‘Need To Include Radical New Tech’ - UploadVR April 4, 2019
  Jason Rubin: Oculus Rift 2 Would ‘Need To Include Radical New Tech’  UploadVROculus VP of *Content* Jason Rubin says that Oculus Rift S is not Rift 2, and any such headset would need to include 'radical' new tech.
• Oculus on the Sort of Features an ‘Oculus Rift 2’ Would Need - Variety April 1, 2019
  Oculus on the Sort of Features an ‘Oculus Rift 2’ Would Need  VarietyJason Rubin can envision an Oculus Rift 2, how Facebook's virtual reality headset would need to evolve to earn a number, rather than a letter after its name.
• This week in tech history: Three years of Oculus figuring out VR - Engadget March 30, 2019
  This week in tech history: Three years of Oculus figuring out VR  EngadgetAt Engadget, we spend every day looking at how technology will shape the future. But it's also important to look back at how far we've come. That's what This We ...
• Oculus Rift S both upgrades and simplifies your VR setup - Polygon March 29, 2019
  Oculus Rift S both upgrades and simplifies your VR setup  PolygonHands-on with the Rift S and new games, as Oculus readies its new hardware launches, including Quest, and new games like Stormland and Asgard's Wrath.
• Valve just surprise revealed its own VR headset called the Valve Index - The Verge March 29, 2019
  Valve just surprise revealed its own VR headset called the Valve Index  The VergeUnexpectedly on a Friday night, Valve has surprise launched a teaser site featuring a brand-new virtual reality headset, called the Valve Index, that appears to ...
• VR Dance Central revealed for Oculus Rift, Quest, Rift S - Shacknews March 27, 2019
  VR Dance Central revealed for Oculus Rift, Quest, Rift S  ShacknewsThere's another way to groove coming to virtual reality with Dance Central coming to Oculus VR HMDs.
• Oculus Rift S vs Oculus Rift - Tech Advisor March 27, 2019
  Oculus Rift S vs Oculus Rift  Tech AdvisorThe Oculus Rift S will be the replacement for the Oculus Rift but what exactly are the differences and could it still be worth buying a standard Oculus Rift?
• Should you upgrade to the Oculus Rift S from Rift CV1? - Windows Central March 26, 2019
  Should you upgrade to the Oculus Rift S from Rift CV1?  Windows CentralThe new Rift S is expected to be released Spring 2019, but is it worth buying if you already have an Oculus Rift? That depends ...
• Bow to Blood: Last Captain Standing Sails onto Oculus Rift and HTC Vive Next Week - VRFocus March 26, 2019
  Bow to Blood: Last Captain Standing Sails onto Oculus Rift and HTC Vive Next Week  VRFocusBow to Blood: Last Captain Standing is a massive update Tribetoy has been preparing to release, featuring not only new *content* for the PlayStation VR version ...
• Oculus Rift S specifications and differences compared to CV1 - KitGuru March 25, 2019
  Oculus Rift S specifications and differences compared to CV1  KitGuruLast week during the Game Developer Conference, the Oculus Rift S was announced. This is a new, PC-tethered headset that will replace the original Oculus ...
• Oculus: Rift S, Quest Price Cuts Won’t Be As ‘Aggressive’ As Rift - UploadVR March 22, 2019
  Oculus: Rift S, Quest Price Cuts Won’t Be As ‘Aggressive’ As Rift  UploadVROculus has two VR headsets launching at $399 this spring. Unlike the original Oculus Rift, though, you shouldn't hold your breath for price cuts on either any ...