Oculus VR Founder Palmer Luckey Backs Unofficial Quest App Store ‘SideQuest’

Everyone’s favorite indie store front raises $650K in funding. If you own an Oculus Quest headset than chances are you’ve heard of SideQuest, an immensely popular VR app store that allows independent developers a chance to showcase games and apps that have been rejected for publishing on the Oculus Store due to the company’s notoriously strict...

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Oculus Quest 2 VR Cover Now Available For Pre-Order

Keep your new headset looking fresh with an easy-to-clean facial interface. Look under the hood of the new Oculus Quest 2 and you’ll find a new Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 chipset, 6GB of RAM, 2k per eye resolution with adjustable optics, and seven onboard cameras. On the outside, Facebook’s new-and-improved standalone headset features a new all-white...

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Fight For Your Chance At A Free Copy Of Team-Based Shooter ‘Frostpoint VR’

You’ll need to move quickly if you want to score one of the 3,000 free copies. Thirdverse Inc. and inXile Entertainment’s Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds is an upcoming 10v10 multiplayer VR shooter set across an abandoned military base located in the frozen desert of Antarctica. In addition to the PvP combat, players will also need to be on the...

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VR Multiplayer Shooter ‘Grapple Tournament’ Takes Aim At VR Esports

Improve your teamwork skills through fast-paced vertical combat. Believe it or not, esports got its start in the ’60s when members of MIT’s “Tech Model Railroad Club” battled each other in a game of Spacewars, a game where players pilot a spaceship crippled with limited fuel and ammunition while attempting to outwit their opponents until there’s...

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Where To Pre-Order The Oculus Quest 2

Those in the US will have to wait until late November to get their hands on the new Quest. To no one’s surprise, pre-orders for the recently announced Oculus Quest 2 VR headset are already backordered on the official Oculus website. Those in the US who’ve yet to reserve their headset, whether it be the 64GB or 256GB model, will now have...

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Microsoft To Purchase ZeniMax Media, Parent Company Of Bethesda

Microsoft’s acquisition will cost a reported $7.5 billion. Microsoft has announced plans to acquire American video game holding company ZeniMax Media, owner of numerous high-profile game publishers, for a reported $7.5 billion. This includes Arkane Studios (Dishonored, Prey), id Software (DOOM, Quake, Wolfenstein 3D), Tango Gameworks (The...

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‘Minecraft’ Arrives On PlayStation VR Tomorrow

The free patch update will be available to all PS5 Minecraft owners. Earlier this month developer Mojang Studios announced that it’s legendary survival crafting game Minecraft would be heading to PlayStation VR sometime near the end of September as part of Sony’s PlayStation VR spotlight. Tomorrow the company will make good on its promise,...

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Social Deduction Game ‘Among Us’ Is Here To Ruin Friendships In VR

Rec Room brings the internet’s latest obssession to life in VR. Developer InnerSloth’s multiplayer party game Among Us has been absolutely dominating the internet as of late, offering players a unique social deception experience that’s quickly testing the limits of friendships around the globe. It’s a fairly simple premise: Teams of...

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Mini-Doc Debuts Of Brooklyn Juneteenth March Captured In 360 Degrees

The revolution will be documented… in 360. June 19th (a significant holiday in the United States denoting the end of slavery) this year was both a moment to pause and to celebrate, as well as strike up protests and marches across the country in demand of a better world. 2020 has been fraught with political discord at local and national...

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Facebook To Discontinue Oculus Rift S Beginning 2021

You can still buy an Oculus Rift S..for now. It’s been an exciting week for VR! During Facebook Connect this past week, Mark Zuckerberg talked about the future of how AR technology will play an important role in the future of the company that included information on Project Aria. The company also made the official reveal of the Oculus Quest 2—a...

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