Spiders Are So Scary in VR That ‘Dungeons of Eternity’ Added an Option to Censor Them

Dungeons of Eternity (2023) is chock-full of skeletons, zombies, slimes and yes… spiders. But now developer Othergate has added an ‘Arachnophobia Mode’ that lets you take on the VR hack-n-slash adventure on…

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Meta VR Studio Behind ‘Lone Echo’ Shuttered After No New Game Release in Nearly Three Years

Meta’s first-party VR studio Ready at Dawn—the developers of Lone Echo and more—is reportedly being shuttered. This comes after the studio was acquired back in 2020 and has only released one game…

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PSVR 2 Works on PC Without the Adapter If You Have the Right Graphics Card

Sony released its long-awaited PC VR adapter for PSVR 2 this week, however early reports maintain some user don’t even need the company’s $60 adapter to start playing PC VR games…

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Microsoft Reportedly Orders Samsung Micro OLEDs to Restart XR Hardware Ambitions

According to a report from Korean tech outlet The Elec, Microsoft has contracted Samsung to supply micro OLED display panels for what is described as “next-generation mixed reality devices.” Citing…

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Mixed Reality Gaming Studio MixRift Secures $1.6M Funding to Make the ‘Angry Birds’ of MR

MixRift, a mixed reality game studio, today announced it’s secured a $1.6 million pre-seed investment round, something the team says will be used to develop more MR games. The funding…

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VR Veteran Studio nDreams to Reveal “what’s next” at VR Games Showcase Next Week

One of VR’s most senior studios nDreams announced they’re getting ready to announce “what’s next” at the VR Games Showcase next week. Coming August 15th and presented by industry veteran Jamie…

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‘Garry’s Mod’ Sequel Adopts OpenXR to ‘Expand VR Feature Set’ and Support More Devices

Facepunch Studios announced that s&box, its upcoming physics sandbox and game development platform, is now using OpenXR, which will not only allow the studio to expand its VR feature set, but…

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‘The New Salsa Academy’ Teaches You All The Right Moves, Now Available on Quest

Taking a dance course can be intimidating, not to mention time consuming—but it doesn’t have to be. At least not when you can do it in VR (and MR). Led…

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VR Port Studio Joins Andreessen Horowitz Accelerator, Earning Investment and Validation

Flat2VR Studios has been accepted into the SPEEDRUN accelerator, not only giving the studio a financial boost on its mission to bring VR support to non-VR games, but a good…

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