Echo Combat hands-on — This zero-gravity multiplayer shooter shines in VR
Lone Echo and Echo Arena debuted in 2017 on the Oculus Rift, introducing immersive zero-gravity movement in virtual reality. And it didn’t make me...
Final Assault hands-on — Real-time strategy combat in VR, without the boring stuff
Phaser Lock Interactive has created a real-time strategy combat game dubbed Final Assault for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. It stands out from other VR RTS...
Space Junkies hands-on — Ubisoft’s crazy VR arcade space shooter with jetpacks
Space Junkies is Ubisoft’s arcade shooter about flying around space in virtual reality, zooming about in orbital arenas with a jetpack and shooting your...
Stormland hands-on: Giving you the freedom to soar through the skies in VR
In Stormland, you are an android gardener who traveled to an exotic alien planet to help settle it. But when you get there, you...
Oculus chief scientist Mike Abrash still sees the rosy future through AR/VR glasses
Oculus VR chief scientist Mike Abrash has been one of Facebook’s best advocates for motivating developers to commit themselves to virtual reality. At his...
Oculus Go is getting casting so you can share your VR experience on mobile, TV
Facebook announced today that virtual reality users will be able to do “casting,” or sharing their VR experiences on the Oculus Go on a...
Oculus Santa Cruz is Quest, will offer standalone VR in spring for $399
After teases and public demonstrations, Oculus is finally ready to make its third virtual reality headset — previously codenamed Project Santa Cruz — official....
Watch the Oculus Connect 5 keynote live right here
For fans of virtual reality, it’s the most wonderful time of the year: Later today we’ll be on site at Facebook’s Oculus Connect 5,...
IDC expects rebound after VR shipments fell an ‘artificial’ 33.7% in Q2 2018
Despite recording a 33.7 percent drop in worldwide shipments of VR headsets during 2018's second quarter, IDC is forecasting a sunny outlook for future quarters.
VR’s next goal: Quickly winning over new users
Headset makers are actively trying to make VR easier for new users to experience -- quickly.