UK-based startup Freeaim kicked off a new Kickstarter campaign yesterday to support the release of a pair of motorized shoes designed to enable natural walking in VR, essentially giving your feet two independent treadmills to walk on. VR treadmills are usually pretty costly and bulky, which means they mostly appeal to enterprise. Now, Freeaim has
I got a chance to go hands-on with a beginning level of World War Z VR on Quest, the first VR entry into the storied zombie franchise. And like the novel, 2013 film and the handful of flatscreen games that followed, it’s chock-full of zombie hordes, which you take on with the help of two AI companions.
It was announced recently that Meta is partnering with military tech company Anduril to bring XR technology to the battlefield. New job listings indicate the company is also looking to expand its XR tech into the medical field. Meta is of course best known for in the XR space for its consumer VR and MR
Indie VR studio Patient 8 Games released a new trailer for Memoreum during UploadVR’s summer games showcase, revealing it’s coming a little later than planned. Previously slated to release on Quest in September, Patient 8 has now confirmed its sci-fi space horror game Memoreum is now set to launch on the Horizon Store on October
Indie studio Creativity AR announced its MacGyver-inspired VR puzzle adventure Fixer Undercover is coming to Quest and SteamVR headsets next year. The studio released a demo of Fixer Undercover on Quest last year via the now-defunct App Lab, offering up a taste of the spy-themed puzzle game. During the UploadVR summer game showcase, Creativity AR showed
During Upload VR’s summer game showcase, developer Triangular Pixels showed off more of its upcoming sequel to spy-flavored puzzle adventure Unseen Diplomacy (2016). The sequel, Unseen Diplomacy 2, has been years in the making, and now Triangular Pixels has released a new trailer showing off more of the game’s room-scale interactions—a feature that made the 2016
Indie studio The Voxel Agents announced a VR expansion of their hit puzzle adventure Hidden Memories (2018) is coming to Quest and SteamVR headsets in August. Called Hidden Memories The Gardens Between, the upcoming VR game is said to be “an expansive reimagining” of the original, which launched on PC, console and mobile platforms in 2018. The
Amazon’s annual Prime Day sale is wrapping up today, offering up the last chance to nab one of the best deals in VR gaming. Launched last October, Quest 3S is normally priced at $300 for the 128 GB variant, and $400 for the 256 GB variant. It supports all of the same virtual and mixed reality
Switzerland-based light field display startup CREAL announced its closed a $8.9 million equity funding round, which the company says will accelerate the miniaturization of its light field module for AR glasses. The equity funding round was led by ZEISS, the Germany-based optical systems and optoelectronics company, with participation from new and existing investors, including members
Indie XR studio Yumebau today released BuildPort Xumia in early access on Quest, bringing fast-paced, physics-driven space combat and the ability to build out your own spaceships from scratch. Now available on Quest 3 and 3S, BuildPort Xumia is a bit of a cross between a toned down Kerbal Space Program and an arena multiplayer shooter, offering