Author Archives: Sam Ochanji
HTC to Reveal “Game-Changing VR Headsets” at VIVECON
HTC’s approaching VIVECON event will be held online on May 11th and 12th. On its new website, the company has promised to reveal “game-changing VR headsets” as well as presentations…
SteamVR Dashboard Update Brings Individual Windows Focus and Controller Docking
SteamVR’s latest beta update, version , brings improvements in how users use their PC desktop in virtual reality via the SteamVR dashboard. It has upgraded to a new window-to-controller docking…
Facebook Buys Onward Developer Downpour Interactive
Downpour Interactive joins Oculus The developer of the multiplayer VR first-person shooter (FPS), Onward, has been acquired by Facebook. This is the latest in Facebook VR studio buying spree over…
Snap Acquires 3D Mapping Developer Pixel8Earth
In March this year, Snap acquired the fitting technology startup Fit Analytics for $124 million. In the same quarter, Snap also made another acquisition that can it confirmed this week.…
Campfire Raises $8 Million for Mixed Reality Headset System for Product Design and Collaboration
California-based startup Campfire came out of stealth this week and announced that it had raised $8 million in venture capital for an integrated hardware and software platform that aims to…
UK-Based Proximie Raises $38 Million for AR Surgery
UK-based Proximie has raised $38 million in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by F-Prime Capital with the participation of Eight Roads, Questa Capital, Maverick Ventures, Global…
VR Dungeon Crawler ‘Ancient Dungeon’ Dropping in a Few Months
Ancient Dungeon did a successful Kickstarter last year. The rogue-lite dungeon crawler is now set to launch “soon” according to the developer Eric Thullen. The title will arrive on both…
Oculus Air Link Wireless Streaming Now Open for All With v28 on PC and Quest 2
Facebook had already released its Air Link feature. Now the feature is open to everyone who has updated both their Oculus Quest 2 and the Oculus PC app to version…
Oculus Launches New and More Expressive VR Avatars
Oculus began rolling out its new and redesigned avatars last week. These new and improved avatars are more customizable and more expressive than the ones it launched in 2016 and…
Holoride Closes $12 Million in Series A Funding
Audi spinoff Holoride has raised $12 million in Series A investing round that gave the company a $36 million valuation. Holoride is currently building an immersive XR in-vehicle media platform.…