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Facebook F8 Conference Cancelled Due to Conference Fears
Facebook has confirmed the cancellation of the annual F8 developer conference, citing coronavirus concerns. The F8 conference was originally slated to take place on May 5th and 6th this year.…
HTC Vive Cosmos Elite Already Available for Pre-Order, to Begin Shipping on March 18
HTC’s new virtual reality headsets for hardcore gamers, Vive Cosmos Elite, can now be pre-ordered. HTC Vive Cosmos Elite HTC recently unveiled its new Vive Cosmos lineup. Unlike the standard…
Facebook Acquires the Virtual Reality Studio Sanzaru Games
Asgard's Wrath Facebook has acquired the VR game studio Sanzaru Games which is behind the virtual reality hit Asgard’s Wrath. The new acquisition underpins Facebook’s intention to invest in its…
Standalone Headset Manufacturer LYNX Raised $2 Million in 2019
The French XR startup LYNX, which participated in Qualcomm’s hardware accelerator program, raised $ 2million in 2019. The startup is using the Snapdragon XR2 chipset which is made for XR…
Sandbox VR Developing an SDK that Will Enable Anyone to Create for its VR Arcade Platform
Sandbox VR is hoping to create better content for its high-end virtual reality arcades and putting third-party developers in the driving seat. Sandbox VR is building new SDK that will…
HTC Teases Vive Proton Headset Concept
On the same day that HTC unveiled its new modular Vive Cosmos lineup, firmly establishing the Vive and the Vive Cosmos lineup as PC VR headsets, HTC also showed a…
Microsoft Promises an Update on HoloLens 2 Delivery Problems
The Microsoft HoloLens 2, a commercial refinement of the HoloLens 1, has more or less been available since November 2019. However, many developers did not receive their headsets in the…
Sony Insiders Confirm PlayStation VR 2 is in the Pipeline
A Bloomberg report citing insider sources now confirms that Sony is planning to launch PlayStation VR 2. Sony had already confirmed that its upcoming PlayStation 5 would be backward compatible…
VR Therapy Pioneer Oxford VR Secures $12.5 Million in Series A Funding
VR pioneer Oxford VR announced that it has secured $ million in a Series A funding round. This landmark investment represents the largest for virtual reality therapy in Europe (including…
Save Big on the VR Classics with the VR Humble Bundle
Save big on some the virtual reality classics with the new PC VR Humble Bundle. If you have recently acquired a PC VR headset and are looking for lots of…