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Sci-Fi Classic Horror Game Twilight Zone Coming to Quest on July 14
The Twilight Zone is making a comeback as a virtual reality game for Quest 2. Here is a quick look at the history of this science fiction classic. The Twilight…
Horizon Worlds Adds a Large Library of Pre-Made Assets
Horizon Worlds has added more than 100 pre-made items in its new Asset Library feature. Now users can access a massive library of pre-made assets in the virtual creation tool.…
AirRacket: Researches Use Air to Simulate Haptic Feedback in VR Sports
Over the past few years, researchers and engineers have come up with a gazillion ideas on how to simulate haptic feedback in virtual reality to improve the immersion in VR…
Synagogues Destroyed in the Holocaust Reconstructed in Virtual Reality
The Second World War was accompanied by the unparalleled destruction of cultural and architectural heritage in Europe. Given the antisemitic policies of the Third Reich, synagogues, many of which were…
Paire VR: The Omegle of VR Early Access in May 2022
If you are a social media fossil, then you probably remember Omegle, the chat tool that pairs you with random people for anonymous one-on-one chat sessions that either party can…
NASA Crowdsourcing User-Generated Content for a Mars VR Simulator
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has partnered with Epic Games to create a hyper-realistic virtual reality version of Mars. The VR Mars simulator replicates the harsh conditions on…
Flirt in the Metaverse and Hook Up in the Real World With ‘Flirtual’ Dating App
VR meetups and VR dates are already a thing. In fact, we are already grappling with some real-world dating challenges in the metaverse such as groping of avatars in the…
VR Game Releases in May 2022
April has been exciting with the Meta Quest Gaming Showcase but the month of May won’t be a drab one as we are expecting a number of VR titles to…
Morrowind Mod Adds VR and Multiplayer Support on its 20th Anniversary
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind came out on May 1, 2002, and was characterized by its massive and unusually detailed game world for a role-playing game. Now, on its 20th anniversary,…
Bigscreen Now Allows You to Watch YouTube With Friends Inside VR
Users can now natively stream YouTube content to the virtual screen in the VR cinema app Bigscreen in another small win for our collective metaversal aspirations. Bigscreen YouTube content support…