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Launching a VR game these days is "A perfect storm of shit"
17-bit's Jake Kazdal speaks frankly about the difficulty of launching the survival game Song in the Smoke last month
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PlayStation VR 2 has 4K display, eye-tracking and headset feedback
First confirmed title is Horizon: Call of the Mountain, developed by Guerrilla and Firesprite
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Vertigo Games' After The Fall earned $1.4m in 24 hours
The VR shooter sold more copies on day one than Arizona Sunshine in one month
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People Can Fly acquires Incuvo
Outriders studio's third acquisition of the year is a Polish developer with a track record of VR ports on horror games
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Sony's VR ambitions go far beyond PlayStation | Opinion
A new prototype headset shown off this week helps to explain Sony's ongoing commitment to PSVR -- as a powerful starting point for the company's wider plans
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Oculus Quest to rebrand as Meta Quest in 2022
The change will be made progressively from early next year, with the Oculus App also becoming Meta Quest App
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Growing leaps and bounds: Polyarc on the trajectory of VR and Moss
Polyarc's Lincoln Davis and Michael Felice on Moss: Book 2, the growth of the VR market, and what made Quill a star
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VR to be a $51bn market by 2030, says GlobalData
Firm expects enterprise applications to grow the sector from last year's estimated total of $5 billion worldwide
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Oculus' John Carmack skeptical about efforts to build the metaverse
Veteran developer calls it "a honeypot trap for architecture astronauts" during Facebook Connect keynote address
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Oculus plans to remove Facebook account requirement
Company is currently testing “work accounts” for Quest headsets, to be introduced over the next year
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Beat Saber passes $100m in revenue on Oculus Quest
The VR title was part of the Quest's launch lineup back in May 2019
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Facebook changes name to Meta
Social network now referring to itself as a social technology company with a goal "to bring the metaverse to life"
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SideQuest raises $3m to fuel VR development
Company is creating a testing service, as well as other tools for game makers
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Fast Travel Games aims to fill "great need for VR publishers"
CEO Oskar Burman discusses opportunities in a maturing virtual reality market as new publishing arm launches
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Forevr Games raises $8.5m to make VR social experiences
Company founded last year by former Zynga execs released its first game back in May
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XR Games raises £1.5 million
Leeds-based developer is to grow its team with 20 new hires, and develop its own IP
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Ex-Codemasters CEO Frank Sagnier resurfaces at NDreams
Sagnier named non-executive chair of VR developer and publisher, will help drive towards "some very ambitious goals"
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NDreams opens second studio to make live service VR games
New branch will be fully remote, follows creation of publishing arm earlier this year
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Facebook halts Oculus Quest 2 sales
Company temporarily stops device sales to address skin irritation concerns
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VR studio Fast Travel Games raises over $4m
Funding round led by Brightly Ventures, as well as existing owners
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Best practices for developing VR games for theme parks
Gamitronics founder Rajat Ojha explains the subtleties of developing VR content for location-based experiences
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VRChat closes $80m Series D funding round
Investment will be used to develop "a creator economy where members can earn" and bringing app to more platforms
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Virtual reality still needs to find its business model | Opinion
Facebook's trial for ads in VR games attracted criticism but the medium still needs to wrestle with how it will make money
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Resolution Games no longer participating in Oculus in-headset ad test
“After listening to player feedback, we realise that Blaston isn't the best fit for this type of advertising test.”
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Facebook to test in-headset ads in Oculus games
The test will only run on a few VR titles only but could be expanded to the ecosystem more broadly if successful