Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond is Coming to Oculus Quest 2

What a week it has been for Oculus Quest 2 owners. Monday saw a release date confirmed for Resident Evil 4 and today EA and Respawn Entertainment have dropped a big surprise announcement. WW2 shooter Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond will be hitting the ... more - vrfocus.com

First Teasing Trailer for The Living Remain Emerges

For those that just love shooting zombies in the face, there’s going to be another title you may want to add to that undead library of yours, The Living Remain. The work of indie team Five Finger Studios, The Living Remain is going to be a classic survival ... more - vrfocus.com

The Virtual Arena: UK’s Hyper Reality Adventure

Exclusive coverage of all aspects of the Out-of-Home entertainment landscape, industry specialist Kevin Williams, in his latest Virtual Arena column – reporting from a visit to the launch of a brand new Hyper Reality Adventure in the heart of Birmingham. ... more - vrfocus.com

Lone Echo II Oculus Rift Launch Date Confirmed for October

After so many delays it might be one of those launch date announcements you take with hesitation but Ready At Dawn has now come back with a date for Lone Echo II. The sci-fi adventure built for Oculus Rift is slated to release in exactly two weeks. In ... more - vrfocus.com

The Infinite Brings its Multi-Sensory VR Experience to Houston in December

Felix & Paul Studios has been deeply invested in capturing the sheer wonder of space for several years now, collaborating with NASA on its Space Explorers project; most recently recording the first 360-degree footage outside on the International ... more - vrfocus.com

Studio Behind Wraith: The Oblivion Forms VR Publishing Arm

Having released virtual reality (VR) videogames like Apex Construct and Wraith: The Oblivion – Afterlife, Swedish studio Fast Travel Games is getting into third-party publishing. It announced a new publishing arm today, focused on utilising the team’s ... more - vrfocus.com

It Looks Like The Void is Returning Reports Suggest

In its heyday, The Void was a premium virtual reality (VR) location offering pioneering experiences affiliated with big IPs like Star Wars and Marvel’s Avengers. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic and other issues, the location-based entertainment (LBE) ... more - vrfocus.com

VR MMORPG Zenith: The Last City Completes $10m Funding Round

Indie virtual reality (VR) studio Ramen VR began work on its MMORPG Zenith: The Last City back in 2019, launching a successful Kickstarter that same year to help fund the project. Resources shouldn’t be much of an issue now because the studio has announced ... more - vrfocus.com

Pimax’s Sword Lite Controllers Available in October

It was over two years ago that Pimax began officially talking about its “Sword Series” virtual reality (VR) controllers, controllers that at the time looked to rival the Index design. If you pre-ordered a pair or are simply looking for an alternative ... more - vrfocus.com

FitXR is Making its Workout Classes More Accessible

Subscription-based virtual reality (VR) fitness app FitXR wants to make its workouts as accessible as possible so that any player can participate. To that end, FitXR will be rolling out six new accessibility classes starting this week through to November ... more - vrfocus.com

Resident Evil 4 Brings Survival Horror to Oculus Quest 2 in October

If there’s one reason to own an Oculus Quest 2 in 2021 then it’s surely going to be the upcoming release of Resident Evil 4 . Officially revealed back in April alongside confirmation that it would be an Oculus Quest 2 exclusive – sorry no original Oculus ... more - vrfocus.com

Ultrawings 2 Prepares for Takeoff in 2022

Bit Planet Games has been teasing details of its aerial title Ultrawings 2 for a little while now. A few days ago the studio ended all of that hinting with an official announcement, Ultrawings 2 will be coming to Oculus Quest and PC VR headsets in early ... more - vrfocus.com

UK VR Hydrotherapy Centre Seeks Crowdfunding Support to Continue Special Needs Care

The pandemic has been a boon for some areas of the XR industry and disastrous for others. Whilst there’s increased interest in virtual reality (VR), especially where remote collaboration is concerned, location-based entertainment (LBE) venues and other ... more - vrfocus.com

Get Your Rally on This Month in Rec Room

Social app Rec Room is holding its annual Rec Con event this weekend, three days of panels, concerts, special events and announcements. As part of today’s roster, Rec Room has just unveiled a brand new game that is playable on supported devices later ... more - vrfocus.com

Competition: Win Wolf Attack on Steam

Earlier this month indie team TomatoVR released its fifth virtual reality (VR), Wolf Attack, a wave shooter inspired by the Three Little Pigs nursery rhyme. Supporting PC VR headsets, this weekend VRFocus has got a bunch of Wolf Attack codes for our ... more - vrfocus.com

Sweet Surrender Blasts Onto Oculus Quest and Steam Next Week

The end of September is looking a little light when it comes to virtual reality (VR) releases. Thankfully, Salmi Games has just come along to save the day, confirming that its shooter Sweet Surrender will be getting a multi headset release across Oculus ... more - vrfocus.com

Loco Dojo Unleashes Multiplayer Mayhem on Oculus Quest in October

Loco Dojo was a quirky mini-game compendium released in 2017 for PC VR headsets. Designed by Make Real, the studio revealed earlier this year it was working on an Oculus Quest port with lots of new refinements, Loco Dojo Unleashed. Today, the team has ... more - vrfocus.com

Practice Your Best Metal Face for Unplugged’s Oculus Quest Launch in October

Anotherway and Vertigo Games have been developing one of the most interesting use cases for Oculus Quest’s hand tracking feature, an air guitar experience called Unplugged. Today, the teams have revealed that the launch isn’t too far away, with a date ... more - vrfocus.com

Zero Caliber: Reloaded Survival Mode Drops Today, PlayStation VR News to Come

Back in May XREAL Games brought its military shooter Zero Caliber to Oculus Quest in the form of Zero Caliber: Reloaded , rebuilding the experience for the standalone headset. Today, the studio has released its sixth update for the videogame, adding ... more - vrfocus.com

Cubism Volume 2 Adds 30 Free new Puzzles

When it comes to deliciously simply yet highly effective puzzle gameplay, Thomas van Bouwel’s Cubism for Oculus Quest, Rift and SteamVR is a very good place to start. Officially released back in September 2020, for Cubism’s first anniversary this month ... more - vrfocus.com

Andrew Bosworth Will Be Facebook’s New CTO in 2022

This week marks Facebook’s next big step towards its metaverse future as current Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Mike Schroepfer has announced he’ll be stepping down next year after 13 years at the company. Taking his place will be head of Facebook Reality ... more - vrfocus.com

Sandbox VR is Coming to the UK in 2022, Robotic Bartenders & HoloDecks Included

As lockdowns begin to ease, location-based entertainment (LBE) is back on the march as people want to get out of their homes and do something different. There’s been an uptick of virtual reality (VR) focused locations either reopening or launching brand ... more - vrfocus.com

Bean Stalker Takes PC VR Players on a Fairytale Adventure

Classic fairytales can be a great source of inspiration for videogame developers, especially if a certain story has been a favourite since childhood. Jack and the Beanstalk is one of the most famous, inspiring VR Storm Studio to create Bean Stalker for ... more - vrfocus.com

Captain ToonHead vs the Punks from Outer Space Arrives in November

Last month Teravision Games revealed the first gameplay footage for its upcoming tower defence title Captain ToonHead vs the Punks from Outer Space . Today, the studio has confirmed that a multiplatform launch will take place in early November. This ... more - vrfocus.com

Puzzle Bobble 3D: Vacation Odyssey Takes Aim at PlayStation in October

Virtual reality (VR) developer Survios teamed up with Taito to launch Puzzle Bobble VR: Vacation Odyssey earlier this year, exclusive to Oculus Quest. Today, Survios has announced that PlayStation will be getting its own version called Puzzle Bobble ... more - vrfocus.com

Beat Saber Adds 10 Billie Eilish Songs Today

The last few weeks have seen some major additions to Beat Saber with the likes of those new Skrillex songs and Oculus and Steam players able to cross-play together. Today, another international artist joins the official Beat Saber roster with ten Billy ... more - vrfocus.com

Preview: Unplugged – Rocking VR Air Guitar

Everyone has strummed out a little air guitar at some point in their lives – come on admit it – whether that’s in the shower or when you hear an awesome solo over the airwaves. But mimicking your wild arm flailing into a cohesive, hand tracked virtual ... more - vrfocus.com

Want £100 off an Oculus Quest 2? Simply Buy Two

Buying in bulk has always been the cheaper option, whether that’s a 50kg sack of potatoes that may never get eaten or that awesome deal for 10 scarfs during summer. Tech is a little bit different, usually offering singular discounts as you get on Black ... more - vrfocus.com

Netflix’s First VR Game Eden Unearthed Raises More Questions Than it Answers

Streaming behemoth Netflix first got involved in virtual reality (VR) years ago with its own dedicated app for watching its shows. While that app is sorely in need of an update or two, it has come to light this week that Netflix has very quietly released ... more - vrfocus.com

Preview: RC Rush – Mini Motoring Mayhem

Franchises like DiRT Rally, Forza ­ and Gran Turismo might be all about realism and hardcore racing but there’s something to be said for the cheekier, plucky racing titles out there designed just to be fun. How better to encapsulate that than with diddy ... more - vrfocus.com