VR Headsets

Escaping Reality: 19-year old Arcade Owner Asserts Now is the Best Time for Virtual Reality

Aidyn Messerschmidt, a 19-year old is all set to launch his own arcade called Galaxy VR Arcade on the coming 27th February. The young man graduated from Hartland High School only last year. By this year, he became an entrepreneur launching his first venture. His VR arcade is located in the Country Corners mini mall at 4088 E. Grand River Avenue in Genoa Township. The first-time entrepreneur stated that during the lockdown, virtual reality became his only reality. During the period, he bought a standalone VR headset, which he describes

The Rock City VR game Truck Brings the World of Gaming Closer to You

What game is your favorite? Is it Super Mario? Beat Saber? Minecraft? Whatever it is, on whichever platform you love, whether virtual reality or Nintendo— all these are now within your reach as the Rock City Virtual Reality Game Truck. With four gaming stations, one aircraft simulator, and two race car simulators, the game truck can turn all your parties and events into a blast. Best.party.ever The co-owner of the venture, Arnelle Comissiong said that users can play different systems on each gaming station at any time. Moreover, each station

How pandemic socialization trends have accelerated the move into virtual spaces

GamesBeat x Oculus Venues Join Dean Takahashi, Ramez Naam, and Tim Chang online for "Science Fiction, Tech, and Games." Hosted in VR and 2D February 17th, 10:00am PT Learn More What will the social graph look like this year? What is it going to look like two years from now, and how is it going to be built? To answer that question, Elena Arponen, CEO and co-founder of Quicksave Interactive, Bruce Grove, CEO and co-founder of Polystream, and Si Lumb, metamedia futurist, joined Wanda Meloni, CEO & Principal Analyst at

Yupitergrad Is Basically Spider-Man VR (In Space) With Gorgeous Visuals

Whoever knew the insides of a Soviet-era Russian space facility could look so, well, colorful? Yupitergrad did, apparently. This gorgeous new VR game is being developed by Poland-based Gamedust and is on its way to PC VR headsets later this year. It’s essentially a Spider-Man VR game… in space. Cast as a Russian cosmonaut, you travel to a base on Jupiter to test a new device. Things go a bit haywire, however, and soon you’re swinging for your life. Check out the trailer below. [embedded content] You traverse through the

Frostpoint Is A New Multiplayer AAA VR Shooter From inXile, Creators Of Wasteland And Mage’s Tale

The renowned developers of classic game franchises like Wasteland and The Bard’s Tale, as well as VR dungeon crawler The Mage’s Tale, are unveiling their next VR-exclusive project: Frostpoint. This is a change of pace for inXile Entertainment, being a first-person multiplayer shooter instead of an RPG, but it’s shaping up to be something worth keeping an eye on. [embedded content] Frostpoint (not to be confused with PSVR-exclusive VR shooter, Farpoint) is an upcoming multiplayer VR shooter from inXile that aims to deliver an innovative PvPvE experience. This means that

Arena Shooter Snapshot VR Hits Steam This September, Out Now On Viveport

Fast-paced paintball-inspired arena shooter, Snapshot VR from Giant Scam Industries, is out in Early Access now for all major PC VR headsets on Viveport for $19.99 or in the Viveport Infinity subscription plan. It’s also coming to Steam on September 1st. [embedded content] Last month we revealed the game by highlighting its focus on emulated the paintball experience and now, with its Early Access launch on Viveport, anyone can jump in and check it out. Notably, you don’t even need to pay full price for the game if you don’t

Star Wars: Squadrons Has An Immersive HUD Mode, Will Let You Hide Cosmetics

Want to make your X-Wing VR experience as immersive as possible? We’ve got good news for you: you can turn off the Star Wars: Squadrons HUD (heads-up display) elements.Developer EA Motive confirmed as much talking to IGN. The VR-compatible flight combat game will feature a ‘Hardcore Mode’ that will take some of the HUD and user interface (UI) elements away.[embedded content]“When you start the story,” creative director Ian S. Frazier explained, “we ask if you want the standard experience – which we’d expect most players to take – or a

Shooty Skies Overdrive Review: A Short Yet Sweet VR Wave Shooter

It’s time to take flight in Shooty Skies Overdrive, a new VR wave shooter for Oculus Quest and PC VR from the team behind the successful mobile game Crossy Road. Taking elements and inspiration from traditional and VR games alike, does this new bullet hell title fly higher than the competition? Here’s our review.Shooty Skies Overdrive is the first VR game from Crossy Road co-creator Matt Hill and Mighty Games, following a string of successful games on Android and iOS platforms like Crossy Road and the original non-VR Shooty Skies.The