Virtual & Augmented Reality news

HaptX, which makes-enterprise focused haptic VR gloves, has announced the closure of a $23 million investment. The company says it will use the cash to accelerate the rollout of its next-gen products.HaptX has been enhancing and refining its enterprise-focused haptic VR gloves for several years now. In addition to force-feedback, the company also touts its micro-pneumatic haptics which push against your skin to mimic the feeling of an object pushing back when you grip it. Though bulky and expens

While the mod itself is free, you will need to own a copy of the game in order to play.The Half-Life 2: VR Mod launched in public beta on Steam earlier this week, allowing those with a headset to play Valve’s near-perfect first-person shooter game from start to finish in VR.
The game features everything from room-scale movement and comfort options to motion controls and two-handed weapon handling with support for manual reloading.The Half-Life 2: VR Mod is available to download now on PC V

Horizon Worlds, Meta’s social VR platform for Quest users, has featured its own ‘Personal Space’ zone for a while now, however now the company is rolling out a more social version to more users that will let you better flesh out your home area for others to visit.‘Personal Space’ used to be a floating island where you’d customize your avatar and view updates and events in Horizon Worlds, making it essentially the first place you’d go before jum

Step into the armor of a superhuman Space Marine in this multiplayer free-roam experience.Stress Level Zero, an international purveyor of location-based VR entertainment, this week announced that is partnering with Games Workshop to launch a free-roam VR game based on the ultra-violent Warhammer 40K franchise. Available at Zero Latency arcades in 2023, the game will serve as a companion experience to the highly-anticipated Space Marine II game which was announced last year during The Game Awards

Can NFL Pro Era Take VR Mainstream for Oculus, PlayStation?  BloombergBecome a Quarterback in VR With NFL PRO ERA  FacebookNFL Pro Era turned me into a quarterback in VR — and it was a total blast  CNN UnderscoredNFL Pro Era VR is available now — hands-on with the first official NFL VR game  Laptop MagNFL PRO ERA Available For Meta Quest 2 - Coming to Other VR Platforms This Fall  Operation SportsView Full Coverage on Google News

Nofio, a Wi-Fi 6E wireless adapter for Valve Index, blasted past its funding goal of $315,530 AUS (~$215,000 USD) in a single day when it hit Kickstarter earlier this month. Late last week project organizers announced all available units were sold out, however now the startup has reopened sales after securing additional units just days before the campaign’s end.
Update (September 20th, 2022) Nofio still has six days left its Kickstarter campaign, which was thought to be effectively o