Larcenauts’ Immersion Overload update adds an option for manual reload and more control options for using your hands in VR.
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‘Carrier Command 2’ to Get Full VR Support, Coss-play With up to 9-player Co-op
Carrier Command 2, a modern sequel to the 1988 game, puts players in control of a futuristic aircraft carrier, allowing up to nine players to manage the ship’s many systems from the bridge. Developer Geometa today announced the game will get full VR support, including cross-play with the non-VR version. Both versions will be bundled […]
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Crewmembers Finish Science Experiments
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Discover The Virtual Burning Man 2021
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Larcenauts: Immersion Overload Update Adds Key Immersive Features
Impulse Gear, an independent game developer and publisher located in San Francisco, continues to prioritize game features based on community feedback and requests for Larcenauts, a team-based multiplayer first-person hero shooter that was released last month. Today’s Immersion Overload Update focuses on gameplay options that allow for an even more engaging, VR-specific experience such as two-handed pivot-aiming, manual reload, and immersive sprinting.
Haptic VR Glove Company HaptX Raises $12 Million in New Funding
HaptX, the company building VR gloves with advanced haptics, this week announced that is has raised $12 million in a Series A-1 investment which will be used to open a new headquarters based in Redmond, WA, and expand its team. HaptX is building perhaps the most advanced haptic VR glove to date, offering one of […]
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‘OUTLIER’, A New FPS Roguelite from Joy Way, Shows Off Creative VR-centric Weapons
Joy Way, the indie VR studio that’s now simultaneously developing three unique VR games, announced Outlier today, a VR roguelite that’s piqued our interested with creative weaponry clearly designed around VR. You may be familiar with Joy Way’s other two titles, STRIDE (available in early access) and AGAINST (coming later this year), both of which have their own […]
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Crewmembers Focus on Science and Prepare for Upcoming Dockings and Undockings
A delay in the undocking events scheduled for tomorrow gave the crew of Expedition 65 aboard the International Space Station extra time to focus on training, science, and maintenance today. Russia’s Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM) launched on July 21, and to provide more time for Russian flight controllers to check out MLM’s status, the undocking of the Russian …