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Red Dead Redemption 2 playable in VR thanks to new mod

While there was some evidence that Rockstar was experimenting with Virtual Reality while developing Red Dead Redemption 2, no official VR mode has ever been released. Fortunately, modders are stepping in to fill the void. As one of the most immersive games ever made, Red Dead Redemption 2 is a prime candidate for VR support…. Read more

Home Sick Pilots is a haunted house story with a punk rock edge

Comics have never been bigger: with Marvel TV shows, DC movies, and indie adaptations growing by the day, comic books have never been more prominent in pop culture. This biweekly Verge column recommends comic series new and old, whether you’re a longtime fan or a newcomer. Haunted house stories are usually pretty dreary. It helps… Read more

Nintendo Switch Online reaches more than 100 retro games

Nintendo has hit a milestone with the ever-growing library of retro games included in its Nintendo Switch Online service. The next batch will take the number of available games past 100, with five new titles resulting in a total of 104. In keeping with recent form, the latest additions are, well, not necessarily blockbuster releases…. Read more

Nvidia’s DLSS Reaches VR With “No Man’s Sky” and Two Other Titles

Home News (Image credit: Hello Games) Nvidia today announced that Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) has made the jump to VR thanks to support from No Man’s Sky, Wrench, and Into The Radius. The company said “DLSS doubles your VR performance at the Ultra graphics preset and maintains 90 FPS on an Oculus Quest 2… Read more

Oculus’ latest Quest update brings mixed reality capture that only requires an iPhone

Oculus will soon roll out its v29 software for Quest and Quest 2 headsets, and this one adds more features and functionality to the lineup. The most exciting one is a new Live Overlay casting feature that will give you an easy way to capture a mixed reality view of you using VR superimposed over… Read more

HTC Vive Pro vs HTC Vive Pro Eye vs HTC Vive Pro 2

(Pocket-lint) – The HTC Vive Pro was revealed as the successor to the HTC Vive, back at CES 2018 in Las Vegas. Since then the company has launched the HTC Vive Pro Eye and HTC Vive Cosmos. In 2021, at Vivecon, the company the revealed the HTC Vive Pro 2. While Oculus is focussing on making… Read more

New HTC Vive Pro 2 VR Headset Taps AMD, Nvidia for Display Stream Compression

Home News (Image credit: HTC) HTC kicked off its Vivecon 2021 virtual event with a big announcement. During the opening keynote today, the company revealed a pair of near-5K resolution VR headsets, the HTC Vive Pro 2, which connects to a PC, and a standalone product called the HTC Vive Focus 3. HTC said these… Read more

HTC unveils new Vive Pro 2 with 5K resolution display and 120Hz refresh rate

HTC has unveiled the new Vive Pro 2, an update to its high-end virtual reality headset that adds a host of small but worthwhile improvements. The biggest change is the new display, which now offers 5K resolution (or 2448 × 2448 pixels per eye), 120Hz refresh rate, and a 120-degree field of view. That’s a… Read more

The team behind Alto’s Adventure is launching a new app — and studio — aimed at kids

Snowman is best-known for games like Alto’s Adventure and Skate City, but soon the company will be exploring a very different realm: children’s apps. Today, Snowman announced an upcoming game called Pok Pok Playroom, which will be launching on May 20th on the App Store. It’s a charming, minimalist experience aimed at kids between two… Read more

The next PlayStation VR will be 4K and include eye-tracking, according to UploadVR

UploadVR has some exciting rumors about what Sony will be including on the next-gen VR headset it’s announced for the PS5: it’ll apparently include 4K resolution, eye-tracking, and a vibration motor in the headset for haptic feedback (to complement the controllers with haptic triggers). According to UploadVR, the new headset should have a total resolution… Read more

2021’s video game hall of fame inductees announced

Mustafa Mahmoud 3 days ago Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming As the video game industry matures, it is only fair that a record of some of history’s most important titles is kept for the sake of posterity. As can be observed in other media industries, the world video game hall of fame inductees for… Read more

Coda is a post-apocalyptic fantasy adventure that crosses Fury Road with Lord of the Rings

Comics have never been bigger: with Marvel TV shows, DC movies, and indie adaptations growing by the day, comic books have never been more prominent in pop culture. This biweekly Verge column recommends comic series new and old, whether you’re a longtime fan or a newcomer. With most mainstream comics today tending to skew more… Read more

The Verge’s Father’s Day Gift Guide 2021

A bunch of traditional and not-so-traditional gift ideas May 5th, 2021, 9:00am EDT If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Finding a good gift for Father’s Day can be really difficult — especially with all those “traditional” dad gifts out there that are just, well,… Read more

HTC may announce two new Vive VR headsets on May 11th

HTC is planning to unveil two Vive virtual reality headsets at its ViveCon 2021 conference that’s happening on May 11th and May 12th, according to Protocol. While the original Vive and Vive Pro headsets were associated more with gaming, the high-end Vive Pro 2 and Vive Focus 3 Business Edition will reportedly be aimed toward… Read more

Facebook acquires the developers of VR military simulator Onward

Facebook’s Oculus division has snatched up yet another popular virtual reality game developer. On Friday, the company announced it has acquired Downpour Interactive, the studio behind the hit multiplayer military simulator Onward. “We’ve seen great success with Onward on the Oculus platform for several years — first on Rift and more recently on Quest,” Mike… Read more