If you work out quite a bit with your own VR headset, you might be familiar with the VR Health Exercise Tracker. The application, which comes from the VR Health Institute, is meant to accurately track your own fitness trends when playing VR games and allow you to see...
One of VR’s shining achievements in melee combat so far has been Blade and Sorcery. While tons of full, story-driven titles have shown off impressive physics and combat systems of their own, no other game has managed to match the physicality of Blade and Sorcery. A lot of titles...
There are a lot of great virtual reality fitness games to choose from, and a surprising number of them are based upon boxing. These range from realistic simulations to arcade titles and rhythm games, so it's not easy to recommend one for everyone. Browsing the list of boxing titles on Steam...
During our last VR Game Roundup, there were a number of intriguing titles including the virtual reality version of Spaceteam and a game that let you play out your food fighting fantasy. This week doesn't offer many available titles but makes up for it in quality. What's available includes an...
Pistol Whip's series of regular updates are going to soon be coming to an end, but not before developer Cloudhead Games adds perhaps the most strenuous new addition to the game yet.
In a recent announcement on social media, Cloudhead Games revealed that Pistol Whip is set to receive a...
Tower Tag, a multiplayer VR PvP from German game developer VR Nerds, releases today on Steam and Viveport so competitors can enjoy this global arcade hit in their own homes. Originally released in 2018 as an arcade-exclusive, Tower Tag has rolled out in more than 1,300 virtual reality arcades...
After several sweat-soaked weeks of enjoying Holodia’s Holofit with my Concept 2 rower, I have finally received my Bluetooth cadence sensor, enabling me to connect the software to my stationary bike. In this article, I'll share my hands-on impressions of the Holofit’s bike mode. This is supplementary to my...
VR tends to stick to three core game types. Shooting, melee weapon combat, and boxing of some form or another. Of those three, the boxing ones seem to be the easiest to nail. Seems is the word to key on here because although we have such outstanding boxing titles...
Law student Lori Knox focuses on personal and professional goals while she maintains good health through home workouts with the Oculus Quest that fit perfectly into her busy lifestyle.
The Quest was released in May 2019, soon after Knox finished her first year law school exams, which she describes as...
Beat Saber has been one of the most popular games in the realm of virtual reality for years at this point and thanks to a new free update, the game has now gotten even better.
The latest update for Beat Saber, version 1.10.0, just landed on PC recently and with...
During our last VR Game Roundup, there were a number of intriguing titles including the Oculus Quest port of Tetris Effect and some other cool releases. This week features a cooperative hit coming to virtual reality, an experience by Dan Carlin, and the ability to get into a VR food fight!
Spaceteam VR
https://youtu.be/BcC18qlgcuk
Kicking...
As popular VR titles such as Ready At Dawn’s Echo Arena are ported to the Oculus Quest, we can expect to see a continued rise in the popularity of competitive VR games and the Echo Arena Rookie Crossplay Cup is a positive reflection of the anticipated growth.
Prior to last...
A new Oculus Quest release specifically built around working out recently came out and it won't cost you a dime. Called VRWorkout, it's available for free on the SideQuest store rather than Steam or the official Oculus Store. It supports hand tracking and will have players doing a number of exercises...
As the virtual reality space has continued to grow over the years, more businesses and inventors around the globe have started using the technology in more interesting, out of the box ways. Cyberaction Arena, from company Virtuactions, is one of the newer ideas that has come from the VR...
Wave shooters never really appealed to me on games with controllers, but in VR things get a little more interesting. This becomes especially so when the wave shooter is bow and arrow based and while we already have several great bow and arrow based titles in Hollowpoint and Sacralith...
Warming up properly is an important part of any fitness routine as it will keep you from injuring yourself while working out. YouTuber Fracno, who works as a physical therapy tech in the Army, put together a great video showing how he warms up before using a virtual reality...
Following its full 1.0 release at the end of 2019, the Hole in the Wall-inspired workout game OhShape has now received a rather extensive new update that has brought about a variety of new features.
Disclosed in a recent press release, OhShape has most notably added two new game modes...
During our last VR Game Roundup, there were a number of intriguing titles including some Oculus Quest ports of standout fitness games. This week isn't necessarily packed, but it features a couple of worthwhile ports and some intriguing titles like Zen Universe.
Tetris Effect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDzPCTgOq84
Kicking off our VR Game Roundup is the...
Within's subscription-based workout tool Supernatural recently launched on Oculus Quest and now it's getting more affordable for long-term users with a Supernatural annual pricing option. Working in conjunction with a mobile app, it gives users different workout routines every day and has coaches (such as Jared Rodriguez, Leanna Pedante, and...
Seeing as the world is pretty much devoid of sports at the moment, 2MD: VR Football Evolution does a great job of not only giving us a solid quarterback simulation but also in providing some fun graphic updates to its’ first game, 2MD: VR Football as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad2aYz5ZZVw
The Premise is...