NEW OCULUS STORE RELEASES - SEP 22, 2016

GAMES: Balloon Shooter: String your bow, find your enemy, and release the arrow… Balloon Shooter is a first person shooter game that combines adventure, parkour and archery. More Information Developer: Vi-Sense Platform: Gear VR Price: $4.99  DOPAMINE: Fly through space, fire your beams and lasers, and go head-to-head against your opponents in this fast-paced multiplayer game. More Information Developer: Synamon Platform: Gear VR Price: $1.99 BrainVR: Explore the cortex, blood supply and nerve fiber structure of a real human brain! You’ll be inspecting one measured at the Stanford Radiological Sciences Laboratory using MRI. More Information Developer: Emerald LJO Platform: Gear VR Price: Free Gem Monster: Fight different kinds of monsters composed of gems. Each monster has its own distinctive behavior and attack mode—you'll need to use different upgrades and skills to contend with them. Good luck! More Information Developer: ChenGame Platform: Gear VR Price: $4.99 SLIVER.tv: Watch eSports in fully immersive VR video! Every day you’ll find new videos of top players and matches from CS:GO, League of Legends, and more. Watch headshots from new angles, study team strategies with a wider field of view, or see your favorite champions up close like never before. More Information Developer: SLIVER.tv Platform: Gear VR Price: Free HEX: Heavy Encounter EXOsuit: Your ship has crash landed on the mysterious Planet 6IX and its armed, robotic denizens are out to get you! Good thing you brought along your secret weapon, the Heavy Encounter EXOsuit, or HEX for short. It doesn’t make you unstoppable, but it’s the next best thing. Fight for your survival and collect parts for your ship so you can escape this deadly planet once and for all. More Information Developer: Robot Invader Platform: Gear VR Price: $2.99 Le Temps Perdu: This project transforms a unique archive of found visual and audio materials into VR, where viewers can piece together narratives for an artistic and interactive exploration of storytelling. More Information Developer: Evolving Technologies Corporation Platform: Gear VR Price: Free Relaxing VR Games: Mahjong: Mahjong’s core principle is as simple as it is brilliant: exposed pairs of tokens have to be removed until the whole board is cleared.Relaxing VR Games: Mahjong brings this classic to new dimensions. More Information Developer: Daedalic Entertainment GmbH Platform: Gear VR Price: $2.99 Gang Beasts: Gang Beasts is a silly multiplayer party game with surly gelatinous characters, brutal mêlée fight sequences, and absurdly hazardous environments. The spectacle of saggy beasts punching, kicking, and throwing their foes into unspecified hazardous machinery, flaming incinerator pits, and ginormous industrial fans will have you roaring with laughter! More Information Developer: Boneloaf Platform: Rift Price: $19.99 ENTERTAINMENT Bowmore Virtual Reality: Unlock Hidden Depths: Some of the world’s most coveted whiskies have been meticulously matured in the Bowmore Distillery. You can experience the unique atmosphere of their Vaults in 360° splendor with this virtual reality tour. More Information Developer: Bright Signals Platform: Gear VR Price: Free Halcyon (worldwide except U.S./Canada): When the fictional CEO of the world’s leading Virtual Reality company is murdered in VR, Detective Jules Dover is pulled down a rabbit hole that could threaten the very fabric of real life in the year 2040. More Information (Gear VR) (links will not work in the U.S./Canada) More Information (Rift) (links will not work in the U.S./Canada) Developer: SecretLocation Platform: Rift and Gear VR Price: N/A RT360: Experience the news in 360° and become completely immersed in the stories. Be transported to any corner of the world with this simple app. More Information Developer: RT (Russia Today) Platform: Gear VR Price: Free Samsung: Step into Rio: If you still can’t get enough of Rio, you can now see behind-the-scenes look at Team GB’s 2016 Olympic Games headquarters – British House. Located at the historic Parque Lage, British House is set at the foot of the Corcovado in the shadow of the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue and is the team’s home away from home in Rio. Take in this incredible location with the full 360 video experience. More Information Developer: Atticus Digital Platform: Gear VR Price: Free Dimensional Intersection: Featuring music from artists such as Soulacybin, Land Switcher and MONS, Dimensional Intersection will take participants to a new reality through surreal scenes filled with interactive real-time fractals, infinite tunnels, morphing 3D models. More Information Developer: Nicalis, Inc. Platform: Rift Price: $4.99 APPS VR Church: Psalms: Enter into the gardens of esperanza—read psalms to ambient worship music with calm waters and green pastures nearby. In the gardens, you can absorb the psalms’ wisdom and hope, worship or simply meditate. More Information Developer: Immersive Gaming Ltd Platform: Gear VR Price: Free DISCOVR WA: Explore the national parks and special places in Western Australia (WA). See the rugged south coast and hear the roar of the Southern Ocean; walk in the tree tops at the Valley of Giants and delve into caves of the Leeuwin Naturaliste National Park. More Information (Gear VR) More Information (Rift) Developer: Parks and Wildlife Platform: Rift and Gear VR Price: Free VR München 360: Explore Munich: from the historic city centre, to the Alps; find your way from surfers on the Eisbach River, to the beer garden by the Chinese Tower. Walk across the Viktualienmarkt and look at the sights from the perspective of one of the vendors. Munich’s highlights will captivate both tourists and locals. More Information Developer: muenchen_de Platform: Gear VR Price: Free NOTABLES: Be sure you check out the latest destination in the 360-photo section. This week’s destination is “Taiwan: Land, Sea and Cityscapes.”

Oculus Update: 9/15/2016

This week, UNVR (United Nations Virtual Reality) launched Beyond the Lake, a powerful documentary account of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. UNVR uses the power of immersive storytelling to create positive social change. They shed light on the lives of everyday people struggling to survive today's gravest humanitarian crisis as immersive storytelling leads to empathy — and empathy leads to action.

Today we’re starting our Oculus Store Fall Sale, with up to 66% off the following content for Gear VR and Rift through September 20:

Gear VR
Archer E Bowman
Dark Days
DRIFT
Anshar Wars 2
Faceted Flight
Hidden Temple
Ocean Rift
Star Chart
Neverout
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

Rift
The Assembly
Radial G
Defense Grid
Air Mech
Chronos
CARS
Darknet
Windlands
World of Diving
Crystal Rift

There’s tons of other noteworthy content this week, from FOLLOW MY LEAD: The Story of the 2016 NBA Finals, to flight shooting games and the narrow streets of Morocco. Enjoy!

ASSETS

GAMES:

Feral Rites:  Avenge the death of your father by brawling your way through harrowing missions on a mysterious island. You’ll find yourself exploring ruined temples within a dense jungle canopy, avoiding falling lava as volcanoes erupt around you, as well as mastering the ability to transform into a monstrous feral beast!
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Developer: Insomniac Games
Platform: Rift
Price: $49.99 

Free Flighter: Dangers abound in a mysterious nebula. Protect yourself and the resistance ship from aggressive armies who want resources, war, and the assassination of your leader. Jump into this flight-shooting game today!
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Developer: FancyTechVR
Platform: Gear VR
Price: Free

One-Man VurgeR: Try your hand at running a hamburger joint and see how long your customers will wait for a burger before getting grumpy.
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Developer: Dazzle
Platform: Gear VR
Price: Free

Street Champ: Experience a virtual crossroads challenge—alone or with a group of friends—and try to avoid collisions with cars.
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Developer: Zynk Software Srl
Platform: Gear VR
Price: $1.99

ENTERTAINMENT

FOLLOW MY LEAD: The Story of the 2016 NBA Finals: The 2016 NBA finals were a series for the ages: dramatic and unforgettable. Experience the action in an entirely new way through virtual reality—on the court, behind the scenes, interviews, and everywhere in between.
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Developer: NBA
Platform: Gear VR
Price: Free

Fox Sports VR: Ever wanted to watch your favorite teams from a VIP stadium suite for every single game? You can do just that with the immersive FOX Sports VR, even seeing the action in new ways by teleporting to one of several on-the-field VR camera positions. Be sure to check out VR highlights when your teams aren’t playing live.
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Developer: FOX Sports Interactive
Platform: Gear VR
Price: Free

Fête de la Musique F2: Fête de la Musique, or Festival of Music, is an annual music celebration that takes place in France on June 21 of each year. Experience the 2016 event from the front row of Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France again and again with this spectacle, produced by prominent French network France 2.
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Developer: France Télévisions
Platform: Gear VR
Price: N/A

Sheep Snacks:  A flock of sheep, peacefully grazing in the afternoon sun, are totally unaware of a monster-sized struggle that could soon determine their fate. Enjoy this animated experience from the creators of The Book of Life, a 2014 production from 20^th Century Fox.
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Developer: Reel FX
Platform: Gear VR
Price: Free for a limited time

APPS

UNVR (United Nations Virtual Reality): UNVR uses the power of immersive storytelling to create positive social change. They shed light on the lives of everyday people struggling to survive today's gravest humanitarian crisis. Because they believe that immersive storytelling leads to empathy — and empathy leads to action. The UNVR app showcases four documentary films thus far: newly released Beyond the Lake, an account of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as Clouds over Sidra (Jordan), Waves of Grace (Liberia), and My Mothers Wing (Gaza). More content will be added in the months to come.
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Developer: Triggar VR
Platform: Gear VR
Price: Free

Virtual Desktop: Ever wanted to use your desktop from within VR? Virtual Desktop lets you do just that—now, you can use your computer in VR and browse the web, watch movies, and even play games on a giant visual screen.
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Developer: Guy Godin
Platform: Rift
Price: $13.99

NOTABLES:

Be sure you check out the latest destination in the 360-photo section. This week’s destination is “Morocco: Bazaars, Narrow Streets, Desert and More.”