Opinion
New Quest Update Reimagines the Landing Page, Once Again Sequestering Your App Library
Instead of taking you right to your library of installed apps, Meta is making yet another perplexing change to the Quest landing page in...
Whether Hit or Flop, Apple’s Entrance Will Be a Pivotal Moment for XR
If the avalanche of recent reports can indicate anything at all, it seems Apple is entering the VR/AR headset market fairly soon, bringing along with...
In ‘Horizon’ Facebook Can Invisibly Observe Users in Real-time to Spot Rule Violations
Facebook Horizon is shaping up to be an interesting social VR offering with powerful building tools that will allow players to create and share their...
Here’s Where Facebook “Guaranteed” Users Would Never Need a Facebook Account to Use Oculus...
If you wondered why yesterday's news stirred such a significant reaction from the VR community at large, it's not just because Facebook doesn't have...
Why You Shouldn’t Play ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Without a VR Headset
Half-Life: Alyx (2020), Valve's made-for-VR entry into the fabled Half-Life series, launched late last month on SteamVR-compatible headsets to near-universal praise. If you don't own...
Digital Statues as ‘Stormland’s’ Pre-order Bonus Portend a Curious Future of Virtual Merch
Stormland, the VR open-world adventure from Insomniac Games, is set to launch tomorrow. The studio isn't only offering the chance to unlock virtual collectibles for display...
PC Tethering on Quest is a Huge Upgrade, Making Rift S a Tough Sell
Oculus today announced an upcoming PC tethering feature coming to Quest headsets in November. Oculus Link, as it's called, will let users plug into...
Viveport Has Earned a Second Chance Thanks to Infinity
HTC launched Viveport, their VR game marketplace, back in August 2016 to relatively little fanfare. It didn't boast any compelling exclusives or big draws...
Rift S Isn’t the Headset Fans Want, But Facebook Wagers It’s What Their Ecosystem...
While to some Oculus' announcement of the Rift S represents the newest and best version of a good VR headset, to others it's a...
‘Fortnite’s’ Massively Attended Virtual Concert is a Potent Glimpse of VR’s Future
Epic Games’ Fortnite is steadily moving from ‘just’ a massively popular battle royale game to a cultural touchstone for hundreds of millions of players....
If ‘Ready Player One’ Doesn’t Suck, It Stands to Positively Impact the VR Industry
Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of Ernest Cline's best-selling novel Ready Player One is hitting the big screen later this month. As a story based...
NBA Finals Prove That VR Sports Broadcasting is Maturing, But There’s Still Missing Pieces
Sports in VR is squarely in the realm of low-hanging VR that you often hear rattled off on five fingers when broaching the topic...
Oculus’ VR Privacy Policy Serves the Needs of Facebook, Not Users
I had a chance to catch up with Oculus' Nate Mitchell at GDC where I asked him about privacy in VR. Oculus has delegated...
Comparing Oculus Touch & HTC Vive Technology and Ecosystems
The Oculus Touch motion-tracked controllers have launched today after 8 months of the Rift solely supporting gamepad experiences. I wanted to take a moment...
HoloLens Inside-out Tracking Is Game Changing for AR & VR, and No One Is...
Augmented reality, while growing in buzz, has been around in some form or another for more than two decades. But immersive head-mounted AR for consumers...
