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Meta is Adding Private Homes to ‘Horizon Worlds’ for Hangouts with Friends

Horizon Worlds, Meta's social VR platform for Quest users, has featured its own 'Personal Space' zone for a while now, however now the company is rolling out a more social version to more users that will let you better...

Valve Index Wireless Adapter ‘Nofio’ Reopens Kickstarter Pre-orders After Temporarily Selling Out

Nofio, a Wi-Fi 6E wireless adapter for Valve Index, blasted past its funding goal of $315,530 AUS (~$215,000 USD) in a single day when it hit Kickstarter earlier this month. Late last week project organizers announced all available units...

Hands-on: ‘Resident Evil Village’ on PSVR 2 is a Visual Feast of Unprecedented Detail

Resident Evil Village is one of the best looking games on PS5 to date, and its forthcoming VR version will be one of the best looking games in VR to date. During a hands-on with RE8 on PSVR 2 I...

Pico Teases New Headset Announcement Coming This Week

Pico is gearing up to launch its next VR headset, which may very well be the previously spotted Pico 4 series of standalone headsets. The company says to stay tuned to an official announcement coming on Thursday, September 22nd. Update...

‘Half-Life 2’ VR Mod Launches Today on Steam, Bringing Free VR Support to Valve’s Classic Adventure

The long-awaited VR mod for Half-Life 2 (2004) is available for free in beta starting today, bringing to the iconic Valve title a near-native level of VR immersion we've been waiting for. In case you didn't catch our recent VR...

‘Into the Radius’ for Quest 2 Review – Pure Dystopian Immersion and a Few Stumbling Blocks

Into the Radius is a hardcore single-player survival shooter that you've likely already heard about from its time on PC VR headsets via Steam. In case you haven't, the game serves up a unique mix of heart-racing encounters with deadly entities, a...

The 20 Best Rated & Most Popular Quest Games & Apps – September 2022

While Oculus doesn’t offer much publicly in the way of understanding how well individual games & apps are performing across its Quest 2 storefront, it’s possible to glean some insight by looking at apps relative to each other. Here’s...

Hands-on: ‘Horizon Call of the Mountain’ on PSVR 2 is Bringing a Full Campaign with Insightful...

One of the big questions on my mind ever since the announcement of Horizon Call of the Mountain for PSVR 2 is whether it would be a short 'experience' designed as a simple demo for the headset, or a full blown...

PSVR 2 Hands-on: Across-the-board Improvements Are Coming to Sony’s VR Headset

Sony's long awaited PSVR 2 isn't here just yet but after an extensive hands-on with the headset it's clear it'll be worth the wait. Last week I visited Sony's PlayStation headquarters in San Mateo, CA to see PlayStation VR 2...

‘Metal Gear Solid’ Creator Teases Interest in VR with Virtual Booth at TGS

Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear franchise and founder of Kojima Productions, definitely isn't presenting a VR game at this year's Tokyo Game Show (TGS) like a recent tweet suggests, although it's clear the studio is taking more interest...

Developing Rich VR Interactions Faster & Easier Using UltimateXR

Rich interactions between the user and the virtual world are a key aspect of what makes VR so compelling, but creating and tuning such interactions is a challenging and time consuming task for developers. Toolsets like UltimateXR can speed...

Alleged Quest Pro Unboxing Video Apparently Leaks Meta’s Next VR Headset

As rumored over the past few months, Meta's upcoming high-end VR headset Project Cambria seems to be named Quest Pro. And an apparent unboxing video has leaked too, which gives us a good look at the company's next VR...

Valve Corrects Steam Survey Data Revealing Latest VR Population Growth

Valve this week updated its monthly Steam Hardware & Software Survey to fix issues resulting in anomalous VR population data. The corrected figures return the survey to being one of the most useful pieces of public data about the...

Varjo Raises $40M Series D Funding to Expand Cloud-based XR Platform

Varjo, maker of high-end enterprise XR headsets, this week announced it has raised a $40 million Series D investment to continue building its Varjo Reality Cloud software and deliver a "true-to-life industrial metaverse." Varjo makes some of the highest-end enterprise...

HTC Launches Aftermarket Face & Eye-trackers for Vive Focus 3

HTC today announced it's releasing both facial and eye-tracking units for its Vive Focus 3 standalone VR headset. The company says its new trackers will offer "more natural and immersive VR experiences, new options for enterprises to measure user responses,...
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