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Google’s Owlchemy Labs Teases Its First Multiplayer VR Game & It’s All About Hand Tracking

Owlchemy Labs, the Google-owned VR studio known for Job Simulator (2016) and Cosmosmious High (2022), teased a new multiplayer VR game that's built from the ground-up for hand tracking interactions. The studio calls the unnamed multiplayer title their "most ambitious" project...

Meta Drops Forced Facebook Logins with Rollout of New Meta VR Accounts Today

Starting today, Meta is finally pulling back from one of its most controversial moves affecting its VR users, which required all new Quest owners to sign up with a valid Facebook account in addition to forcing legacy Oculus account...

Ready Player Me Raises $56M to Expand Cross-game Avatar Platform

Ready Player Me, a company focused on bringing cross-platform avatars to VR and beyond, announced it's closed a $56 million Series B round. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from investors including Roblox co-founder David Baszucki, Twitch...

PlayStation VR 2 Launching Early 2023, Sony Confirms

Sony confirmed today that its latest VR headset, PSVR 2, will see a release date in 2023. The company's brief announcement didn't include a price for PlayStation VR 2, one of the last pieces of key info that's still...

Meta CEO Teases “Major graphics updates” After Viral Criticism of ‘Horizon Worlds’ Screenshot

An innocuous screenshot of Meta's social VR platform shared by CEO Mark Zuckerberg last week saw widespread criticism in the tech sector. Prompted by the reaction, Zuckerberg shared a glimpse of purported visual upgrades headed to the platform. Last week Meta...

‘Townscaper VR’ Releasing on Quest & Pico Headsets in October

Earlier this year indie developer Oskar Stålberg showed interest in adapting Townscaper to VR headsets, showing off some prototype builds of the cozy, pint-sized town creator game working with motion controllers. Now Stålberg says we can expect to jump into the game on...

New Logitech VR Accessory Aims to Bring One of Index’s Best Features to Quest 2

Logitech this week announced a new VR accessory which aims to bring the great off-ear audio solution of Valve's Index headset to Quest 2 Valve's unique off-ear headphones were a elegant solution for powerful yet comfortable audio on the company's...

‘Red Matter 2’ Review – An Immersive Answer to Quest’s Arcade Offerings

Red Matter 2 has arrived on Quest 2 and stands out as an immersive single-player adventure against a backdrop of Quest's arcade-focused library. But does the gameplay of this sci-fi puzzler match its stand-out graphics? Read our full review...

Valve Adds Bugs in Latest SteamVR Update

Valve this week released the SteamVR 1.23 update which brings with it a new set of bugs. Dead bugs, that is. The latest update to SteamVR includes a curious addition... a new SteamVR Home destination that includes CT scans of...

The 20 Best Rated & Most Popular Quest Games & Apps – August 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...

This $145 VR Manga App on Quest 2 is a Better Deal Than it Seems

As I was perusing Quest App Lab for interesting games, a VR manga app priced at a whopping $145 caught my eye. Surely it must have been a mistake... or a scam? While we've seen pricey apps on Quest's official...

VR Surgical Training Platform Raises $20M, Further Solidifying VR’s Place in Medicine

VR surgical training platform FundamentalVR today announced it has raised a $20 million Series B investment to further expand its VR surgical training platform. The company is among a growing list of companies taking root in what appears to...

‘Rec Room’ Launches Western-style Shooter Today with ‘Showdown’, Releases Weapon Maker Tools

Rec Room today announced the launch of a new game coming to the popular social VR platform that lets you suit up for a PvP western-style shootout with your squad. Called 'The Showdown', the mini-game releases today in early access, and...

‘Iron Man VR’ Developer Remains “All-in on VR” and “Can’t wait to tell you more”

Developer Camouflaj has been pretty quiet since the 2020 release of one of our favorite PSVR games—Iron Man VR. But the developer recently teased that it has "exciting things on the horizon" and remains "all-in on VR." Iron Man VR was...
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App Lab Gem ‘Dead Second’ Update Adding Manual Reload, Dual Wield, & New Levels

App Lab shooter gem Dead Second is getting a big update this Friday ahead of a price increase; the update gives players many more ways to play, extra levels, and more polish. In a sea of many experimental App Lab apps, Dead...
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