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‘Walkabout Mini Golf’ Studio Says Half of Users Regularly Play Until Their Battery Runs Out

Walkabout Mini Golf developer Mighty Coconut is soon to release its fifth and largest new DLC course to date—a strategy that seems to be working well considering what the studio claim's is a level of player engagement that's 10...

Resolution Games Acquires ‘HordeZ’ Studio, Shares Record Growth Figures

Resolution Games, the VR developers and publisher behind Demeo, Blaston and the upcoming sports game Ultimechs, today revealed that 2021 has been a record-breaking year for the company in both revenue and game downloads. The studio also announced the acquisition of...

Display Maker Demonstrates Flagship OLED VR Display & Pancake Optics, Its Best Yet

Display manufacturer Kopin recently demonstrated its latest VR display and pancake optic which promises higher resolution and more affordability for future VR headsets. Most modern VR headsets take on the 'box on your face' form-factor because of a simple display...

Epic’s MetaHuman Avatar Tool Can Now Import Scans of Real People… Maybe You One Day

Epic Games, the company that makes Unreal Engine, recently released a substantial update to its MetaHuman character creation tool which for the first time allows developers to import scans of real people for use in real-time applications. The improvements...
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Big ‘Walkabout Mini Golf’ Update Will Expand Multiplayer Lobbies, Add New Course Later This Month

Walkabout Mini Golf, one of Quest's top multiplayer games will get its next update come July 28th, a release date which was revealed alongside a new trailer for the next DLC course. Walkabout Mini Golf developer Mighty Coconut today revealed...

Hands-on: Mojo Vision’s Smart Contact Lens is Further Along Than You Might Think

Having not had a chance to see Mojo Vision's latest smart contact lens for myself until recently, I'll admit that I expected the company was still years away from having a working contact lens with more than just a...
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Cas & Chary Present: Which is the Better VR Cloud Gaming Service? Shadow vs. PlutoSphere

There are currently two cloud streaming services that work with VR and are available to consumers: Shadow and PlutoSphere. These services allow Quest users to play PC VR games without needing a gaming PC, which is a big investment...

‘Beat Saber’ Earned Nearly $100M in Revenue Last Year Alone

Beat Games, the Czechia-based studio known for VR's most popular game Beat Saber (2018), revealed it's managed to generate nearly $100 million in revenue over the course of last year thanks to the block-slashing rhythm game. Czech language publication CzechCrunch confirmed that Beat...

HTC Shaves $100 Off Its Flagship PC VR Headset, For a Limited Time

HTC is putting its flagship PC VR headset Vive Pro 2 on sale for a limited time, bringing the full kit to $1,299 and headset to $749. The US and Canada-only deal is already available today, running until July 2nd. Launched in...

PSVR 2 Spotted in Developer Photo, Studio Claims Fakery

VR indie studio Bit Planet Games tweeted out a photo yesterday of what appears to be the first spotting of PlayStation VR 2 in the wild. The tweet has since been deleted by the studio, which claims it was...

Three Years After Launch, and Still $1,000, Demand for Valve’s VR Headset Remains Strong

A smaller number of people willing to buy an expensive product can really add up, as Valve has found with its high-end Index headset. At the third anniversary of the headset's release—despite its age and never-discounted $1,000 price tag—the...

‘Immerse’ Brings Live Spanish Courses to Quest 2, More Languages Coming in 2023

Immerse, a startup focusing on teaching languages in VR, has launched a social app on Quest 2 which lets subscribers take part in live Spanish or English lessons, peer-to-peer conversation practice, and weekly community events. When Immerse first secured a...

JRPG ‘Ruinsmagus’ to Release on Quest 2 & SteamVR July 7th

CharacterBank today announced that its JRPG RUINSMAGUS is launching next week, coming to Quest 2 and PC VR headsets via Steam. Update (June 29th, 2022): In a Japanese language tweet, CharacterBank today announced that Ruinsmagus is headed to Quest and...

Apple Reveals Improvements Coming in ARKit 6 for Developers

Earlier this month during Apple's annual developer conference, WWDC 2022, the company gave developers the first look at improvements coming to Apple's ARKit 6 toolkit for building AR apps on iOS devices. Though Apple has yet to reveal (or even...

In Just 7 Months ‘Blade & Sorcery’ Has the Most Reviews of Any Quest Game, Except...

In just seven months, Blade & Sorcery: Nomad, the Quest port of the popular PC VR game, has amassed more reviews than any other paid Quest game, except one. What explains the game's staggering popularity? Update (June 27th, 2022): It was clear...
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