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A Dating App for Meeting Avatars in VR Aims to Build Very Real Relationships
Flirtual is a dating app designed to match VR users together and to facilitate dates in social VR applications. The creators say it's a codification of a trend that's already happening—people meeting in VR and going on to form...
Project Cambria’s Price Will Be “Significantly Higher” Than $800, Meta Reveals
Following a report today which claimed Meta's upcoming Project Cambria headset would be priced at $800, rather than denying the information as a rumor, the company took the curious step of confirming the headset would be much more expensive.
A...
Report: Meta to Release Four New VR Headsets by 2024, Starting with Project Cambria in September
According to a report by The Information, Meta plans to release four new VR headsets by 2024, and that's purportedly in addition to its AR devices.
The Information reporters Sylvia Varnham O'Regan and Mathew Olson say they've seen an internal roadmap...
Reality Labs Chief Scientist Outlines a New Compute Architecture for True AR Glasses
Speaking at the IEDM conference late last year, Meta Reality Labs' Chief Scientist Michael Abrash laid out the company's analysis of how contemporary compute architectures will need to evolve to make possible the AR glasses of our sci-fi conceptualizations.
While...
Wallace & Gromit is Coming to Quest 2 in ‘Grand Getaway’ Interactive VR Experience
Wallace & Gromit, Britain's iconic stop-motion duo, are getting their own interactive VR experience on Meta Quest 2 next year, developed by series creator Aardman, Meta, and VR pioneers Atlas V.
Called Wallace & Gromit: The Grand Getaway, the interactive, single...
Quest Users Can Now Watch YouTube Together Thanks to ‘Bigscreen’ Update
Bigscreen is putting Meta to shame again, as the VR hangout app just got a serious bump in functionality for Quest users and PC VR users alike. Now VR's favorite social viewing app includes native YouTube support, so you can...
‘After the Fall’ Gets New Arsenal, Free-for-all Mode & More in ‘Shock & Awe’ Update, Trailer...
After the Fall (2021), the co-op zombie shooter from Vertigo Games, is getting a nice little content bump today in its ‘Shock & Awe’ update, which brings to the game a new arsenal of weapons, a free-for-all deathmatch mode,...
Varjo Launches Its XR Cloud Streaming Platform, Support for Unity & Unreal Planned
Varjo today announced the launch of Varjo Reality Cloud, the company's XR cloud streaming platform that's aimed at making XR more scalable in enterprise settings by doing the heavy lifting of rendering in the cloud. At the outset the...
Zuckerberg Warns Shareholders: Metaverse Investments May Not Flourish Until 2030s
Today during Meta's Q1 2022 earnings call CEO Mark Zuckerberg told shareholders that they should buckle up for the long haul because the company's steep investments in XR and metaverse technologies aren't expected to flourish until the next decade.
Today...
Maker of the Taser Acquires VR Studio to Bolster VR Police Training
Axon, the company best known for its Taser stun guns, has announced the acquisition of VR studio Foundry 45 which it says will bolster its VR training offerings.
Founded in 1993, Axon is the company behind the well known Taser...
10 Minute ‘Little Cities’ Video Shows VR City Builder in Action, Post-launch Roadmap Revealed
Little Cities, the upcoming city simulator for the Quest platform, is delayed until May 12th. Despite a pushback on launch plans, the team has released a 10-minute gameplay video and post-launch roadmap to get prospective city-builders excited.
Little Cities is fundamentally ready...
‘Tokyo Chronos’ Studio Wants You to Vote on Which VR Game It Makes Next
MyDearest, the Japan-based studio behind the Tokyo Chronos VR series, announced it's holding a community vote to determine which game it's going to develop next. The studio has offered up three choices, all of which notably stray from its usual brand...
HTC Opens Pre-orders for ‘Mars CamTrack’ Virtual Production Box
HTC teased a new Vive product last week which aims to leverage the company's Vive Trackers for virtual productions. Called Vive Mars CamTrack, the box is appealing to filmmakers looking for an easy way of integrating Vive Trackers into...
One of the Last Bastions of the Oculus Brand is No More
Alongside the announcement of the company's first retail store, Meta has begun redirecting visitors of the longstanding Oculus.com website to its new Meta Store.
Facebook announced back in late 2021 that it would rebrand itself to Meta and eventually dissolve...
Meta to Open First Retail Store Including Dedicated Quest 2 Demo Area
Meta announced today plans to open its first ever retail store to give customers a chance to check out the company's hardware in person. The store will include a dedicated Quest 2 demo area and send participants home with...



















