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Report: Apple’s VR Headset Delayed to 2023 Amid Development Challenges

Apple's upcoming VR headset was purportedly slated to arrive sometime this year. Now according to a recent Bloomberg report, those launch plans may be delayed by a few months, potentially pushing release to 2023. According to the report, Apple's VR headset was...

Epic Games Awarded Grants to 31 XR Projects in 2021 Through the $100M MegaGrants Fund

Since 2019 Epic Games (well known as the creators of Unreal Engine & Fortnite) has run the Epic MegaGrants program, a $100 million fund to financially support projects built with Unreal Engine. In 2021 the program awarded grants to 31...

‘Valheim’ VR Mod Updates Bring Experience Tantalizingly Close to VR-native Territory

Valheim, the popular Viking-themed survival game for PC, doesn't natively support virtual reality, but thankfully there's a full-featured mod out there that lets you play via PC VR headsets and Oculus Quest via Link or Air Link. The unofficial VR...

‘Hitman’ Trilogy is Getting PC VR Support on January 20th

IO Interactive revealed in November that Hitman 3 (2021) would finally be getting PC VR support, coming just in time for the game's one-year anniversary. The studio today announced it's launching the whole trilogy with PC VR support on January 20th. Update...
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VR MMO ‘Zenith: The Last City’ to Release January 27th on All Major VR Platforms, Trailer...

Ramen VR, the team behind Zenith: The Last City, revealed that launch of the long-awaited VR MMO is set for January 27th, arriving on Quest, SteamVR and PSVR. It's been an eventful few years waiting for Zenith: The Last City. From its a successful...
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Inventive Multiplayer VR Studio Reveals New Game Fusing ‘Rocket League’ with Bows & Arrows

The studio behind the inventive multiplayer VR title Half + Half today announced a new multiplayer VR game called NOCK. Due to launch "soon" on Oculus Quest, Nock looks like Rocket League played with bows & arrows instead of cars. 'Normal' is the studio behind Half +...

SteamVR Updated to Play Nicer with Quest Headsets

Oculus Quest headsets now account for nearly 44% of all headsets used on Steam, and this clearly hasn't gone unnoticed by Valve. An update to the latest SteamVR beta aims to make the experience easier for new users. Despite making...

‘Beat Saber’ & ‘Job Simulator’ Are PSVR’s Most Downloaded Games of The Year… Again

It's that time again, when PlayStation reveals the top downloads for the past year. And it comes as no surprise that long-reigning platform champs Beat Saber (2018) and Job Simulator (2016) have again clinched the top two spots as the most-downloaded games...

AmazeVR Secures $15M to Bring Immersive Concerts to VR

AmazeVR, a Los Angeles-based company creating on-demand VR video, has raised $15 million in funding to refocus its efforts to create VR concerts. The company says its first major immersive concert will feature artist Megan Thee Stallion and debut this...
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Cas & Chary Present: Hands-on with Nreal Light, One of the First Consumer-available AR Glasses

Nreal is a China-based startup behind the Nreal Light AR glasses, which aim for a sunglasses-like design. By hooking it up to your (Android) phone, it’s able to project virtual objects in your real environment and even allow you...

Rhythm-Action Game ‘AVICII Invector’ Coming to Quest 2 Later This Month

A VR version of rhythm-action game AVICII Invector (2019) is headed to Meta Quest 2 on January 27th, celebrating the music of the late Swedish DJ Tim 'AVICII' Bergling. Like the game that launched on console and PC in 2019,...

Quest’s Home Environment May Soon Get The Social Capabilities We’ve Been Waiting For

Back in October, Meta announced that it would eventually transition its home environment to 'Horizon Home', giving it a fuller set of social features like being able to invite party members to visit, hang out, or launch into VR...

Historical Cooking Sim ‘Lost Recipes’ Coming to Quest January 27th

Schell Games today announced that Lost Recipes, its upcoming historical cooking sim, is set to release January 27th on the Quest platform, bringing with it the chance to cook ancient recipes in period accurate kitchens from around the world. Arriving from the VR...

Meta Plans to Fuse Its ‘Horizon’ Apps & Make Them More Accessible… Eventually

Though Meta is steadily building up three social VR apps—Horizon Worlds, Horizon Venues, and Horizon Workrooms—the trio still exist as separate apps and hardly constitute a seamless experience. In the future the company hopes to change that and open...

HTC Announces Wrist Tracker for Vive Focus 3, Releasing in Early 2022 for $129

HTC unveiled a new VR tracker device at CES 2022 today, this time targeting its $1,300 enterprise-focused standalone headset, Vive Focus 3. It's slated to go on sale sometime early this year, starting at $129. Unlike its SteamVR-compatible Vive Tracker,...
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