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Facebook’s Metaverse Takes a Baby Step with Customizable ‘Horizon Workrooms’ Environments

Facebook launched Horizon Workrooms back in summer, bringing to Quest a new enterprise-focused virtual collaboration platform that connects both VR and video chat users in the same place. Soon the app will let you choose from different environments which will...

Facebook Rebooting VR Enterprise Offering, Bringing Business Tools to Consumer Quest Headsets

At Facebook Connect 2021 today, the company announced it will be releasing a new Quest for Business program that's rebooting its enterprise-focused VR software by bringing its growing suite of business tools to the consumer version of Quest 2,...

New Cloud Save System for Quest Will Work with Every App Automatically

Facebook announced at its Connect 2021 AR/VR developer conference today that Oculus is finally replacing its janky cloud save system for one that will work with every Quest app automatically. If you're a hardcore Quest user you may already be...

Oculus Expanding Quest Mixed Reality Capabilities With Enhanced Developer Tools

Oculus plans to further open up the mixed reality capabilities of Quest with new tools that will allow developers to build apps which more intelligently integrate with the user's real room. In the near future developers will also be...

Facebook Boosts AR Developers Tools for Forthcoming AR Glasses

Today Facebook announced that it plans to expand the capabilities of its Spark AR platform to give developers more tools to build experiences that leverage existing smartphone-based AR and the company's upcoming AR glasses. Facebook has made no secret that...

Web & WebXR Apps Are Coming to the Quest Store With Multitasking

Oculus today announced that web apps and WebXR apps will soon be allowed into the main Quest store and App Lab. Apps served this way will support multitasking, allowing users to run them side-by-side for increased productivity. Developers will...

Quest’s Home Environment is Finally Getting Social Capabilities, Becomes ‘Horizon Home’

One of our longstanding critiques of Quest's social features is the lack of a simple, first-party place to meet up with friends. Finally that's set to change thanks to 'Horizon Home' which will enhance the existing Quest home environment...

Watch Facebook Connect 2021 Keynote Livestream & Sessions Here @10 AM PT Today

Facebook Connect is the company's AR/VR developer conference that often plays host to product reveals, industry insights, and plenty of talks to get developers on the right path towards building for the company's existent and upcoming XR hardware. Here's...
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Ultraleap Hand-tracking Update Delivers Improved Two-handed Interactions

The latest version of Ultraleap's hand-tracking tech is finally available today on Windows for use with the Leap Motion Controller accessory and promises to improve two-handed interactions, speed, and robustness. The release includes a demo experience showcasing how hand-tracking...

Pimax Announces Wildly Ambitious New Standalone VR Headset with a Price to Match

In a livestreamed presentation this week, VR headset maker Pimax announced its Reality "12K" QLED headset which aims to pack in a kitchen sink's worth of wishlist features, not least of which is a dual-mode capability which allows the...

Facebook’s 2021 XR Investments to Total $10 Billion, Even More in 2022 & Beyond

In the company's Q3 2021 earnings call Facebook today said it expects its XR investments this year to top $10 billion, and advised investors that it plans to spend even more than that in subsequent years. Facebook's top brass believe...

‘Beat Saber’ Multiplayer is Finally Available on PSVR

Block-slashing VR rhythm game Beat Saber launched a multiplayer update one year ago which made its way to every supported platform but PSVR. Although Facebook-owned developers Beat Games remained mum on exactly why multiplayer for the PSVR version was so behind,...

New Quest Headset, Controllers, & Charging Dock Possibly Revealed in Leaked Videos

Official tutorial videos uncovered today show a previously unseen Oculus headset, controllers, and charging dock. The videos may reveal a new Quest 2 Pro or Quest 3 headset which could be officially revealed this week at Facebook Connect. Four apparent...
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VR’s Favorite Physics Fighter Gets a Major Update Tomorrow, New Trailer Reveals

Fan favorite Physics-based VR melee fighter Blade & Sorcery is still going strong nearly two and a half years after its initial early access release. Back in June, we got our first peek at the next major development which is...

Facebook Allows Oculus Go to be “Repurposed” with Release of Unlocked OS

Facebook has made good on a promise to release an unlocked OS build for its discontinued Oculus Go headset which will allow it to be modified beyond what was originally possible with the device. Update (October 22, 2021: Facebook this...
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