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Quest 2 Now the Most Used on Steam, Monthly-connected Headsets Hit Record High of 2.8 Million
Another month, another record high count for the VR usership on Steam. Quest 2, despite being a standalone headset, has helped to drive much of the growth thanks to its ability to connect to a PC to play PC...
Two Tools to Make Your Own Avatar for Social VR Apps like ‘VRChat’ & ‘Mozilla Hubs’
With growing usage of social virtual worlds and spaces like VRChat and Mozilla Hubs, you might be looking for a way to make your own avatar to represent yourself in VR. Here are two user-friendly avatar character creator apps for...
Microsoft Announces Mesh, a Foundation for Building Multi-user XR Applications
Today during the Microsoft Ignite developer conference, the company announced Mesh, a new cloud-based service which Microsoft says will streamline the creation of multi-user XR applications.
Soon to be offered under Microsoft's Azure cloud computing arm, Mesh is a foundation...
‘Star Wars Pinball’ Coming to All Major VR Headsets Next Month, Trailer Here
Star Wars Pinball (2013) has been available on console, mobile, and PC for a while now. Developers Zen Studios recently announced the game is being adapted to VR for all major headsets, and it's landing next month.
Star Wars Pinball...
Psychic VR Lab Raises $8.5 Million to Grow Browser-based XR Development Platform
Japan-based Psychic VR Lab has announced the close of an $8.5 million investment to grow its cloud-based XR development platform, STYLY.
Psychic VR Lab is the company behind STYLY, a browser-based tool which allows creators to easily build cross-platform 3D...
‘Blade & Sorcery’ Update 9 Makes Combat Even More Brutal
As if shanking someone in the face wasn't brutal enough, Early Access battle simulator Blade & Sorcery just got a little more gory with the new U9 update which landed on Friday.
Developers WarpFrog say that the U9 content is "essentially...
‘Virtual Desktop’ Can Now Stream PC VR Games to Quest, Without the Sideloading Workaround
Virtual Desktop, an Oculus Quest app which allows users to control their Windows PCs from inside the headset, now officially offers the ability to stream PC VR games wirelessly to the headset. Facebook had previously not allowed the feature...
VR’s 2021 Outlook: 14 Indicators in One Place
Hard data on the VR market is often difficult to come by, while broad 'industry reports' are often so general that it's difficult to see what things look like 'on the ground'. To get a sense of VR's outlook...
You Can Now Activate Quest Voice Commands Hands-free, But You’ll Have to Say “Hey Facebook”
Oculus today announced that it's rolling out a small but welcomed change to Quest's voice commands feature: the ability to activate it with a wake phrase—"Hey Facebook."
Quest got voice commands last year, allowing users to double-tap the Oculus button...
‘Superhot VR’ on Quest Surpasses 1 Million Units Sold, Quest 2 Sales Outperform All Platforms
Superhot VR (2016) has long been held up as one of the 'must-have' VR games. Now the studio announced it's just tipped the one million mark for units sold on the Oculus Quest platform.
Superhot VR is a virtual reality success story...
‘VRChat’ Can Now Import Free Customizable ‘Ready Player Me’ Avatars
Ready Play Me, the free avatar maker from Wolf3D, now supports exporting avatars to VRChat, making it quick and easy to get a customizable avatar into one of the most popular social VR applications.
While VRChat is host to tons of...
Microsoft to Talk About the Future of XR in Ignite 2021 Keynote Hosted in ‘AltspaceVR’
Microsoft is looking to make good use of its social VR platform AltspaceVR next week as it hosts its first Ignite keynote in virtual reality.
Alex Kipman, technical fellow at Microsoft's AI and Mixed Reality team, announced that the virtual...
One of Quest’s Best-rated Experiences, ‘ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos’ Launches on SteamVR
Sci-fi anime VR visual novel experience ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos launched on Oculus Quest in December and quickly rose to become one of the best rated titles on the headset. Now the app has launched on SteamVR for PC VR users to...
Hands-on: Impressive PS5 DualSense Haptics Bodes Well for Next-gen PSVR Controllers
The launch of PlayStation 5 brought backwards compatible support for PSVR, but with Sony confirming a new PSVR headset in the works we'd be lying if we said we weren't most excited by what's around the corner. A new...
Crytek’s Long-awaited ‘The Climb 2’ Coming to Oculus Quest on March 4th
Crytek announced last year that The Climb (2016) would be getting its long-awaited sequel sometime during the holiday season 2020. Although that launch window has come and gone, The Climb 2 is now finally set for a March 4th release date.
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