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Social XR Collaboration Platform ‘Spatial’ Now on Oculus Store for Quest
Spatial, the social collaboration platform for XR devices, is now available for public download on Oculus Quest, which includes cross-platform support for HoloLens, Magic Leap One, Nreal, Web browsers, and iOS & Android mobile devices.
As a work-focused social app, Spatial puts heavy...
The VirtualLink Single-cable Headset Connection Standard Has Been Abandoned
VirtualLink was an open standard that defined a USB-C based connection protocol that was “developed to meet the connectivity requirements of current and next-generation VR headsets,” and backed by major VR industry players. The goal was to make a...
Facebook Wants to Build an AR Headset to Supercharge Your Hearing, Create a Custom HRTF from...
The Facebook Reality Labs Research team shared some of its latest audio initiatives today. The group aims to build technologies into an AR headset that will supercharge your hearing by making it easy to isolate the sound of your...
‘Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit’ Brings AR Kart-racing to Your Living Room Floor with Switch
You simply never know with Nintendo. One year they're bringing out a full VR Nintendo Labo kit for Switch, and the next they've mashed AR into a remote-controlled car for at-home Mario Kart races. One thing is for sure: Nintendo's...
Hands-on: ‘Eye of the Temple’ is a Clever Room-scale Puzzler That Lets You Become Indiana Jones
Eye of the Temple is an upcoming VR game that takes full advantage of the room-scale abilities of your VR headset, letting you walk, dodge, and duck your way through a vast temple complex. You use your own two...
‘Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR’ Beta Updates Hint at “Upcoming hardware releases”
Updates to the beta version of Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR, the official integration which allows Windows VR headsets to be used with SteamVR, hint at "upcoming hardware releases."
Update (September 2nd, 2020): A Microsoft developer says the reference to...
Facebook Halts Sale of Rift & Quest in Germany Amid Regulatory Concerns
Facebook has halted sales of all Oculus VR headsets in Germany, something the company says will be temporary during its ongoing talks with German regulators.
Update (11:35 AM ET): MIXED has obtained a statement (German) from the German Federal Cartel...
Jon Favreau’s ‘Gnomes & Goblins’ Coming to PC VR Later This Month, Trailer Here
We've been waiting almost exactly four years now to see what would become of the enchanting, but decidedly short Gnomes and Goblins Preview, which was published on Steam back in September 2016. Now, XR developers Wevr says PC VR users...
NVIDIA Announces GeForce RTX 30-series GPUs, Claims “Greatest Generational Leap” in Performance
NVIDIA announced its latest GPUs, the GeForce RTX 30-series, based on its 'Ampere' architecture. The company revealed the price and release date for the RTX 3070, 3080, and 3090, with the first of the cards launching in just two...
‘Echo VR’ Launches Out of Beta for Quest, Including Rift Crossplay
Echo VR, the zero-G multiplayer game from Ready at Dawn, is now out of beta for Oculus Quest. Although it only includes Echo Arena, the zero-g team sport and not the team shooter Echo Combat, the free game seems to have struck a...
Neuralink Demonstrates Rudimentary Limb-tracking via Brain-interface in Live Pigs
In a presentation showing the latest developments on Neuralink's brain-computer interface, Elon Musk revealed that the company has implanted prototype devices in live pigs, and was able to achieve rudimentary limb-tracking by monitoring activity in the brain.
Neuralink is a...
Walmart Product Listing May Point to Quest 2 Pricing & Storage Sizes
An ostensibly premature Walmart product listing may point to both the price and available internal storage sizes for the upcoming Oculus Quest 2.
At the time of this writing, Walmart currently has a mystery Oculus headset listed, which neatly fits...
In ‘Horizon’ Facebook Can Invisibly Observe Users in Real-time to Spot Rule Violations
Facebook Horizon is shaping up to be an interesting social VR offering with powerful building tools that will allow players to create and share their own worlds. But equally powerful are tools the company has baked into Horizon for monitoring users...
‘Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond’ Gets New Action-packed Trailer, Launching This Holiday
The highly anticipated Oculus exclusive, Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond is finally due to launch this holiday. A new trailer shows the game's emphasis on both action and narrative.
Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond has been in development by...
Preview: Facebook ‘Horizon’ Aims for a Sweet Spot Between ‘Rec Room’ & ‘VRChat’
Facebook is soon to launch the invite-only beta of Horizon, on Quest and Rift, the company's latest attempt at creating a first-party social VR experience. We previewed the beta and got to see several user-created mini-games and explored the built-in...




















