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‘Moon Player’ Unlocks YouTube’s Immersive Video Library on Vision Pro

YouTube has a ton of videos created for immersive viewing, but without an official YouTube app on Vision Pro, it's a bit of a song and dance to get them to play. Moon Player however launched a Vision Pro app...

Meta CEO Teases “Major graphics updates” After Viral Criticism of ‘Horizon Worlds’ Screenshot

An innocuous screenshot of Meta's social VR platform shared by CEO Mark Zuckerberg last week saw widespread criticism in the tech sector. Prompted by the reaction, Zuckerberg shared a glimpse of purported visual upgrades headed to the platform. Last week Meta...

‘Rec Room’ Plus Members Can Now Exchange In-game Tokens for Real Cash

Rec Room wants to create a functional digital economy which would let creators generate content for the social VR app and sell it to others for cash. The studio took a big step late last year by allowing its premium...

Carmack Details New 5K Mobile VR Playback Tech, Releases Sample for Developers

Oculus CTO John Carmack has developed a new approach to VR video playback which makes it possible to play 5K 3D 360 video on headsets like Oculus Go and Gear VR. The results, as shown in the recent re-release...

Exemplar 2 VR PC Now Available, Save $100 Through Labor Day

Today marks the launch of Exemplar 2, the second generation of our high-end VR gaming PC designed for those who want to push the limits of immersion. Exemplar 2 Ultimate is Road to VR’s internal test bench for VR reviews...
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‘Dead Space’ Style Sci-fi Horror Game ‘Memoreum’ Delayed to October

Indie VR studio Patient 8 Games released a new trailer for Memoreum during UploadVR's summer games showcase, revealing it's coming a little later than planned. Previously slated to release on Quest in September, Patient 8 has now confirmed its sci-fi...

Bigscreen Beyond 2 Starts First Wave of Shipping, Aims for Immediate Fulfillment by September

Bigscreen announced it's officially begun shipping the first production units of Beyond 2, the company's latest slim and light PC VR headset. Following a recent production delay, the company says in a blogpost that Beyond 2 headsets are now shipping, noting...

VR Film Studio Felix & Paul Release ‘Nomads’ 360 Documentary Series

Felix and Paul Studios, creators of the Daytime Emmy Award-winning Inside the Box of Kurios and Inside Impact: East Africa, today launched Nomads—a new 360 video app that takes you inside the lives of the some of the world's far-flung nomadic tribes. Studio co-founders...

Sony Announces PlayStation VR 2 Specs Including Eye-tracking, HDR, & 110° Field-of-view

Today during Sony's CES 2022 press conference the company revealed the first details on PlayStation VR 2, including eye-tracking, a "4K" HDR display, and a 110° Field-of-view. For the first time today, Sony confirmed that its next-gen VR headset for...

VRLA #4 Heading to House of Moves on December 13th, Big Names in the VR Scene...

The VRLA Meetup is holding its forth event come Saturday December 13th. To be hosted at House of Moves, a well known motion capture firm based in Los Angeles, California, 26 exhibitors will be present at the event, including many...

E3 Roundup Day 0: Top 5 Most Important Announcements

The expo floor opens today, but this year's E3 in Los Angeles has already kicked off with some big names in the industry making fresh commitments to VR on both the software and hardware side of things. Here we...

Facebook Shuttering ‘MARVEL Powers United VR’ & ‘Ripcoil’, Refunds Available Within 6 Months of Purchase

MARVEL Powers United VR (2018) and other Oculus Rift exclusives developed by Sanzaru Games are officially going offline next March. Marvel Powers United VR, Ripcoil (2016), and VR Sports Challenge (2016) are no longer available for purchase or download, however Oculus says current owners...

‘Beat Saber’ Sells Over One Million Copies

Beat Games, the Czech Republic-based indie developers behind Beat Saber (2018), announced they've sold over one million copies of their popular block-slashing rhythm game—a figure calculated across all supported VR platforms. Beat Games CEO Jaroslav Beck announced the news in...

‘Hawken’-like Mech Shooter ‘Iron Rebellion’ Hits 1.0 Launch Today on Quest and PC VR

Iron Rebellion, the Hawken-like mech-battler from indie Black Beach Studio, is officially out of Early Access today on Quest and SteamVR headsets, taking a big 40-ton step with its 1.0 update. First released in Alpha on Steam in late 2020,...

Microsoft Aims to Get More Devs into AR with New HoloLens 2 Development Edition

Microsoft today announced they're releasing a developer-focused HoloLens 2 bundle that aims to make the AR headset and software tools more accessible to developers and businesses. Aptly named the HoloLens 2 Development Edition, Microsoft is pitching the bundle staring at...
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