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Exclusive Hands-on: HP’s Reverb G2 is the King of Clarity

Today HP revealed its next-gen WMR headset, Reverb G2. While the original Reverb beat out the competition in resolution, some aspects of its display held it back from really capitalizing on all those pixels. Reverb G2 brings with it...

‘The Mighty Eighth’ is a 10-player Cooperative WWII Bomber Game from a Classic Sim Developer

MicroProse was a game developer and publisher behind dozens of classic strategy and simulator titles from the '80s and '90s. After being shuttered in the early 2000s, the company (or the brand, anyway) recently made a surprise resurgence. Among...

Enterprise-focused Standalone Pico Neo 2 & Eye-tracking Version Now Available

Pico Interactive today announced the price and availability of both Pico Neo 2 and its eye-tracking variant, Neo 2 Eye. Both headsets are available for purchase starting today, with Neo 2 priced at $700 and Neo 2 Eye at $900....

Qualcomm Reveals Plan to Help Commercialize Lightweight, 5G-enabled AR & VR Headsets

Today, at an online version of this year's Augmented World Expo (AWE), Qualcomm announced that it's partnered with a number of global telecoms, smartphone companies, and AR/VR headset manufacturers to deliver 5G-enabled, smartphone-driven headsets to consumers and enterprise customers....

Former HTC CEO Unveils 5G-enabled VR Headset & Social VR Platform

At a special event in Taipei, Taiwan, HTC cofounder and former CEO Peter Chou today revealed the first products from the new startup XRSPACE. It's serving up both its own 5G-enabled standalone VR headset as well as a new social...

[Update] Magic Leap Secures $350M Funding to Avoid Previously Announced Layoffs

Magic Leap announced last month that layoffs impacting "every level of the company" were coming alongside a pivot away from its near-term consumer ambitions toward the enterprise space. Now, it appears those layoffs have been avoided with a fresh...

Rumor: Leaked HP Reverb G2 Images Show Four-camera Tracking, New Controllers

Images published by known Microsoft leaker 'WalkingCat' have revealed a new VR headset sporting the HP logo, which looks very similar to the company's previously revelead G2 Windows VR headset teased back in March. First announced as a collaboration between...

Oculus Anniversary Sale Brings Big Discounts on Quest & Rift Games

To celebrate the one year anniversary of the release of Quest and Rift S, Oculus is hosting a sale on heap of games for both headsets, including some Quest bundles with top titles. Oculus has kicked off its anniversary sale...

Facebook Shows Prototype AR/VR Interface Designed to Replace Your Laptop

In light of the global pandemic, Facebook announced last week it was making way for more productivity and collaboration apps on the Oculus Store to help bridge businesses together in a time of social distancing. Now, Facebook has shown...

Facebook’s ‘Oculus for Business’ Quest Enterprise Platform is Finally Openly Available

Facebook today announced that its Oculus for Business program is finally openly available. The program, which was announced more than a year ago, was slow to roll out as Facebook dealt only with a small number of select partners....

‘Iron Man VR’ Demo Now Available on PSVR, New Hardware Bundle Announced

Iron Man VR on PSVR was delayed several times earlier this year, but last week the game finally got a firm release date of July 3rd, 2020. We caught wind only a few hours ago that Sony was likely...

How to Record Mixed Reality Video on Oculus Quest

Did you know you can create your own mixed reality video on Oculus Quest and show off all your VR exploits to your adoring public? Oculus has published its own Mixed Reality Capture tool (MRC) to let you do just...

‘Apollo 11 VR’ Studio Secures $3.3M Funding from HTC for VR Education Platform ‘Engage’

Immersive VR Education, the studio behind Apollo 11 VR, Titanic VR, and social VR education platform ENGAGE, today announced that it's secured a €3 million (~$3.3 million) investment from HTC. The investment follows a recent HTC Vive Ecosystem Conference held in...

‘Tales from Soda Island’ is a Spectacular Animated Short Built Entirely in VR

Studio Syro, an indie VR animation studio, released the first installment of their short film series called Tales from Soda Island yesterday. Built entirely in Oculus Quill, the series kicks off with one of the most charming VR experiences you've...

Oculus is (still) Covering Unreal Engine Royalties for $5M in Revenue Per-game Through 2025

With the recent news that Unreal Engine was permanently waiving engine royalties for the first $1 million in app revenue, we were reminded of a similar program for VR apps based on Unreal Engine 4 that Oculus established back...
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