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Apple Has a Team “Exploring the AR Space” Analyst Speculates after ex-HoloLens Engineer Hire

Rumours surrounding Apple's entry into the immersive technology sector have been circulating for years. But as both AR and VR retail products begin to ship this year, Apple's latest hire has lead an analyst at Piper Jaffray to suggest that...
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Mixed Reality Arena Shooter ‘Spatial Ops’ Launches on Quest Next Month

Resolution Games announced that Spatial Ops, the studio's multiplayer mixed reality shooter currently in beta, is heading for full launch on Quest next month. Update (October 14th, 2024): Spatial Ops is now headed for full launch on Quest 2/3/Pro on...

‘CalcFlow’ Studio Partners with HTC to Bring VR STEM Tools to Libraries Across California & Nevada

Nanome, the studio behind CalcFlow, the 3D visualization tool for math concepts, has partnered with HTC to bring their STEM-focused VR tools to libraries across California and Nevada. Nanome is bringing a number of their VR tools to libraries as...

Serious Simulations Claim Their ‘Zero Frame Latency’ Tech Can Make VR Headsets Wireless

Serious Simulations, a virtual reality, military training solutions provider, say they may have a solution to the tethered desktop virtual reality conundrum. Serious claim that their wireless streaming solution is capable of delivering wireless streaming video at a latency...

Vivo Vision is Coming to China with Hopes of Undercutting Apple Vision Pro in Price &...

Chinese smartphone creator Vivo announced its 'Vision' XR headset back in March, and now the company has officially unveiled the device's spec sheet in addition to beginning live demos in China. In short, it's lighter and cheaper than Apple...

Facebook Lowers Price of Enterprise-focused Quest to $800

With the revelation of Quest 2, Facebook has quietly knocked down the entry price for its business-focused version of the headset. Facebook only just made its Oculus for Business program openly available back in May, which basically let anyone buy...

Once Slated for 2019, ‘Lone Echo II’ Release Date Slips into 2021

With an initial release date set for 2019, Oculus told us last year that the highly anticipated Lone Echo II had been delayed to Q1 2020. Earlier this year developer Ready at Dawn said the game's development was "significantly impacted"...
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‘Tilt Brush’ Brings the Rave to Your Living Room with New Music Visualizer Mode

Tilt Brush, the virtual reality paint application from Google, saw an update today that brought with it a whole new 'audio reactive mode'—now making your trippy creations pulse to the beat of your own music collection. To activate the function—providing you already own an...

Hands-on: Steam Frame Reveals Valve’s Modern Vision for VR and Growing Hardware Ambitions

Valve has finally revealed Steam Frame, the company's second VR headset. Though it's quite a departure from Index—the company's first headset released some six years ago—Valve says Frame is an "evolution" of Index. Indeed, Frame represents a modernized VR...

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...

‘Synth Riders’ to Feature Tracks from Rock Band ‘Muse’ in January Music Pack

Synth Riders (2018), the VR rhythm game for PC VR and Quest, is getting a new music pack soon that will feature British rock band Muse. Starting today, the game also includes a new update that brings some more...

Augmented Reality Startup Ubiquity6 Emerges from Stealth With $10.5M in Funding

Ubiquity6, an augmented reality startup only a few months out of stealth, today announced a $10.5M Series A round led by Index Ventures, with First Round Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Google’s AI fund Gradient Ventures, LDVP, A&E Networks and WndrCo. The company,...

‘The Climb 2’ Gets 6 More Free Levels in Second Expansion Pack

The Climb 2 (2021), the Oculus Quest climbing game from Crytek, just got its second Freestyle Expansion Pack which brings six new levels featuring some of the sequel's most interesting mechanics. Coming on the heels of the game's first Freestyle...

Chinese ODM Goertek Aims to Produce Over 3 Million More VR/AR Headsets Annually

Goertek may not be a household name, but the China-based company is looking to gear up its manufacturing lines to produce a surprising number of VR/AR headsets and lenses soon. Goertek recently announced a ¥4 billion (~$572 million USD) convertible corporate...

Sony’s First-party Platformer ‘Astro Bot: Rescue Mission’ Heading to PSVR in October

Sony's Japan Studio, the minds behind The Playroom VR (2016), today announced that their upcoming platformer Astro Bot: Rescue Mission is headed to PSVR in the US on October 2nd, 2018. European availability will come a day later, October 3rd. Japan Studio Creative Director...
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