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Apple Releases Impressive Immersive Short of 2023 MLS Playoffs on Vision Pro

Apple this week released a brief highlight reel of the Major League Soccer 2023 playoffs as an Apple Immersive Video viewable by anyone with a Vision Pro. The impressive footage is a great demo for what sports could be...
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‘Blaston’ Gets New Game Mode, Passthrough AR Support on Quest & More in ‘Arctic Blast’ Update

Blaston (2020) is getting an update today that will bring a few new things to the futuristic 1v1 dueling game from Resolution Games, including a new dueling mode, character, arena and a passthrough AR mode on Quest. Called 'Arctic Blast',...

A Last Hurrah: ‘Echo VR’ Squad Shooter Free Until August Shutdown

Despite some spirited protests against it, Meta and its child-studio Ready at Dawn are set to shut down the popular multiplayer game Echo VR, with plans to turn off servers come August 1st. While the sporty Echo Arena portion of the game...

PlayStation 5 to Launch Holiday 2020, Including New Controller with Improved Haptics

It was confirmed back in April that Sony's upcoming next-gen console would include support for the current-gen PSVR. In a new exclusive interview with Wired, the company further revealed that not only is PlayStation 5 slated to arrive holiday season 2020, but...

Xbox Cloud Gaming to Launch on Quest as Meta Strengthens Microsoft Partnership

Quest 2 users will soon be able to play Xbox games thanks to a growing partnership between Meta and Microsoft announced at Connect that will not only bring Xbox Cloud Gaming to the platform, but also a host of Windows...

Meta Drops Forced Facebook Logins with Rollout of New Meta VR Accounts Today

Starting today, Meta is finally pulling back from one of its most controversial moves affecting its VR users, which required all new Quest owners to sign up with a valid Facebook account in addition to forcing legacy Oculus account...
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‘Assetto Corsa Competizione’ Launches in Early Access September 12th, VR Support in October

Initially revealed back in February, Assetto Corsa Competizione, the next chapter of acclaimed sim racer Assetto Corsa, now has an official Early Access release date of September 12th. The game has been confirmed to include VR support, following after its predecessor,...

Facebook Expects Coronavirus Will Have “additional impact” on Oculus Quest Availability

After being backordered by weeks in many regions, Oculus Quest is now "unavailable" from Oculus in 17 out of 23 regions where the unit is sold, including the United States, Canada, and much of Europe. Facebook says the Coronavirus outbreak is...

Apple Announces Vision Pro Release & Pre-order Dates

Apple has announced an earlier-than-expected Vision Pro release date, right at the start of CES. As we talked about in our 2023 retrospective, Apple Vision Pro was certainly the most talked about story of the year. And now we've learned...

Magic Leap Teases Its Next-gen AR Headset for Enterprise

Magic Leap hasn't come out with new hardware since it launched its seminal AR headset in 2018, Magic Leap 1. Now it seems we're getting our first glimpse of what may very well be Magic Leap 2. Update: Magic Leap...

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...

Apple Joins the Impending Avatar Wars With Memoji

At Worldwide Developer Conference today, Apple announced a new avatar system, dubbed 'Memoji', the company's next step into the world of iPhone X animated emojis mapped to a user's facial movements. Move over Samsung AR Emoji, because Apple looks to...

Hands-on: Varjo Reality Cloud is a Platform for Capturing & Sharing Physical Spaces in Real-time

Varjo today announced its new Varjo Reality Cloud platform, a device-agnostic VR meeting platform which can scan and share physical spaces in real-time using the depth sensors on its latest XR-3 headsets. The company doesn't have a specific release...
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‘7 Nanocycles’ is an Addictive Flyer that Blasts You Through a Geometric Futurescape

7 Nanocycles is a demo made by Sweden-based indie developer Nicklas Nygren (aka 'Nifflas'), and is a deceptively addictive game concept that lobs you in your tiny spaceship through a world of floating geometric shapes. 7 Nanocycles is about keeping momentum while inside the...

Apple Positions New iMac Pro for VR Development, Available Starting Thursday

Back at WWDC 2017 Apple finally embraced VR, announcing that it had been working with Valve to bring SteamVR and the HTC Vive to MacOS, along with a number of other announcements about how the company would support VR...
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