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Here’s What Meta Says About Camera Privacy on Quest & Quest Pro
With a growing number of cameras adorning the latest VR headsets from Meta, users understandably would like to know how their privacy is treated before inviting a headset into their home. Here's what Meta has to say about what...
Oculus Rift News Bits: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Production Factory Photos, Johnny Chung Lee Visits,...
The Oculus Rift VR headset made a guest appearance on the Late Night Show with Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday and we've got the video for you. Oculus Inc. has posted a few photos of the production factory and Johnny...
Exclusive Hands-on: DigiLens is Building Modular AR Glasses to Accelerate Consumerization
DigiLens, creators of waveguide optics, today announced the Design v1, a modular reference headset which the company hopes will accelerate the development and consumerization of truly glasses-sized AR headsets. Road to VR got an exclusive hands-on demo of the...
VR Roguelike ‘OUTLIER’ Cancelled Due to “overestimated demand”
Joy Way, the studio behind VR titles Stride and Against, announced it's abandoning development on its most recent PC VR title, Outlier, which hit early access on Steam in March.
The studio released a statement on Friday detailing the decision...
Meta Researchers Reveal Compact Ultra-wide Field-of-View VR & MR Headsets
Ahead of an upcoming technical conference, researchers from Meta's Reality Labs Research group published details on their work toward creating ultra-wide field-of-view VR & MR headsets that use novel optics to maintain a compact goggles-style form-factor.
Published in advance of...
Hands-on: Samsung‘s Android XR Headset is a Curious Combo of Quest & Vision Pro, With One...
Samsung is the first partner to formally announce a new MR headset based on the newly announced Android XR. The device, codenamed "Project Moohan," is planned for consumer release in 2025. We went hands on with an early version.
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Google Partners With CyArk to 3D Scan the World’s Historical Sites, Provide Open Access to Data
Google has partnered with CyArk, the non-profit studio behind VR app MasterWorks: Journey Through History (2018), to expand CyArk's mission to 3D laser-scan the world's historical sites and provide open access to the data. Called the Open Heritage Project, Google and CyArk...
‘Asgard’s Wrath 2’ Video Teases ‘endless dungeon’ Mode with Asynchronous Social Gameplay
Meta's Sanzaru Games released a new look at Asgard's Wrath 2 in a developer diary video that, in addition to showing off more of the upcoming action RPG, teases an opportunity to put your combat skills to the test against...
Jimmy Kimmel Sends Up Virtual Reality Facebook in New Skit
Virtual reality is probably doing something right if people are poking fun at it and in a new skit from the Jimmy Kimmel Live talk show, Facebook's relationship with Oculus and that social network's possible VR future is mercilessly...
Team-based Shooter ‘Frostpoint VR’ to Begin Closed Beta Next Week
InXile Entertainment, the studio behind The Mage's Tale (2018) and The Bard's Tale series, are getting ready to move to closed beta for their upcoming team shooter, Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds.
Update (August 19th, 2020): Thirdverse Inc. and inXile entertainment are starting...
Leap Motion Releases Major Tracking Update and New Demos to Show It Off
Leap Motion builds the leading markerless hand-tracking technology, and today the company revealed a update which they claim brings major improvements "across the board." The upgraded tracking and improved developer tools are available in beta today on Windows, alongside...
Ready Player Me Raises $56M to Expand Cross-game Avatar Platform
Ready Player Me, a company focused on bringing cross-platform avatars to VR and beyond, announced it's closed a $56 million Series B round.
The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from investors including Roblox co-founder David Baszucki, Twitch...
Ultra Configurable Sci-fi Flight Sim ‘Tinker Pilot’ Now Available in Alpha
Tinker Pilot has been in the works for a few years now, aiming to deliver a PC VR simulator experience that lets players build their own sci-fi cockpit and outfit it with 1:1 digital counterparts of things like HOTAS flight...
Watch the QuakeCon Virtual Reality Keynotes Here
At QuakeCon this week there were two keynotes that are relevant to the VR world. These presentations were streamed live, but if you missed them they're now available in their recorded form.
First is John Carmack's keynote which isn't 100%...
‘Star Trek: Infection’ is Bringing a Slice of VR Body Horror to Quest 3 This Year
Star Trek is getting a new VR game soon, this time injecting a hefty slice of body horror into a single-player narrative, pitting you against an infection ravaging your starship.
Called Star Trek: Infection, the VR-native survival experience lets you step into...

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