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FTC Sues to Block Meta’s Acquisition of Top VR Fitness App Developer
In 2021 Meta announced its intention to acquire Within, the studio behind popular VR fitness app Supernatural; though neither company announced the deal price, reporting indicated a whopping $400 million price tag which may have caught the attention of...
‘Fracked’ Releases Exclusively on PSVR August 20th, Free Demo Now Available
Fracked, the upcoming shooter from Phantom: Covert Ops (2020) developer nDreams, is officially set to release on August 20th, arriving exclusively on PSVR. Can't wait to strap on those skis and jump in? Well, there's a free demo is now available on the...
‘Budget Cuts 2’ Review – Great Action in a Slightly More Generic Sequel
Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency brings a lot to the table in terms of variety and action, although it edits out some of what made the first an interesting exercise in exploration and intrigue. Adrenaline is still a key ingredient...
Reactive Grip Brings Tactile Feedback to the Razer Hydra, Other Motion Input Devices [video]
At GDC 2013, a company called Tactical Haptics showed off a tactile-feedback system, called Reactive Grip, for motion-controlled input devices. The prototype I got to use consisted of a hacked up Razer Hydra built into a 3D printed housing...
‘RUNNER’ to Bring ’80s-inspired Run & Gun Action to Quest 2 in October
RUNNER is an upcoming racing game from indie studio Truant Pixel that promises to bring some very ’80s-inspired run-and-gun action to Quest 2 next month.
Update (September 28th, 2022): Truant Pixel announced that RUNNER is headed to the official Quest Store for Quest...
Sennheiser & Magic Leap Unveil AMBEO AR One Spatial Audio Headphones
Sennheiser and Magic Leap today unveiled the AMBEO AR One in-ear headphones, an external headphone the companies couch as "the first spatial listening accessory to receive official certification by Magic Leap."
The AMBEO AR One is said to offer users...
HTC Files for ‘Vive Cosmos’ VR Headset Trademark
With middling smartphone sales and a loss of a major portion of its smartphone IP and engineering team to Google last year, HTC appears to be full steam ahead with VR headsets as of late. Now, a trademark filing has surfaced...
Delighting Users with Rich Interactions is Key to Making VR Engaging & Effective
VR software has introduced many new challenges to developers. Among these challenges, rich interactions are at the very core of all the new elements VR software designers need to consider when creating games or general applications.
Guest Article by Enrique...
‘The Unity Cube’ is the Worst Quest Game on Oculus App Lab—on Purpose
The Unity Cube is an experiment from developer Tony "SkarredGhost" Vitillo to test the limits of what Oculus will allow into the App Lab program. Vitillo submitted a fully functional application which simply presents the user with a cube in...
Vision Pro Preview: Early Thoughts on My Time Inside Apple’s First Headset
Over the last three weeks I’ve had the chance to spend significant time in Apple Vision Pro. While my full review is still marinating, I want to share some early thoughts I've had while using the headset and what...
News Bits: Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Price Drops to $199 on All Major U.S. Carriers
Those hoping to snag Samsung's soon-to-be-released mobile Gear VR headset this holiday season will also need to get their hands on the phone that powers it—the Samsung Galaxy Note 4. If you haven't yet pulled the trigger, the Note...
HTC’s New Link Headset is Using ‘Neon’ Tracking from Ximmerse – Specs & Details
HTC's new mobile VR headset dubbed 'Link'—which curiously does not fall under the company's Vive brand—is also not making use of the same tracking systems employed by the Vive headsets. Instead the company has teamed up with Ximmerse, makers...
“Tower defense-inspired” VR Game ‘Home A Drone’ Launches This Week
“Tower Defense-inspired” VR FPS Home A Drone is set to release in Early Access on Steam and Viveport this Thursday.
Home A Drone will allow players to fight off invading swarms of enemies by placing structures that automatically target and shoot at...
Leap Motion’s ‘Interaction Engine’ Aims for Effortless VR Input
Leap Motion continues to refine their hand-tracking tech for intuitive controller-free interactivity. The company's latest focus has been on an 'Interaction Engine' which usurps standard physics engines when it comes to defining interactions between user input and virtual objects.
Leap...
Nreal Temporarily Halts Production of ‘Light’ AR Headset due to Coronavirus
Nreal, the creators of the Nreal Light AR glasses, today announced that shipments of its developer kit will be affected by the recent developments in Asia surrounding the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
The company, which is split between San Francisco and...



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