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Fantasy Blacksmithing Game ‘BlackForge’ Releases on Quest & PC VR Today, New Trailer Here

Indie studio ManaBrigade and publisher Fast Travel Games today announced that BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure, a fantasy VR blacksmithing game, is now available on Quest and PC VR headsets. Update (June 13th, 2024): BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure is now available on Quest 2/3/Pro and...

VRChat Lays off 30% of Company, Citing Growing Pains Following COVID Platform Boom

VRChat, one of the oldest and most popular social VR platforms, announced it's laying off "around 30%" of its staff, citing issues with slower than anticipated growth, over-hiring during its boom in 2021, and the slow adoption of a...

VisionOS 2 Enables WebXR by Default, Unlocking a Cross-platform Path to Vision Pro

We've know that Apple planned to support WebXR for quite some time, but with VisionOS 2, the company is enabling the feature for all users. WebXR allows developers to deliver cross-platform XR experiences directly from the web, with no...

LG Shakes Up XR Division, Reportedly Putting Meta Headset Partnership on Ice

Korean media last month alleged that the Meta/LG partnership to create a high-end XR headset wasn't going so well, suggesting either outright cancellation or a delay pushing release of a prospective Apple Vision Pro competitor to 2027. While this hasn't...

Some Users Won’t Need to Wear Vive Trackers Soon Thanks to Upcoming AI Body Tracking Update

HTC has teased that some users may not even need to wear their latest Vive Ultimate Trackers soon thanks to an upcoming AI-powered body tracking update. HTC's Vive Ultimate Trackers are capable of inside-out body tracking thanks to the inclusion...

VisionOS 2 Improvement Targets Key Vision Pro Critique Among Developers

For basic Vision Pro interactions like navigating apps and scrolling web pages, the headset's look-and-pinch input system works like magic. But if you want to go more 'hands-on' with virtual content, the headset's full hand-tracking leaves much to be...
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Rhythm Game ‘Just Dance VR’ is Skipping Pico 4 Exclusivity and Launching on Quest in October

Ubisoft announced in late 2022 it was bringing a VR version of its motion-based dance game Just Dance to Pico 4, making it the first big exclusive to target what was essentially Pico's Quest 2 competitor. Now Ubisoft has announced...

‘STRIDE: Fates’ Update for PSVR 2 Brings Graphics Enhancements and New Content

STRIDE: Fates (2023) initially released late last year on Quest, bringing with it a campaign to match the series' hard-won locomotion mechanics that feel pretty inspired by parkour shooter Mirror's Edge. Now, the PSVR 2 version of the game just...

New Features Coming in VisionOS 2, Including What Apple Didn’t Show

If you watched the WWDC  2024 keynote, you'll have seen the announcement of VisionOS 2 and some highlights of what's coming to the Vision Pro headset. But there's lots more that Apple didn't actually show on stage. Here's everything...

Canon to Launch a More Affordable Stereo Wide-angle Lens for Spatial Video Capture

Leading camera maker Canon today announced its next big entry into its dual-optic lens category, which allows its line of high-end EOS R7 cameras to take spatial video and photos. Called the RF-S3.9mm F3.5 STM Dual Fisheye lens, Canon says...

Apple Vision Pro Will Soon Let You Convert 2D Photos to 3D & Share Them Live...

Apple today announced at the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) its big visionOS 2 update, which is set to arrive on Vision Pro sometime later this year. With it comes a few new features which promise to let you convert...

VisionOS Update to Bring Ultra-wide Screen & Higher Resolution to Mac Virtual Display

Apple today announced its 2.0 version of visionOS, which is bringing alongside it a number of new features including a wider and higher-resolution version of Mac Virtual Display. The feature, which is set to launch sometime later this year, will...
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‘Batman: Arkham Shadow’ Trailer Reveals Story Behind Quest 3’s Next Big First-party Exclusive

Batman: Arkham Shadow is coming exclusive to Quest 3 sometime later this year, and today we're getting a peek at the story behind what's shaping up to be VR's biggest full-fledged Batman game, and next big first-party exclusive from Meta. Following...

First ‘Bonelab’ Update in More Than a Year Brings Enhancements for Quest 3, Modding & Physics

Bonelab (2022), Stress Level Zero's sequel to physics-driven VR shooter Boneworks (2019), just got a massive update which brings more than a year's worth of enhancements to Quest 3 in addition to a ton of new content for Quest...

‘Skatrix’ Uses Vision Pro to Turn Your Room Into a Virtual Skate Park

Skatrix Pro, the Vision Pro skateboarding app from legendary skater Rodney Mullen, has just been overhauled to deliver even more convincing mixed reality gameplay thanks to its new 2.0 update. Released as a day-one app for Vision Pro earlier this...
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