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XR Insiders Reflect on Apple Vision Pro Development and Industry Impact
The Voices of VR Podcast never misses an opportunity to document the ongoing history of the XR space. With Vision Pro now in the hands of many, host Kent Bye recently interviewed two XR insiders that have been part...
Unofficial SteamVR Driver for PSVR 2 to Release Soon as Sony Plans its Own PC VR...
Sony says it's bringing some form of PC VR support to PSVR 2 at some point this year, although it's not clear when, or even how the company will go about letting users play games like Half-Life: Alyx (2020) or popular...
Qualcomm’s Head of XR is Leaving at a Pivotal Moment for the Industry
Hugo Swart, General Manager and Vice President of XR at Qualcomm, has announced his departure from the company at a pivotal moment in the industry.
Hugo Swart, who has been with Qualcomm for 20 years, this week announced that he's...
’90s Classic ‘Tomb Raider’ is Coming to Quest & Pico in Unofficial Team Beef VR Port
Team Beef, the modding group behind a slew of unofficial VR ports of classic games, announced their next project is Tomb Raider (1996), which will bring the action-adventure game to standalone headsets Quest and Pico VR.
Unlike the version playable through...
One of the First Oculus Rift Games is Currently One of Vision Pro’s Best
Proton Pulse, originally created for the Oculus Rift DK1 development kit in 2013, has been re-released on Apple Vision Pro this week. Practically untouched from its original head-tracked input scheme, the game marks a soft reset in XR game...
Meta’s New Demo Shows Players & Devs What Compelling MR Can Look Like
Meta now has three mixed reality headsets, but still not a ton of mixed reality content to go with it. To remedy that, the company worked with veteran XR studio Magnopus to release an open source Unity demo it...
15 Tips, Tricks, & Settings to Get the Most Out of Vision Pro
Vision Pro is here and it's a surprisingly capable device. Apple has also loaded the headset with a ton of options and features that aren't obvious at first glance. So I'm here with the most essential Vision Pro tips,...
‘Stranger Things VR’ Review – Artful But Boring Brand Engagement
Stranger Things VR is a visually intense retelling of the TV show's last two seasons from VR pioneers Tender Claws, known for their weird and wild VR experiences Virtual Virtual Reality (2017) and The Under Presents (2019). While Stranger Things VR showcases the studio's...
Sony Plans PC Compatibility for PSVR 2 Later This Year, Acknowledging a Weak Game Library
Today, on the one year anniversary of the release of PSVR 2, Sony announced it's testing PC VR compatibility for PSVR 2, with plans to release some form of PC support for the headset this year.
In a blog post...
‘Racket Club’ Update Brings More Flexibility with New Rules and Fan Favorite Modes
The recently released VR racket sport Racket Club (2023) just got its first major update, which brings a host of new rules and modes to the game for a more customized experience on the court.
Resolution Games, which is also known for Demeo...
‘Vi’ Wants You to Build Muscle with XR Gloves & (eventually) Its Fitness-first Headset
Using an XR headset for at-home workouts basically looks like playing Beat Saber: you can duck, dodge, punch or slice to improve cardio and burn fat. With an increasing number of apps that essentially play on that formula, XR startup...
VR MMO ‘Zenith’ Releases Free-to-Play Mode Open Beta on Quest & PC VR
The studio behind VR-exclusive MMORPG Zenith: The Last City (2022) Ramen VR announced earlier this month the game was soon being rebranded to Zenith: Nexus amid the launch of its free-to-play mode 'Infinite Realms', which the studio is using to bolster...
TikTok is the First Big Social Media Platform to Launch a Native Vision Pro App
Vision Pro launched with over a million iOS apps earlier this month alongside a little over 600 native apps created specifically for visionOS. That number has grown steadily, although the biggest entrant lately is TikTok, the first social media...
Two Classic VR Games From Google’s VR Studio Coming Soon to Vision Pro
Owlchemy Labs, the Google-owned VR studio, announced it's bringing the chart-topping VR games Job Simulator (2016) and its sequel Vacation Simulator (2019) to Apple Vision Pro.
The studio's seminal 'Simulator' franchise has had its fair share of success over the...
Vision Pro Has Apps and Quest Has Games, What Can Samsung Bring to XR to Compete?
Samsung has partnered with Google to make an XR headset, although the South Korean tech giant hasn't tipped its hand on what to expect just yet. Despite its $3,500 sticker price, Vision Pro has shown that big and expensive is...




















