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Apple Releases ‘Submerged’ Short Film on Vision Pro, Announces Upcoming Content with The Weeknd, NBA &...
Apple today launched a new immersive short film called Submerged for free on Vision Pro, letting users explore a harrowing tale set in a WWII-era submarine. The company also announced its next slate of immersive content, including an NBA...
ILMxLab’s John Gaeta Joins Magic Leap as Senior VP of Creative Strategy
John Gaeta, known for his work as visual effects supervisor on The Matrix trilogy and for launching Lucasfilm's immersive media branch ILMxLab, is joining the mysterious augmented reality start-up Magic Leap.
As reported by The Verge, Gaeta says he's joined Magic Leap as Senior Vice...
‘GHOST TOWN’, The Follow-up to a Top-rated VR Puzzler, Launches on Quest—Coming Soon to PC VR...
GHOST TOWN is the latest VR game to launch from Fireproof Games, a studio whose previous title, The Room: A Dark Matter, is one of the best and most rated VR puzzle games to date.
Ghost Town is now available on...
‘A Rogue Escape’ to Release June 10th, Splicing Mech Combat & Escape Room in VR
Developer Spare Parts Oasis and publisher Armor Games Studios announced that A Rogue Escape, a VR reimaging of PC puzzle game Nauticrawl (2019), is coming to PC VR headsets on June 10th.
Update (May 20th, 2021): It's been six months since we last saw A...
Massive ‘EVE: Valkyrie’ Update ‘Warzone’ Rolls Out Today, Including PC & PS4 Support
The biggest update ever to EVE: Valkyrie (2016) is launching today. Called 'Warzone', the expansion brings with it a number of big features including support for PC and PS4, new maps, and a whole reworking of ship classes and abilities...
Hands-on: Apple Upgrades Personas for True Face-to-face Chats on Vision Pro
Apple today released 'Spatial Personas' in public beta on Vision Pro. The newly upgraded avatar system can now bring people right into your room. We got an early look.
Much has been said about Apple's Persona avatar system for Vision...
Confirmed: Oculus Rift Support Coming to Slender: The Arrival
Last week Blue Isle Studios teased that they may be bringing Oculus Rift support to Slender: The Arrival. The studio has confirmed to Road to VR that Rift support is indeed on the way.
"I am happy to confirm that...
Inception Raises $15 Million Series A Funding Led By EU Media Conglomerate RTL Group
Inception’s ambitions to become the ‘Netflix of VR’ have just received a major boost, with the Tel Aviv-based company closing a $15 million Series A funding round led by media and broadcast giant RTL Group. Launched in October 2016,...
Inside the Burgeoning World of Chinese VR Headsets and HMDs
Over the last three years, the rise of VR in public discourse has been impossible to ignore. During this time, most mainstream discussions have centered on the same few efforts in the US : Oculus, Valve/HTC, Sony, Samsung, and Google....
Every Oculus Quest Game Announced at Facebook Connect 2020
Facebook Connect offered us a veritable avalanche of games news this morning alongside the revelation of pre-order and launch dates for Quest 2, the company's next standalone VR headset. Here's all of those game announcements in one convenient place.
And...
SoundStage Lets You Build Your Dream Music Studio in Room-Scale VR
This is SoundStage, from solo developer Logan Olson, a VR application that aims to let musicians build their own dream music studio, allowing them to play, record and mix from within VR on the HTC Vive.
Being a musician can...
VR Games Showcase Returns in August, Promising Major New Game Reveals & Updates
VR Games Showcase returns for its Summer 2025 event next month, promising a load of major XR game reveals and updates.
The show kicks off on August 12th at 8:40 AM PT (local time here) with a special edition of...
VR’s Most Popular Battle Royale Just Got Its Biggest Map Ever
POPULATION: ONE (2020), VR's most popular battle royale, just got an update across all supported platforms that includes the game's largest map to date, which comes along with a few other cyberpunk goodies.
Called 'Metropolis', the new map promises to...
Oculus Begins Shipping $300 Commercial ‘Go for Business’ Bundle
Oculus Go, the company's recently launched standalone VR headset, is already on store shelves starting at $200 for the 32 GB version. And just like the company's previous Rift for Business announced last year, now it's Go's turn for the...
Microsoft Releases Free Preview For ‘Remote Assist’ & ‘Layout’ Enterprise AR/VR Apps
Microsoft appears to be seeing strong traction with HoloLens in the enterprise space, and the company continues to expand its "Mixed Reality" platform in that sector, promising businesses time and money savings. Two new applications to address this, Remote...




















