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Apple’s Approach to Immersive VR on Vision Pro is Smarter Than it Seems—And Likely to Stick

One of the most interesting things about Vision Pro is the way Apple is positioning its fully immersive capabilities. While many have interpreted the company's actions as relegating VR to an afterthought, the reality is much more considered. Vision Pro...

The Biggest Announcements at Meta Connect and What it All Means for the Future of XR

Meta Connect 2023 has wrapped up, bringing with it a deluge of info from one of the XR industry's biggest players. Here's a look at the biggest announcements from Connect 2023, but more importantly, what it all means for...

Valve Hires Creator Behind Popular ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Mod

Like many of Valve's best titles, Half-Life: Alyx (2020) is a lot more moddable than your average game, which for PC VR headset owners means hundreds of new modes, missions, and mini-games. Now one of the HLA's most talented modders...

‘Laser Dance’ Coming to Quest in 2024, From Creator Behind One of Quest’s Best-rated Puzzle Games

Thomas Van Bouwel, the developer behind popular VR puzzle game Cubism (2020), is nearing launch of the long-teased mixed reality game for Quest that turns your living room into a moving grid of lasers straight out of Mission Impossible. Update...

‘VRChat’ Competitor ‘Resonite’ Coming to PC VR This Week

Resonite, a new social VR platform from the principal creator behind metaverse app Neos VR, is set to launch into early access on SteamVR headsets this week. Update (October 3rd, 2023): Resonite is slated to launch on October 6th at 11:00 AM PT...

Former Oculus CTO “unconvinced” Mixed Reality Apps Will Sell Headsets (like Quest 3)

Less than 48 hours after Meta fully unveiled Quest 3, John Carmack, legendary programmer and former CTO of Oculus, expressed doubts about mixed reality's ability to increase headset sales. Carmack departed Meta late last year, concluding what he called at...

Early Bigscreen Beyond Pre-orders Slip into Q4 Delivery Window

Bigscreen announced its thin and light PC VR headset, Bigscreen Beyond, is facing delays in production, which the company says will see shipping dates for initial preorders pushed later into October and November. Bigscreen CEO Darshan Shankar says in a...

New Quest Dev Tools to Add Leg Estimation for More Convincing Avatars

Meta announced that it's offering new developer tools for Quest headsets to make avatars more realistic. The company also unveiled a Quest 3-exclusive upper body tracking feature that supports a much wider range of body motion. Announced at Connect 2023...

Quest 3 Brings a Big Change to Controller Tracking Coverage

Meta Quest 3 brings with it new 'Touch Plus' controllers that do away with the tracking ring that's been part of the company's 6DOF consumer VR controllers ever since the original Rift. But that's not the only change. Editor's Note:...

Sony Drops a Slew of PSVR 2 Game Announcements and Updates

Meta wasn't the only company churning out VR news this week with the unveiling of its long-awaited Quest 3 mixed reality headset, as Sony tossed out a slew of PSVR 2 game announcements and updates for its surprise 'VR Day'...
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Schell Games is Creating a ‘Kurzgesagt’ Educational Game for Quest, Trailer Here

Popular YouTube edutainment channel Kurzgesagt is teaming up with VR developers Schell Games (I Expect You To Die, Among Us VR) to make an exploration adventure game for Quest. Called Out of Scale: A Kurzgesagt Adventure, the fully immersive educational game...

Hands-on: ‘Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR’ Has an Interesting Take on VR Parkour Mechanics

Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR has been in the works seemingly for ages, but one major question has gone unanswered until now: just how does the game's parkour work? If you've played pretty much any existing Assassin's Creed game, you'll know that...

Hands-on: Quest 3 is an Impressive Leap That’s Still Held Back by Software Struggles

Quest 3 is an impressive leap in hardware, especially in the visual department, but it continues Meta's tradition of building great hardware that feels held back by its software. Update (September 27th, 2023): Fixed the link to the second page at...

Quest Store Revenue Reaches $2 Billion, But Momentum Has Slowed Over the Last Year

Coming alongside the big Quest 3 info dump today at Connect 2023, Meta revealed that Quest Store games and apps have generated over $2 billion in revenue. While the store is still earning for developers, looking at revenue over...

Meta Will Bring ‘Augments’ to Quest 3, Persistent Mini-apps That Live in Your Room

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today at Connect, the company's annual XR developer conference, that it's going to launch a set of mixed reality mini-apps on Quest 3 that you can stick anywhere in your house. Relying on Quest 3's...
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