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‘Beat Saber’ Surprise-drops new Rolling Stones Music Pack

Beat Saber continues to reel in top tracks for its now classic VR rhythm gameplay. The latest drop is the Rolling Stones Music Pack, bringing 11 of the game's most classic rock tracks to date. EDM not your style? Well Beat...

‘Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord’ Review – I Ain’t Afraid of No VR Ghost!

It's been a while since we first busted ghosts in VR, but this time around veteran VR studio nDreams and Sony Pictures Virtual Reality are serving up an at-home co-op game for Quest and PSVR 2 that will finally...

Valve Launches SteamVR 2.0, Brings Long-awaited Platform Features into VR

After a period of significant silence about VR from the company, Valve has released SteamVR 2.0, a major upgrade to the platform's VR interface which finally brings more of the platform's core capabilities into VR. Update (October 26th, 2023): After...

Reality Labs Revenue Drops to Lowest Point on Record Ahead of Quest 3 Launch

Meta today announced its third quarter earnings, revealing that revenue of its Reality Labs XR division dropped to its lowest point on record, just ahead of the launch of Quest 3. All eyes are now on the holiday season...

High-flying Parkour Sequel ‘STRIDE: Fates’ Coming to Quest Next Month

Joy Way, the studio behind parkour action-shooter STRIDE (2022), announced that high-flying follow-up STRIDE: Fates is coming to Quest next month as a "full-fledged sequel" to Stride. Update (October 23rd, 2023): Joy Way announced that Stride: Fates is coming to Quest on November 9th....

VR’s Favorite Mini Golf Game Gets Spooky with New Haunted Course

Walkabout Mini Golf has been on a roll ever since it launched in late 2020, now counting 22 courses strong with the addition of a very spooky level just in time for Halloween: 'Widow’s Walkabout'. Developers Mighty Coconut say Widow's...

Enthusiast-grade VR Treadmill ‘Virtuix Omni One’ Now Available for Pre-order

Virtuix, the company behind the Omni VR treadmill, launched a crowd-based investment campaign in 2020 to fund Virtuix Omni One, an at-home VR locomotion device targeted at enthusiasts. Previously only available to early investors, now the company announced it's opening...

Designing Mixed Reality Apps That Adapt to Different Spaces

Laser Dance is an upcoming mixed reality game that seeks to use Quest's passthrough capability as more than just a background. In this Guest Article, developer Thomas Van Bouwel explains his approach to designing an MR game that adapts to...
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‘Budget Cuts’ Halloween Update Twists Stealth Action into Stalker Horror

Budget Cuts (2018), the stealth action game, has always been about taking pensive steps, hiding in the darkness and not tipping off the killer robot guards on your way through the game's liminal office space. Now developers Neat Corporation released...

Hit Co-op Horror Game ‘Phasmophobia’ Delayed on PSVR 2 and PS5

Indie studio Kinetic Games announced it's delaying the release of its hit co-op horror game Phasmophobia on PSVR 2. The four-player psychological horror game was slated to land on PlayStation 5 and PSVR 2 sometime in August, but was later delayed to October...

Data Suggests Most Expensive Quest 3 is More Popular Than Expected

Quest 3 just began shipping last week and headsets are rapidly arriving in the hands of eager buyers. While the 128GB model appears to be in strong supply, the more expensive 512GB model might be more popular than Meta...

Apple Expands Vision Pro Developer Labs to Two New Cities

Apple is adding two new locations to its Vision Pro 'Developer Labs so devs can get their hands on the headset before it launches early next year. It might not feel like it but 2024 will be here before we...

Apple is Approaching Social on Vision Pro the Way Meta Should Have All Along

As a leading social media company, it seemed like Meta would be in the best position to create a rich social experience on its XR headsets. But after almost a decade of building XR platforms, interacting with friends on...

Quest 3 Teardown Shows Just How Slim the Headset Really Is

Less than a week since launch, Quest 3 has already gotten the full iFixit teardown treatment, showing off just how slim (and seemingly difficult to repair) the headset really is.  iFixit's Shahram Mokhtari pried apart Quest 3, revealing the innards of Meta's new...

PvP Battler ‘Glassbreakers’ Comes to SteamVR with Quest Crossplay

Glassbreakers: Champions of Moss, the 1v1 battler from Polyarc launched into early access on Quest late last month, is now available on Steam via an open beta, which comes replete with Quest platform crossplay. Update (October 16th, 2023): Over the...
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