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Pico Reportedly Developing Slim & Light Mixed Reality ‘Goggles’ to Rival Next-Gen Meta Headset
Pico, the XR headset maker owned by TikTok parent ByteDance, is reportedly developing a mixed reality device aimed at rivaling Meta's next-generation XR headset.
According to a report from The Information, Pico is currently working on a pair of mixed...
Google’s Chief Game Designer to Talk Tango at GDC, Augmenting Virtual Reality with the Real World
Google will be demoing some of their new sensor-assisted virtual reality technology at this year's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, which promises to "enable Holodeck-like experiences with less than $100 add-on cost" to mobile devices. While not explicitly named,...
‘Virtual Virtual Reality 2’ Update Purportedly Addresses Key Issues
Virtual Virtual Reality 2, the latest VR title from developer Tender Claws launched early this month. While the underlying game design felt promising, it was overshadowed by a range of technical issues. A new update released today purports to...
‘Star Wars: Beyond Victory’ Mixed Reality Game Comes to Quest 3 in October
ILM and Lucasfilm announced that Star Wars: Beyond Victory - A Mixed Reality Playset is set to launch next month, coming exclusively to Quest 3 and 3S.
The studios released a new trailer for Star Wars: Beyond Victory, revealing the game's release date...
Microsoft Aims to Get More Devs into AR with New HoloLens 2 Development Edition
Microsoft today announced they're releasing a developer-focused HoloLens 2 bundle that aims to make the AR headset and software tools more accessible to developers and businesses.
Aptly named the HoloLens 2 Development Edition, Microsoft is pitching the bundle staring at...
‘Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024’ Features Detailed, Launching with VR Support in November
The fast approaching Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is landing on PC and Xbox consoles November 19th. While it wasn't clear at its initial unveiling last summer whether Asobo's next-gen flight sim would include VR support, the studio says it's...
Oculus Founder Demoed Early Version of Apple’s XR Headset, Calls It ‘Excellent’ and ‘A Huge Deal’
Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus who left the company in 2017, appears to have insider knowledge of the upcoming Apple XR headset, which is expected to be unveiled at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) next month. To Luckey, Apple's...
Rokid Reveals Vision 2 AR Headset with Waveguide Optics
AR startup Rokid today unveiled a new AR headset called Rokid Vision 2, which incorporates waveguide optics into an impressively slim package.
To achieve its glasses-like form factor, Rokid Vision 2 doesn't include onboard computing or power. For that, users can connect to...
Rev VR Podcast (Ep. 82): VR Desktop, Windows Versions, and Confusing Elevator Rides with Developer Guy...
In this episode of the Rev VR Podcast, Guy Godin, developer of the Virtual Desktop, joins me in a fun discussion about his amazing app. After doing a bit of personal tech support, Guy was able to help me...
‘RUINSMAGUS’ Review – Awesome Anime Vibes, Rinse and Repeat Dungeoning
RUINSMAGUS is a Japanese role-playing game with a heavy focus on dungeon crawling and magic-based combat. The game's anime-adjacent visuals and storytelling style are welcome and familiar pieces, and end up delivering the sort of action you'd expect to find...
New Meta Developer Tool Enables Third-parties to Bring Apps to its Smart Glasses for the First...
Today during Connect, Meta announced the Wearables Device Access Toolkit, which represents the company's first steps toward allowing third-party experiences on its smart glasses.
If the name "Wearables Device Access Toolkit" sounds a little strange, it's for good reason. Compared to...
$30,000 in Cash and Prizes for Winner of Nvidia VR Showcase
NVIDIA's forthcoming GTC Conference runs April 4-7 and is going to be dominated by the topic of virtual reality – with a dedicated session track and VR Village with the latest and greatest demos. What's more, if you're an...
Quest Fitness App ‘Supernatural’ Now Offers Annual Subscriptions, Starting at $149
Supernatural (2020), the VR fitness app for Oculus Quest, kicked off its subscription service late last month, offering up a fun and engaging gameified fitness routine for $19 per month. Now the developers Within have included an annual subscription...
CCP Games’ Sigurður Gunnarsson Shares EVE: Valkyrie’s Origin Story
Sigurður G. Gunnarsson is a member of the VR's new-wave 'old guard'. As one of the original initiators of what was originally known as EVE-VR, the 20% project started by CCP VR enthusiasts, he's watched EVE: Valkyrie and VR's resurgence flourish....
‘I Expect You to Die’ Studio Working on Sword Fighting Game for Multiple VR Platforms
Schell Games, the makers of the critically-acclaimed spy-themed escape room game I Expect You to Die (2016), recently announced that they're currently developing a dual-wielding sword fighting game that has elements of what the studio calls "a lightweight dungeon crawler."
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