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The 20 Best Rated & Most Popular Quest Games & Apps – May 2023
While Oculus doesn’t offer much publicly in the way of understanding how well individual games & apps are performing across its Quest 2 storefront, it’s possible to glean some insight by looking at apps relative to each other. Here’s...
‘Pixel Ripped’ Sequel Coming to All Major VR Headsets Next Month
ARVORE and Atari announced the upcoming sequel to Pixel Ripped is set to arrive on all major headsets next month.
Update (May 22nd, 2023): ARVORE confirmed with Road to VR that Pixel Ripped 1978 is coming to Quest 2, PSVR 2, and SteamVR...
VR Platformer ‘No More Rainbows’ Coming to Quest 2 & PC VR in June
Squido Studio announced its first-person platformer No More Rainbows is coming to Quest 2 and PC VR headsets next month, offering up a VR take on classic platforming action.
Update (May 22nd, 2023): Squido announced that No More Rainbows is heading to Meta...
Report: Meta in Talks with Magic Leap for Multiyear AR Headset Tech Deal
A report from the Financial Times maintains Meta is currently in talks with AR headset creator Magic Leap to strike a multiyear deal, which could include intellectual property licensing and contract manufacturing of AR headsets in North America.
The AR...
Quest’s Favorite Rocket League-style Sport ‘NOCK’ Coming to PSVR 2 Soon, Trailer Here
NOCK, the Rocket League-inspired VR sport that arms you with bow and arrow, is coming to PSVR 2 next week, bringing its fast-paced action to cross-platform online play.
First launched on Quest 2 in in early 2022, developing studio Normal says Nock will...
Quest Update Includes More Home Customization, In-headset App Notifications & More
The latest software update for Meta Quest, version v54, is now rolling out, bringing with it a few new quality-of-life features, such as new customization options for Home environments, in-headset app notifications, and better tracking for Quest Pro's controller.
Customizable...
Build Wild Contraptions in ‘Rube Goldberg Workshop’, Now Available on Quest
Rube Goldberg Workshop is now available on Quest, letting you make tons of different crazy—dare we say—Rube Goldbergian machines.
Built on Quest's Presence platform, users can choose to play either in virtual reality or mixed reality, the latter allowing you...
Emerging with $61M in Funding, This “AR laptop” Aims to Close the Loop on Virtual Desktop...
First it was the desktop. Then the laptop. And now, the... spacetop? That's the category that Sightful hopes to carve out with its new "augmented reality laptop" which combines a pair of augmented reality glasses with a keyboard, allowing...
Samsung Acquires eMagin Microdisplay Maker, Citing ‘significant potential growth’ of XR Devices
eMagin, the US-based developer and manufacturer of OLED microdisplays for AR/VR headsets, announced a merger agreement with Samsung Display, a subsidiary of the Korean tech giant. Samsung says it anticipates "significant potential growth" of XR devices.
The company announced in...
Meta & BMW Are Integrating AR/VR Headsets into Cars, Release Timeline Uncertain
Initially announced in 2021, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared an update on the company's research partnership with BMW, which focuses on integrating AR and VR into vehicles to make people more productive, social, and entertained while traveling.
The ultimate aim...
‘Firmament’ Review – Complex Puzzles & Visual Richness Lacking a Native VR Touch
Firmament was created in the spirit of Myst, the studio's genre-defining puzzle adventure which maroons you in a strange realm with some very imposing architecture, all of which houses a smorgasbord of some patently challenging puzzles. In this respect, Firmament is kind...
Recent Valve Hiring Hints at Next-gen Index Headset in Development
Since the release of its first (and so far, only) VR headset in 2019 and its flagship VR game in 2020, Valve has been worryingly quiet about its future plans for VR. But recent hiring and job listings suggest...
Bigscreen Beyond Teardown Overviews Design Decisions Behind Compact Headset
CEO Darshan Shankar sits down with the upcoming Bigscreen Beyond VR headset for a teardown and explanation of the company's design decisions.
Bigscreen Beyond is a made-for-enthusiasts VR headsets coming from the makers of the social VR theater application Bigscreen....
The Hidden Design Behind the Ingenious Room-Scale Gameplay in ‘Eye of the Temple’
Eye of the Temple is one of the rare VR games that focuses on not just on pure room-scale movement, but dynamic room-scale movement. The result is a uniquely immersive experience that required some clever design behind the scenes to...
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...

















