Luxury Brand Valentino Launches Meta Avatar Clothing
Meta and Italian luxury brand Valentino have partnered to launch a new line of digital clothing on the company’s Avatar Store.
Apple Reportedly Departs from Tradition with Creation of Dedicated XR Product Team
According to a Bloomberg report from Mark Gurman, Apple is changing things up with the creation of a new Vision Products Group (VPG), which is tasked with developing the company’s recently unveiled mixed reality headset, Vision Pro.
‘Space Salvage’ is a Retro Sci-fi Space Sim Coming to Quest & PC VR This Year
Space Salvage is an upcoming single-player VR space flight game that’s all about collecting trash and fighting enemy factions. In space!
One of PC’s Greatest VR Games Since ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ is Coming to PSVR 2 Later This Year
Vertigo 2 (2023), the critically acclaimed shooter adventure, is officially on its way to PSVR 2.
Sales of Valve’s Index Headset Are Waning After Years of Surprising Longevity
Valve’s Index VR headset is now more than four years old. Despite its age, the headset continued to sell at a surprising rate over the years—but as they say, nothing lasts forever.
Late to PSVR 2, ‘Beat Saber’ Continues to Dominate Most Downloaded Charts
Beat Saber, VR’s favorite block-slashing rhythm game, came to PlayStation VR 2 well past the headset’s February 2023 launch, coming to Sony’s latest VR headset in late May. And while Beat Saber topped the May charts within only one week of being available on PSVR 2, it seems the long-standing VR favorite is showing no signs of stopping.
Asymmetric VR Game ‘DAVIGO’ Among Most-Played Steam Next Fest Demos
Steam Next Fest, Valve’s indie showcase featuring free demos for upcoming PC games, had the most demo downloads in Next Fest history last month, and among the top titles was the asymmetric VR game Davigo.
Meta CTO Says Quest 3 Announcement Timing Had ‘Nothing to do with Vision Pro’
Meta CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth said this week that the announcement of Quest 3, which came just days ahead of Vision Pro reveal, had nothing to do with the timing of Apple’s first public foray into XR.
Meta Introduces ‘Super Resolution’ Feature for Improved Quest Visuals
Meta today introduced a new developer feature called Super Resolution that’s designed to improve the look of VR apps and games on Quest. The company says the new feature offers better quality upscaling at similar costs as previous techniques.
SteamVR Now Supports Automatic Controller Binding, Making Weird VR Controllers a Little Less Weird
Valve released its 1.26 update to SteamVR, which ought to make it easier to play any VR game using any type of motion controller thanks to automatic controller binding.
Meta Reportedly in Talks With Tencent to Bring Quest to China
Facebook and Twitter have been blocked in China since 2009, but Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is hoping to get back in that country with Quest, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
HTC Quietly Retires Vive Cosmos in the US
After being out of stock for months, HTC quietly removed the US-facing product page for Vive Cosmos, its modular PC VR headset released in 2019.
Report: Samsung Delays XR Headset Due to Stiff Competition from Apple Vision Pro
This Quest Pro Game Recreates Sword Art Online’s Lovably Bad User Interface
Looking to immerse yourself into Sword Art Online (SAO)? While there are plenty of VR games that offer the sort of massive multiplayer immersion fans of the manga and anime series have craved over the years, a game built for Quest Pro and Quest 2 has recreated probably the best/worst part of the series: its lovably bad user interface (UI).
China’s Largest Telecom Forms Metaverse Industry Alliance, Including Xiaomi, Huawei, HTC & Unity
China Mobile, that country’s largest wireless carier with over 940 million subscribers, has formed a metaverse industry alliance including some of the biggest names in China-based tech.
