‘Bonelab’ Review – An Ambitious Sandbox Waiting for the Right Toys

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Bonelab, the latest title from veteran VR developer Stress Level Zero, brings the core of Boneworks to Quest 2 for the first time, but beyond that does little to improve its foundational gameplay. This time, however, a fully-featured modding system could save the day.

‘Walkabout Mini Golf’ Lets You Explore the Deep in New ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea’ Course

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Walkabout Mini Golf is probably one of the most fun multiplayer games available on Quest today, coming highly rated by users thanks to its immersive environments and intuitive mini-golfing gameplay. Now developer Mighty Coconut has released a new paid DLC, this time bringing to the game a course inspired by the classic Jules Verne novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1870).

Report: Sony Plans to Produce 2 Million PSVR 2 Headsets by March 2023

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Sony plans to release PSVR 2 sometime in early 2023, although exactly when is still a mystery. Now a Bloomberg report maintains the company is aiming to produce 2 million units by March 2023, which would signify a sizeable uptick in sales expectations over the original PSVR.

Report: Meta Quest 3 Leak Suggests Cheaper Consumer Device to Soon Follow Quest Pro

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There’s been a torrent of leaks that over the months have given us a pretty comprehensive look at Quest Pro, Meta’s next high-end VR headset likely seeing a big reveal at Connect next month. Now it appears a new device is being subject to the same leaky treatment, with a supposed consumer-focused ‘Quest 3’ headset now surfacing.

Lenovo Unveils ThinkReality VRX Headset for Enterprise Sporting Some Increasingly Familiar Specs

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Lenovo today unveiled its next standalone VR headset for enterprise, the ThinkReality VRX standalone. While the company may be pitching its latest headset for businesses, it seems VR hardware is starting to reach a pretty solid consensus on what’s next. The near future of VR is slimmer, lighter, and has a dash of augmented reality for good measure.

‘RUNNER’ to Bring ’80s-inspired Run & Gun Action to Quest 2 in October

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RUNNER is an upcoming racing game from indie studio Truant Pixel that promises to bring some very ’80s-inspired run-and-gun action to Quest 2 next month.

‘Trombone Champ’ Mod Brings VR Support to the Internet’s Silliest Game

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Trombone Champ is a new PC rhythm game from indie studio Holy Wow that’s charming, silly, but also painfully stuck in the flatscreen land of mouse and keyboard. Less than two weeks since its 1.0 release on PC, the game already has already garnered its first VR mod.

‘Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine’ is Getting a Location-based VR Game Next Year

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Location-based VR company Zero Latency announced it’s working with Warhammer creators Games Workshop to develop an out-of-home VR adventure based on the Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine franchise.

‘Bonelab’ Dev Reveals How Custom Avatars Drive Unique Gameplay

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Bonelab, the anticipated sequel of Boneworks (2019) from developer Stress Level Zero, is pushing ahead with its physics-driven gameplay by allowing players to import custom avatars which will gain dynamic stats that influence gameplay.

Rec Room’s New Unity-powered Creation Suite Brings Industry Standard Tools to Social VR Platform

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Social VR platform Rec Room announced it’s released a new creation suite that allows you to publish content directly to the Rec Room platform from inside Unity, essentially letting its users create content using a host of industry standard tools.

New ‘Bonelab’ Trailer Reveals Surprise Release Date, Unique Avatar-swapping Gameplay

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Bonelab the anticipated followup to VR physics sandbox adventure Boneworks (2019), is due to launch next week after a surprise release date announcement from developer Stress Level Zero. Along with the game’s release date, new Bonelab gameplay shows a unique avatar-swapping mechanic.

Meta Releases Connect 2022 Schedule, Featuring Zuckerberg Keynote, John Carmack Talk & Dev Sessions

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Meta Connect, the company’s annual XR developer conference, is going all-digital again this year and it promises to share updates that look into the “near and far future” of the company. While there’s still a little over two weeks to go, now the company has published the livestream session schedules, giving us a better idea of what we can look forward to.

‘Guardians Frontline’ is Like ‘Halo’ Meets ‘Starcraft’, Coming to Quest 2 & SteamVR Early 2023

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Veteran VR studio Fast Travel Games today announced it’s stepping up to publish Guardians Frontline, an upcoming strategic VR shooter from indie studio VirtualAge Games that feels a bit like the lovechild between Halo and Starcraft.

Pico 4 Announced with October Launch, Aims to Compete Head-on with Quest 2

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Pico today announced the Pico 4 standalone VR headset, with pricing and content aspirations that make it clear the company hopes to compete directly with Quest 2. The headset will launch in October starting in Europe and some Asian regions, with no plans for a US launch just yet.

Quest Update Replicates One of SideQuest’s Most Useful Features, Lets Parents Block Sideloading Entirely

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Quest’s v44 software update is rolling out now, and it’s serving up some long-overdue video capture options along with it, like the ability to record in 16:9 aspect ratio, and increase frame rate and bit rate for video capture. Those features were once only available through SideQuest, and now it seems Meta is equally intent on getting its youngest users away from the sideloading software entirely.

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