‘Gorilla Tag’ Successor ‘Orion Drift’ Gets First Big Update Tomorrow with New Mini-game

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Gorilla Tag studio Another Axiom announced Orion Drift is getting its first big update since early access launch last month, bringing to the sprawling space station a new mini-game called ‘Capture the Beacon’ (CTB).

Apple Expected to Reveal VisionOS 3 at WWDC in June

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Apple announced its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is kicking off on June 9th, which is expected to include news on Vision Pro’s next big operating system update, visionOS 3.

Avatar-inspired Bending Combat Comes to Quest & PC VR in ‘Elements Divided’ Next Month

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Loco Motion, the studio behind superhero action sandbox Superfly(2022), and publisher Fast Travel Games announced some very Avatar: The Last Airbender-inspired action is coming to Quest and PC VR headsets next month in Elements Divided.

Infinite Reality Acquires Napster for $200M to Create Social Music Platform & Virtual Concerts

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Napster. Now there’s a name you haven’t heard in a few years… or more likely decades. Now, immersive web company Infinite Reality announced it’s acquired the brand for $207 million.

Smartphone Giant Vivo Announces ‘Vision’ MR Headset, Copying Apple’s Name & Design

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Another Vision Pro knock-off is coming to town, and this time it even has the ‘Vision’ name.

Roguelike Mech Brawler ‘UNDERDOGS’ Brings Physics-based Carnage to PSVR 2 Today

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UNDERDOGS (2024), the physics-based mech brawler from Racket: Nx (2019) studio One Hamsa, is now available on PSVR 2, finally bringing its metal-on-metal violence and innovative locomotion to PS5.

John Wick-style Shooter Sandbox ‘HARD BULLET’ Coming to Quest 3 This Spring

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GexagonVR announced its action flick-inspired shooter sandbox HARD BULLET (2020) is finally coming to Quest.

Bigscreen Beyond 2 Sold the Equivalent of 6 Months of Beyond 1 Sales in First 24 Hours

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Bigscreen Beyond 2 orders flooded in last Thursday at a surprising pace. Now, the PC VR headset maker notes that its next slim and light headset outsold the original in 24 hours by an impressive margin, making its first day or sales equivalent to six months of what it did with Beyond 1.

Quest Update Reveals More Vision Pro Features Are Coming, Including FaceTime-Style Selfie Cam

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Meta’s upcoming Horizon OS release is bringing a few more of Vision Pro’s most useful features to Quest, including a video chatting selfie cam for avatars and possibly the ability to share windows with other users when in its Horizon Home social space.

Samsung Reportedly Planning to Release XR Glasses This Year

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We’ve been waiting to hear about Samsung’s entrance into XR for a few years now, with the company’s still unnamed mixed reality headset ‘Project Moohan’ set to debut sometime this year running Google’s Android XR operating system. Now, a report from ETNews (Korean) maintains the South Korean tech giant may also have a pair of XR glasses up its sleeves.

Bigscreen Beyond 2 Outsells Original in First Day, Surpassing Months of Beyond 1 Sales

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Bigscreen launched orders for its upcoming Beyond 2 PC VR headset yesterday, which is boosting field-of-view and clarity thanks to the inclusion of a new pancake lens design. Now, the company says that within a mere 10 hours of sales going live, Beyond 2 has already outsold the original Beyond by a significant margin.

‘Half-Life: Alyx’ is Now Five Years Old. What’s Next for Valve in VR?

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Five years after Half-Life: Alyx reshaped expectations for VR gaming, Valve remains a quiet yet critical force in the industry. Despite little fanfare, the company has continued to shape the VR landscape through steady updates to SteamVR, integration with standalone headsets like Quest, and whispers of new hardware and games. Now, as the fifth anniversary of Alyx passes, the question looms larger than ever: is Valve still all-in on VR, or is it slowly retreating from the frontier it helped define? Here’s what we know.

PC VR Headset Bigscreen Beyond 2 Promises Big Boost to Field-of-view & Clarity, Launching Next Month

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Bigscreen Beyond 2 | Image courtesy Bigscreen

Bigscreen today announced its next-gen Beyond PC VR headset, promising a big boost in field-of-view (FOV) and clarity thanks to the inclusion of new pancake lenses. Bigscreen is also making the slim and light headset more attractive to at-home and enterprise users too thanks to its new adjustable interpupillary distance (IPD) and optional universal Lightseal facial interface.

LG Closes XR Product Division, Shifts Focus to R&D

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LG's SteamVR headset prototype (2017) | Image by Road to VR

LG was previously tapped to partner with Meta to advance its XR efforts, however after high-level talks fell through, LG has now confirmed it’s closed its XR product division, instead focusing on long-term research and development.

‘Alex and the Jets’ Brings Mixed Reality Dogfights to Your Living Room Next Month

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HOOP-O Studios, a new indie creating mixed reality games, announced its remote-controlled dogfighting game Alex and the Jets is coming to Quest 3 next month.  

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