Bigscreen Beyond Offers Free Audio Strap in Black Friday Deal
Bigscreen Beyond, the slim and light PC VR headset released late last year, is getting its first ever Black Friday deal. Starting this week, you can nab a free Audio Strap with purchase.
PSVR 2 Gets Its Best Sale Yet, Well Ahead of Black Friday
Black Friday is still a week away, but Sony has already released its Black Friday deals, including the best PSVR 2 sale we’ve seen. You can now get the PSVR 2 Horizon Call of the Mountain bundle for just $350, a 42% discount over the usual price.
‘Wall Town Wonders’ Review – Maybe a Little Too Casual for Today’s Mixed Reality
Wall Town Wonders feels like a casual game from the future, when all-day AR glasses are the norm, and you can manage your growing town of tiny Sim-like inhabitants as they fly around your room in hot air balloons and live out their tiny lives as you live out yours. While visually captivating, the depth of gameplay isn’t enough to keep my attention for long, raising the question whether the genre is simply too early for the current generation of XR headsets.
New Mode in ‘Gorilla Tag’ & $2.6M Investment in ‘Digigods’ Cements UGC as Crucial Social VR Feature
One of VR’s biggest hits, Gorilla Tag, is expanding a previously tested level creation mode and making it a permanent part of the game. The so-called ‘Monke Blocks’ allow friends to build together and then play inside of their shared creations. Meanwhile, the studio behind the up-and-coming Digigods social VR game recently snagged a $2.6 million investment. Both developments show that user-generated content (or UGC) has become a central pillar to successful social VR games.
Microsoft is Launching Automatic Quest 3 Pairing on Windows 11 PCs in December
Meta announced at Connect in September it was working with Microsoft to bring Windows 11 PCs the ability to automatically pair with Quest wirelessly. Now, the companies say we can expect preview access in December.
‘SUPERHOT’ Spiritual Successor ‘Action Hero’ Launches on Quest Next Month
VR veteran studio Fast Travel Games today announced that its Superhot-inspired VR shooter Action Hero is set to arrive on Quest next month.
Augmented World Expo Has Become the Must-go Event for the XR Industry
Augmented World Expo (AWE) isn’t just one of the longest-running conferences focused on immersive tech, it’s also become the most important annual XR conference on our calendar.
‘Gorilla Tag’ Studio Opens ‘Orion Drift’ to All Quest Users Tomorrow for Two-Day Server Test
Another Axiom, the indie studio behind VR phenomenon Gorilla Tag, is opening up its next project Orion Drift to all Quest users tomorrow for its first server scalability test.
‘Batman: Arkham Shadow’ Behind-the-scenes – Insights & Artwork from Camouflaj
Batman: Arkham Shadow had a lot to live up to. Not only were the developers trying to bring one of the world’s best-known superheroes to VR, they were also building a radical new to play a revered game series that hasn’t had a mainline entry since 2015. Following its first superhero success (Iron Man VR in 2020), Batman: Arkham Shadow launched to critical acclaim, cementing developer Camouflaj as one of the industry’s most capable and versatile VR studios. To learn more about how it all came together, we sat down to speak with game director Ryan Payton, design director Ryan Darcey, and art director Matt Kohr.
‘Hitman World of Assassination’ Delayed on PSVR 2 to March 2025
Hitman World of Assassination was slated to arrive on PSVR 2 next month, but now developer IO Interactive says it’s delaying release to March 27th, 2025.
Meta Opens Project Aria to Researchers Tackling All-day AR Challenges
Project Aria is a pair of sensor-packed glasses which Meta has been using internally to train its augmented reality perception systems. Now, Meta revealed it’s released Project Aria to a number of third-party research teams aiming to tackle some of the most complex challenges in creating practical, all-day AR glasses of the future.
Meta Quietly Rolls Out ‘Horizon Worlds’ Premium Digital Currency in US, UK and Canada
Meta has added an important puzzle piece to Horizon Worlds, as the company has quietly rolled out its premium digital currency on the social VR platform in the US, UK, and Canada.
Apple Releases The Weeknd’s Immersive Music Video Exclusively for Vision Pro
Apple has released a new immersive music video from The Weeknd featuring his latest single ‘Open Hearts’, which is available exclusively on Vision Pro for a limited time.
