Valve Releases Hand-tracking Passthrough for Steam Link, Making Quest an Even Better PC VR Headset
Valve officially released a feature to the SteamVR stable branch that adds basic hand-tracking to Steam Link for Quest users.
‘Alien: Rogue Incursion’ Gets First Previews, Promising an Immersive New VR Entry into the Storied Franchise
Some of the first hands-ons with Survios’ upcoming Alien: Rogue Incursion have emerged, revealing a promising look at one of the biggest entries in VR this year.
‘Bigscreen’ Launches Paid Cloud Browser to Let Quest Users Screen Share Without a PC
Bigscreen, the social VR screen sharing platform, is spectacularly good at letting users hold communal watch parties dedicated to anything they can show on a PC’s screen, Quest users included. But now the studio is launching a paid cloud-streaming service that aims to make it even easier for Quest users looking to get away from their PC entirely.
Vision Pro Owners Hopeful Apple Event Will Bring News of Unreleased Panoramic Display Feature
Apple announced in June it was planning to release a wider, higher-resolution version of Mac Virtual Display for Vision Pro. Now, the company says its holding a bevy of Mac announcements starting Monday, October 28th, which many are hoping includes the still unreleased mode.
Sci-fi Shooter ‘Arken Age’ Coming to PSVR 2 & PC VR in January, New Gameplay Revealed
VitruviusVR, the studio behind Shadow Legend VR (2019), finally announced the release date for its upcoming single-player sci-fi shooter, Arken Age.
Orion & Quest 3S Signal a New Era for Meta, Here’s What it Means for the Industry at Large
Meta continues its reign as the XR industry’s dominant player, with its most recent moves signaling a shift into a new era for the company—and thus the industry at large. This year saw the introduction of the Meta Orion AR glasses prototype and the Quest 3S headset—two pieces of hardware that are not only crucial to Meta’s future but will be pivotal in shaping the industry’s direction as a whole.
Cisco Boosts Vision Pro Meetings with New ‘Webex’ Spatial Video Streaming Update
Cisco updated its Webex networking app to include even more immersive support for meetings on Vision Pro, which now marries the app with its spatial video streaming hardware.
Watch NBA Courtside in Quest, Including 52 Immersive Games This Season
The 2024-25 NBA season is here, and Meta has again partnered with the NBA to bring a fat slate of 180-degree immersive games to Quest.
‘Batman: Arkham Shadow’ Review – Arkham Comes to VR in (almost) All the Right Ways
Batman: Arkham Shadow stays true to the series formula, but did developer Camouflaj manage to make the game feel truly at home in VR? Read our full review to find out.
Apple May Halt Vision Pro Production by Year-End Amid Report of Sharply Reduced Output
Apple appears to be scaling back production of Vision Pro, and may even halt manufacturing entirely by the end of the year, The Information reports.
‘Minecraft’ is Also Now Dropping PC VR Support in 2025 in Addition to PSVR
Mojang announced last month it was dropping PSVR support for Minecraft in 2025, which was mostly understandable considering the headset is now eight years old. In the release notes of the latest Bedrock update though, the studio says PC VR is getting the boot too.
Meta Explains Why It Sees Wide Field-of-View Headsets as a ‘bad tradeoff’
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth revealed last week a mysterious wide field-of-view (FOV) headset prototyped in the Redmond, Washington-based Reality Labs offices. Bosworth now reveals the research prototype had something close to a 210-degree FOV, however wide FOV displays are a critical tradeoff the company isn’t ready to make.
