Pico is releasing Pico 4 Ultra starting this month, where it’s slated to take on Quest 3 across Europe and Asia—which could be right in time for Meta to unveil the allegedly cheaper Quest 3S.
A new Meta VR headset has been certified by the FCC, possibly pointing to the upcoming release of the rumored Quest 3S—or what could be the company’s more affordable offering next to Quest 3.
Meta’s ‘End of Summer’ sale is in full swing, offering 30 percent off tons of Quest apps and games.
Ramen VR, the studio behind Zenith: The Last City, announced last month it would cease development on the VR MMORPG, citing a struggle to retain players. Now the game has received its final content update along with a bittersweet farewell to new players: a lower price.
The competitive landscape has undoubtedly changed with the entrance of Apple Vision Pro earlier this year, raising questions where Meta is headed next with its XR efforts. A recent report from The Information maintains the company is now considering a mixed reality device resembling “a bulky pair of glasses,” codenamed ‘Puffin’.
Quest has been an increasingly popular choice for Steam users since the release of the original in 2019, now accounting for over half of all connected VR headsets. Now Valve’s latest 2.8.3 SteamVR update includes a few new features that’s making Quest a better PC VR headset than ever.
ArborXR, an XR device management company working in the enterprise space, announced it has secured $12 million in new funding. The company says it will use the funding to further scale its mobile device management (MDM) platform, which allows companies to manage fleets of XR devices and content.
Quest doesn’t have AirPlay, but it’s not for the lack of trying. In a post on X, Meta CTO Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth says the company is happy to do the “heavy lifting” on bringing Apple’s media streaming to Quest—if Apple will allow it.
Vision Pro doesn’t have controllers, although that’s not stopping third-party hardware creators from trying to beat Apple to the punch. Enter Surreal Touch, a motion controller that’s just launched a Kickstarter campaign, aiming to leverage Vision Pro’s ability to play PC VR games.
Next year VR will get its first big Batman VR game, exclusively on Quest 3. We went hands-on with the game and found out what it’s like to be the brawler behind the mask.
There’s no shortage of speculation when it comes to all things Valve. Tyler McVicker, YouTuber and one of the leading voices dedicated to deciphering Valve’s various internal developments, however now reports that not only is the company’s long-awaited standalone VR headset still coming, but it may arrive alongside its own Half-Life game.
The Unity Cube is an objectively terrible game that was built to test the limits of what Quest content Meta would allow into its uncurated App Lab program. The experiment continues to prove its worth; now that Meta has dissolved App Lab, The Unity Cube has moved to the main Quest store and shown that Meta is truly hands-off when it comes to the scope or quality of what can get listed in its VR game store.
Behemoth from Skydance and Alien: Rogue Incursion from Survios are two of the most anticipated VR games coming in 2024, and both are headed for release on Quest, PSVR 2, and PC VR. And now we know when we’ll first be able to get our hands on them.
