Quest 3 Teardown Shows Just How Slim the Headset Really Is
Less than a week since launch, Quest 3 has already gotten the full iFixit teardown treatment, showing off just how slim (and seemingly difficult to repair) the headset really is.
PvP Battler ‘Glassbreakers’ Comes to SteamVR with Quest Crossplay
Glassbreakers: Champions of Moss, the 1v1 battler from Polyarc launched into early access on Quest late last month, is now available on Steam via an open beta, which comes replete with Quest platform crossplay.
Pioneering VR Studio Fast Travel Games Raises $4M
Fast Travel Games, the developer and publisher behind a host of VR games, announced it’s closed a new investment of $4 million, something the company says will help it further develop its own IP for VR platforms as well as support ongoing publishing initiatives.
I Tried to Play VR With Friends on Quest and it was a Nightmare (Again)
It feels like every time I try to get friends to have some fun in VR with me, the experience is somehow horribly painful. This time I kept a journal of the entire experience to catalogue the struggles seen by real Quest users every day.
Quest 3 Review – A Great Headset Waiting to Reach Its Potential
Following Quest 2 almost three years to the day, Quest 3 is finally here. Meta continues its trend of building some of the best VR hardware out there, but it will be some time yet before the headset’s potential is fully revealed. Read on for our full Quest 3 review.
2 Years After Announcing, Meta Has ‘no update’ on ‘GTA: San Andreas VR’
If you’ve been waiting to hear about a release date for the long-promised Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on Quest, you’ll just have to sit tight a little longer.
Anticipated VR Adventure ‘Behemoth’ Delayed Until Late 2024
Skydance Interactive, the studio behind The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners, revealed their next VR game Behemoth is being delayed by a year, now slated to arrive on all major headsets in late 2024.
Apple’s Approach to Immersive VR on Vision Pro is Smarter Than it Seems—And Likely to Stick
One of the most interesting things about Vision Pro is the way Apple is positioning its fully immersive capabilities. While many have interpreted the company’s actions as relegating VR to an afterthought, the reality is much more considered.
The Biggest Announcements at Meta Connect and What it All Means for the Future of XR
Meta Connect 2023 has wrapped up, bringing with it a deluge of info from one of the XR industry’s biggest players. Here’s a look at the biggest announcements from Connect 2023, but more importantly, what it all means for the future of XR.
Valve Hires Creator Behind Popular ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Mod
Like many of Valve’s best titles, Half-Life: Alyx (2020) is a lot more moddable than your average game, which for PC VR headset owners means hundreds of new modes, missions, and mini-games. Now one of the HLA’s most talented modders announced they’ve been snapped up by Valve.
‘Laser Dance’ Coming to Quest in 2024, From Creator Behind One of Quest’s Best-rated Puzzle Games
Thomas Van Bouwel, the developer behind popular VR puzzle game Cubism (2020), is nearing launch of the long-teased mixed reality game for Quest that turns your living room into a moving grid of lasers straight out of Mission Impossible.
‘VRChat’ Competitor ‘Resonite’ Coming to PC VR This Week
Resonite, a new social VR platform from the principal creator behind metaverse app Neos VR, is set to launch into early access on SteamVR headsets this week.
Former Oculus CTO “unconvinced” Mixed Reality Apps Will Sell Headsets (like Quest 3)
Less than 48 hours after Meta fully unveiled Quest 3, John Carmack, legendary programmer and former CTO of Oculus, expressed doubts about mixed reality’s ability to increase headset sales.
Early Bigscreen Beyond Pre-orders Slip into Q4 Delivery Window
Bigscreen announced its thin and light PC VR headset, Bigscreen Beyond, is facing delays in production, which the company says will see shipping dates for initial preorders pushed later into October and November.
New Quest Dev Tools to Add Leg Estimation for More Convincing Avatars
Meta announced that it’s offering new developer tools for Quest headsets to make avatars more realistic. The company also unveiled a Quest 3-exclusive upper body tracking feature that supports a much wider range of body motion.
