Meta’s $130 Elite Battery Strap for Quest 3 is Facing Major Reliability Issues

From flagship smartphones to VR headsets, first-party accessories tend to be pretty expensive. Along with the higher price tag though, consumers typically expect exceptional quality. After all, the product's designers had a head start, so those day-one accessories should...

Vision Pro Will Use External Display for More Than Just Showing Your Eyes

The recently released VisionOS Beta 6 contains a video showing how users will scan their face to create their avatar using the Vision Pro cameras. Perhaps more interestingly, the video shows that Apple plans to use the external display...

PC VR Team Shooter ‘VAIL VR’ Comes to Quest via App Lab

VAIL VR, the multiplayer shooter for PC VR headsets, is now available on Quest via App Lab. First released on Steam Early Access by indie studio AEXLAB, the 5v5 team shooter is now serving up cross-play support on Quest and PC VR...
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‘Pillow’ Mixed Reality App Wants You to Relax in Bed (and even play with a friend)

Pillow is a new mixed reality app for Quest that aims to help you relax right before bedtime, letting you do more than just count sheep. Created by YouTuber and self-described Mad Scientist Lucas Rizzotto, Pillow comes with four unique experiences to...

[Industry Direct] We Made the Quest 3 Headstrap You’ve Been Waiting For

Industry Direct by Raymond Gu at DESTEK Industry Direct is our program for sponsors who want to speak directly to the Road to VR newsletter audience. Industry Direct posts are written by sponsors with no involvement from the Road to...

Varjo Teaser Strongly Suggests New XR-4 Headset Reveal

High-end enterprise headset maker Varjo is teasing an online "special event" where it says viewers will "discover the future of VR/XR." The tease heavily points in the direction of the company's next headset, likely the XR-4. Varjo has been steadily...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Co-op Adventure Comes to ‘Rec Room’ This Week

Social VR platform Rec Room is getting ready to launch another co-op game this week, this time taking you to the sewers with a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtled-themed adventure. Called 'Trials of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles', you'll soon be...

Meta’s Best-selling VR Headset Drops to $250 in Early Holiday Deal

It's pretty unlikely we'll see any deals this year on Meta's latest and greatest VR standalone, Quest 3. Before the holiday season kicks into gear though, the company is dropping the price of Quest 2 to just $250. Both variants...

Meta Wants Android Play Store Apps Officially on Quest but Google “didn’t want to”

There are relatively few 2D Android apps available on the Quest Store, which seems odd since the Quest hardware runs a modified version of Android. According to Meta CTO Andrew 'Boz' Bosworth, Google simply isn't interested in bringing the...
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Time-looping Puzzle Shooter ‘We Are One’ Releases Level Creator in New Update, Trailer Here

Developer Flat Head Studio and publisher Fast Travel Games today launched the new Level Creator Update for We Are One (2023), the time-looping puzzle shooter that landed on VR headsets this summer. The update is available as a free download...