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...
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...
Valve is “still working on VR and still pushing forward on it”
Valve unveiled its Steam Deck OLED late last week, offering up a hardware refresh for the first time since the company launched the handheld gaming device last year. While the company has been full steam ahead on handhelds and...
‘Tokyo Chronos’ Studio MyDearest Secures $7.8M to Further Expand IP on Quest & PSVR 2
MyDearest, the Japan-based VR studio behind the Chronos adventure game franchise, announced it's secured $7.8 million (1.2 billion yen), something the studio says it will use to expand its existing IP for VR headsets, such as Meta Quest and...
[Industry Direct] Building a Thriving VR Multiplayer Hero Shooter Game & Community – The Making of...
Industry Direct by By Masaru “Nogi” Ohnogi, Executive Producer of X8 at Thirdverse
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‘STRIDE: Fates’ Review – The Parkour Campaign We’ve Been Waiting For
STRIDE (2021) offers up the sort of parkour action you'd expect from a VR-native version of Mirror's Edge (2008), replete with jumping across dangerous urban chasms, wall-running, and shooting your way past a bunch of roof-walking goons. While previously slated...
Magic Leap 2 Update Claims Vastly Improved Hand-tracking, Biometric ID, & More
A major update to Magic Leap 2 claims to improve many of the device's core capabilities.
With all that's happened in the XR space recently, it's hard to believe that Magic Leap 2 has hardly been out for more than...
