‘Horizon Worlds’ to Launch on iOS in “coming weeks”, Beta Now Available on Web & Android

Meta's social VR platform took a big step outside of Quest-exclusivity late last month, as the company launched a closed beta for Horizon Worlds on standard web browsers and Android. A version for iOS is now confirmed to arrive...

Epic Games is “exploring native Unreal Engine support” for Apple Vision Pro

Unity, makers of the popular game engine, announced earlier this week it's getting ready to levy some pretty significant fees on developers, causing many to rethink whether it makes more sense to actually go with the main competition, Unreal Engine...
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Fast Travel Games Reveals Hide-and-Seek VR Multiplayer ‘Mannequin’

Fast Travel Games teased a mysterious VR multiplayer late last month, and now we have the full reveal: Mannequin, an asymmetric multiplayer for up to five players. The admittedly very slick cinematic reveal trailer shows off a bit of hide-and-seek style...

This Steam Add-on Aims to Make It Easier to Sleep in VR

Sleeping in VR is definitely a thing. Just head to any of the so-called 'sleep worlds' in VRChat to see avatars snoozing away whilst curled up on a virtual couch. Now a Steam overlay looks to make it easier for...

Apple Confirms Vision Pro Still Slated to Release in Early 2024

Apple's "Wonderlust" product launch event featured the official unveiling of iPhone 15 and both Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2. While XR wasn't a major focus of the event, Apple confirmed its upcoming mixed reality standalone Vision Pro isn't...

iPhone 15 Pro is Apple’s First Smartphone With Spatial Video Capture, for Viewing on Vision Pro

Apple today announced its iPhone 15 lineup of smartphones, including the iPhone 15 Pro which will be the company's first phone to capture spatial video for immersive viewing on Vision Pro. While Apple Vision Pro itself works as a spatial...

Roblox Developer Conference Attendees Receive Free Quest Pros Ahead of Quest 3 Launch

Roblox has done very well on Quest. When it launched on the standalone VR platform back in July, it managed to break one million downloads in its first five days, essentially making the online game the hottest social VR platform...
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Meta Releases ‘Citadel’ Co-op VR Adventure, Its Second Marquee Title in ‘Horizon Worlds’

In late July, Meta introduced a hero shooter called 'Super Rumble' to Horizon Worlds, aiming to improve user retention on its social VR platform with the promise of higher quality first-party content. Now Meta released its second big anchor minigame on...

New Quest Update Reimagines the Landing Page, Once Again Sequestering Your App Library

Instead of taking you right to your library of installed apps, Meta is making yet another perplexing change to the Quest landing page in v57. Since the earliest days of Meta's VR platform, the company has been seemingly obsessed with not...

Why Nintendo Hasn’t Made a Real VR Headset Yet

There's a rumor going around that Nintendo is making a VR headset in partnership with Google. The rumor is still unconfirmed, but when the world's oldest extant gaming company finally thinks it's time to make a dedicated XR device,...