Meta Launches Dev Competition with $1.5M Prize Pool, Focusing on Casual & Social VR Content
Meta launched a new developer competition through its Horizon Start program, which could net eligible XR dev teams a good slice of its $1.5 million prize pool.
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Meta's latest dev competition is seeking to spark "innovative, immersive experiences for...
VR Games Showcase Brings Fresh Game Reveals on November 13, in Partnership with Road to VR
VR Games Showcase is back next week for its final show of the year, and it’s filled with new game announcements, trailers, and updates. For the first time, VRGS is proud to officially partner with Road to VR to...
Cambridge & Meta Study Raises the Bar for ‘Retinal Resolution’ in XR
It's been a long-held assumption that the human eye is capable of detecting a maximum of 60 pixels per degree (PPD), which is commonly called 'retinal' resolution. Any more than that, and you'd be wasting pixels. Now, a recent...
Meta Discounts Certified Refurbished Quest 3S to $216 Ahead of Black Friday
There's no telling how low Meta will discount Quest 3S this Black Friday. If you're looking to get your hands on one before the holiday spending rush, you might consider a certified refurbished unit, now discounted to only $216.
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‘MultiBrush’ Studio Secures $4.5M Grant to Promote Positive VR Experiences for Elders
Rendever, the company behind Tilt Brush-based multiplayer Quest app MultiBrush (2022), has secured nearly $4.5 million in grant funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), which the company says it will use to bring its elder-focused VR...
Sharp is Crowdfunding a Slim & Light PC VR Headset in Japan That Feels Positively Retro
Sharp announced it's launching a crowdfunding campaign for a slim and light PC VR headset in Japan, called Xrostella VR1.
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Sharp first showed off a PC VR headset prototype at CES 2023, which was supposedly meant to ship sometime...
Meta Reportedly Reshapes Metaverse Division Amid Leadership Shifts, Putting AI at Its Core
Meta is reportedly restructuring its Reality Labs and Metaverse organizations as it doubles down on the integration of artificial intelligence across its products, according to a Business Insider report.
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In a memo obtained by Business Insider, Meta CTO Andrew...
‘Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow’ Comes to All Major VR Headsets in December, New Gameplay Here
Thief's first ground-up VR game finally has a release date, bringing its immersive stealth-action to all major VR headsets on December 4th.
Developed by Maze Theory and published by Vertigo Games, Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow arms you with a bow, a black...
One of the Best Single-player VR Games This Year Finally Comes to Quest
Originally released on PSVR 2 and PC VR earlier this year, Arken Age (2025) is now available on Quest 3, bringing some of the most immersive and engaging single-player action we’ve experienced in 2025.
Back in August, developer VitruviusVR announced the single-player, combat-focused adventure...
In-home Helper Robot ‘NEO’ Uses Remote VR Operators to Help with Chores
NEO is a humanoid robot from Palo Alto-based robotics startup 1X that could one day autonomously help out around your home. For now though, it's using human operators wearing Quest 3 headsets to pick up the slack and teach...
