Social VR Platform ‘VRChat’ to Lose Quest 1 Support Next Month

As a part of its big send off, Meta has already deprecated first-party social features on the original 2019 Quest, which includes access to Parties and Meta Horizon Home. If you thought you could keep using Quest 1 with other social VR...

Arcade Boxer ‘Creed: Rise to Glory’ Takes Top Spot in PSVR 2 Download Chart

PlayStation VR 2 is a little over two months old now, and the charts are still very much in flux thanks to a rash of new and upgraded games. Last month, Survios' high-profile boxing title took the top spot...

An Effort to Hack PSVR 2 to Support PC VR Has Been Put on Indefinite Hold

The creator of a PC VR driver which includes support for the original PSVR 1 headset says it is stepping away from hacking PSVR 2 to work with PC VR, citing frustrating technical, financial, and social challenges. Mediator Software, the...

EA’s ‘F1 23’ Racer Coming to PC VR Headsets Next Month, PSVR 2 Still Uncertain

Codemasters, the EA-owned developer behind the F1 racing franchise, announced F1 23 is coming to consoles and PC next month, again bringing its high-profile racing game to VR. F1 23 is coming to PlayStation 4|5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC on...

One of VR’s Most Hardcore Apocalyptic Survival Games is Getting a Sequel

Into the Radius is a cult favorite for a reason, as it offers up some of the most hardcore gameplay in a very Stalker-inspired post-apocalyptic world, making for an absolutely unforgiving experience in the anomaly-ridden wasteland. Now developers CM...

‘Propagation: Paradise Hotel’ Review – A Pretty Ok Impression of ‘Resident Evil’

Propagation: Paradise Hotel offers some patently terrifying moments of horror, but between the ever-lingering danger of zombified attacks and a few giant bosses—making for a very Resident Evil-inspired experience—there's a bit of clunk that tarnishes what could have been a more...

Digital Artist Behind Iconic PS5 Campaign Launches Evolving VR Art Gallery

You might not recognize the name Maxim Zhestkov, but if you paid any attention to the launch of PlayStation 5, you'll almost certainly recognize his iconic digital art which accompanied the reveal of the console. Now Zhestkov has launched a virtual...

‘Vertigo 2’ Sandbox DLC Now in Open Beta, Letting You Build Your Own Levels

Vertigo 2 (2023), the sci-fi VR shooter adventure from Zach Tsiakalis-Brown, readily invites comparisons to Valve's indomitable Half-Life: Alyx, but now the developer is taking another note out of Valve's playbook by offering a way to create your own Vertigo-based levels and...

A Last Hurrah: ‘Echo VR’ Squad Shooter Free Until August Shutdown

Despite some spirited protests against it, Meta and its child-studio Ready at Dawn are set to shut down the popular multiplayer game Echo VR, with plans to turn off servers come August 1st. While the sporty Echo Arena portion of the game...

Eye-tracking is a Game Changer for XR That Goes Far Beyond Foveated Rendering

Eye-tracking—the ability to quickly and precisely measure the direction a user is looking while inside of a VR headset—is often talked about within the context of foveated rendering, and how it could reduce the performance requirements of XR headsets....