Meta Affirms Plans for Quest 3 Launch This Year, Despite Layoffs and Focus on “Efficiency”
Despite major layoffs from Meta, the company has affirmed that its next-gen consumer headset, Quest 3, is planned for release this year. While it will adopt some of the features from Quest Pro, not all will make the leap.
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‘Half-Life 2: Episode One’ VR Support Coming in March from Team Behind ‘HL2 VR Mod’
Half-Life 2: Episode One is getting VR support soon, brought to you by the same team behind the recently released SteamVR fan mod for Half-Life 2.
Released in 2006, Half-Life 2: Episode One is the first in a series of games to reveal the...
PSVR 2 vs. PSVR – How Far Has PlayStation VR Come Since 2016?
PlayStation VR 2 is just around the corner, and by this point Sony detailed all of the headsets core specs and features. Comparing PSVR vs. PSVR 2 specs side-by-side shows us how much has changed since Sony's first consumer...
Samsung Partners with Google & Qualcomm to Release Android-powered XR Device
Samsung's 2023 Unpacked event was all about the company's Galaxy S23 hardware, although at the end of its hour-long presentation the South Korean tech giant announced it was working with Qualcomm and Google to develop an XR device.
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‘Half-Life’ Inspired VR Adventure ‘Vertigo 2’ Shows Off Branching Story & New Bosses in Behind-the-Scenes Video
If you're like us, you've probably been hotly awaiting the release of Vertigo 2 for a few years now. And as we approach the March launch date of the Half-Life-inspired PC VR adventure, Zulubo Productions has tossed out a new...
Former Oculus CTO Has Doubts About PSVR 2’s Chance for Success
John Carmack, former CTO of Oculus and key player in the VR startup's genesis story, says Sony's upcoming PSVR 2 headset may be see a bumpy road to adoption based on its high price and potential for scattershot geographic...
VR Education Startup Raises $12.5M to Teach Math and More Using VR in Schools
Prisms VR, an immersive platform for teaching math, announced it's raised $12.5 million in a Series A round, which the company says will be used to expand its VR math literacy platform to more schools across the US.
Led by...
Meta Reality Labs Earnings Reveal a Less Successful Holiday Season & Highest Operating Costs Yet
Meta today revealed its latest quarterly earnings results, showing that Reality Labs, the company's XR and metaverse arm, had a smaller holiday season than the last, while operating costs have reached their highest levels yet.
Today during the company's Q4...
Meta Optimizes Quest Developer Tool for Apple’s Mac M-series Chips
Last week Meta released the latest version of the Meta Quest Developer Hub tool which has been optimized to work natively on Apple's M-series chips for better performance.
The Meta Quest Developer Hub (MQDH) is a collection of tools to...
Mil-Sim Shooter ‘Onward’ to Drop Quest 1 Support Later This Year
Meta-owned developer Downpour Interactive announced it's pulling Quest 1 support for Onward, the hit team-based mil-sim shooter.
First launched on PC VR headsets in Early Access back in 2016, Onward managed to garner a hardcore following over the years thanks to its...
