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The Weeknd ‘Beat Saber’ Music Pack Launches Today, Tracklist Revealed

Popular block-slashing rhythm game Beat Saber (2018) is getting a new music pack today featuring pop sensation The Weeknd. Arriving hot on the heels of Beat Saber's Lizzo Music Pack is a new 10-track music pack from Canadian pop artist The Weeknd, which...

Turtle Beach Expands into VR Accessories with Quest 2 Charging Dock for Headset & Controllers

Turtle Beach, the gaming headphone and accessories maker, is bringing out its own Quest 2 charging dock that should keep your headset and controllers always ready for action. The device, called the Turtle Beach Fuel Compact VR Charging Station, provides...

The Creator of the Oculus Rift Built a VR Headset That Can Kill You for Real

Palmer Luckey, the creator of the original Oculus Rift headset, says he's modified a VR headset such that it can kill the user for real. The provocative art project is inspired by the anime Sword Art Online in which players...

‘Stranger Things’ VR Game is Coming in Late 2023 from ‘Virtual Virtual Reality’ Studio

Tender Claws, the indie studio behind Virtual Virtual Reality and The Under Presents, announced it's working on a Stranger Things VR game. It's slated to arrive on "major VR headsets" late next year. Called Stranger Things VR, the horror-action game was created...
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Co-op VR Stealth Action Game ‘Espire 2’ Releases on Quest 2 Later This Month

Co-op VR stealth action game Espire 2 is headed to Quest 2 later this month with a pre-order discount starting today. A new developer diary video shows the latest in the game's development. Update (November 4th, 2022): Developer Digital Lode today...

PSVR 2 to Launch February 22nd for $550, Pre-orders Coming November 15th

Sony today announced the long-awaited price and release date for PSVR 2, its next-gen VR headset for PS5. Pre-orders for PSVR 2 are slated to start on November 15th, priced at $550 for the headset and controllers, or $600 for...

Sony Reveals 11 More PSVR 2 Games Coming in 2023, Including 4 Brand New Titles

Alongside Sony's big reveal of the long-awaited price and release date for PSVR 2 today, the company also dropped some new info on 11 games coming to the headset in 2023. Firstly, four newly revealed games, then seven ports which are making...

Meta Bans ‘Rec Room’ From Hosting 12 & Under Accounts on Quest

Rec Room is soon removing access to its limited 'Junior Accounts' on Quest, effectively blocking kids 12 and under from playing the social VR game on any of Meta's headsets. Rec Room says in a statement that Meta is requiring the social...

The Five Most Interesting VR Haptic Technologies I’ve Seen in the Last Five Years

Next to sight and sound, haptics are one of the lowest hanging fruits for creating immersion in VR. But beyond the rumble we have in today's VR controllers there's lots of other immersive haptic tech yet to be widely...

Qualcomm Says Multiple Snapdragon XR2+ Devices Will be Announced by Year’s End

Semiconductor giant Qualcomm says its latest XR chipset, the Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 1, will find its way into multiple virtual and mixed reality (MR) headsets by the end of 2022. We know of at least two headset that already feature...