Rare Conjoined Twin Surgery Aided by VR Training, Bridging the Gap Between Two Continents
Practice makes perfect, especially when it comes to life-saving procedures that deal with extreme edge cases like separating conjoined twins. Now a UK-Brazilian team have done just that, which is thanks to detailed planning sessions which allowed the surgical...
Meta Says New Prototype Will Put Its Cutting-edge R&D in a Market-viable Headset
Back in June Meta revealed its latest XR R&D efforts through a handful of different prototypes designed to prove out various concepts. The next step, the company says, is to bring it all together into a single package that...
CCP is Finally Pulling the Plug on VR Pioneers ‘EVE: Valkyrie’ & ‘Sparc’
EVE: Valkyrie (2016), the sci-fi dogfighter from CCP Games, used to be one of most talked about titles in VR thanks to its cross-platform multiplayer, high visual polish, and position as one of the first games on Oculus Rift and...
Here’s a Breakdown of the Newly Increased Prices of Quest 2 & Official Accessories
Now that August is here, Meta has made good on its promise to raise the price of Quest 2 and its accessories. Here's a quick look at how the company has increased prices for its most popular VR headset...
Xiaomi Unveils Consumer Smart Glasses with 50 MP Camera & Micro OLED Display
Chinese tech giant Xiaomi today unveiled a pair of smart glasses that the company is positioning as an addition to an active lifestyle, targeting consumers at 2,499 yuan (~$370).
Called Mijia Glasses Camera, the Google Glass-style device features a single...
Report: Pico 4 Controllers Appear in Leaked Images, Revealing New Ergonomic Design
ByteDance's Pico Interactive is getting ready to launch a new line of standalone VR headsets soon looking to compete with Meta, dubbed Pico 4 and Pico 4 Pro. Now a leak has allegedly revealed Pico 4's controllers, and they...
Microsoft’s Battlefield AR Headset in Jeopardy After Deep Budget Cuts
Microsoft's big defense contract that looks to supply the US Army with modified HoloLens AR headsets isn't going so well. As first reported by Bloomberg, the Senate panel that oversees defense spending announced significant cuts to the Army’s fiscal 2023...
‘Walkabout Mini Golf’ Releases New Course Based on ’80s Classic ‘LABYRINTH’
Walkabout Mini Golf (2020) always seems to rank among the top games on Quest, which is no doubt thanks to its uncommonly high degree of polish and consistently fun gameplay. Now developers Mighty Coconut have finally released the long-awaited paid...
‘COMPOUND’ Review – A Retro Roguelite Shooter That’s An Instant Classic
COMPOUND is a roguelite shooter fresh out of Steam Early Access that unabashedly owes a lot of its DNA to classic first-person shooters like Wolfenstein 3D (1992) and Doom (1993). Far from being just a version of those old school games translated to VR, Compound...
FTC Sues to Block Meta’s Acquisition of Top VR Fitness App Developer
In 2021 Meta announced its intention to acquire Within, the studio behind popular VR fitness app Supernatural; though neither company announced the deal price, reporting indicated a whopping $400 million price tag which may have caught the attention of...
