Magic Leap Lays Off Sales & Marketing Amid Report of “last ditch” Pivot to License AR Optics

Storied AR headset unicorn Magic Leap has laid off its entire sales and marketing departments, making for around 75 jobs cut from its rolls. Initially the focus of a Bloomberg report, Magic Leap has now confirmed the layoff round, stating the move...

‘Disembodied’ is an Inventive Platformer for Quest That’s All About Hand-tracking

Disembodied is a unique platformer coming to Quest that answers the question: how do you build a 'traditional' game entirely around hand-tracking? Retroactively adding hand-tracking to existing games is a bit of a mixed bag. Sometimes it works just fine, like in...

Quest Sleeper Hit ‘Yeeps’ Reveals Player Population, Talks Past & Future of the Studio

Yeeps: Hide and Seek is an App Lab sleeper hit that the developers say reached 360,000 monthly-active users, even before its debut on the main Quest store this week. Speaking to Road to VR, the studio shares the impetus of...
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High-flying Co-op Adventure ‘Windlands 2’ is Finally Coming to PSVR 2 Next Week

Windlands 2 (2018), the co-op platforming adventure from Psytec Games, is finally making its way to PSVR 2 next week. Both the original Windlands (2016) and Windlands 2 have been available on the original PSVR for years now, but come July 25th, PSVR...

Apple Unveils New Immersive Video Series and Films Coming to Vision Pro

Apple is launching a new slate of immersive video content for Vision Pro using Apple Immersive Video, a 180-degree video format combining 8K 3D video and spatial audio for immersive experiences. Premiering on July 18th is Boundless, which features unique...

Meta Reportedly Targeting Quest 4 Launch in 2026, Vision Pro Competitor in 2027

According to a report from The Information, Meta plans to release its next flagship consumer headset, Quest 4, in 2026. Meanwhile, a Vision Pro competitor—likely Quest Pro 2—is reportedly planned for 2027. According to The Information's Wayne Ma and Kalley Huang, Meta is...

Meta Reportedly in Talks with Ray-Ban Maker to Deepen XR Ties via Minority Stake in Company

Meta is reportedly in talks with Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica to take a minority stake in the company. The move is seen as doubling down on a partnership that created the Meta Ray-Ban smartglasses. The report, which comes from the Wall...
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‘Down the Rabbit Hole’ Follow-up Coming to Quest This Fall, Trailer Here

Corptopia Studios, developer behind VR puzzle-adventure Down the Rabbit Hole (2020), announced the release of a follow-up title that takes you back to the game's winding chasm of enigmatic dioramas. Called Escaping Wonderland, the standalone adventure is said to arrive on...

Netflix Discontinues Quest App Following Browser Streaming Quality Bump

Netflix has pulled its video streaming app from the Quest content store. As first reported by UploadVR, the long-neglected Netflix app for Quest is now gone from the store. If you already downloaded the app before then, you'll find it no longer...

Google’s Early VR Modeling Tool ‘Blocks’ is Getting Revived as Open Source Software

Google announced that Blocks, the 3D asset creation tool released for VR in 2017, is following in the footsteps of Tilt Brush by going open source. Google announced the news in a blogpost, noting that development of Open Blocks is following the example put...