Meta Releases UE4 Graphics Demo to Show What Quest 2 Can Do with Expert Optimization
In an effort to help PC VR developers bring their content to Quest 2, Meta has ported Showdown, an old UE4 VR graphics showcase, to the headset as a case study in optimization best practices.
Showdown is a UE4 PC VR...
Manus Begins Pre-orders for Latest VR Gloves, Quantum Metagloves
VR glove creator Manus has launched pre-orders for its latest device, Quantum Metagloves, an input solution targeted at enterprise users. The Netherlands-based company is looking to offer up more precise finger tracking than not only its past VR gloves,...
Here’s How ‘F1 22’ Racing Looks in VR, Coming in July
Electronic Arts is bringing VR support to the PC version of F1 22, the upcoming Formula One racing game developed by Codemasters. Although the game isn't due out until July, the studios have tossed out a few codes to YouTubers to...
Researchers Show Full-body VR Tracking with Controller-mounted Cameras
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have demonstrated a practical system for full-body tracking in VR using cameras mounted on the controllers to get a better view of the user's body.
Although it's possible to achieve full-body tracking in VR today,...
Unofficial ‘Elden Ring’ VR Mod Now Available on PC
We now have the opportunity to come face-to-face with the myriad eldritch horrors that lurk within Elden Ring (2022). One of the most well-known names in the VR modding community, Luke Ross, has released his Elden Ring VR mod for the...
Meta to Merge ‘Venues’ Event Space into ‘Horizon Worlds’ Social VR Platform
Horizon Worlds is Meta's social VR platform for Quest 2 and Rift which includes ways for users to explore together, create their own rooms, and play mini-games. The company is making good on its vision to mold the social...
Available in Beta, ‘Blade & Sorcery’ Update Brings Bevy of Gameplay Improvements & PC Graphics Overhaul
Blade & Sorcery, VR's favorite melee combat sim, is continuing to see steady updates. The game's next update, U11 (now available in an early beta), looks to be a doozy with the studio adding an expanded magic system, stealth...
Meta Shows Off Wrist-worn XR Controller Prototype to Ray-Ban Parent EssilorLuxottica
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed off a prototype of the company's wrist-worn XR controller this week to EssilorLuxottica, the Italian parent company behind the Ray-Ban Stories camera glasses and a host of other conventional luxury eyewear brands. Although outwardly...
NVIDIA Researchers Demonstrate Ultra-thin Holographic VR Glasses That Could Reach 120° Field-of-view
A team of researchers from NVIDIA Research and Stanford published a new paper demonstrating a pair of thin holographic VR glasses. The displays can show true holographic content, solving for the vergence-accommodation issue. Though the research prototypes demonstrating the...
‘Beat Saber’ Electronic Mixtape Brings Fatboy Slim, Darude, Deadmau5 & More
Popular block-slashing rhythm game Beat Saber just got an unexpected drop of 12 new tracks in its Electronic Mixtape paid DLC, which includes content spanning nearly two decades of electronic music.
Beat Games, the Meta-owned developers behind Beat Saber, initially teased the...
