Social VR Platform ‘ENGAGE’ Generated Over $1.4M in Revenue in First Half of 2021

VR Education, the virtual reality software firm behind ENGAGE, has reported a significant uptick in revenue generated by the social VR platform so far this year, with revenue from Engage in 2021 nearly doubling over the same period last...

Popular App Lab Game ‘Warplanes: WW1 Fighters’ Releases on Oculus Store for Quest

World War I dogfighting game Warplanes: WW1 Fighters has done fairly well for itself since it launched on Oculus' App Lab platform earlier this year. Now Warplanes: WW1Fighters has made the leap to the official Oculus Store for Quest. Update (July 30th, 2021):  Warplanes:...

nDreams Opening Second VR Studio Focused on Live-service Games

nDreams, the studio behind Phantom: Covert Ops (2020) and the upcoming PSVR exclusive Fracked, announced today it's opening a second VR development studio called nDreams Studio Orbital, which will focus on creating games as a service for VR. nDreams Studio Orbital will...

‘Synth Riders’ for PSVR Now Set to Release August 10th

Synth Riders (2018), the VR rhythm game for PC VR and Oculus Quest, was supposed to launch on PSVR on July 27th. After a last-minute delay which could have seen the game pushed back by "several weeks," developer Kluge Interactive now says...

Varjo XR-3 Hands-on: Varjo’s Headsets Keep Getting Better, Even as They Get Cheaper

By now it can be said that Varjo is making the world's most high-end VR headsets, and not just because they're slapping on a hefty price tag. With a core premise of 'retina resolution' that really delivers, Varjo's headsets...

Facebook Creates New Internal Organization to Build “the Metaverse”

Facebook Reality Labs, the company's AR/VR research and development team, announced the creation of a special product group focused on developing its future vision for "the Metaverse." Apparently Facebook is betting big on the idea too, as it hopes...

Oculus is “All in on OpenXR,” New Developer Features Will Come to OpenXR Only

Oculus is making hard shift away from its proprietary developer APIs in favor of OpenXR, an industry-backed project that aims to standardize the development of VR and AR applications. As of the latest SDK update, the company says OpenXR...

Quest 2 Facepad Recalled Over Skin Irritation, Sales to Resume with 128GB Model & Silicone Facepad...

Facebook announced today that it has paused the sale of Quest 2 globally while it works to include a silicone facepad cover with the headset going forward. The move was prompted by what the company says was a "very...

Parkour-shooter ‘STRIDE’ Releases on Oculus Quest on August 5th

If you own an Oculus Quest and you've been salivating over the high-flying parkour madness of STRIDE, developers Joy Way have now announced it's officially launching on the Oculus Quest Store August 5th. Update (July 26th, 2021): Joy Way announced that...

Rezzil Secures $2.75M Investment for Oculus Quest Sports Training App ‘Player 22’

Rezzil, a UK-based VR sports training and analytics startup, announced that its secured an investment round of over £2 million (~$2.75 million), which will be used to promote its new consumer-focused sports training platform, Player 22. Rezzil's investors include soccer professionals...