OpenXR Coming to Quest & Rift Developers Soon in Prototype Release
Facebook today announced that a prototype version of OpenXR, the royalty-free open standard from The Khronos Group, will be available to Oculus Quest and Rift developers in an update coming later this month.
OpenXR is a work-in-progress standard that aims to...
More Than 20 Oculus Quest Titles Have Surpassed $1M in Revenue
Facebook today announced that 20 Oculus Quest games have broken the $1 million revenue mark, a big milestone for the VR industry as a whole.
Oculus Quest famously sold out during the holiday season, and then promptly fell victim to...
Oculus Quest System Update to Make Multitasking Easier, Experimental Features Coming Soon
In place of GDC this year, which was postponed due to the coronavirus, Facebook is announcing some of its news via the decidedly more sterile environment of the Oculus blog, starting today and going until Thursday, March 19th. Today,...
Facebook’s Game Developers Showcase Starts Today, Promising New Oculus Reveals
The 2020 Game Developers Conference (GDC) would have started today had it not been canned like basically every major expo from here until summer. To compensate, Facebook is hosting what it calls its Game Developers Showcase, and it's starting...
Cosmos Elite & External Tracking Faceplate Review – Better Tracking, Same Core Issue
HTC's Vive Cosmos Elite headset is set to ship on the 18th and we've been testing the unit to bring you a full review. Cosmos Elite is the same base headset as Cosmos, but equipped with a faceplate that...
Cosmos External Tracking Faceplate Delayed Due to Coronavirus, Cosmos Elite Still on Track to Ship
The supply chain slowdown due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) has affected a few notable VR companies, including Valve and Facebook with their respective flagship headsets. Now it seems HTC is experiencing similar issues with its upcoming SteamVR External Tracking...
You Can Get a 26 Foot Oculus Link Cable for $34 With an Active Extender
Oculus Link allows Oculus Quest to become a PC VR headset by tethering to a VR ready PC. While Oculus sells its own (quite expensive) Oculus Link cable, any appropriately high performance USB 3.0 cable will work. Here's an...
‘Tilt Brush’ Update Adds Direct Sketchfab Export Function
Tilt Brush (2016), the VR art app from Google, now has the ability to directly export VR creations to Sketchfab, the popular online repository for 3D models.
Tilt Brush has had the ability to import from Sketchfab for some time now, although...
Report: AR Startup Magic Leap is Looking for a Buyer
Magic Leap, the multi-billion dollar AR startup, could be exploring the possibility of a sale, a Bloomberg report maintains, citing people familiar with the matter. Other options reportedly under consideration are potential partnerships and a stake sale.
The Plantation, Florida-based company...
E3 2020 Cancelled Over Coronavirus Concerns
E3 2020, the major games industry conference, has been cancelled over Coronavirus concerns. The cancellation is the latest in a string of disruptions to conferences that are important touchstones for the VR industry. The organization that produces E3, the...














