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Meta Shows Confidence in EMG Input for Wearables by Funding Six External Studies

Meta announced it's tapped six external teams to receive a research grant in order to advance work on its surface electromyography (sEMG) based wristband controller. Meta revealed in a blog post it's launched a research funding initiative focused on improving how...

Ubisoft Ends Game Development at Studio Behind ‘Assassin’s Creed VR’

Ubisoft is ceasing game development at Red Storm Entertainment, the long-running studio behind Assassin's Creed Nexus VR (2023). According to an internal memo viewed by GamesIndustry.biz, Ubisoft is shutting down game development at Red Storm Entertainment, which includes the loss...

NVIDIA’s Cloud Gaming Now Supports up to 90 FPS on Quest, Vision Pro & Pico Headsets

Nvidia announced back at GDC earlier this month that it was upping framerate on its GeForce NOW cloud gaming service for VR headset streaming. Now the company has pushed the official update, which supports a host of popular standalone...

XR Startup Lynx Appears to Enter Liquidation Proceedings Ahead of R2 Headset Launch

The company behind Lynx has entered liquidation proceedings ahead of launch of its upcoming Lynx-R2 XR headset, which is targeted at both consumers and enterprise. According to French court documents, SL Process, the company behind Lynx, has officially entered judicial liquidation...

Meta to Keep Existing ‘Horizon Worlds’ VR Experiences on Life Support for Time Being

Meta previously announced it was shuttering the VR version of Horizon Worlds, but now it seems the company has changed course, revealing that some experiences will still be accessible on Quest moving forward. Meta said earlier this week that it was...

PSVR 2 Team Shooter ‘Firewall Ultra’ is Shutting Down in September

Firewall Ultra (2023), the tactical team shooter for PSVR 2, is officially set to go offline just three years after its initial launch. Sony released an update to its original 2023 launch blogpost stating that Firewall Ultra will be "terminated and...

Meta is Permanently Shuttering the VR Version of ‘Horizon Worlds’ in June

Last month, Meta announced Horizon Worlds was going "almost exclusively mobile", which included removing Worlds suggestions and generally deemphasizing the immersive social platform on Quest. Now, the company says it's pulling the plug on Quest support entirely in June. Update...
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VR Games Showcase Returns March 24th With ‘The Boys: Trigger Warning’, ‘Wrath: Aeon of Ruin VR’,...

The VR Games Showcase is returning for its first show of 2026! Our Direct-style celebration of new games, trailers, and updates goes live on YouTube and right here on Road to VR on March 24th, 9am PT (convert to...
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‘The Boys: Trigger Warning’ Comes to Quest Next Week, Gameplay Trailer Here

Amazon’s hit TV series ‘The Boys’ is coming to VR in an immersive adventure called The Boys: Trigger Warning, which is now slated to release on Quest next week. Developers ARVORE and Sony Pictures Virtual Reality announced The Boys: Trigger Warning is officially set...

PSVR 2 Reportedly “jailbroken” for PC, Hackers Claim Eye-tracking and Haptics Unlock

A hardware hacker group previously behind the PSVR2Toolkit says it's effectively "jailbroken" PSVR 2 for PC. When Sony released its PC adapter for PSVR 2 in 2024, it released the headset from PS5 exclusivity, allowing users to play SteamVR games...

Quest Reached Record Number of Users in 2025, Pushing 100 VR Apps Over $1M in Gross...

Meta's Director of Games Chris Pruett revealed that Quest usage hit an all-time high in 2025, which helped over 100 games to generate more than $1 million in gross revenue last year. Pruett announced in his 'State of VR' talk...
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Bandai Namco’s Hit Puzzle Platformer Series ‘Little Nightmares’ Comes to VR in April, Trailer Here

Bandai Namco announced that its hit puzzle-platformer franchise Little Nightmares is coming to VR in April. Little Nightmares VR: Altered Echoes is slated to land on Quest, PC VR headsets, and PSVR 2 on April 24th. Little Nightmares VR is set to connect with both...

Former Oculus CTO Calls Meta’s 30% VR Dev Fee “wasteful churn” in Face of Subsidizing Individual...

Legendary programmer and former Oculus CTO John Carmack doesn't think Meta's developer incentive structure is healthy for the Horizon Store ecosystem, calling it "wasteful churn." The News While Carmack departed Meta in 2022, concluding his “decade in VR,” the one-time Oculus CTO...

Luke Ross Releases PC VR Mod Suite for Free, Excluding Contentious ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Mod

Prolific VR modder Luke Ross has re-released his R.E.A.L. VR mod suite following a DMCA takedown issued by CD Projekt in January for his paywalled Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod—this time making a bulk of the work free for anyone to download. The News Following the Cyberpunk 2077 controversy, Ross...

Valve Reveals Requirements for Steam Frame Game Certification

Valve has finally revealed a few key requirements games should aim for if they plan on running on the upcoming Steam Frame headset—at least if they want the coveted 'Steam Frame Verified' badge. The News In Valve's 'Steam Hardware' talk at...
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