2023 Sections
Quest 2 Jailbreak Effort Reports Success Bypassing Facebook Services
Calls for a Quest 2 'jailbreak'—a means of freeing the device from Facebook account requirements and other software-based restrictions—cropped up within days of the headset's release. Today, less than two weeks later, the first jailbreak for the headset has...
Google’s Massive Street View Library Now Available in ‘Google Earth VR’
Today Google has launched an update to Google Earth VR which brings the company's huge library of street-level imagery into the application which lets users immersively explore the entire globe.
Google Earth VR is a stunning VR experience which we...
Mixed Reality Gaming Studio MixRift Secures $1.6M Funding to Make the ‘Angry Birds’ of MR
MixRift, a mixed reality game studio, today announced it's secured a $1.6 million pre-seed investment round, something the team says will be used to develop more MR games.
The funding round was led by Outsized Ventures, Underline Ventures, and SOSV....
‘Dimensional Double Shift’ is Owlchemy Labs’ Fastest Growing Game, Tapping Into Quest’s Latest Freemium Trend
Owlchemy Labs has been a powerhouse of top-selling VR games, so when the Google-owned studio released Dimensional Double Shift in beta last year for free, it wasn't immediately clear why the studio behind Job Simulator (2016) was making its first stride into...
VR Woodworking Game ‘vrkshop’ Arrives on Steam Early Access Today
Building something with your own two hands out of wood can be rewarding, but also messy, difficult, and not always practical depending on where you live. In the Early Access game vrkshop, which is available starting today, you'll get a chance...
‘BEATABLE’ is a Hand-tracking Rhythm Game for Quest with a Genius Premise
XR Games, the studio behind Hitman 3 VR: Reloaded (2024) and Starship Troopers Continuum (2024), announced a new rhythm game for Quest called BEATABLE, which uses hand-tracking to turn any table into a musical instrument.
Matching up your physical environment with a virtual...
The Most Interesting Thing About Quest Tethering is What it Says About Next-gen Oculus Headsets
Oculus announced last month that Quest will soon be able to play Oculus games on PC via a new feature called Oculus Link. Though Oculus Link will immediately add big boost in value to existing Quest headsets, perhaps even...
‘Ember Souls’ Brings ‘Prince of Persia’ Style Hack-and-Slash Action to Quest Next Week
Ember Souls, the upcoming VR hack-and-slash inspired by Prince of Persia, is officially set to launch on Quest this month.
VirtualAge, the studio behind Gladius VR and Guardians Frontline, announced that Ember Souls is coming to Quest 2, Quest 3,...
Vision Pro Durability Tests Show Glass Has Great Shatter Resistance, But Scratches Easily
Vision Pro is in the wild, which means we get to see just how durable Apple's first mixed reality headset is. The good news: the $3,500 device is pretty drop resistant, although if it does take a tumble, don't expect...
Unity Labs’ Principal Designer on VR Scene Editor & Overcoming Perceptual Illusions
Timoni West is principal designer at Unity Labs, and she's been working on creating tools within Unity to be able to create VR from within VR. I first talked with Timoni in October about these content creation tools which were revealed...
Meta Launches Quest 3S Xbox Edition for $400, Including Controller & 3 Months of Cloud Gaming
Meta and Microsoft unveiled the Quest 3S Xbox Edition, a limited edition bundle that launches today, packing in everything you need for both XR and Xbox cloud gaming.
Make no bones about it: this isn't Xbox's long-awaited answer to PlayStation...
Quest 2 Stock Appears to be Draining as Holiday Sale Drives Purchases
Although Quest 3 is Meta's hot new headset release, an attractive holiday deal looks like it'll make Quest 2 the company's best selling headset this year. Looking at the stock available directly from Meta shows that Quest 3 availability...
Visualising UI Solutions for Our Mixed Reality Future
Augmented and Mixed Reality technologies are rapidly evolving, with consumer devices on the horizon. But how will people interact with their new digitally enhanced lives? Designer Ben Frankforter visualises several ideas he's had to help bring about the arrival...
‘Compound’ Updates Bring New Weapons, Enemies, & More
A series of Early Access updates to Compound have brought a handful of fun new weapons to the game's 8-bit rougelike gameplay, culminating in a "massive overhaul" which introduces new enemies and offers SteamVR Input for custom input binding between controllers.
Compound...
‘Killing Floor: Incursion’ to Land on PSVR May 1st, Arriving With ‘Tron-style’ Bonus Level
Last month Killing Floor: Incursion (2017), the co-op zombie shooter from Tripwire Interactive, made its transition from Oculus exclusive to multi-platform title when it launched via Steam with support for HTC Vive and Rift. Now, the zombie-splattering sci-fi horror game is headed to...




















