XR Industry News
The latest news on the XR industry. Covering AR, VR, MR, spatial computing, and the most important companies and platforms in the field.
Oculus Founder Serves up Scathing Review of Magic Leap One, Calling It a “Tragic Heap”
While Palmer Luckey provided his own Magic Leap One headset to iFixit for their tear down, the founder of Oculus certainly had his chance for a proper review before the spudgers and screwdrivers came out, and he isn't pulling...
The 20 Best Rated & Most Popular Quest Games & Apps – September 2021
While Oculus doesn’t offer much publicly in the way of understanding how well individual apps are performing across its VR storefronts, it’s possible to glean some insight by looking at apps relative to each other. Here’s a snapshot of...
NextVR Raises $5 Million for Live VR Broadcast Tech, Content to Come Pre-loaded on Samsung Gear...
NextVR, formerly Next3D, have announced a $5 million funding round designed to grow the company and develop their virtual reality live-broadcast technology. The company has been working with Samsung on Gear VR since before the reveal, and its stereoscopic...
Quest 2 is Vastly Outselling Quest 3 so Far This Holiday on Amazon
With such an alluring price point on Quest 2 during the Black Friday period, it makes sense the headset would sell more than Quest 3. But what will it mean for the company's effort to make mixed reality the...
StarVR Corporation Prepares to Go Public on Taiwanese Stock Exchange
StarVR Corporation, the Acer and Starbreeze joint venture behind the wide-FOV StarVR headset, announced that it has completed its application to go public on the Taiwan Exchange.
Upon approval, the company's board will apply for a listing on the Taipei Exchange Emerging Market...
‘Resident Evil 4 VR’ is the Fastest-selling Quest Game to Date
Meta today announced that Resident Evil 4 VR is the fastest selling game on Quest to date. The game quickly became one of the most rated titles on Quest just a few weeks after launch.
Resident Evil 4 VR is the most...
$4 Billion ZeniMax v. Oculus Verdict Could Come as Early as Today, Here’s What You Need...
This week the eyes of the virtual reality industry are on a federal court in Dallas, Texas where ZeniMax (and child company id Software) and Facebook (and child company Oculus) have been engaged in legal battle over a dispute...
FluxPose VR Tracker Raises $2M on Kickstarter, Promising Compact 6DOF Body Tracking
FluxPose is a 6DOF tracking solution for full-body tracking that seems to be picking up speed on Kickstarter, having now garnered over $2 million in crowdfunding since its initial launch on November 29th.
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FluxPose is a full-body tracking system...
Nearly $700 Million Invested in AR/VR in 2015
According to a recent report by Digi-Capital, investors have injected some pretty big bucks into companies focusing on augmented and virtual reality lately. A total of $686 million in 2015 alone. The most interesting bit: they aren't counting Magic Leap.
Digi-Capital,...
Meta-owned Dev Team of ‘Onward’ is Being Dismantled Following Major Game Update
Onward (2020), the tactical mil-sim shooter from Meta-owned Downpour Interactive, got its big 2.0 update in March, bringing improved visuals and a host of new content to the game. Now, Downpour Interactive announced that Meta is shutting down the...
Free UE4 Template Makes Creating More Realistic VR Hands a Snap
Czech developer iNFINITE Production has released UVRF - a free, cross-platform template for hand presence in VR. The open-source demo offers a framework for use in any Unreal Engine project, as well as a ‘Playground’ scene containing an underground...
New Evidence Suggests Meta is Still Working on PC VR Cloud Game Streaming for Quest
It was first discovered years ago that Meta has been testing cloud game streaming to bring PC VR games to Quest, but the feature has yet to see the light of day (or even an official announcement). New evidence...
Hands On: ESI’s Incredibly Accurate VR CAD Simulation Lets You Take Cars Apart
Dominic Brennan gets his hands on ESI Group's latest iteration of IC.IDO, their automotive visualisation tool that uses CAD-accurate data to generate extremely realistic VR simulations which let you take apart (or fix) your own virtual car.
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‘Yahoo! MAP’ for iOS Now Has AR Navigation Mode in Japan
Yahoo! Japan just updated their iOS-based Map application to include a new experimental AR mode which superimposes a blue pathway onto the physical world for you to follow to your final destination. The AR function, which is only intended for...
VR Advertisement Platform Vertebrae Raises $10M Investment
Vertebrae, a virtual reality advertising platform that promises to bring ad supported monetization to VR publishers, today announced a $10 million series A fundraising.
Vertebrae's platform, now out of stealth, is currently in private beta for use by content publishers such as entertainment...


















