VR Industry
FTC Sues to Block Meta’s Acquisition of Top VR Fitness App Developer
In 2021 Meta announced its intention to acquire Within, the studio behind popular VR fitness app Supernatural; though neither company announced the deal price, reporting indicated a whopping $400 million price tag which may have caught the attention of...
Meta Raises Quest 2 Price to Stave off Growing Costs
Meta announced today something that we haven't previously seen happen in the middle of a VR headset's lifecycle—a price increase for Quest 2. To soften the blow, the company says it will include a free copy of the headset's...
‘Ultrawings 2′ Has ’10x More Sales’ on Quest, Developer Says, Despite Design Focus on PC VR
In a seemingly unprompted tweet this week, Ultrawings 2 developer Bit Planet Games said that despite building its latest game with a focus on the PC VR platform, the studio has seen significantly more sales volume on Quest 2.
Adding...
The 20 Best Rated & Most Popular Quest Games & Apps – July 2022
While Oculus doesn’t offer much publicly in the way of understanding how well individual games & apps are performing across its Quest 2 storefront, it’s possible to glean some insight by looking at apps relative to each other. Here’s...
Three Years After Launch, and Still $1,000, Demand for Valve’s VR Headset Remains Strong
A smaller number of people willing to buy an expensive product can really add up, as Valve has found with its high-end Index headset. At the third anniversary of the headset's release—despite its age and never-discounted $1,000 price tag—the...
In Just 7 Months ‘Blade & Sorcery’ Has the Most Reviews of Any Quest Game, Except...
In just seven months, Blade & Sorcery: Nomad, the Quest port of the popular PC VR game, has amassed more reviews than any other paid Quest game, except one. What explains the game's staggering popularity?
Update (June 27th, 2022): It was clear...
The 20 Best Rated & Most Popular Quest Games & Apps – June 2022
While Oculus doesn’t offer much publicly in the way of understanding how well individual games & apps are performing across its Quest 2 storefront, it’s possible to glean some insight by looking at apps relative to each other. Here’s...
Catch Road to VR Co-founder Ben Lang on the Between Realities Podcast
Road to VR co-founder Ben Lang recently joined the crew of the Between Realities podcast.
Bringing more than a decade of experience in the XR industry as co-founder of Road to VR, Ben Lang joined hosts Alex VR and Skeeva on...
The 20 Best Rated & Most Popular Quest Games & Apps – May 2022
While Oculus doesn’t offer much publicly in the way of understanding how well individual games & apps are performing across its Quest 2 storefront, it’s possible to glean some insight by looking at apps relative to each other. Here’s...
Reality Labs Chief Scientist Outlines a New Compute Architecture for True AR Glasses
Speaking at the IEDM conference late last year, Meta Reality Labs' Chief Scientist Michael Abrash laid out the company's analysis of how contemporary compute architectures will need to evolve to make possible the AR glasses of our sci-fi conceptualizations.
While...
Zuckerberg Warns Shareholders: Metaverse Investments May Not Flourish Until 2030s
Today during Meta's Q1 2022 earnings call CEO Mark Zuckerberg told shareholders that they should buckle up for the long haul because the company's steep investments in XR and metaverse technologies aren't expected to flourish until the next decade.
Today...
One of the Last Bastions of the Oculus Brand is No More
Alongside the announcement of the company's first retail store, Meta has begun redirecting visitors of the longstanding Oculus.com website to its new Meta Store.
Facebook announced back in late 2021 that it would rebrand itself to Meta and eventually dissolve...
Meta to Open First Retail Store Including Dedicated Quest 2 Demo Area
Meta announced today plans to open its first ever retail store to give customers a chance to check out the company's hardware in person. The store will include a dedicated Quest 2 demo area and send participants home with...
The 20 Best Rated & Most Popular Quest Games & Apps – April 2022
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...
Apple Says Steep ‘Horizon Worlds’ Creator Fees Show Meta’s “Hypocrisy”
Earlier this week Meta announced that it would begin testing tools to let creators sell things for real money in Horizon Worlds and would charge a fee of 47.5% of their earnings. The fee structure seemed at odds with prior...

















