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US Congress Halts Orders of Microsoft AR Combat Goggles Amid Reports of Headaches & Eyestrain

In 2021, Microsoft won a United States Army defense contract worth up to $22 billion which would support the development of an Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), a tactical AR headset for soldiers based on HoloLens 2. Now Congress...

Meta Sharpens the Axe for Quest 1: First-party Social Ends in March, Security Patches in 2024

It seems Meta is finally taking the original 2019 Quest behind the shed this year, as the company announced it's set to deprecate first-party social features on the device, which includes access to Parties and Meta Horizon Home. Meta also...

‘Gran Turismo 7’ Coming to PlayStation VR 2 at Launch

Sony has announced that the latest title in its longstanding racing franchise, Gran Turismo 7, will support PSVR 2 at launch. This week during Sony's CES 2023 conference, the company announced that Gran Turismo 7 will support PSVR 2 at the...

Saudi Arabia Gains Majority Stake in Magic Leap in $450M Deal

Saudi Arabia has taken majority share of the US-based augmented reality company Magic Leap, The Telegraph reports, widening the stake via its state-owned sovereign wealth fund with a deal amounting to $450 million. Citing delayed accounts obtained from its European division, the company is...

Valve Explains Changes to How VR Support Appears on Steam Store Pages

Earlier this month Valve changed the longstanding format for displaying which VR headsets are supported on a game's Steam Store page. The company says the change was made to 'keep up with the growing VR market'. Earlier this month some...

Quest 2 Update Will Boost Performance and Automatically Make Apps Run Better

Meta has announced that an upcoming Quest 2 update will unlock additional performance that developers can tap into to make their games look better. Some apps will benefit from the increased performance automatically. Meta announced this week that the latest...

Meta Resumes Quest Sales in Germany Following 2-year Antitrust Case

Over the past two years Meta hasn't sold its VR headsets in Germany due to an ongoing antitrust suit in that country that alleges the forced linkage between its virtual reality products and Facebook was an anticompetitive practice. Now...

Meta Shows How Quest Pro Uses Shared Point Clouds for Local Multiplayer

Meta hasn't rolled out colocation services for the entire Quest platform yet—meaning a pair of Quest 2 headsets can't automatically 'see' each other in the same physical playspace—although that's not entirely true for its latest headset, Quest Pro. Meta published...

Quest Pro Update to Bring MR Passthrough Recording, Quest 2 Support for Pro Controllers

Meta's v47 software update for the Quest platform is packed with quality-of-life features that look to improve the user experience across Quest Pro and Quest 2, offering things like better media sync, an avatar mirror, and the ability to directly...

Quest 2 Black Friday Sale Brings Discounted Headset & Game Bundles

We’re keeping an eye on the best Oculus Quest 2 Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2022 deals, don’t blink or you might miss the best Quest 2 sale of the year! Updated – November 25th, 2022 The Best Oculus Quest 2...

‘Swords of Gargantua’ Studio Thirdverse Secures $15M, Aims to Bring Latest Titles to PSVR 2

Japanese VR studio Thirdverse today revealed it's raised $15 million, something the Swords of Gargantua developer says will be used to expand global recruitment and develop new Web3 and VR titles. In its latest round, MZ Web3 Fund has signed...

Qualcomm Reveals Snapdragon AR2 Processor for Glasses-sized AR Devices

Qualcomm today announced Snapdragon AR2, its "purpose-built headworn augmented reality platform." Differentiating from the company's existing Snapdragon XR2 chips, Qualcomm says the AR2 architecture is better suited for creating AR glasses with low power consumption and compact form factors. Today...
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Co-op VR Stealth Action Game ‘Espire 2’ Releases on Quest 2 Later This Month

Co-op VR stealth action game Espire 2 is headed to Quest 2 later this month with a pre-order discount starting today. A new developer diary video shows the latest in the game's development. Update (November 4th, 2022): Developer Digital Lode today...

Co-op ‘Ghostbusters’ VR Game ‘Rise of the Ghost Lord’ Coming to Quest 2 & PSVR 2...

First revealed at the Quest Gaming Showcase back in April as Ghostbusters VR, Sony Pictures Virtual Reality and nDreams today unveiled the name of their upcoming four-player co-op: Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord. The game is slated to...

Quest Pro Review – Impressive Hardware With a Value Proposition That’s Kind of a Mess

Quest Pro is here and brings with it some welcomed hardware improvements but a dubious value proposition that's highly dependent on someone else making the right apps. There's two ways to look at Quest Pro: A better and more expensive...
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