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VisionOS 2 Improvement Targets Key Vision Pro Critique Among Developers

For basic Vision Pro interactions like navigating apps and scrolling web pages, the headset's look-and-pinch input system works like magic. But if you want to go more 'hands-on' with virtual content, the headset's full hand-tracking leaves much to be...

Spatial Design Prototyping Tool ‘ShapesXR’ Adds Powerful Animation Features

ShapesXR (2021), the 3D and XR prototyping platform, just got a new animation feature that allows design teams to make their XR prototypes even more expressive and lifelike. The studio says the new 'Animation' feature introduces an "easy-to-use frame-based animation...

Quest 3S Review – Value That Can’t Be Beat, With the Same Rough Edges as Its...

Quest 3S is here and brings with it an undeniable value considering its price and capabilities. But many longstanding gripes—largely related to Meta's Horizon OS—apply here just the same. Quest 3S Review Summary Quest 3S is the best value you can...

Valve Index Review – The Enthusiast’s Choice

The Valve Index headset is more expensive and less user-friendly than its nearest competitor, the Oculus Rift S, but the experience it offers is the clear choice for VR enthusiasts who want to maximize immersion. Read on for our...
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Hand-tracking Rhythm Game ‘BEATABLE’ Leaves Early Access on Quest with Massive Update

XR Games today announced its hand-tracked rhythm game BEATABLE has left early access on Quest, bringing with it a rash of new features and content to keep you smacking your desk to the beat. Using a table as a VR...

NBA is Broadcasting a Ton of Games This Season in VR on Quest

The NBA announced it's expanding the number of games it's recording for Quest headsets by a wide margin, bringing a ton of 180-degree immersive games to NBA League Pass holders. Games will be available in both through the Xtadium app on...
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Bandai Namco’s Hit Puzzle Platformer Series ‘Little Nightmares’ is Coming to VR Soon

Bandai Namco announced that a new entry into the hit puzzle-platformer franchise Little Nightmares is coming to VR. Called Little Nightmares VR: Altered Echoes, the game is currently in development by Iconik Studio, known for its work on both Quest title Hunting VR...

Varjo Reveals XR-4 Headset, Claiming Mixed Realty Visuals “indistinguishable from natural sight”

Varjo has announced its latest high-end enterprise headset, the XR-4. The company is going all out on the headset's mixed reality capabilities, saying that the view of the outside world as seen through the headset is "indistinguishable" from how...

‘Vampire: The Masquerade – Justice’ Review – Iconic Kills in Unexpectedly Shallow Waters

The latest VR entry into to the World of Darkness universe lets you loose on the streets of Venice as a bloodsucking ghoul in search of your master's killer and a stolen relic. Although it takes cues from stealth...

Valve Plans to Offer Replacement Parts for Index via iFixit

Valve will soon offer official replacement parts for its Index VR headset (and possibly other Index products like controllers and base stations) via DIY repair site iFixit. Valve announced today that it plans to offer official replacement parts for "Valve...

Samsung’s Android XR Headset Will Have First-party Motion Controllers & Support PC VR Streaming

Samsung isn't sharing a lot of details on its newly announced Android XR headset, but it has confirmed two key things that existing VR enthusiasts and developers are sure to be happy about. Samsung's 'Project Moohan' headset will be the...

Meta Quest 2 Boxes Appear on Store Shelves, Rebranding Still Incomplete

It seems the Oculus brand is finally departing physical retail. While Quest 2 boxes emblazoned with the new Meta name and logo are already on store shelves in the US, the swap from Oculus to Meta still has a...

Meta Reveals New Prototype VR Headsets Focused on Retinal Resolution and Light Field Passthrough

Meta unveiled two new VR headset prototypes that showcase more progress in the fight to solve some persistent technical challenges facing VR today. Presenting at SIGGRAPH 2023, Meta is demonstrating a headset with retinal resolution combined with varifocal optics, and...

Valve is “still working on VR and still pushing forward on it”

Valve unveiled its Steam Deck OLED late last week, offering up a hardware refresh for the first time since the company launched the handheld gaming device last year. While the company has been full steam ahead on handhelds and...

A Three-game VR Workout Routine That’s as Fun as It Is Physical

VR is finding uses in everything from art and design to training, research, and entertainment. An unexpected byproduct of VR's immersion is its ability to flip the notion of in-home entertainment being necessarily sedentary. With the right games and...
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