2023 Sections
‘The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners: Chapter 2’ Coming to VR on December 1st
It's been a little over two years since The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (2020) shambled onto VR headsets, serving up 20+ hours of zombie-slaying nightmare fuel. Now the developers say its standalone sequel, Chapter 2: Retribution, is coming to VR in...
Quest v46 Update Brings ‘Lord of the Rings’ Home Area, Recent Apps Tab & More
Meta is getting ready to roll out Quest's v46 update ahead of its Connect 2022 developer conference next week, bringing to the platform a modest set of new features alongside a new Home environment inspired by The Lord of...
Alleged Quest Pro Leak Shows Meta’s Next-gen Headset in Action
Immersed, a startup known for its work-focused productivity app for VR, may have jumped the gun a little early, as the company posted a short clip of what appears to be Meta's upcoming Project Cambria mixed reality headset (aka...
Google Ventures Invests $12M in SideQuest to Create Main Content Hub for XR Ecosystem
SideQuest, the sideloading software and unofficial app store for Meta's Quest and Quest 2, announced it completed a $12 million Series A investment, this time led by Google's investment arm, Google Ventures (GV).
Founded in 2019 by Belfast-based team Orla...
Report: Sony Plans to Produce 2 Million PSVR 2 Headsets by March 2023
Sony plans to release PSVR 2 sometime in early 2023, although exactly when is still a mystery. Now a Bloomberg report maintains the company is aiming to produce 2 million units by March 2023, which would signify a sizeable...
Meta Releases Connect 2022 Schedule, Featuring Zuckerberg Keynote, John Carmack Talk & Dev Sessions
Meta Connect, the company's annual XR developer conference, is going all-digital again this year and it promises to share updates that look into the "near and far future" of the company. While there's still a little over two weeks...
Quest Update Replicates One of SideQuest’s Most Useful Features, Lets Parents Block Sideloading Entirely
Quest's v44 software update is rolling out now, and it's serving up some long-overdue video capture options along with it, like the ability to record in 16:9 aspect ratio, and increase frame rate and bit rate for video capture....
High-end Haptic VR Glove Company HaptX Raises $23 Million Investment
HaptX, which makes-enterprise focused haptic VR gloves, has announced the closure of a $23 million investment. The company says it will use the cash to accelerate the rollout of its next-gen products.
HaptX has been enhancing and refining its enterprise-focused...
Hands-on: ‘Resident Evil Village’ on PSVR 2 is a Visual Feast of Unprecedented Detail
Resident Evil Village is one of the best looking games on PS5 to date, and its forthcoming VR version will be one of the best looking games in VR to date. During a hands-on with RE8 on PSVR 2 I...
PSVR 2 Hands-on: Across-the-board Improvements Are Coming to Sony’s VR Headset
Sony's long awaited PSVR 2 isn't here just yet but after an extensive hands-on with the headset it's clear it'll be worth the wait.
Last week I visited Sony's PlayStation headquarters in San Mateo, CA to see PlayStation VR 2...
Developing Rich VR Interactions Faster & Easier Using UltimateXR
Rich interactions between the user and the virtual world are a key aspect of what makes VR so compelling, but creating and tuning such interactions is a challenging and time consuming task for developers. Toolsets like UltimateXR can speed...
Valve Corrects Steam Survey Data Revealing Latest VR Population Growth
Valve this week updated its monthly Steam Hardware & Software Survey to fix issues resulting in anomalous VR population data. The corrected figures return the survey to being one of the most useful pieces of public data about the...
Varjo Raises $40M Series D Funding to Expand Cloud-based XR Platform
Varjo, maker of high-end enterprise XR headsets, this week announced it has raised a $40 million Series D investment to continue building its Varjo Reality Cloud software and deliver a "true-to-life industrial metaverse."
Varjo makes some of the highest-end enterprise...
Meta & Qualcomm Join “Multi-year” XR Chip Partnership to Combat a Common Threat
Two of the biggest names in XR—headset maker Meta and chip maker Qualcomm—today announced a "multi-year broad strategic agreement" to collaborate on "customized virtual reality chipsets" for future devices.
Qualcomm, a leading provider of smartphone processors, was an early mover...
Alleged Apple Trademarks Point to ‘Reality’ Branding for Long-rumored Mixed Reality Headset
Multiple trademark filings spotted by Bloomberg over the weekend support the notion that Apple's long-rumored mixed reality headset will be running under the 'Reality' naming scheme.
Trademark applications were filed earlier this month in the US, EU, UK, Canada, Australia, New...



















