2023 Sections
“Oh shit, the game is successful,” Says ‘Gorilla Tag’ Dev After 1.5M Player Milestone & Quest...
First-time indie VR developer Kerestell Smith was taken aback at the reception of his Early Access multiplayer VR game, Gorilla Tag. The unassuming lo-fi title, which plays like a game of multiplayer tag, has found a synergistic combination of interesting...
Quest Update Adds Mixed Reality Casting, Global Cloud Saves, & More
The latest update for Oculus Quest, v35, is rolling out to headsets starting today and brings with it mixed reality casting, global cloud saves, and Facebook Messenger calls in VR.
Mixed Reality Casting on Quest
Update v35 is bringing mixed reality...
Free Version of ‘Masterpiece Studio Pro’ VR Creation Suite Now Available for Non-commercial Use
Masterpiece Studio (formerly MasterpieceVR) today announced it's releasing a free edition of its latest professional VR creator suite, Masterpiece Studio Pro. The free software license is targeting individuals looking to use the suite for non-commercial use.
The free version is said...
Quest 2 Cyber Monday Sale Offers $50 Credit & Discounted Game Bundles
We’re keeping an eye on the best Oculus Quest 2 Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2021 deals, don’t blink or you might miss the best Quest 2 sale of the year!
Updated – November 29th, 2021
The Best Oculus Quest 2...
Dent Reality Raises $3.4M to Bring AR Turn-by-turn Directions into Retail
Dent Reality, the UK-based augmented reality startup, announced it's secured £2.5m (~$3.4m) in funding, something the company plans to use to further its efforts to bring phone-based AR navigation into the retail sector.
The funding round was led by Pi...
‘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...
Resolution Games Acquires Studio Behind ‘Carly and the Reaperman’ Quest Port
Resolution Games, a leading developer of XR content, has acquired Zero Index, the studio which helped bring Odd Raven Studios' VR co-op game Carly and the Reaperman (2018) to the Quest platform earlier this year.
Zero Index is a game studio...
Niantic Raises $300M Investment at $9 Billion Valuation to build “real-world metaverse”
Niantic, the company behind Pokémon GO, today announced it has raised a $300 million Series D investment which values the company at $9 billion. Beyond its geo-location games, the company has been building out a world-scale framework which it believes...
Nine Tips & Tricks for New Quest 2 Owners
Oculus Quest 2 is one of the best headsets for first-time VR users, and it's bringing plenty of new users into VR for the first time. Here's nine tips worth knowing right out of the gate to improve your...
Oculus Quest is Now Meta Quest as New Branding Hits Official Website
It's the beginning of the end for Oculus Quest and the start of the beginning for Meta Quest, as Meta (formerly Facebook) moves to erase the Oculus brand in order to bring its XR division more in line with...
Leading Hand-tracking Company Ultraleap Raises $82 Million Investment
Ultraleap, a leading company focused on hand-tracking interfaces, this week announced it has secured a £60 million (~$82 million) Series D investment, with the goal of expanding its hand-tracking and mid-air haptic tech in the XR space and beyond.
Formerly known...
The 20 Best Rated & Most Popular Quest Games & Apps – November 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...
Social VR Startup Raises $57 Million Investment Led by Major Japanese Mobile Network
Japanese social VR startup HIKKY announced today that it has raised ¥6.5 billion (~$57 million), led by Japanese mobile network operator NTT Docomo. The startup says it will use the funds to expand its web-based metaverse platform.
Founded in 2018,...
Now Available: New Quest Rendering Tech Promises Massive Gains in App Performance
At Connect 2021 last week, Meta revealed a new Quest rendering technology called Application Spacewarp which it says can increase the performance of Quest apps by a whopping 70%. While similar to the Asynchronous Spacewarp tech available to Oculus...
Resolution Games Estimates VR Has 5 Million Active Users
Resolution Games, which has been making VR games since 2016, estimates that the VR industry currently has around 5 million active VR users.
In the VR industry it's hard to find good data on the number of headsets sold, and...




















