2023 Sections
Meta Drops Forced Facebook Logins with Rollout of New Meta VR Accounts Today
Starting today, Meta is finally pulling back from one of its most controversial moves affecting its VR users, which required all new Quest owners to sign up with a valid Facebook account in addition to forcing legacy Oculus account...
PlayStation VR 2 Launching Early 2023, Sony Confirms
Sony confirmed today that its latest VR headset, PSVR 2, will see a release date in 2023. The company's brief announcement didn't include a price for PlayStation VR 2, one of the last pieces of key info that's still...
New Logitech VR Accessory Aims to Bring One of Index’s Best Features to Quest 2
Logitech this week announced a new VR accessory which aims to bring the great off-ear audio solution of Valve's Index headset to Quest 2
Valve's unique off-ear headphones were a elegant solution for powerful yet comfortable audio on the company's...
Valve Adds Bugs in Latest SteamVR Update
Valve this week released the SteamVR 1.23 update which brings with it a new set of bugs.
Dead bugs, that is. The latest update to SteamVR includes a curious addition... a new SteamVR Home destination that includes CT scans of...
‘Iron Man VR’ Developer Remains “All-in on VR” and “Can’t wait to tell you more”
Developer Camouflaj has been pretty quiet since the 2020 release of one of our favorite PSVR games—Iron Man VR. But the developer recently teased that it has "exciting things on the horizon" and remains "all-in on VR."
Iron Man VR was...
Meta’s PC VR Dominance Continues as Quest 2 Passes New Milestone
Quest 2 quickly rose to become the most-used VR headset on Steam, but last month it crossed a new milestone as the majority of headsets used on the platform.
Quest 2's aggressive price point and ability to be used as...
The Design & Implementation of Hand-tracking in ‘Myst’
Using Presence Platform’s upgraded Hand Tracking API, we introduced Hand Tracking with our most recent update to Myst on the Meta Quest Platform, titled 'Hands & More'. We’re super excited to finally let folks play Myst on Quest without...
Meta Releases ‘First Hand’ Demo to Showcase Quest Hand-tracking to Developers
Meta this week released a new demo app called First Hand to showcase the kind of experiences that developers can build with the company's controllerless hand-tracking tools.
Controllerless hand-tracking has been available on Quest for years at this point, and while...
Quest v43 Update May Include Long-awaited 16:9 Recording Mode
Quest's v43 software update has already rolled out on the Public Test Channel, however now it seems Meta is getting ready to unlock a number of long overdue video capture options, like the ability to record in 16:9 aspect...
Meta Says New Prototype Will Put Its Cutting-edge R&D in a Market-viable Headset
Back in June Meta revealed its latest XR R&D efforts through a handful of different prototypes designed to prove out various concepts. The next step, the company says, is to bring it all together into a single package that...
Here’s a Breakdown of the Newly Increased Prices of Quest 2 & Official Accessories
Now that August is here, Meta has made good on its promise to raise the price of Quest 2 and its accessories. Here's a quick look at how the company has increased prices for its most popular VR headset...
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...
Sony Promises Info on PSVR 2 Release Date & Launch Titles “Soon”
Sony has fully revealed PlayStation VR 2 at this point, but the company has still kept the PSVR 2 release date under wraps, with many wondering if it will come in 2022 or 2023. Well the company says it'll...
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...
Newly Revealed PSVR 2 Features Add Long Overdue Conveniences
Even though the original PSVR headset is still getting some new game releases, it's decidedly a last-gen headset... or maybe even a last-last-gen headset depending upon how you look at it. Luckily the forthcoming PSVR 2 is ready to...
















