2023 Sections
Leaked Xbox Documents Show XR Interest But No Immediate Plans
Leaked documents relating to Microsoft's business strategy for Xbox show the company eyeing XR technology but continuing to keep it at arm's length.
While Microsoft has previously taken considerable steps into XR with both HoloLens and the Windows Mixed Reality...
Epic Games is “exploring native Unreal Engine support” for Apple Vision Pro
Unity, makers of the popular game engine, announced earlier this week it's getting ready to levy some pretty significant fees on developers, causing many to rethink whether it makes more sense to actually go with the main competition, Unreal Engine...
Analysis: ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Adds Nearly 1 Million VR Users to Steam in Record Gain
The launch of Half-Life: Alyx saw nearly 1 million additional monthly-connected headsets over the prior month, a leap that nearly tripled the previous largest monthly gain.
Each month Valve collects info from Steam users to determine some baseline statistics about what kind of...
The Best VR Games to Share with Your Family This Thanksgiving
The food coma is fast approaching, but you probably still have some fellow Americans to entertain on this holiest of holy feasts. What better way to liven up the post Turkey Day frivolities than popping your brand-new VR headset...
‘Minecraft’ Officially Drops VR Support, But There Are Still a Few Ways to Play
Mojang announced last year that it was shutting down support for PSVR and PC VR headsets sometime after March 2025. Now, in the latest Bedrock update, the studio has officially dropped VR support, although there are still a few...
Meta CTO: 2025 is a ‘Make or Break’ Year for Meta’s XR Ambitions, Internal Memo Reveals
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth released an internal memo to employees, stating 2025 is going to be "the most critical year" for the company's XR efforts yet, Business Insider reports.
Titled "2025: The Year of Greatness", the memo (seen below) largely takes...
Apple Reveals Major Vision Pro Updates Coming in VisionOS 26, Developer Beta Available Starting Today
VisionOS 26 is Apple's next major update to Vision Pro. Expected to be released to the public later this year, Apple says developers will be able to start testing the new version starting today. The update adds some major...
LIV Mobile App Lets You Record Quest Mixed Reality Video with Just Your iPhone, Now in...
LIV develops software for mixed reality video capture, and over the years it's become the de facto method for streamers showing themselves immersed in VR from a third-person perspective. For best results though, using LIV invariably means you'll need...
Index Sold Out in all 31 Regions, Valve “working hard” to Meet Demand Ahead of ‘Half-Life:...
With just two months or so until the launch of Half-Life: Alyx, Valve is still struggling to meet demand for its Index VR headset. Our latest check on Valve Index stock and availability shows that nearly every package of the headset...
Apple is Approaching Social on Vision Pro the Way Meta Should Have All Along
As a leading social media company, it seemed like Meta would be in the best position to create a rich social experience on its XR headsets. But after almost a decade of building XR platforms, interacting with friends on...
SteamVR Gets New ‘Theater Screen’ for Playing Flatscreen Games in VR
Valve released the SteamVR Beta 2.1.1 update which includes a new way to play flatscreen games in VR.
Called SteamVR Theater Screen, the new function is said to replace the old Desktop Game Theater app, which was first released in...
‘Hitman 3 VR: Reloaded’ for Quest 3 – A Visual & Mechanical Mess
A rebuilt-for-Quest version of the celebrated stealth-action title Hitman 3 seemed almost too good to be true when we first heard about it earlier this summer. While that version technically exists now with the release of Hitman 3 VR:...
How (and why) to Sideload Games on Quest with SideQuest
There's are plenty of great apps on the Quest Store, but did you know you can download games, experiences, and useful tools from an entirely different library? With SideQuest, you can expand your horizons with unofficial mods, tools, and...
OpenXR Standard Ratified, Microsoft, Oculus, & Others to Release First Implementations
OpenXR is a royalty-free standard for cross-platform VR and AR development. It's backed by many of the biggest names in the VR and AR industries and has been in development by the consortium for two years now, organized by...
Meta Plans Pricier Quest 3 With Features to ‘fire up enthusiasts’
Meta's Quest 3 headset, which the company has confirmed will land this year, is said to be positioned as a slightly pricier headset with features designed to appeal to VR enthusiasts.
For Quest 3, due out sometime later this year,...



















