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SteamVR Update Lets You Float Desktop Windows Inside of Your VR Games

The latest update to SteamVR, version 1.19.7, adds a great new feature which lets you float desktop or application windows inside of your VR games so that they're always in view. Update (August 20th, 2021): After releasing the new floating...
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‘Wonder’ is a Collection of Mesmerizing Mixed Reality Experiences Coming Soon from ‘Gadgeteer’ Studio

Metanaut, the studio behind Rube Goldberg-inspired physics sandbox Gadgeteer (2019), announced they're releasing an anthology of virtual and mixed reality experiences designed to mesmerize. Called Wonder, the experience is slated to land on Quest 3/S within the "next couple of months," aiming...

VR Comfort Settings Checklist & Glossary for Developers and Players Alike

For those who have been playing or developing VR content for years, it might seem 'obvious' what kind of settings are expected to be included for player comfort. Yet for new players and developers alike, the confusing sea of...

Early Versions of Meta’s Orion AR Glasses Envisioned a Neck-worn Compute Unit

Meta revealed its Orion prototype last year to show the progress it has made toward compact AR glasses. Today the company talked more about the prototyping process, especially regarding the 'compute puck' that offloads much of the heavy processing...

PC VR Headset Bigscreen Beyond 2 Promises Big Boost to Field-of-view & Clarity, Launching Next Month

Bigscreen today announced its next-gen Beyond PC VR headset, promising a big boost in field-of-view (FOV) and clarity thanks to the inclusion of new pancake lenses. Bigscreen is also making the slim and light headset more attractive to at-home...

SteamVR Updated to Play Nicer with Quest Headsets

Oculus Quest headsets now account for nearly 44% of all headsets used on Steam, and this clearly hasn't gone unnoticed by Valve. An update to the latest SteamVR beta aims to make the experience easier for new users. Despite making...

Meta Shares the 50 Best-selling Quest Games of All Time

Ever wonder what the best-selling Quest games are? Wonder no further, because Meta has published a section on the Horizon Store listing the current top 50 best-sellers of all time. As you'd imagine, many of the 'old reliables' have taken...

How to Download and Install ‘Beat Saber’ Custom Songs

Beat Saber is great but it's even better with more songs to play! Luckily the game's community has unofficially added lots of new music to the game and this guide will show you how easy it is to download...

Quest 3 is Launching with Its Own New Controllers, But Will Also Support Touch Pro

If you're not getting along with the company's newly redesigned Quest 3 controllers when it comes later this year, dubbed Touch Plus, Meta says you'll have the option of swapping in the company's Touch Pro controllers. Meta unveiled its next...

‘Beat Saber’ to End PSVR & PSVR 2 Updates Starting Today, Multiplayer Shuts Down in 2026

Meta-owned Beat Games announced its block-slashing rhythm game Beat Saber (2019) will no longer receive updates on PSVR and PSVR 2 starting today, with multiplayer slated to go offline early next year. The studio announced in an X post that PS4/PS5...

Valve Founder’s Neural Interface Company to Release First Brain Chip This Year

Valve founder Gabe Newell's neural chip company Starfish Neuroscience announced it's developing a custom chip designed for next-generation, minimally invasive brain-computer interfaces—and it may be coming sooner than you think. The company announced in a blog update that it's creating a...

Meta Delists ‘Max Mustard’ & ‘Richie’s Plank Experience’ from Quest, Citing Violation of Platform Abuse Policy

Toast Interactive announced their VR games Max Mustard (2024) and Richie’s Plank Experience (2017) have been removed from the Horizon Store for Quest. For now, it's unclear precisely why, however the veteran indie studio says the move has left them feeling "betrayed and powerless." "Unfortunately,...

PSVR 2 Holiday Sales Volume Grew Massively Year-over-year on Amazon

A big sale on PSVR 2 pushed the headset's holiday sales volume on Amazon US higher than might have been expected, selling nearly five times more than last year. PSVR 2's Black Friday and holiday sale brought a huge 42%...

Preview: ‘The Gallery: Heart of the Emberstone’

The sequel to Cloudhead Games' early room-scale VR hit, The Gallery: Episode 1 - Call of the Starseed (2016), is nearly here. We got our hands on a limited preview of the soon-to-release Heart of the Emberstone, and if the little we played...

12 Indie VR Gems You Should Absolutely Consider Playing & Supporting

VR games are difficult to market, especially when they don't fit obviously into existing genres. Here's 12 gems you may have overlooked but are well worth your consideration. Updated – August 21st, 2020 The Paradox of VR Game Development There exists a...
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