2023 Sections
Vive XR Elite Gets Face-tracking Add-on with Eye & Mouth Sensing
HTC today announced the launch of a new Full Face Tracker accessory for Vive XR Elite. The device attaches to headset to capture eye and mouth movements which developers can use for a variety of purposes.
HTC says the Face-tracking...
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...
Facebook Spent Over $88M This Year on Oculus’ Seattle Area Satellite HQ
Oculus has been on quite the hiring spree as of late, with over a hundred positions currently advertised on the company's career website aimed at bringing hardware and software engineers into the Seattle area. Now, a report from real...
Review: ‘Please, Don’t Touch Anything’ is a ‘Must Have’ VR Puzzle Game
Please, Don't Touch Anything (PDTA), a puzzle game from BulkyPix, has recently released a new VR adaptation of the year-old 2D title. Now built from the ground up in 3D for Oculus Rift and Gear VR headsets, PDTA offers the most immersive button-pushing simulator...
Meta Abandons In-Headset Building Tool for ‘Horizon Worlds’, Marking a Shift in Expected Growth
Meta released a new Desktop Editor for Horizon Worlds in preview, giving world creators a Unity-style game development platform for the first time. The PC-based editor is designed to be more robust, and make world creation easier and higher quality than...
Google Reportedly Set to Acquire Eye-tracking Startup to Bolster Android XR Hardware Efforts
Google is reportedly set to acquire Canada-based eye-tracking startup AdHawk Microsystems Inc., something that would strengthen the company's ongoing foray into XR headsets and glasses.
As reported by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Google is allegedly acquiring AdHawk for $115 million, according to...
Apple Job Listing Seeks Game Technologies Engineer That is “comfortable with AR and VR concepts”
Posted earlier this summer, yet another Apple job listing seeks candidates with AR and VR proficiency.
Apple says that their 'Game Technologies Engineer' role falls under the company's Interactive Media Group, which "provides the media and graphics software foundation across...
VR Action Game ‘Sword Reverie’ is a Love Letter to ‘Sword Art Online’, Trailer Here
Isekai Entertainment, a Seattle-based indie studio, released the first trailer for its upcoming action game Sword Reverie, a JRPG-inspired title that feels like a heartfelt love letter to the popular anime/manga Sword Art Online (SAO).
Drawing from Japanese games and anime such...
Some Users Won’t Need to Wear Vive Trackers Soon Thanks to Upcoming AI Body Tracking Update
HTC has teased that some users may not even need to wear their latest Vive Ultimate Trackers soon thanks to an upcoming AI-powered body tracking update.
HTC's Vive Ultimate Trackers are capable of inside-out body tracking thanks to the inclusion...
Timbaland ‘Beat Saber’ Music Pack Now Available on All Platforms
New music for Beat Saber (2018) seems to be flowing in at faster clip ever since Facebook acquired Beat Games, the Czech Republic-based VR studio. Now, the creators have announced that a new music pack from rapper & producer Timbaland...
‘Pokémon GO’ Studio Niantic Raises $190M Series C Financing
Niantic, the company behind the hit location-based mobile game Pokémon GO, have closed a $190.6 million Series C financing round, bringing the company's overall funding to more than $415 million to date.
As first reported by Tech Crunch, documents filed with the...
SHVR Vive Jam Kicks off With 40 of China’s Top VR Developers
Today marks the start of the SHVR Vive Jam, a weekend-long event giving Chinese developers a chance to prototype room-scale experiences on the HTC Vive. Hosted at the Transist office in Shanghai, the jam has drawn developers from across...
Vision Pro is Getting a Major Visual Upgrade to Its ‘Persona’ Avatars
Apple 'Personas' on Vision Pro are already the most likelife real-time avatars you can find on any headset today, but in the next version of visionOS, they're taking another step forward.
Apple today announced that its Persona avatars for Vision...
‘Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow’ Comes to All Major VR Headsets in December, New Gameplay Here
Thief's first ground-up VR game finally has a release date, bringing its immersive stealth-action to all major VR headsets on December 4th.
Developed by Maze Theory and published by Vertigo Games, Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow arms you with a bow, a black...
Mech Simulator ‘Vox Machinae’ Available Now After Surprise Launch at Oculus Connect
Vox Machinae, a long running indie VR project, is available right now on the Oculus Rift, SteamVR, and PC. The game received a surprise launch into Early Access today at Oculus Connect 5, bringing a new beginning to a...


















