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CREAL Raises $7.2 Million to Bring its Light-field Display to AR Glasses

Switzerland-based CREAL is developing a light-field display which it hopes to bring to VR headsets and eventually AR glasses. In November the company raised CHF 6.5 million (~$7.2 million) in a Series A+ investment round to bring on new...

HTC Offers Discounts on Vive Cosmos Headsets for Black Friday 2020

We’re keeping an eye out for best HTC Vive Black Friday 2020 deals, including Vive Cosmos, Vive Cosmos Elite, and more. Don’t blink or you might miss the best sale of the year! The Best HTC Vive Cosmos Black Friday 2020...

Oculus CTO Wants Android Apps on Quest, But is “not winning” the Debate Within Facebook

Oculus CTO John Carmack has said publicly that he'd love to open up Oculus Quest to Android apps to boost the headset's usefulness, but admits he's "not winning" the debate internally at Facebook. Although the Quest home environment looks nothing...

Quest’s Official Non-store App Distribution Channel is Coming in Q1, 2021

Facebook announced back in June that it planned to offer developers a way to distribute Oculus Quest apps outside of the official, curated, Quest store. Now the company indicates it has "high confidence" that the feature will be deployed...

Oculus Extends Free ‘Asgard’s Wrath’ Offer to All Quest 2 Owners Until January 31st, 2021

Oculus announced late last week that, starting on November 20th, new Quest 2 owners would be able to download the award-winning PC VR title Asgard's Wrath (2019) for free until January 31st, 2021. Following public outcry from early customers...

Veteran VR Studio of ‘Waltz of the Wizard’ Pausing PSVR Development Until Sony Addresses PS5 Roadmap

Veteran VR developer Aldin Dynamics, the studio behind Waltz of the Wizard, says it is pausing development on PSVR titles until Sony clarifies plans for the future of VR on PS5. While Sony has brought PSVR to PS5 thanks to backwards...

New PSVR Mega Pack for EU, Australia & New Zealand to Come with 5 Top Titles,...

Sony today announced a new PSVR Mega Pack hardware bundle for 2020, launching this month across Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. This year's pack comes along with five titles, as well as the all-important PS Camera adapter for PS5. This...

SteamVR 1.15 Update Fixes ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Controller Issue on Reverb G2, Adds Index Mic Feedback

Valve released an update to SteamVR today, version 1.15, which is the culmination of the last several weeks of smaller beta updates. The update fixes a controller binding issue with Half-Life: Alyx when played with Reverb G2, adds mic feedback to Valve...

How a Solo Indie Developer Built the Best Rated Game on Oculus Quest

Recently released on the Quest store, Cubism is a spatial puzzle game with a slick minimal presentation. Designed by a solo indie developer Thomas Van Bouwel as a side project, the game impressively holds the highest user rating among all Quest...

The 20 Best Rated & Most Rated Quest Games & Apps – November 2020

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...

Latest Updates Enable Quest 2 to Run Oculus Link at 90Hz – Here’s How

Facebook promised that tethering Quest 2 to a PC via Oculus Link would eventually support the headset's full 90Hz refresh rate. With the latest updates to Quest 2 and the Oculus PC app, this is now a reality. Facebook started...

Big Quest 2 Update Adds 90Hz Refresh Rate, Fitness Tracking, and Much More

Oculus Quest 2 is getting a big update starting today with the rollout of the v23 software which brings a heap of improvements to the headset, including the launch of the 'Oculus Move' fitness tracking feature. Many of the...

Quest 2 Jailbreak Called Into Question as Anonymous Source Claims Fakery

A previous confirmation by the non-profit privacy and security organization XRSI surrounding a successful Quest 2 ‘jailbreak'—a means of freeing the device from Facebook account requirements and other software-based restrictions—has been put in doubt with a recent anonymous source discrediting the...

‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Now Includes 3 Hours of In-game Developer Commentary

Curious about what made Half-Life: Alyx (2020) one of the most richly detailed and immersive VR games to date? Now Valve has released a developer commentary mode in the game that gives you a first-hand peek at every aspect of...

Latest Windows Update Includes Visual Improvements for HP Reverb G2 and Other WMR Headsets

Valve, HP and Microsoft teamed up to create the new HP Reverb G2, and before it hits doorsteps this month there's already a few software improvements to visual quality waiting for you in the latest version of Windows 10, which...
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