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‘Fitness Fables’ is a Heart-pumping Workout & Fantasy Action Mash-up, Coming to Quest This Month
Poland-based indie Immersion Games are getting ready to launch their next title later this month, which puts a fantasy gameplay twist on some tried and true VR fitness mechanics.
Called Fitness Fables, the game promises a host of features you'd expect to...
Meta CTO Addresses Quest 3 Battery Setting Issue Following Bungled Horizon OS Update
Meta's latest Horizon OS update for Quest (v76) introduced a new Battery Saver setting as default, which has led users to experience frame rate issues in apps and games. Now, Meta CTO Andrew 'Boz' Bosworth says the company is...
Looking for a Job in XR? The CIA is Hiring
As XR continues to grow, its relevance outside of entertainment use-cases does too. The technology has caught the attention of the US Central Intelligence Agency, which is now looking to hire an 'extended reality specialist'.
The CIA is one of...
Meta Introduces ‘Super Resolution’ Feature for Improved Quest Visuals
Meta today introduced a new developer feature called Super Resolution that's designed to improve the look of VR apps and games on Quest. The company says the new feature offers better quality upscaling at similar costs as previous techniques.
Meta...
VR Woodworking Game ‘vrkshop’ Arrives on Steam Early Access Today
Building something with your own two hands out of wood can be rewarding, but also messy, difficult, and not always practical depending on where you live. In the Early Access game vrkshop, which is available starting today, you'll get a chance...
‘Iron Man VR’ Review – VR Gets Its First Great Superhero Game
Iron Man VR is far from the first VR superhero game out there—in fact, it isn't even the first Marvel VR game—but with unique mechanics, strong storytelling, and a full course of content, it's the first great VR superhero game.
Iron...
Apple Adds LiDAR Scanner to iPhone 12 Pro for “Instant AR” & Depth Mapping
Apple today introduced its latest lineup of smartphones, including the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max, both of which are equipped with a LiDAR scanner which will bolster AR capabilities.
Like the iPad Pro introduced earlier this year,...
The Surprising Brilliance of ‘Vacation Simulator’s’ VR Paintbrush Tech
Having released the ever popular Job Simulator as a launch title for the HTC Vive back in 2016, Owlchemy Labs is one of the most veteran VR game studios that exists today. Over the years the studio has built a strong...
PSVR 2 Hands-on: Across-the-board Improvements Are Coming to Sony’s VR Headset
Sony's long awaited PSVR 2 isn't here just yet but after an extensive hands-on with the headset it's clear it'll be worth the wait.
Last week I visited Sony's PlayStation headquarters in San Mateo, CA to see PlayStation VR 2...
ASUS, Lenovo & Xbox Are All Making XR Headsets Running Meta’s New Third-party Friendly Operating System
Meta today announced it's opening its operating system to third-parties, and has named three heavy weights that have pledged support for its newly renamed Meta Horizon OS: Asus, Lenovo, and Microsoft's Xbox.
In a blog post, Meta says it's tapped...
New Trailer Offers First Look at ‘Star Wars: Beyond Victory’ Mixed Reality Game Heading to Quest...
ILM and Lucasfilm today revealed gameplay of their upcoming Quest 3 game, Star Wars: Beyond Victory - A Mixed Reality Playset, which offers up both virtual and mixed reality gameplay.
In partnership with Meta, the studios served up a first hands-on with...
Quest 3 Features Confirmed in First Hands-on
It seems Meta is looking to stoke some hype for its next Quest headset just days before Apple is slated to unveil its own, as Bloomberg's Mark Gurman released Quest 3's first hands-on, confirming a number of features from previous...
PSA: You Don’t Need Xbox Game Pass to Play ‘Fortnite’ for Free on Quest
Xbox Cloud Gaming finally came to Quest earlier this week, letting Game Pass Ultimate members play the service's full catalogue of flatscreen games on Quest for the first time. But did you know you don't actually need any sort...
‘Smalland: Survive the Wilds VR’ Arrives on Quest, Serving up a VR Spin-off of the Popular...
Popular indie game Smalland: Survive the Wilds (2024) launched out of Steam Early Access back in February, bringing its big 1.0 update on PC along with a fresh version for Xbox and PlayStation. Now the studio launched a VR-native...
Saudi Arabia Gains Majority Stake in Magic Leap in $450M Deal
Saudi Arabia has taken majority share of the US-based augmented reality company Magic Leap, The Telegraph reports, widening the stake via its state-owned sovereign wealth fund with a deal amounting to $450 million.
Citing delayed accounts obtained from its European division, the company is...



















