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Vision Pro Will Use External Display for More Than Just Showing Your Eyes

The recently released VisionOS Beta 6 contains a video showing how users will scan their face to create their avatar using the Vision Pro cameras. Perhaps more interestingly, the video shows that Apple plans to use the external display...

Meta’s ‘Horizon’ Social VR Platform Surpasses 300,000 Users in 3 Months

Meta opened its Horizon Worlds social VR platform in December, rolling out its proto-metaverse project to Quest users in the US and Canada. During an all-hands company call this past week—where CEO Mark Zuckerberg dubbed Meta employees 'metamates'—the company announced...

Road to VR’s 2023 Game of the Year Awards

"Virtual reality is dead." That's what we've been told about every six months for the better part of a decade now. Anyone who's been following the space though knows that more people than ever are playing VR games and opening...

Rokid Glasses Kickstarter Tops $500K Amid Growing Demand for Smart Glasses with Displays

Chinese AR startup Rokid launched a Kickstarter campaign yesterday for Rokid Glasses, a new version of the company's smart glasses with green monochrome displays which previously launched in China. Now, after 24 hours, the project has already garnered over...

‘NFL Pro Era’ Studio Raises $20M From Google to Grow VR Sport Game Catalog

StatusPRO, the studio behind NFL Pro Era (2022), announced it has secured $20 million in Series A funding, led by Google Ventures. The XR sports technology company says the latest funding round will help it expand its growing catalog...

Reality Labs Revenue Drops to Lowest Point on Record Ahead of Quest 3 Launch

Meta today announced its third quarter earnings, revealing that revenue of its Reality Labs XR division dropped to its lowest point on record, just ahead of the launch of Quest 3. All eyes are now on the holiday season...

Two Ways to Play Non-VR Games With the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive

Games that are specifically developed for VR are always going to look and play the best in a VR headset, but let's face it, most of us probably have huge libraries of traditional games, and you may be wondering...

VR Adventure ‘Firmament’ Releasing in May, From Studio Behind ‘Myst’ & ‘Riven’

Cyan, the studio behind iconic puzzle adventure games Myst (1993) and Riven (1997), garnered their fair share of success with their April 2019 Kickstarter campaign, which sought to bring to life their next VR-compatible title, Firmament. Now Cyan says the long-delayed game...

Meta Drops Quest Pro Price to $1,100 for Limited Time, Challenging Vive XR Elite’s Major Selling...

It's only been three months since Meta launched Quest Pro, pitching its next-gen mixed reality standalone to enterprise and prosumers with the hefty price tag of $1,500. In an unusual move by the company, Meta has quietly slashed the price...

Vuzix Secures $5M Investment as Veteran Smart Glasses Maker Sets Sights on Consumers

Vuzix, the veteran smart glasses maker, announced it's secured a $5 million investment from Quanta Computer, the Taiwan-based ODM and major Apple assembler. The latest investment was the second tranche following an initial $10 million investment made by Quanta in September...

Quest’s Leaked Theater Environment Suggests Meta Could Be Gunning for Social VR’s ‘Bigscreen’

Meta announced in January it was working on a home theater environment for Horizon OS, which would let Quest users view content on a massive screen in a proper theater setting. Now, a leaked prototype of the environment shows that...

Quest Developers React to Meta Horizon OS & Partner Headset News

Meta's big announcement this week—that it will allow select partners to build third-party headsets based on Horizon OS—will be felt for years to come. And for developers who get a large chunk of their business from the Quest platform,...

‘Skyrim VR’ vs. ‘Fallout 4 VR’ – The Best Bethesda RPG in VR

Bethesda's recent flatscreen-to-VR ports, Skyrim VR and Fallout 4 VR, face a few common challenges in terms of immersion. Neither are perfect, but at this point in time, both games represent something VR users haven't had yet: vast and rich open-world...

‘Star Trek: Bridge Crew’ Expansion to Bring TNG’s Enterprise-D, Romulans, Borg, and More

Don't abandon ship just yet, because Ubisoft is pushing out its first DLC for Star Trek: Bridge Crew (2017). If you're a TNG fan, now is probably the time to toss out the synthehol and crack that hidden bottle of...

Pimax Raises Another $13.6M to Accelerate the Development of Its VR Headset Business

Pimax, the Chinese startup known for its wide field-of-view (FOV) PC VR headsets, has secured an additional ¥CN100 million (~$13.6 million USD) in an extension to its Series C funding. According to an initial report from 36Kr (Chinese), the investment round was...
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