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Meta Extends Ray-Ban Partnership into 2030 to Make Smartglasses Fashionable

Meta and eyewear conglomerate EssilorLuxottica announced they're expanding their smartglasses partnership into 2030, which promises to see further development of "multi-generational smart eyewear products" from the companies. Working together since 2019, Meta and EssilorLuxottica released the first-gen Facebook Ray-Ban Stories...

‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Update Adds Impressive Liquid Simulation, Foundation for Mod Scripting

Half-Life: Alyx was updated this week with an intriguing new feature: a new shader which simulates liquid inside of the game's many bottles; a small but impressive immersive addition. The update also brought some bug fixes, new subtitle languages,...

Meta Drops Forced Facebook Logins with Rollout of New Meta VR Accounts Today

Starting today, Meta is finally pulling back from one of its most controversial moves affecting its VR users, which required all new Quest owners to sign up with a valid Facebook account in addition to forcing legacy Oculus account...

Google Reportedly to Invest $100M in Smart Glasses Partner Gentle Monster

Ahead of Google's planned rollout of Android XR-equipped smart glasses, the company is reportedly making a $100 million investment in hardware partner Gentle Monster, the South Korean fashion eyewear brand. According to a Korean Economic Daily report, Google is slated to sign...

PC VR Team Shooter ‘VAIL VR’ Comes to Quest via App Lab

VAIL VR, the multiplayer shooter for PC VR headsets, is now available on Quest via App Lab. First released on Steam Early Access by indie studio AEXLAB, the 5v5 team shooter is now serving up cross-play support on Quest and PC VR...

‘Township Tale’ Studio Reveals Glimpse of Next Project, a “dark fantasy VR game”

Studio Alta, the developer behind open-world RPG A Township Tale (2021), announced it has a new title in the works, this time focusing on a "dark fantasy game" exclusive to VR headsets. The studio hasn't said much about the game,...

PSVR 2 Works on PC Without the Adapter If You Have the Right Graphics Card

Sony released its long-awaited PC VR adapter for PSVR 2 this week, however early reports maintain some user don't even need the company's $60 adapter to start playing PC VR games like Half-Life: Alyx (2020). A number of early user reviews...
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Viveport Goes “VR First” in Largest Update Yet Including New ‘Home’ & Content Previews

Viveport, HTC's VR content store for Vive, just received a significant overhaul aimed at improving content discovery and consumption. The new 'home' area, which is based on spaceship platform, acts as a launchpad for the store's games and experiences. I wasn't...

‘Stranger Things VR’ Review – Artful But Boring Brand Engagement

Stranger Things VR is a visually intense retelling of the TV show's last two seasons from VR pioneers Tender Claws, known for their weird and wild VR experiences Virtual Virtual Reality (2017) and The Under Presents (2019). While Stranger Things VR showcases the studio's...

Meta Reportedly Targeting Quest 4 Launch in 2026, Vision Pro Competitor in 2027

According to a report from The Information, Meta plans to release its next flagship consumer headset, Quest 4, in 2026. Meanwhile, a Vision Pro competitor—likely Quest Pro 2—is reportedly planned for 2027. According to The Information's Wayne Ma and Kalley Huang, Meta is...

The ‘Beat Saber’ Music Pack That Always Needed to Happen… is Finally Happening

Beat Saber's next music pack will bring one of the most influential names in electronic music to the game's library of downloadable content: Daft Punk. Go back to some of Daft Punk's earliest albums and you might find yourself saying "this...

This Guy Modded Oculus Touch to Play ‘Beat Saber’ Darth Maul-style

Beat Saber (2018) is finally here, the block-slicing rhythm game that puts two lightsabers in your hands and tasks you with using your Jedi powers to slice to the beat. Less than a day since release, one Twitch streamer...

Dedicated ‘Beat Saber’ Machine to Hit VR Arcades in South Korea & China

Beat Games, the Czech Republic-based indie developers behind smash hit rhythm game Beat Saber, are aiming to make a big splash in Asia with a newly revealed dedicated arcade machine. The cabinet was created in partnership with SKonec Entertainment, a Seoul-based company that...

‘Astro Bot’ Local Co-op Multiplayer Mode Was Cut to Let Single Player Shine

Astro Bot Rescue Mission, the chart-topping VR platformer from JAPAN Studio, nearly ended up with a local co-op multiplayer mode but ultimately the feature met the chopping block in order to let the single player mode shine. Speaking to Astro...

Apple Now Accepting Applications for Vision Pro Developer Kits

Apple has now opened applications for Vision Pro developer kits, which it's sending out to app developers in effort to kickstart its first XR-specific App Store. Vision Pro is set to launch sometime in early 2024, coming part and parcel...
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