2023 Sections
Valve is Building Key XR Components, Suggesting ‘Deckard’ Standalone is Moving into Production
Valve’s rumored standalone XR headset, codenamed ‘Deckard’, has been the subject of speculation since mention was first discovered back in 2021. Now, information obtained by tech analyst and VR pundit Brad Lynch (aka 'SadlyItsBradley') points to Valve gearing up production...
Quest’s Hand-tracking is Making It Possible to Learn Basic Sign Language in VR
There's no comprehensive app out there yet for learning sign language in VR, however a student at the computer science department of the Bern University of Applied Science is using Oculus Quest's native hand-tracking to see just how close...
13 Major New Features Added to Quest Since Launch
Since its launch in 2019 Oculus Quest has represented a major shift in Facebook's VR strategy by moving away from the PC. Quest 2, which launched in October 2020, has become the most popular VR headset on the market....
Apple Unveils ARKit 2.0, Putting Multiuser AR at Its Core
At Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) today, the company confirmed that ARKit 2.0 is coming with a list of new features, including mutiuser support, and a bevy of updates that look to refine AR interactions on iOS devices.
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‘Helldivers 2’ Fan Trailer Shows How Intense It Could be in VR
Helldivers 2 (2024) doesn't have VR support yet, official or otherwise, although this new fan-made trailer shows just how immersive it could be.
Created by YouTuber 'DemoAkuroVR', the unofficial cinematic trailer reimagines the squad-based shooter action in a modded version of Blade...
New ‘Skydance’s Behemoth’ Trailer Shows Off New Boss, Gameplay & More Ahead of December Release
Skydance's Behemoth is coming to all major VR headsets in December, and developer Skydance Games has entered full hype mode with the release of its latest trailer, which shows off a new Behemoth and a good slice of fresh gameplay.
Ahead...
HP’s New Commercial VR Backpack PC Smartly Docks to Double as VR Desktop
Scheduled for release in September starting at $3,300, the HP Z VR Backpack G1 Workstation is aimed at the commercial market, with high-performance components including an Intel Core i7 CPU and Nvidia Quadro GPU. It features a smart docking...
HTC Vive Pro to Arrive With Redesigned Link Box Featuring DisplayPort and Power Button
HTC Vive Pro, the company's higher resolution VR headset targeted at prosumers, isn't on sale yet, although developers have been receiving Vive Pro as early as mid-February. While there still isn't a comprehensive look at all of the gubbins...
HTC Vive Focus with Next-Gen XR2 Chipset Appears on Geekbench
A newly posted Geekbench score may point to what HTC has up their sleeves next for Vive Focus, the company's class of standalone VR headsets.
As first spotted by TechGenyz, a variant of HTC Vive Focus using Qualcomm's Snapdragon XR2...
Meta Restructures Reality Labs to Better Focus on Ray-Ban Smartglasses and Other Wearables
Reality Labs, Meta's XR division formed in 2020, is now being reorganized into two distinct groups, 'Wearables' and 'Metaverse', which reportedly comes along a "relatively small" number of layoffs.
As reported by The Verge's Alex Heath, Meta CTO and head of...
Spiders Are So Scary in VR That ‘Dungeons of Eternity’ Added an Option to Censor Them
Dungeons of Eternity (2023) is chock-full of skeletons, zombies, slimes and yes... spiders. But now developer Othergate has added an 'Arachnophobia Mode' that lets you take on the VR hack-n-slash adventure on Quest without fear of eight-legged creepy crawlies.
The recent update...
‘Thief Simulator’ VR Sold Over 300,000 Copies on Quest Alone
3R Games, the studio behind Thief Simulator VR: Greenview Street (2022), revealed the game has sold over 310,000 units on Quest alone.
Announced in an X post last week, the studio says this includes sales across all supported Quest headsets—Quest 2,...
Snapchat and Meta Reportedly Plan to Reveal Dueling Visions of AR Glasses Next Month
According to a report by The Verge, both Snapchat and Meta will each reveal new AR glasses for the first time next month. Both companies have been working on such projects for years.
According to The Verge's Alex Heath, Snapchat...
‘The Gallery – Ep. 2 : Heart of the Emberstone’ Review – Longer, Stronger and Well...
The Gallery - Episode 2: Heart of the Emberstone (2017) comes a year and a half after Call of the Starseed (2016), episode one in the narrative-based adventure puzzle game series. As a successor to one of the first room-scale games in existence, the...
‘Swords of Gargantua’ Studio Thirdverse Secures $15M, Aims to Bring Latest Titles to PSVR 2
Japanese VR studio Thirdverse today revealed it's raised $15 million, something the Swords of Gargantua developer says will be used to expand global recruitment and develop new Web3 and VR titles.
In its latest round, MZ Web3 Fund has signed...



















