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‘Max Mustard’ Studio Lays Off Majority of Staff & Closes Office, Vows to Continue Work on...

Toast Interactive, VR veteran studio behind Richie's Plank Experience (2017) and Max Mustard (2024), announced it's closing office and laying off a majority of staff. The Gold Coast, Australia-based studio revealed the news in an X post (seen below), noting that...
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Watch 19 Minutes of New ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Gameplay Footage & Trailers

The first Half-Life: Alyx gameplay footage was released today by IGN and Valve in the form of three gameplay trailers and a nine minute stretch of gameplay footage. This is the best look yet at how Valve's first full fledged...

Google is Rolling out Photorealistic ‘Likeness’ Avatars on Android XR to Compete with Apple’s ‘Personas’

Google is starting to roll out new photorealistic avatars which they call "Likeness". Similar to Apple's Personas, Likeness avatars are generated by scanning a user's face, then animated it with input from the sensors on a headset. The avatars...

YouTube is Coming to Vision Pro Eventually, but What About Spatial Video?

YouTube is one of the biggest apps not available on Vision Pro at launch. Thankfully we now know that it's on the way. But will it support its large existing library of spatial videos? Not only did YouTube not have...

Flat2VR Studios Announces Four Flatscreen Games Getting VR Ports for Major Headsets

Fresh off of its announcement of joining the A16Z SPEEDRUN accelerator program, Flat2VR Studios has announced four existing flatscreen games that are getting official ports for all major VR headsets. Flat2VR Studios exists to adapt existing flatscreen games for VR. Today...

VR MMO ‘Zenith’ Could Be in Dire Straits as Studio Operates at a Loss

Zenith: The Last City stands out as one of VR's major MMORPG success stories, having been released in 2022 across all major headsets and receiving generally high praise. However, developers Ramen VR now reveal the studio has been operating...

VR Anime ‘Spice & Wolf’ Launching on Quest, PSVR & Nintendo Labo VR This Summer

SpicyTails, the Japan-based studio behind VR anime experience Project LUX (2018), celebrated a successful Kickstarter earlier this year focusing on their next VR project that aims to bring the manga/anime Spice & Wolf to VR. Now, the studio says not only will users on...

Official: Sony Sold Nearly 1 Million PlayStation VR Headsets in 4.5 Months, Despite Limited Stock

Sony is the first of the big three tethered VR headset makers to drop official PSVR sales figures: 915,000 PlayStation VR headsets sold as of February 19. And it likely could have been more, save for the fact that the device...

Google Appears to Be Ramping Up R&D Efforts for “New and novel” AR/VR Lenses

Though there wasn't much groundbreaking in the Daydream news shared at Google I/O this year, the company is growing its AR/VR team at an accelerated rate, suggesting Google has a number of things up its sleeve yet. One recent...

PlayStation VR Finally Gets More Stock Next Week Along With New Bundle

If you've had any interested in buying PlayStation VR in the last several months, you've almost certainly found that actually finding the headset in stock can be quite the challenge. After what seemed to be significant shortages following the...

‘Bravo Team’ Devs Explain Overwhelmingly Negative Reception, Studio Promises Patch

Ahead of its launch last month, PSVR exclusive Bravo Team looked like a promising VR FPS, bringing PS Aim support and a fully cooperative campaign to the table. But critic and player reactions turned out to be overwhelmingly negative. Speaking...

Sci-fi Shooter ‘Vertigo 2’ Coming to PSVR 2 in December

Vertigo 2 (2023), the Half-Life-style sci-fi shooter that initially made a splash on PC VR headsets earlier this year, was slated to land on PSVR 2 back in October. Now the game is finally set to come to PSVR 2 next...

Meta Ditches Its Own Tools in Favor of LIV Partnership for Mixed Reality Capture on Quest

There are a few great ways to market VR games, but there's arguably none better than by showing real people immersed in virtual environments thanks to mixed reality capture. While Meta has its own Mixed Reality Capture tool (MRC),...

Vive Consumer and Business Headsets Will Become Increasingly Differentiated VR Systems, Vive President Says

After launching the consumer HTC Vive in early 2016, the company began offering a $1,200 'Business Edition' version of the headset which is essentially the same system but with dedicated support, an enhanced warranty, and bulk buying options. Going...

Leaked Xbox Documents Show XR Interest But No Immediate Plans

Leaked documents relating to Microsoft's business strategy for Xbox show the company eyeing XR technology but continuing to keep it at arm's length. While Microsoft has previously taken considerable steps into XR with both HoloLens and the Windows Mixed Reality...
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