2023 Sections
Apple’s First Vision Pro Ad Turns to Pop-culture to Make Goggles Cool
Apple is turning on the hype machine for Vision Pro, its first mixed reality headset which is set to release early next month for $3,500. Apple's marketing department is undeniably one of the world's strongest, but it's attempting one...
The Glitch Mob & ‘TheWaveVR’ to Launch Interactive VR Version of Latest Album
TheWaveVR, the social VR music platform, and electronic music group The Glitch Mob are collaborating to launch a new interactive VR version of the band's third and latest studio album, 'See Without Eyes'.
The interactive VR album will take users on...
Gladiator Sim ‘GORN’ Launches on PSVR Today, Including Less Violent ‘Piñata Mode’
GORN (2019), the comically violent VR combat game, has finally made its way to PSVR. Starting today you'll be able to clobber a near-endless supply of teetering barbarians—and living room TVs if you don't watch where you swing those...
‘Boneworks’ Outpaces ‘Beat Saber’ to 100K Units, Earns an Estimated $3M in First Week
Action-physics adventure game Boneworks released earlier this month to a strong reception despite little formal marketing. The title surpassed 100,000 players in its first week, reeling in an estimated $3 million in revenue despite being available on just one of...
Sony Just Announced a Deluge of Games Coming to PSVR This Year
During Sony's inaugural 'State of Play' livestream, the company today announced a number of PSVR games with official street dates, many of which we've been salivating over for the past year.
Update (7:00 PM ET): A PS blog post is...
‘Apollo 11 VR’ Studio to Launch ‘Shuttle Commander’ Next Week on PSVR
Immersive VR Education, the studio behind VR experiences Apollo 11 VR (2016) and Titanic VR (2018), is set to launch its next mission into space on PSVR soon, this time taking you to the Hubble Space Telescope to go hands-on with an...
Report: Apple Starts Preliminary Production on “semitransparent” AR Lenses
According to a report by The Information, Apple is gearing up to enter a new phase in production on its fabled AR headset. Together with Foxconn Technology, the Taiwan-based contract manufacturer behind many of Apple's mobile devices, the company...
Slated to Launch Today, ‘Superhot VR’ Spiritual Successor ‘COLD VR’ Delayed by “a week or two”
COLD VR, one of the most promising spiritual successors to smash-hit game Superhot VR, isn't arriving today as previously planned, with developer ALLWARE and publisher Perp Games maintaining it still needs a little more time in the oven.
Slated to launch today, January...
HTC Experiments With 16 Base Stations Linked for Connected Multi-room Tracking
HTC has been experimenting with some new features in a recent SteamVR beta update which allows up to 16 SteamVR Tracking 2.0 base stations to be linked together to form a continuous tracking volume.
When the original Vive first in...
Apple Reportedly Rethinking XR Headset Approach Amid Reveal of Meta’s AR Glasses
Despite Vision Pro's $3,500 price tag, which is nearly 12 times more expensive than the $300 Quest 3S, Apple and Meta are destined to be direct competitors in the XR space at some point in the near future. According to...
Exclusive: Summoning & Superpowers – Designing VR Interactions at a Distance
Manipulating objects with bare hands lets us leverage a lifetime of physical experience, minimizing the learning curve for users. But there are times when virtual objects will be farther away than arm’s reach, beyond the user’s range of direct...
‘Battlewake’ Review – Explosive Nautical Combat in Need of Deeper Waters
Battlewake is a pirate ship combat game that seems to have it all; not only does it boast a campaign for both solo and two-player co-op, but also online PvP and a co-op 'ongoing missions' mode—certainly nothing to sneeze at in...
Social VR Startup Raises $57 Million Investment Led by Major Japanese Mobile Network
Japanese social VR startup HIKKY announced today that it has raised ¥6.5 billion (~$57 million), led by Japanese mobile network operator NTT Docomo. The startup says it will use the funds to expand its web-based metaverse platform.
Founded in 2018,...
Report: Next-gen PSVR to Focus on AAA & Hybrid Games Like ‘Resident Evil 7’ & ‘No...
Following a report back in May detailing specs for Sony's upcoming PlayStation 5 VR headset, a fresh report has appeared that echoes a few of these claims and asserts some new information too, including additional hardware info and the...
‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Now Includes 3 Hours of In-game Developer Commentary
Curious about what made Half-Life: Alyx (2020) one of the most richly detailed and immersive VR games to date? Now Valve has released a developer commentary mode in the game that gives you a first-hand peek at every aspect of...



















