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Sony’s First-party Platformer ‘Astro Bot: Rescue Mission’ Heading to PSVR in October
Sony's Japan Studio, the minds behind The Playroom VR (2016), today announced that their upcoming platformer Astro Bot: Rescue Mission is headed to PSVR in the US on October 2nd, 2018. European availability will come a day later, October 3rd.
Japan Studio Creative Director...
‘Firewall Zero Hour’ to Get New Maps, Characters & Weapons Starting Tomorrow
Firewall Zero Hour (2018), the PSVR exclusive team-based shooter from First Contact Entertainment, is getting a new DLC drop soon called Operation: Heartland. The free DLC is said to arrive in two pieces, the first on October 22nd and the...
Quest 2 Drops Backwards Compatibility with Oculus Go Apps & Games
It was a little over a year ago when Facebook triumphantly announced that games and apps made for Oculus Go would live on in Oculus Quest. But now with Go long gone and Quest 1 out of production, the...
Quest Update Adds Mixed Reality Casting, Global Cloud Saves, & More
The latest update for Oculus Quest, v35, is rolling out to headsets starting today and brings with it mixed reality casting, global cloud saves, and Facebook Messenger calls in VR.
Mixed Reality Casting on Quest
Update v35 is bringing mixed reality...
JDI Starts Mass Production on 1,058 ppi High Pixel Density LCD for VR Glasses
Japan Display Inc. (JDI), a display conglomerate created by Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi, today announced the mass production of a new high pixel density, 2.1-inch 1,058 LCD display created for VR 'glasses' style headsets.
Update (1:25 PM ET): German publication MIXED...
Quest 2 Jailbreak Effort Reports Success Bypassing Facebook Services
Calls for a Quest 2 'jailbreak'—a means of freeing the device from Facebook account requirements and other software-based restrictions—cropped up within days of the headset's release. Today, less than two weeks later, the first jailbreak for the headset has...
Apple Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo Confident in WWDC Headset Unveiling, 2nd Gen Expected in 2025
Independent tech analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple's highly anticipated mixed reality headset is very likely set for its reported Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) unveiling in June. Another generation is also in the pipeline, Kuo maintains, which he suggests may...
Meta Updates Quest Link with 120Hz on Quest 3 and Big Battery Savings for All
Meta announced it's overhauled its aging PC software with a few new features, which should make using Quest for PC VR gameplay a little less 2019 and a little more 2024, as it now includes more modern features such as...
New Feature in ‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ Boosts VR Performance, Extra Eye-tracking Gains Coming Soon
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 supports PC VR headsets, although you'll also need a pretty beefy rig to even run it. Now, players are getting the much-requested fixed foveated rendering feature, saving on compute and boosting performance.
Microsoft Flight Sim fans...
Daft Punk Music Pack for ‘Beat Saber’ Arrives Alongside Haptics Improvements on Quest
Meta's Beat Games teased earlier this month that everyone's favorite block-slicing rhythm game Beat Saber was finally getting the music pack that always needed to happen: Daft Punk. Now that day has come, which arrives with some improved haptics...
‘Beat Saber’ is Nearing 10 Million Unit Sales on Quest Alone
Meta typically doesn't detail player numbers, or even sales figures for its various Quest headsets, which means we usually have to get creative. Now, the block-slashing rhythm game Beat Saber—the company's most popular game—appears to have sold nearly 10...
Niantic Spatial’s Adorable Pet Sim ‘Hello, Dot’ Leaves Early Access on Quest 3
Niantic Spatial has launched its mixed reality pet game Hello, Dot on Quest 3, bringing it out of early access and packing in a heap of new features.
Hello, Dot is what the studio calls a “mixed reality showcase” from...
Metallica Comes to Vision Pro in Immersive Performance This Week
Apple announced it's releasing an immersive concert experience from Metallica, landing exclusively on Apple Vision Pro this week.
The concert experience, simply dubbed 'Metallica', captures a performance in Mexico City which took place during the second-year finale of the band’s...
Infinite Reality Acquires Napster for $200M to Create Social Music Platform & Virtual Concerts
Napster. Now there's a name you haven't heard in a few years... or more likely decades. Now, immersive web company Infinite Reality announced it's acquired the brand for $207 million.
Having just closed a $3 billion investment in January, Infinite...
‘3DSen VR’ Brings Nintendo Classics to VR, Demo Now Available on Steam
3DSen VR (formerly known as 3DNesVR) is an emulator tool that runs Nintendo Entertainment System games in VR, letting you play the '80s and '90s classic titles that made the console a world-wide phenomenon.
Update (April 22nd, 2019): 3DNesVR, in its original...



















