2023 Sections
Facebook Acquires ‘Onward’ Developer Downpour Interactive in Fourth VR Studio Acquisition
Facebook today announced its fourth VR studio acquisition. This time it's Downpour Interactive, the studio behind the popular VR shooter Onward which has been continuously developed since its Early Access launch on PC back in 2016. More recently the game...
Quest v67 Update Rolls Out Soon with Big Improvements to Multitasking
Quest users have long wanted a better way to manage windowed content to make web browsing and using 2D apps a little easier. While users subscribed to the Public Test Channel (PTC) have been able to do that since...
The HTC Vive Pre is Now Shipping to Developers
The second generation SteamVR development kit, the HTC Vive Pre, was unveiled at CES in January and included numerous enhancements. Valve have now announced that the new Pre systems are on their way to developers.
In the run up to...
‘Mr. Mercedes’ VR Escape Room to Land on HTC Vive July 22nd
Mr. Mercedes, the AT&T Audience Network mystery thriller TV series based on the titular Stephen King novel, is getting a VR escape room soon.
Dubbed Mr. Mercedes: Lair Escape, you step into the basement lair of one of the scariest killers from the...
Google Releases Updated Preview of Android XR Development Tools
Google has released its second Developer Preview of the Android XR software development kit (SDK) following its initial release late last year, introducing new features and improvements including wider support for immersive video, better adaptive UI layouts, hand-tracking in...
‘Raw Data’ is Coming to Oculus Home with Reworked Touch Support & Cross-Platform Play
Survios, the developers behind the impressive first person VR action title Raw Data, has announced that the game is coming to Oculus Rift with fully "re-engineered" Touch motion control support and the ability to play online with your HTC...
Quest 3 Gets Its First Sale and It’s Cheaper Than Buying Refurbished
Quest 3 is on sale for the first time since its launch. It's a decent discount that's even cheaper than buying an officially refurbished headset from Meta.
Quest 3 is on sale on Amazon US right now for $430. That's...
VR Dungeon Crawler ‘Crystal Rift’ Launches Kickstarter Campaign
It's interesting to see genres and themes returning in an entirely new and yet familiar form. Grid-based dungeon crawler Crystal Rift is built from the ground up for virtual reality, yet draws on some very traditional game mechanics....
Sony Morpheus Development – ‘Vanguard V’ Dev Shares Perspective
With the Gear VR and Oculus Rift 'Crescent Bay' prototype currently in the spotlight, it shouldn't be forgotten that Sony's PS4 VR headset, Project Morpheus, is still brewing in the background. Development kits are out in the wild and work has...
Quest Now Natively Supports Spatial Video Originally Meant for Vision Pro
One of the big features being touted by Apple is Vision Pro's ability to play back spatial video captured on iPhone 15. The data miners were right, and Meta has confirmed it with the release of its v62 software:...
Star Wars Battlefront VR Glimpsed During E3 EA Keynote
For those waiting to catch a glimpse of the new Star Wars Battlefront VR title announced for the PlayStation VR back at GDC in March, we got exactly that during EA's opening E3 2016 keynote.
At GDC in March, Sony...
AltspaceVR, One of the First Social VR Platforms, Is Shutting Down Next Week
This evening AltspaceVR has announced it will be closing its doors for good on August 3rd. Founded in 2013, the social VR platform was one of the first to come online and connected tens of thousands of users monthly...
‘Star Wars Vader Immortal’ Launches on Rift, Includes Cross-buy with Quest
Star Wars Vader Immortal - Episode 1 arrived on Oculus Quest late last month as a key launch title for the standalone headset. ILMxLab today launched its Star Wars-themed experience on Rift & Rift S.
Update (June 20th, 2019): Star Wars...
Hand-tracking Pioneer Ultraleap Initiates Layoff Amid Major Restructuring
Ultraleap, the company behind the Leap Motion hand-tracking module, informed staff on Wednesday that it was proposing a layoff amid a potential restructuring of the business that could see the company split in two.
The Bristol, UK-based company acquired Leap...
HTC is Now Selling Certified Pre-owned Vive Systems for $400
HTC has been widely out of stock of the 2016-era Vive basically since the entrance of Vive Cosmos last month, the $700 successor to its consumer-focused PC VR product segment. If you still have your heart set on getting a...




















