2023 Sections
SEGA’s First VR Title is Classic Rhythm Game ‘Samba de Amigo’, Coming to Quest This Fall
Believe it or not, SEGA isn't new to VR. After all, the Japanese gaming giant did create (and then cancel) its own VR headset in the early '90s. While the company has undoubtedly changed over the years, now it...
VR Games Showcase Returns in March, Teasing “biggest line-up yet” of XR Games
Another edition of VR Games Showcase is headed our way in March, which the organizers calling the event the "biggest line-up yet" of XR games.
Details are still thin at the moment, most notably of which is the online event's...
An Unknown HTC Vive Headset Has Appeared in New FCC Filings
New regulatory filings for an unknown HTC Vive headset have appeared at the US Federal Communications Commission.
Since the confused introduction of HTC's Vive Cosmos headsets earlier this year the company has been laying low on the hardware front while...
Quest’s Next Update Could Make It Easier to Use 2D Android Apps, But Harder to Mod...
Meta recently rejected Google's bid to bring Android XR to Quest, although now it seems the company is looking to make it slightly easier to use 2D Android apps on its standalone headsets, but also possibly harder to mod...
Quest ‘Augments’ Feature for Concurrent AR Apps Needs More Time to Cook, Says Meta CTO
Last year Meta announced the so-called Augments feature, planned for Quest 3, which would allow persistent mini AR apps to live in the world around you. Now, eight months after the headset hit store shelves, Meta's CTO explains why...
Volkswagen Group to Train 10,000 Employees in VR This Year
Volkswagen Group and VR studio Innoactive revealed the global, multi-brand automotive company is planning to train 10,000 employees this year alone using virtual reality.
Volkswagen Group first deployed its Volkswagen Digital Reality Hub Group last year, a VR platform designed to help the company’s employees...
‘Stormland’ Behind-the-scenes – Insights & Artwork from Insomniac Games
Insomniac Games is no stranger to VR game development. Since 2016 the studio has created three Oculus exclusive VR titles—Feral Rites, Edge of Nowhere, and The Unspoken—but its next (and possibly last Oculus exclusive), Stormland, is unequivocally its most ambitious...
You Can Now Book Vision Pro Demos Online
Interested in seeing Vision Pro for yourself? Apple is now taking online reservations for in-store demos on February 5th and beyond.
We knew Apple planned to give in-store demos of Vision Pro, but initially the company said you could online...
NASA-backed ‘Mars 2030’ Now Available – A Beautiful, Educational Trek That’s Rough Around the Edges
The education-focused Mars 2030 launches today on SteamVR for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, soon to come to PSVR. With 40 square kilometers of explorable terrain, the experience successfully achieves its main objective: to make the user feel like they...
Veteran VR Studio nDreams Condenses Two Studios into One, With Layoffs for Some
Veteran VR developer and publisher nDreams announced it's opened an internal studio, called 'Compass', after having closed both its nDreams Studio Orbital and nDreams Studio in September.
The studio announced back in September it had laid off 17.5% of the company...
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...
Shiftall’s Slim & Light PC VR Headset ‘MeganeX’ US Release Slips into 2024
Panasonic subsidiary Shiftall announced nearly a year ago that it was set to launch MeganeX sometime in early 2023, potentially making it one of the first in the coming wave of slim and light PC VR headsets. We haven't...
‘MYST’ Update Brings Stability & Performance Boost to PC VR Version, Quest Patch Coming “soon”
Cyan Worlds has released its big 2.0 update to MYST (2020), the VR-supported remake of the classic '90s point-and-click adventure game, which includes performance boosts and improvements to stability for PC VR users.
The studio says in a recent Steam update...
The Number of VR Users on Steam Dropped Sharply Last Month, But Valve Isn’t Saying Why
Valve's monthly Steam Hardware & Software Survey, which we've been carefully tracking for years now, has been a useful way to gauge how many VR headsets are being used on the platform each month. The latest data shows an...
First Look at ‘Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice’ VR Edition
Ninja Theory, the minds behind BAFTA award-winning action-adventure game Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (2017), have brought the full, uncut title to Oculus Rift and HTC Vive headsets. We got an exclusive first look at the game's new VR edition, which...



















