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Meta Sharpens the Axe for Quest 1: First-party Social Ends in March, Security Patches in 2024

It seems Meta is finally taking the original 2019 Quest behind the shed this year, as the company announced it's set to deprecate first-party social features on the device, which includes access to Parties and Meta Horizon Home. Meta also...
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14 Minutes of ‘Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice VR’ Gameplay

Ninja Theory's BAFTA award-winning action-adventure game Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (2017) is coming to Oculus Rift and HTC Vive soon. Here's 14 minutes of gameplay, taken after the game's initial intro. Update (July 31st, 2018): Helblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition is now available as...
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‘Budget Cuts 2’ to Launch on PC VR Headsets in December

Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency, the sequel to Neat Corporation's 2018 stealth adventure game, is officially arriving on PC VR headsets in December. Update (October 24th, 2019): Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency is slated to arrive on December 12th, coming to...

‘Elite Dangerous: Horizons’ Expansion to Offer Planetary Landings, Crafting and Looting

Frontier Developments, creators of intergalactic trading and combat title Elite Dangerous have today announced a series of expansion packs which will bring planetary landings and will offer new crafting an looting systems. Elite Dangerous was one of the first triple-A studio release...

Apple Reportedly on Track to Bring PSVR 2 Controller Support to Vision Pro

Apple is reportedly making good headway on its quest to bring controllers to Vision Pro, as Bloomberg's Mark Gurman maintains a collaboration with Sony to bring support for PSVR 2's controllers to Apple's headset is still on track. Gurman noted...

Mozilla’s ‘Hubs’ is the One-click VR Meeting Space I’ve Been Waiting For

As part of Mozilla's ongoing efforts to make VR a first-class citizen on the web, the company today announced Hubs, a WebVR-based social experience which makes for effortless, one-click creation of virtual spaces which anyone can join—from smartphones desktop browsers...

Classic ‘Serious Sam’ Gets “Full Locomotion” VR Version ‘The First Encounter’, Next Week

Croteam VR, the developers behind the popular first person shooter Serious Sam, are bringing their classic original instalment of the franchise to VR platforms next week with a new Early Access release called The First Encounter which promises full...

Timbaland ‘Beat Saber’ Music Pack Now Available on All Platforms

New music for Beat Saber (2018) seems to be flowing in at faster clip ever since Facebook acquired Beat Games, the Czech Republic-based VR studio. Now, the creators have announced that a new music pack from rapper & producer Timbaland...

Valve Adds Experimental Stereo-correct Passthrough View to Index

Valve's Index headset has had a passthrough view feature since launch, but the company has just released an experimental update which aims to make the view through the cameras more realistic by creating a synthetic image that more closely...
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‘Earthlight’ Astronaut VR Sim Puts You on the ISS, NASA Collaborates on Realism

Opaque Media Group, a Melbourne-based VR studio, recently announced Earthlight, an upcoming first-person space simulator that places you in the flight suit of a current day astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS). If Earthlight's 360-degree teaser trailer is any indicator,...

Nintendo is Reviving its Infamously Failed Virtual Boy with a Switch-compatible Accessory

Feel free to double-check the calendar... yes, it is in fact September 12th and not April 1st. Nintendo, always managing to surprise in one way or another, is reviving its infamously failed 3D gaming console, the Virtual Boy. First released in...

‘Hotel Transylvania’ VR Rhythm Game Comes to VR Arcades in North America, Europe & China

Hot on the heels of Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018), which hit the box offices last week, comes a newly announced VR rhythm game that lets you grove to the spooky beats DJ'ed by series' characters Drac, Mavis, or Johnny....

HTC Vive VR Headset Gets New Branding as Tour Visits Taiwan

This week, the HTC Vive tour, bringing the SteamVR based VR headset to people around the world, makes a stop in Taipei, Taiwan with the expected suite of VR experiences in tow. Just one thing was different, seems the...

Building A Better Mousetrap: A “Landmark” Dream Of The Ultimate Content Platform

Noah Nelson is back with another instalment of Immersion Point and this week digs into Landmark Entertainment's recent unveiling of their new 'Pavilion of Me' project, an immersive content platform designed to be the first step on the road...

Meta Issues Voluntary Recall of Early Quest 3 Elite Battery Straps Due to Charging Fault

A widespread charging fault with Meta's $130 Elite Battery Strap for Quest 3 forced the company to pause shipments back in December and start replacing units on a case-by-case basis. Now, it seems Meta has zeroed in on just which...
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