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Valve Proclaims “VR IS HERE” to Millions of Steam Users, New Vive Promo Focuses on Group-Play

Valve is pushing the HTC Vive in full force today—no surprise considering it's the official launch day of the SteamVR-compatible headset. Adding to proclamation that "VR is here," which is smack dab on Steam's front page that nearly tens of...

Quest 3S or Quest 3, Which to Buy? Our No-nonsense Recommendation

So you're interested in buying one of Meta's standalone VR headsets. But Quest 3S and Quest 3 look very similar, so which one should you buy? Read on for our no-nonsense recommendation. Let's make this real easy: If you've never owned...

‘Horizon Call of the Mountain’ Behind-the-scenes – Insights & Artwork from Guerrilla & Firesprite

It's a rare treat when we get a VR game with the scope and scale of Horizon Call of the Mountain, let alone to see a much-loved IP reimagined specifically for the medium. Made exclusively for PSVR 2, the game...

Niantic Launches City-scale Visual Positioning System for Location-based, Multi-user AR

Niantic today launched its Lightship Visual Positioning System at its first developer summit. The system aims to form an underlying 3D map of the world so that AR devices can share the same frame of reference even on massive...

Hands-On: ‘Star Shelter’ – Survival in Zero Gravity

Stranded in space with just an AI voice and your broken ship for company, you must scavenge for materials to survive, searching random debris floating nearby using motion-based, zero-gravity locomotion. Needing some polish but highly playable in its current...

Vive XR Elite Gets Face-tracking Add-on with Eye & Mouth Sensing

HTC today announced the launch of a new Full Face Tracker accessory for Vive XR Elite. The device attaches to headset to capture eye and mouth movements which developers can use for a variety of purposes. HTC says the Face-tracking...

This Uncovered Silhouette May Be the First Glimpse of the SteamVR Headset

So you've probably heard by now that Valve is set to reveal a SteamVR Dev Kit come GDC 2015 next week. Well, some folks poking around their website found a photo hidden in the source code that reveals what...

Couch Co-op Platformer ‘Carly and the Reaperman’ Gets Single-player VR Experience

Odd Raven Studios, the Stockholm-based developers behind Carly and the Reaperman - Escape From the Underworld (2018), announced that the VR couch co-op platformer is getting a single-player experience starting today. Carly and the Reaperman was originally designed as an asymmetrical cooperative game, where a...

Prop Hunt-style VR Multiplayer ‘Mannequin’ Heads Into Early Access on Quest Next Month

Fast Travel Games announced it's bringing Mannequin, the upcoming asymmetrical stealth social VR game, into early access on Quest via App Lab starting next month.Fast Travel Games announced Mannequin is set to release in early access on Quest via App Lab...

New Thinner, Lighter HTC Vive 3-in-1 Cable Spotted in the Wild

An HTC Vive customer has posted images of a replacement headset cable which looks to significantly reduce the size and weight of the original. One of the aspects most mentioned in the first rush of reviews to appear after the...

Data Suggests Most Expensive Quest 3 is More Popular Than Expected

Quest 3 just began shipping last week and headsets are rapidly arriving in the hands of eager buyers. While the 128GB model appears to be in strong supply, the more expensive 512GB model might be more popular than Meta...

Oculus CTO: Quest Has No Dedicated Hardware to Play PC Games over USB-C

Oculus Quest, the company's newly announced high-end standalone headset, has a USB Type-C connector. VirtualLink, the new VR connector standard created by a consortium of prominent industry players, also uses USB Type-C. So if you happen to own a new flagship...

Librestream Secures $24M Series D Funding to Expand Its AR-powered Worker Platform

Librestream, an enterprise-focused AR company, today announced it's raised a $24 million Series D financing round. The Winnipeg, Canada-based company says the funds will be used to expand its 'Augmented Worker' services into Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and...

Travel Mode is the Latest Vision Pro Feature to Come to Quest 2 & 3

Meta is finally rolling out the long-awaited travel mode for Quest 2 and Quest 3, ostensibly hacking away another unique feature from Apple Vision Pro. Update (May 13th, 2024):  Meta says the new Quest 2/3 Travel Mode was specially tuned...

Amazon, Qualcomm & More Invest $11.2M in TRIPP to Build the “mindful metaverse”

TRIPP, a developer creating VR meditation experiences, announced it's secured $11.2 million funding round which it says will be used to expand so it can meet growing global demand for mental wellbeing apps accessible through AR, VR and mobile...
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