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Vision Pro is Getting a Major Visual Upgrade to Its ‘Persona’ Avatars

Apple 'Personas' on Vision Pro are already the most likelife real-time avatars you can find on any headset today, but in the next version of visionOS, they're taking another step forward. Apple today announced that its Persona avatars for Vision...

Google Partners with Prominent Eyewear Makers for Upcoming Android XR Smartglasses

Google today announced that it is working with eyewear makers Warby Parker and Gentle Monster to bring the first Android XR smartglasses to market. The move mirrors Meta's early partnership with EssilorLuxottica, the dominant eyewear maker that's behind Meta's Ray-Ban...

Step Inside the Unabomber Investigation in New Interactive VR Experience

If you were alive in the '90s, chances are you've heard about Ted Kaczynski, aka the Unabomber, the American domestic terrorist that between 1978 and 1995 killed 3 people, and injured 23 others in a nationwide bombing campaign. Now, HTC Vive...

Hands-on: ‘Rec Royale’ is a Promising VR Battle Royale Shooter From ‘Rec Room’

With shooters like PUBG (2017) and Epic's Fortnite (2018) taking the traditional gaming world by storm as of late, many VR developers have seen the success of the battle royale games and attempted to replicate the winner-take-all game mode in virtual reality....
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Rhythm Shooter ‘Pistol Whip’ to Launch in November on Quest and PC VR, Trailer Here

Cloudhead Games, the studio behind The Gallery series and Aperture Hand Labs, today announced that its upcoming 'action-rhythm FPS' Pistol Whip is set to arrive on November 7th. Pistol Whip is said to include cross-buy for the Oculus Store version, meaning you'll only need...

Mind-bending VR Adventure ‘The Under Presents’ Coming to Steam This Week

The Under Presents (2019), the multiplayer theatrical adventure originally built for Quest and Rift, is heading to Steam on April 16th, which includes support for all standard SteamVR-compatible headsets. Created by indie studio Tender Claws, known for its breakout hit VR experience Virtual...

‘Beat Saber’ Expert+ Difficulty Levels Come to PSVR, “a lot, lot of music coming”

Prepare to sweat (and probably curse) because Beat Games, the studio behind block-slashing rhythm game Beat Saber (2018), today released a new Expert+ mode to its suite of existing songs on PSVR. Along with it, the update brings a new option...

Vertigo Games Acquires VR Arcade Game Distribution Platform SpringboardVR

Vertigo Games, the studio behind Arizona Sunshine (2017) and upcoming VR shooter After the Fall, today announced that it has acquired SpringboardVR, creators of the eponymous location-based VR content distribution platform. The acquisition amount was undisclosed, however the move is slated...

Oculus Brings More Lifelike Sound Propagation to Audio SDK 1.34

Despite being oft overlooked in the face of more attention-grabbing visuals, audio is an essential component to creating presence in VR. In a quest to create increasingly lifelike audio in VR environments, Oculus has pushed out an update to...

The Dismal Reception of ‘Carrier Command 2 VR’ is a Cautionary Tale

Carrier Command 2 launched earlier this month alongside a separate version including full VR support. While the non-VR version of the game sits at a 'Mostly Positive' 75% user rating, the VR version quickly tanked to a 27% 'Mostly...

‘Stranger Things’ Multiplayer VR Experience is Coming to Sandbox VR Destinations Later This Year

Sandbox VR, the location-based VR destination, is working with Netflix to create a multiplayer VR experience based on the hit TV show Stranger Things. Coinciding with the fifth and final season of the show, the upcoming VR experience Stranger Things:...

Vive Ultimate Tracker Gets Beta Support for Third-Party PC VR Headsets

HTC has released a beta for its Vive Ultimate Tracker that brings support to third-party PC VR headsets, such as PC-tethered Quest and Pico headsets, letting you do body tracking in supported apps. Unlike previous Vive Trackers, which required SteamVR...

‘Tokyo Chronos’ Studio MyDearest Secures $7.8M to Further Expand IP on Quest & PSVR 2

MyDearest, the Japan-based VR studio behind the Chronos adventure game franchise, announced it's secured $7.8 million (1.2 billion yen), something the studio says it will use to expand its existing IP for VR headsets, such as Meta Quest and...
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Headspace Launches Social VR Mindfulness App on Quest That’s More Than Just Meditation

Headspace, the company behind the sleep and meditation mobile app, announced the release of Headspace XR, which combines social VR connection and a number of mindfulness techniques that aims to combat loneliness, anxiety and depression. Developed by Nexus Studios and...

Meta Explains Why It Sees Wide Field-of-View Headsets as a ‘bad tradeoff’

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth revealed last week a mysterious wide field-of-view (FOV) headset prototyped in the Redmond, Washington-based Reality Labs offices. Bosworth now reveals the research prototype had something close to a 210-degree FOV, however wide FOV displays are a...
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