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Facebook’s Non-advertising Revenue ‘primarily driven by Oculus,’ up 80% to $297M

In Facebook's Q1 2020 earnings call today, the company overviewed its latest financial situation and noted that Oculus products were a major contributor to $297 million in non-advertising revenue. While Facebook makes the vast majority of its revenue from advertising,...

Reality Labs Chief Scientist Outlines a New Compute Architecture for True AR Glasses

Speaking at the IEDM conference late last year, Meta Reality Labs' Chief Scientist Michael Abrash laid out the company's analysis of how contemporary compute architectures will need to evolve to make possible the AR glasses of our sci-fi conceptualizations. While...

Vision Pro Will Include “Guest” & “Travel” Modes, Access to 150 3D Movies

As Apple Vision Pro pre-orders approach, the company is offering up new details on its headset. Vision Pro will include 'Guest' and 'Travel' modes, and users will have access to more than 150 3D movies across services. Vision Pro pre-orders...

New Features Coming in VisionOS 2, Including What Apple Didn’t Show

If you watched the WWDC  2024 keynote, you'll have seen the announcement of VisionOS 2 and some highlights of what's coming to the Vision Pro headset. But there's lots more that Apple didn't actually show on stage. Here's everything...

Samsung Reportedly Planning to Release XR Glasses This Year

We've been waiting to hear about Samsung's entrance into XR for a few years now, with the company's still unnamed mixed reality headset 'Project Moohan' set to debut sometime this year running Google's Android XR operating system. Now, a...
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‘Hatsune Miku VR’ Rhythm Game for Rift & Vive to Launch March 9th, Teaser Trailer Here

Hatsune Miku, the impossibly saccharine anime pop vocaloid, is coming to SteamVR headsets in a new rhythm game from creators Degica Games and Crypton Future Media. Update (02/27/18): The Steam link is live, and launch date is confirmed for March 9th,...

WEARVR Announces Winners of $10,000 ‘Remastered’ Competition – Bringing New Life to Old VR Favorites

It's hard to believe it's already been five years since the first Oculus Rift dev kits shipped to Kickstarter backers, many of them developers looking to create for the future of VR consumer hardware. As the medium inevitably marches on...

‘Boneworks’ Update Adds Checkpoint System, New Content, Climbing Improvements & More

After its launch in December, one common Boneworks gripe was the lack of any mid-level checkpoints, which meant players had to complete entire levels in a single play session otherwise they would lose their progress and be forced to restart the...
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Underwater Adventure ‘Jupiter & Mars’ Coming to PS4 & PSVR Spring 2019, New Trailer Here

Tigertron, a New York City-based indie developer, announced that their upcoming single-player adventure game Jupiter & Mars is heading to PS4 and PSVR in Spring 2019. First teased at E3 last year, the game is said to take place in...

Educational Studio Kuato Raises $6M to Build Asymmetric VR Games

Kuato Studios, a UK-based creator of educational games, announced it has raised £4.5M (~$6.1M USD) as the company takes a stride into virtual reality gaming for the first time. Led by Hong Kong venture capital firm Horizons Ventures, the company says...

‘Vader Immortal’ VR Series to Be a Canonical Part of the ‘Star Wars’ Saga

ILMxLAB, Lucasfilm’s immersive entertainment division, is bringing a Darth Vader-themed VR series to the recently announced Oculus Quest. With six main films dedicated to telling to Vader's story though, you'd think there wouldn't be much left to say about...

Newly Revealed PSVR 2 Features Add Long Overdue Conveniences

Even though the original PSVR headset is still getting some new game releases, it's decidedly a last-gen headset... or maybe even a last-last-gen headset depending upon how you look at it. Luckily the forthcoming PSVR 2 is ready to...

‘Pigeon Panic’ Proves That AR is Only Going to Make the World a Stranger Place

As first to market with a robust augmented reality function baked right into its mobile operating system, the various projects we've seen using Apple's smartphone-based AR platform have tended to range from the useful, to the artful, to the...

Sony to Close First-party Manchester Studio Making ‘AAA’ PSVR Games

Sony is closing its Manchester, UK-based studio, the very same that was opened in 2015 to produce 'AAA' PSVR exclusives. While no games came from Manchester Studio throughout its five-year existence, it's clear the team was working on VR up until...

Pimax Reveals New High-end PC VR Headsets Focused on Affordability & Performance

Pimax today announced two new Crystal series PC VR headsets, one of which is focused on affordability while the other pushes the envelope on resolution. During a prerecorded presentation today, Pimax introduced the Crystal Light and Crystal Super PC VR...
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