2023 Sections
New Qualcomm MR Reference Headset Shows What to Expect From Samsung
Alongside the announcement of the new Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chip, Qualcomm also revealed its latest reference headset, a mixed reality device that's likely the foundation of Samsung's upcoming headset.
Samsung announced last year that it's working with both Google...
Rave in VR at Tonight’s Free HEAVYGRINDER Show in ‘TheWaveVR’
TheWaveVR, a social music platform for VR performances, debuts its third major show, this time bringing EDM duo HEAVYGRINDER into VR for a live and interactive virtual reality concert. You can join the fun for free tonight, July 26th, at...
Google Confirms Android XR Allows Passthrough Camera Access: an Important Tool for MR Devs
Developers of mixed reality games have been clamoring for passthrough camera access on Quest for a while now, something now-departed Meta VP of XR Mark Rabkin said would come with the release of a new camera Passthrough API sometime...
New Unity 6 Feature Makes it Easier for XR Devs to Maximize Text & UI Quality
The latest version of the Unity game engine—which is the basis for the vast majority of XR games made today—is now available to developers as a preview. Unity 6 Preview includes new features to make XR development easier, including...
‘Until You Fall’ Early Access Review: VR Hack & Slash, with Depth
Until You Fall is something of an unexpected title for Schell Games. For a studio which has previously focused on education and puzzle based VR games, Until You Fall brings a surprisingly rich combat experience which successfully fuses meta-game elements in...
New PSVR ‘DOOM VFR’ Bundle Will Include Updated Headset, Launching December 1st
Just in time for Christmas, the much awaited DOOM VFR is getting a PlayStation VR bundle too, giving you everything you need to battle demons from the pits of Hell.
Including a PSVR headset, PS Camera, the new PSVR demo disc and a...
WEARVR Launches $10,000 Competition to Bring New Life to Dev Kit-era Apps
As Oculus has pushed out iterative runtimes to support its consumer hardware, many of the beloved early VR experiments have fallen to the wayside, languishing without support and lost in the annals of defunct software. To remedy this, WEARVR, an independent...
Long-delayed PSVR Game ‘Golem’ to Reemerge at PAX East Next Week
We weren't certain the PSVR title Golem would ever see the light of day after its lengthy delay. It wasn't until the studio assured us late last year that yes, the game was still in production well after its prospective March...
‘Stardust Odyssey’ is a Co-op Space Shooter Coming to PSVR in December
Stardust Odyssey, a co-op spaceship shooter from Agharta Studio, was announced during PlayStation’s 'State of Play' broadcast back in September. Although we're no closer to really grasping what the mysterious title as to offer in terms of gameplay, we...
CREAL Picks up $7.4 Million in Funding for Its Light-field Tech
When we caught up with CREAL and its light-field tech at CES 2020 this week, the founders also filled us in on the latest happenings with the company, including the closure of a recent funding round which, between investments...
‘Moss’ Developer Polyarc Raises $9 Million to Expand into AR Development
Polyarc, the game studio behind the hit VR title Moss (2018), announced today that is has raised $9 million to grow the studio's expertise in augmented reality development in addition to virtual reality.
As an indie studio, Moss is so far...
Valve Reveals Knuckles EV3 Dev Kit, Planning Production of “Much greater quantities”
Having revealed the 'Knuckles' EV2 controller development kit just a few months ago, Valve has rapidly incorporated improvements based on feedback from developers and today revealed the updated EV3. The company says will be "produced in much greater quantities...
Acer: ‘We’re continuing to explore & invest in XR’
Following confirmation of the cancellation of its latest ConceptD OJO VR headset, Acer says it's still in the XR game.
Earlier this week Acer confirmed that it decided to cancel its ConceptD OJO headset; it had been 10 months since...
Oculus Now Accepting OpenXR Apps on Quest & Rift, a Big Step for Cross-platform Development
OpenXR is a widely supported open standard which aims to make cross-platform VR development easier by allowing developers to build around a single API rather than porting their apps to many different APIs. Today the company announced that developers...
New Quest Update Reimagines the Landing Page, Once Again Sequestering Your App Library
Instead of taking you right to your library of installed apps, Meta is making yet another perplexing change to the Quest landing page in v57.
Since the earliest days of Meta's VR platform, the company has been seemingly obsessed with not...



















