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HTC: Valve is Still “very committed” to Making its Three Full VR Games

Back in February this year, Valve confirmed that they were internally developing three “full” VR titles. While there's still no information surrounding genres or launch dates, it now looks like Valve may just be keeping them tight under wraps as usual,...

AR Headset Startup CastAR is Reportedly Shutting Down

According to a report from Polygon, augmented reality company CastAR is heading for a shutdown, laying off staff from the Palo Alto headquarters and its internal AR software development studio in Salt Lake City. CastAR’s consumer hardware was due...

Oculus Quest Experience ‘The Under Presents’ Debuts at Sundance 2019

Oculus today announced that it's bringing two VR experiences to this year's Sundance Film Festival— the previously announced Traveling While Black for Oculus Go & Rift, and the newly unveiled The Under Presents for Oculus Quest. The Under Presents Oculus says in a blog...

Oculus is Making Link’s Hardware Specs Available to Third Parties

Oculus Link, the upcoming feature that will let you play Rift games on Quest, is set to launch sometime in November. According to statement made by an Oculus Product Manager, the company is also making Link's specs available to third...

‘Path of the Warrior’ Gets Co-op with Cross-play Between Quest & Rift

Oculus-exclusive VR beat 'em up Path of the Warrior got a new update today enabling co-op, including cross-play between Quest & Rift. Published by Oculus Studios, developer Twisted Pixel launched Path of the Warrior last month on Quest and Rift. The title reimagines...

Unity Plugin Aims to Streamline Haptics for VR Developers

RGB Haptics is a new Unity-based tool that aims to make it easier for developers to create and implement haptic effects in VR games. Haptics are important in games in general, but especially in VR—because the medium gives players significantly...

Quest 2 Stock Appears to be Draining as Holiday Sale Drives Purchases

Although Quest 3 is Meta's hot new headset release, an attractive holiday deal looks like it'll make Quest 2 the company's best selling headset this year. Looking at the stock available directly from Meta shows that Quest 3 availability...
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Hide-and-Seek VR Shooter ‘Mannequin’ Launches on Quest & Steam, Trailer Here

Mannequin has graduated from early access on Steam and Quest, bringing the 2v3 hide-and-seek style shooter to the respective main stores. Update (September 13th, 2024): Fast Travel Games has fully released its asymmetrical stealth VR shooter Mannequin, which is said to...

Snap Plans to Launch New Consumer ‘Specs’ AR Glasses Next Year

Snap, the company behind Snapchat, today announced it's working on the next iteration of its Spectacles AR glasses (aka ‘Specs’), which are slated to release publicly sometime next year. Snap first released its fifth generation of Specs (Spectacles '24) exclusively...

Report: HTC to Unveil Standalone VR Headset at Vive Developer Conference in November

HTC could be showing off its standalone VR headset at the company's November 14th Vive Developer Conference (VDC) in Beijing. As reported by YiVian, the conference has recently published promotional material featuring a veiled image of the company's upcoming headset. To wit, HTC says...

‘Asgard’s Wrath 2’ Hands-on: The New Benchmark for Quest Games

If you're just getting into VR, chances are you haven't played Asgard's Wrath, the Meta-funded RPG from Sanzaru Games that came exclusive to Oculus Rift in 2019. At the time, the 30+ hour adventure was one of the first...

Meta Releases New Mixed Reality Showcase for Unreal Engine Developers

Meta released a new mixed reality showcase for Unreal Engine developers that ought to help kickstart some Quest projects that use your room in fresh and interesting ways. Phanto for Unreal, an open source port of the previously released Phanto...
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‘Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted 2’ Coming Quest This Week, Trailer Here

Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 (2023), the sequel to the popular VR horror game, is officially coming to Quest next week. Developer Steel Wool Studios announced FNAF: Help Wanted 2 is slated to arrive on the Quest platform on May...

SteamVR Gets a New Dashboard, Finally Ditching Steam Big Picture

From very early on, the SteamVR dashboard had adapted Steam's 'Big Picture' mode which was designed for use on big screen TV's rather than in VR. As it wasn't made with VR in mind, much of its functionality is...

Logitech Launches MX Ink, the First Official Stylus Accessory for Quest

Logitech today announced the launch of the MX Ink stylus. This officially supported Quest accessory aims to give users a more precise and natural input method for applications like design, drawing, and visualization. On Quest, hand-tracking is great as a...
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