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Imogen Heap VR Concert Experience to Land on ‘TheWaveVR’ August 31st

Imogen Heap, the Grammy-award winning musician, is following in the footsteps of TOKiMONSTA, Ash Koosha, and The Glitch Mob with a social VR concert experience, hosted on TheWaveVR platform soon. Starting tomorrow, August 31st, the Imogen Heap experience will kick off...

Apple Reportedly Expands Vision Pro Production Capacity Following Successful US Launch

We may soon be nearing global release for Apple Vision Pro. According to a report from independent tech analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, US demand for the $3,500 mixed reality headset has slowed over the past month, however the company may...

‘Beat Saber’ Gets Green Day Music Pack, Long-awaited 360 & 90 Degree Levels

Everyone's favorite block-slashing rhythm game, Beat Saber (2018), just got a new music pack featuring the tunes of Green Day. The newly released Green Day music pack comes alongside a free update for all supported platforms that includes the...

VR Creation App ‘MakeVR’ to be “Spun Out” from Sixense, Now Hardware Agnostic

Steve Hansted from Sixense took to the stage at VR Launchpad in Mountain View, CA today to announce that the virtual reality 3D modelling application MakeVR, often used alongside the company's STEM motion controllers, is being "spun out" into a...

PlayStation VR is “Not to be Used by Children Under 12”

As part of a recent software update, the PlayStation 4's new Healthy and Safety disclaimers now include a message regarding Sony's forthcoming PS4 based VR system PlayStation VR (PSVR). Specifically that it's not to be used by anyone under...

Meta Reveals New Prototype VR Headsets Focused on Retinal Resolution and Light Field Passthrough

Meta unveiled two new VR headset prototypes that showcase more progress in the fight to solve some persistent technical challenges facing VR today. Presenting at SIGGRAPH 2023, Meta is demonstrating a headset with retinal resolution combined with varifocal optics, and...

Hands On: Otherworld Interactive’s ‘Nimbus Knights’ HTC Vive Demo at VRLA

The VRLA Summer Expo was held this weekend at the LA Convention Center, and it was bigger than ever. Otherworld Interactive was there, showing off their brand new HTC Vive game Nimbus Knights, a cutesy RTS where your aim...

The 5 Best VR Racing Sims for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive

As one of the first game genres to embrace VR, sim racing has successfully transitioned from the ‘very early adopter’ stage (using Oculus development kits) to the ‘early adopter’ stage (the first-generation consumer headsets). Now that the majority of...
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VR’s Favorite Combat Sandbox is Bringing Long-awaited Campaign to Quest Next Week, Trailer Here

Blade & Sorcery: Nomad, the physics-based combat sandbox for Quest, has essentially been the little brother to the PC VR game ever since it released in 2021. With the addition of the game's long-awaited 'Crystal Hunt' campaign on Quest next...

Vision Pro Has Apps and Quest Has Games, What Can Samsung Bring to XR to Compete?

Samsung has partnered with Google to make an XR headset, although the South Korean tech giant hasn't tipped its hand on what to expect just yet. Despite its $3,500 sticker price, Vision Pro has shown that big and expensive is...
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‘Green Hell VR’ Gets Long-awaited Co-op Mode This Month on Quest and PSVR 2

Green Hell VR (2022), Incuvo’s VR adaptation of the popular open world survival game, is finally getting the long-promised co-op mode this month on Quest and PSVR 2. First announced in April 2023, Green Hell VR's co-op mode is nearly here,...

Sony May Have Dropped a Hint About PSVR 2’s Release Date to Investors

During Sony's annual investor day event, the company confirmed to investors that it has a lineup of more than 20 games ready for the launch of PSVR 2—despite having not yet confirmed the headset's release date. Sony's 2022 Investor Day...

Leap Motion’s ‘Interaction Engine’ Unlocks More Natural Human Input for VR

Leap Motion has announced it's to early access to the beta of its Interaction Engine, a set of systems designed to help developers implement compelling, realistic and hopefully frustration-free input with just their hands. If you've ever spent time with a...

Magic Leap Raises $461M in New Funding Led by Saudi Arabia’s Investment Arm

Magic Leap, the augmented reality headset manufacturer, has added another couple hundred million dollars to its Series D investment round, this time $461 million led by The Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign investment arm, Tech Crunch reports. According to the...

The Number of Discoverable Quest Apps Has More Than Tripled With the Merging of App Lab

Meta has begun the process of merging 'unlisted' App Lab apps into the main Quest store, more than tripling the number of discoverable apps. App Lab, as many of you know, is the holding zone for apps that didn't get...
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