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Brilliant Labs to Launch Next-gen Smart Glasses on July 31st

Brilliant Labs announced it's getting ready to launch its next generation of smart glasses at the end of the month, making it the company's third device since it was founded in 2019. In 2023, Brilliant Labs released Monocle, a developer...

Oculus Improves Iteration Time for Quest Developers Using UE4

Oculus has updated its UE4 Quest development tools so that developers can spend less time waiting and more time testing and iterating on their VR applications. The changes are similar in scope to recent improvements to Unity Quest development. Because...

New Vision Pro App Bets on Apple’s Persona Avatars to Form Genuine Connections

AuraTap is an upcoming social network for Vision Pro users, which hopes to get members forming genuine connections by putting Apple's realistic Persona avatars at the heart of every interaction. The News AuraTap isn't an XR social platform in the traditional...

Pimax Promises Development Update on Delayed Dream Air Headset Later This Month

Pimax announced Dream Air last December, aiming to take on the emerging segment of compact high-end PC VR headsets, such as Bigscreen Beyond and Shiftall MaganeX Superlight 8K. Initially planned for launch in May, the headset was delayed until Q3...

VR Launchpad Applications Now Open – Pitch in the Heart of Silicon Valley

VR Launchpad, presented by SVVR and Road to VR, is the startup showcase for virtual reality companies. Applications for startups and entrepreneurs are now available. Apply today for an invitation to pitch before a crowd of press and investors. VR Launchpad...

‘Path of Fury’ Brings ’80s-style Kung Fu Action to Quest Early Next Year

Indie developer Leonard Menchiari and publisher Abonico Game Works announced Path of Fury: Episode I - Tetsuo’s Tower, an upcoming on-rails VR action game inspired by '80s Kung Fu flicks. Coming to Quest next year, Path of Fury aims to thrust you into a...

‘Obduction’ PSVR Support Arrives Today, From The Creators of ‘MYST’

Obduction (2016), the VR puzzle adventure from Cyan, the studio behind the ’90s point-and-click classics Myst (1993) and Riven (1997), is finally making its way to PSVR today. Update (05/08/18): The PSVR patch for Obduction is now available, which should automatically push an update to the PS4...

‘Resident Evil 4’ Port for Quest 2 is Shaping up to Look Like a Native VR...

During its Game Showcase deluge today, Oculus showed off some more footage of the upcoming Quest 2 port of Resident Evil 4 (2005), which is coming exclusively to Oculus Quest 2 (read: not the original Quest). And it's starting to...

Case Study: The Design Behind ‘Cubism’s’ Hand-tracking

Hand tracking first became available on the Oculus Quest back in late 2019. Out of enthusiasm for this new input method, I published a demo of Cubism to SideQuest with experimental hand tracking support only a few days later....

‘Guided Meditation VR’ Makes Great Use of Carmack’s 5K Playback Tech on Oculus Go

Earlier this year Oculus CTO John Carmack revealed a new video playback technique designed to bring high-resolution video to mobile headsets like Oculus Go. Oculus released a sample of the system and developer Cubicle Ninjas saw a perfect opportunity...

Apple and Valve Have Worked Together for Nearly a Year to Bring VR to MacOS

Apple's broad embrace of VR this week shows that the company has had virtual reality support on its roadmap for quite some time. During a session at WWDC, Apple and Valve confirmed they've been working together for nearly a...
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New ‘Rigs: Mechanized Combat League’ Gameplay on Sony Morpheus Reminds Us Why We Love it

Here's a brand new gameplay video featuring the new Guerilla Cambridge crafted sports mech shooter 'Rigs: Mechanized Combat League' for the PS4 and Project Morpheus. Guerilla Cambridge, a UK based offshoot of the enormously successful Guerilla Games codehouse (developers of...

‘Defense Grid 2’ Proves How Compelling Tower Defense in VR Can Be

Jeff Pobst admits that it's probably not a new Rift owner's first thought to go out and buy a tower defense game, but Defense Grid 2: Enhanced VR Edition proved to me how compelling a tower defense game can...

VR Porting Studio Flat2VR Announces 4 More Games Getting Official VR Support

Flat2VR Studios, the team dedicated to porting flatscreen games to VR headsets, announced it has a fresh slate of four games getting the official flat-to-VR treatment. The studio announced during the VR Games Showcase today that it's bringing official VR...

Meta Drops Quest Pro Price to $1,100 for Limited Time, Challenging Vive XR Elite’s Major Selling...

It's only been three months since Meta launched Quest Pro, pitching its next-gen mixed reality standalone to enterprise and prosumers with the hefty price tag of $1,500. In an unusual move by the company, Meta has quietly slashed the price...
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