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Hands-on: Logitech’s MX Ink for Quest Could Legitimize VR Styluses as a Whole

Over the last decade I've reported on and tested many different VR styluses, but none of them have actually caught on. But the new MX Ink stylus for Quest stands a real chance at legitimizing the VR stylus as...

2D to 3D Photo Conversion in visionOS 2 is the Real Deal

The 2D to 3D photo conversion feature coming to Vision Pro in VisionOS 2.0 makes a novel capability meaningful for the first time. Cue “Apple didn’t even do it first!” in the comments. You're not wrong. There’s been seemingly a hundred...
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‘Cloudborn’ Hands-on – Reaching for Intuitive & Comfortable Locomotion

Cloudborn is an indie first-person VR exploration game, currently available on Steam Early Access, where the player is tasked with ‘cleansing the corruption’ by traversing the world to reach 'cores' using an intuitive climbing mechanic. Unfortunately, the “melancholic journey of...

Apple AR Headset FOV, Codename, and Stereoscopic Rendering Mode Reportedly Found in iOS 13.1

Steadily becoming the biggest open-secret in the industry... more evidence has come to light that Apple in ongoing development of an AR headset. Inside iOS 13.1 beta 3, a developer claims to have found codenames, display dimensions, and fields...

‘MYST’ Successor ‘Firmament’ Delayed on PSVR 2 to Early 2025 Following 2.0 PC Update

Cyan, the studio behind MYST and RIVEN, announced its PC VR-supported puzzle adventure Firmament (2023) is coming to PSVR 2 later than expected. The news comes following the release of the game's big PC and Mac 2.0 patch, which includes the...

Samsung’s Long-awaited Vision Pro Competitor Gets Price, Specs & Release Date

Samsung's Project Moohan is officially called 'Galaxy XR', as the Korean tech giant has today launched its long-awaited competitor to Apple Vision Pro. The News Priced at $1,800 and releasing today in the US, Samsung Galaxy XR is the first headset to...

‘Among Us VR’ to Become ‘Among Us 3D’, Adding Support for Flatscreen PC Play

Schell Games and Innersloth announced that flatscreen support is coming to Among Us VR (2022), which means crossplay for VR and PC players. Additionally, the studios announced the VR game is rebranding to Among Us 3D, bringing a first-person perspective to PC users for...

SteamVR Update Finally Makes it Easy to Reorient & Recenter Your Playspace

The latest main-branch update to SteamVR adds a dashboard button which makes it effortless to redefine the 'forward' and 'center' orientation of your playspace, a simple but useful feature for certain games. SteamVR has been around since the earliest days...

NextVR Raises $5 Million for Live VR Broadcast Tech, Content to Come Pre-loaded on Samsung Gear...

NextVR, formerly Next3D, have announced a $5 million funding round designed to grow the company and develop their virtual reality live-broadcast technology. The company has been working with Samsung on Gear VR since before the reveal, and its stereoscopic...

See Every Vive Demo in Action at Bandai Namco’s VR ZONE

Bandai Namco announced last month that the company would be opening its first VR ZONE arcade in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Promising branded VR content playing on HTC Vive, the now publicly open arcade features some big names like Nintendo's Mario Kart Arcade GP VR,...
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‘Helldivers 2’ Fan Trailer Shows How Intense It Could be in VR

Helldivers 2 (2024) doesn't have VR support yet, official or otherwise, although this new fan-made trailer shows just how immersive it could be. Created by YouTuber 'DemoAkuroVR', the unofficial cinematic trailer reimagines the squad-based shooter action in a modded version of Blade...

Meta is Experimenting with a Home Theater Environment for Quest’s Horizon OS

Meta already has a way to watch your own content on Quest, although browsing through a file system and viewing on a windowed panel is decidedly less immersive than a proper home theater. Now the company says it's experimenting with...

Last Chance to Back ‘Crystal Rift’ Kickstarter, New Version of Alpha Released

Crystal Rift, a grid-based dungeon crawler game designed especially for VR, has reached their funding goal with only a few hours to spare until the official end of its crowdfunding campaign. In an effort to drum up more support, the...

Quest’s Home Environment is Finally Getting Social Capabilities, Becomes ‘Horizon Home’

One of our longstanding critiques of Quest's social features is the lack of a simple, first-party place to meet up with friends. Finally that's set to change thanks to 'Horizon Home' which will enhance the existing Quest home environment...
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Preview: ‘Eagle Flight’ is a Kinetic Thrill Ride That Surprisingly Doesn’t Make Me Want to Vomit

Eagle Flight, the upcoming multiplayer game from Ubisoft Montreal, looks to be nearing finalization with the latest build we saw at the pre-GDC Oculus Gameday event. And while the game sounds like it ought to make you want to barf, we've finally got a...
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