Out with the old, in with the new. Meta announced that the cheap and cheerful Quest 2 and the company's pricey mixed reality pioneer Quest Pro are officially getting the boot, marking Meta's next big push to bring mixed...

Positional audio for VR experiences—where noises sound as if they are coming from the correct direction—has long been understood as an important part of making VR immersive. But knowing which direction sounds are coming from is only one part...

Apple has now opened applications for Vision Pro developer kits, which it's sending out to app developers in effort to kickstart its first XR-specific App Store. Vision Pro is set to launch sometime in early 2024, coming part and parcel...

IO Interactive and UK-based studio XR Games announced they're bringing a new version of stealth-action game Hitman 3 exclusively to Meta Quest 3 this summer. Hitman 3 came along with VR support for the original PSVR at launch in 2021, later bringing...

Guns are cool. Magic is cool. Motion controls are cool. Combine all three with virtual reality and you have a prototype experience that looks, well, really cool! Developers have now had access to retail quality, VR-focused motion controllers via the...

Sansar, Linden Lab's VR-capable Second Life follow-up, is being spun out, the company's CEO has confirmed. Update (March 25th, 2020): Sansar has been acquired by Wookey Projects, a still fairly stealth San Francisco-based technology company. The exchange in IP is effective immediately. Linden...

Looking for something fun to play in VR? We’ve got the top 10 downloads from the last week on the WEARVR app marketplace, a cross-platform repository of virtual reality experiences. Who needs to go Scuba Diving when you've got VR? Dive into...

Axon, the company best known for its Taser stun guns, has announced the acquisition of VR studio Foundry 45 which it says will bolster its VR training offerings. Founded in 1993, Axon is the company behind the well known Taser...

Voice calling and messaging comes to the HTC Vive VR system with HTC's Voice Services. We show you how to set it up and tell you if it's any good or not. HTC's announcement at the Mobile World Congress early...

Valve will soon offer official replacement parts for its Index VR headset (and possibly other Index products like controllers and base stations) via DIY repair site iFixit. Valve announced today that it plans to offer official replacement parts for "Valve...

Apple has released initial access to the long-promised panoramic display feature for Vision Pro's Mac Virtual Display, which now brings three virtual screen sizes via its visionOS 2.2 beta release. Having initially launched with Vision Pro back in February, Mac...

Monster of the Deep: Final Fantasy XV fishing game for PSVR just got a new English language teaser trailer. The Japanese version was teased on stage at the Tokyo Game Show (TGS) this past week. The Final Fantasy VR experience lets you head out...

According to recent testing by the Virtual Reality Institute of Health and Exercise, Beat Saber (2018) may be more than just a fun way to spend an evening in. With all that block slicing, dodging and leaning, you could burn as many...

Turin, Italy-based developer Enea Le Fons is aiming to spend more than 30 days of extended stints in VR, and although he won't be able to qualify for any records—he's still eating, sleeping, and using the bathroom sans headset—Le...

EVE: Valkyrie is a VR-exclusive, fast-paced space dog-fighting game from EVE: Online creators CCP Games. As one of the first games to showcase the incredible possibilities of VR technology in games, EVE: Valkyrie has played a pivotal role in...