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Google Announces Android XR Operating System Alongside Samsung MR Headset

Google today announced Android XR, a new core branch of Android, designed as a spatial operating system for XR headsets and glasses. The company is pitching this as a comprehensive spatial computing platform, and hopes to establish its own...

‘Hawken’-like Mech Shooter ‘Iron Rebellion’ Hits 1.0 Launch Today on Quest and PC VR

Iron Rebellion, the Hawken-like mech-battler from indie Black Beach Studio, is officially out of Early Access today on Quest and SteamVR headsets, taking a big 40-ton step with its 1.0 update. First released in Alpha on Steam in late 2020,...

Unity Promises Day-one Support for Android XR, Including Easy Ports for Existing Quest Content

Meta Quest developers looking to port their Unity-based apps to Google's newly unveiled Android XR operating system shouldn't have a tough time of it, Unity says, as the game engine creator today released all of the tools devs need...

Apple Vision Pro Gets Ultrawide Mac Virtual Display in visionOS 2.2 Release

Previously only available in beta, Apple has now pushed its panoramic display feature to all Vision Pro users, bringing the choice of three virtual screen sizes when using Mac Virtual Display. Mac Virtual Display initially launched with a single virtual...
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‘Bridge Constructor’ for Quest Brings XR Version of Popular Bridge-building Sim Starting Dec 12th

A familiar engineering puzzle sandbox is coming to Quest this week, offering up a bevy of bridge-building challenges in both virtual and mixed reality on Quest. Bridge Constructor Studio was originally slated to arrive last week, bringing its bridge-building sim to...
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‘Beat Saber’ Gets Metallica Music Pack, Its Biggest (and most expensive) Paid DLC to Date

Beat Saber (2018) just dropped a massive Metallica music pack, bringing some of the band's greatest hits to VR's favorite block-slashing rhythm game. The Metallica Music Pack is one of the biggest and most expensive to date, priced at $20...

‘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...

PSVR 2 Sale is Still Going Strong After 20x Spike in Black Friday Sales Volume

Black Friday brought the best PSVR 2 sale we’ve seen yet, and even though Black Friday is gone, Sony has kept the sale rolling. You can still get the PSVR 2 Horizon Call of the Mountain bundle for just $350, a...

This Modder Hopes to Bring VR Support to Massive ‘Fallout: London’ DLC

Fallout: London is a total conversion mod based on Bethesda's popular Fallout 4 (2015) for PC. While the team behind the mod hasn't mentioned whether potential VR support is in the works, an intrepid modder is taking things into their...

Latest Quest Update Brings Big Improvements to Virtual Desktop and Hand-tracking

Meta's final Quest update of the year is bringing some big improvements to hand-tracking and using the headset as a virtual desktop with Windows computers. But it might be some time before the features reach everyone. The Quest v72 update...

How ‘Gorilla Tag’ Became a $100 Million VR Success on Quest

1 in 3 Quest owners have downloaded Gorilla Tag, making it the most successful game ever on standalone VR. Gorilla Tag, created by studio Another Axiom, has emerged as a standout success in the virtual reality gaming space, not...

‘Skydance’s Behemoth’ Patches Coming This Week to All Major VR Headsets

Skydance's Behemoth (2024) launched last week across all major VR headsets with the proviso from the studio was planning patches to address a variety of performance and gameplay issues. Developer Skydance Games says we can expect a patch on December 12th,...

Roto VR Raises $3M to Broaden Market Reach of Rotating VR Chair Accessory

Roto VR, the UK-based creator behind 360-degree VR chairs, announced a new funding round of £2.4 million (~$3 million) which the company says will be used to fulfill demand of its recently launched Roto VR Explorer chair. Led by Pembroke...

Meta Announces Multi-year Exclusive Agreement for Spatial Content with James Cameron’s 3D Studio

Meta announced it's partnering with Lightstorm Vision, James Cameron's 3D film studio, to produce spatial content across multiple genres, including live events and full-length entertainment. The agreement includes the production of live sports and concerts, feature films, and TV series...

Meta Pushes Back on Reported Outsourcing of XR Headset Designs

A recent report from The Information maintains Meta has started outsourcing some design for upcoming headsets amid a shift to move part of its production out of China. Now, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth refutes those specific design claims, saying...
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