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Vision Pro Hackathon Takes Place This Week With $25K in Cash & Prizes

Vision Hack, the world’s first global visionOS hackathon, is being held this week from September 13–15th. The organizer has announced $25K in cash & prizes on offer for winners. Guest Article by Cosmo Scharf Cosmo Scharf is an Emmy-nominated product designer and...
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Breakout VR Hit ‘Beat Saber’ Confirmed as Oculus Quest Launch Title

Beat Games is getting ready to take their massively successful block-slashing rhythm game to new heights, as Oculus today announced that Beat Saber (2018) is coming to Oculus Quest at launch. According to an Oculus blog post, the Quest version of the game will...
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Pimax Unveils New Knuckles-style Controller, Supports SteamVR 2.0 Tracking

Pimax, the company behind the wide field of view "8K" VR headset, today unveiled a new  controller design intended to ship alongside their upcoming VR hardware. Much like Valve's still unreleased 'Knuckles' controllers, the new Pimax controller is designed...

Applications for Vive X, HTC’s AR/VR Startup Accelerator, Close September 30th

The application deadline for HTC's VR startup accelerator program is coming up quickly on September 30th. Now in its fifth batch of investments, the Vive X accelerator aims to help grow the global AR/VR ecosystem by providing tools, expertise,...
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‘PokerStars VR’ Brings Multiplayer Freeplay Poker to Rift & Vive

PokerStars, the online gambling site, today released a social VR app that lets Oculus Rift and HTC Vive users play poker for free. Dubbed PokerStars VR, the online multiplayer game is free and now available in Early Access on Steam,...

Launching Next Week, ‘Iron Man VR’ Shows New Combat Gameplay, Armor Station, & More

Iron Man VR is the next big PlayStation VR exclusive; the title is being published by Sony and developed by studio Camouflaj. Following a demo of the game released last month, and a ahead of next week's July 3rd...

‘Job Simulator’ Gets ‘Infinite Job Overtime’ Update & Permanent Price of $20

Job Simulator (2016), Owlchemy Labs' madcap workplace sim from the future, is pushing a free content update called 'Infinite Overtime mode' that lets you play endless, randomized tasks. Owlchemy is also permanently dropping the price of Job Simulator to $20. Now...

Nokia and Xiaomi Announce a Long-term Partnership to “Explore” AR and VR

The Finnish and Chinese companies today signed a cross-licensing patent deal ‘focused around the data center’, according to a CNBC report. This will allow Nokia and Xiaomi to develop new products, as they look to collaborate further in areas...

‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Release Date Set for March 23rd, New Screenshots Revealed

Half-Life: Alyx finally has a release date and it's March 23rd. The most anticipated VR game to date is now just one month and ten days away, and Valve has released some new screenshots to whet your appetite. Half-Life: Alyx...

HoloLens 2 Hits the Ground as the U.S. Army’s Own AR “combat multiplier”

Microsoft won a decisive $480 million defense contract with the U.S. Army late last year to bring the company's AR hardware platform to the battlefield. Now CNBC has gone hand-on with the modified headset based on the enterprise-focused HoloLens 2. Dubbed...

Epic Releases Unreal Engine 5 But Its Headlining Features Aren’t Ready for VR

This week Epic Games released the latest version of its next-gen game engine, Unreal Engine 5. Though the new version brings improvements in many areas, its most notable features are Lumen (global illumination) and Nanite (micro-polygon geometry), which could...

Reality Labs Revenue Drops to Lowest Point on Record Ahead of Quest 3 Launch

Meta today announced its third quarter earnings, revealing that revenue of its Reality Labs XR division dropped to its lowest point on record, just ahead of the launch of Quest 3. All eyes are now on the holiday season...

Apple Reportedly Cancels Mac-connected AR Glasses Due to Poor Internal Reviews

According to a Bloomberg report, Apple has shuttered an AR glasses project aimed at mainstream consumers. Originally planned for release in 2027, the device, codenamed N107, was a Mac-connected pair of AR glasses which the company was positioning as a...
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PSVR Horror Shooter ‘Immortal Legacy: The Jade Cypher’ Gets March Launch Date, Trailer Here

China-based Viva Games today announced that their upcoming action-adventure horror title Kill X has now been renamed Immortal Legacy: The Jade Cypher. The shooter, which is exclusive to the PSVR platform, is slated to arrive March 20th. Immortal Legacy was one of the...

Latest SteamVR Update Includes Steam Link Improvements for Quest

The latest major SteamVR update has arrived, coming with it an improvement to Steam Link for Quest. Initially released in November 2023, Steam Link is Valve's own app on the Meta Quest Store which allows users to quickly and easily...
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