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Meta’s New Demo Shows Players & Devs What Compelling MR Can Look Like

Meta now has three mixed reality headsets, but still not a ton of mixed reality content to go with it. To remedy that, the company worked with veteran XR studio Magnopus to release an open source Unity demo it...

‘Pixel Ripped’ Studio Announces ‘PAWBALL’, a Free-to-Play VR Soccer Game with Cats

ARVORE, the studio behind the Pixel Ripped VR game franchise, announced it's currently developing a VR soccer game called PAWBALL, which aims to get you leaping around and scoring goals like only a feline can. On the studio's Discord (invite link), Arvore Community...

‘Wanderer 2’ Currently in Development, Promising Swashbuckling VR Pirate Adventure

Time-traveling VR adventure Wanderer (2022) is getting a remake, called Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate, although you might have missed at the end of the most recent trailer that developers Mighty Eyes just announced there's a sequel currently in development too. Not...

15 Tips, Tricks, & Settings to Get the Most Out of Vision Pro

Vision Pro is here and it's a surprisingly capable device. Apple has also loaded the headset with a ton of options and features that aren't obvious at first glance. So I'm here with the most essential Vision Pro tips,...

‘Stranger Things VR’ Review – Artful But Boring Brand Engagement

Stranger Things VR is a visually intense retelling of the TV show's last two seasons from VR pioneers Tender Claws, known for their weird and wild VR experiences Virtual Virtual Reality (2017) and The Under Presents (2019). While Stranger Things VR showcases the studio's...

Sony Plans PC Compatibility for PSVR 2 Later This Year, Acknowledging a Weak Game Library

Today, on the one year anniversary of the release of PSVR 2, Sony announced it's testing PC VR compatibility for PSVR 2, with plans to release some form of PC support for the headset this year. In a blog post...
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‘Racket Club’ Update Brings More Flexibility with New Rules and Fan Favorite Modes

The recently released VR racket sport Racket Club (2023) just got its first major update, which brings a host of new rules and modes to the game for a more customized experience on the court. Resolution Games, which is also known for Demeo...

Mozilla is Shutting Down Development on WebXR Social App ‘Hubs’

Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, shuttered most of its web-focused XR development back in 2020. At the time, the company’s web-based social VR app Hubs was spared from the chopping block. Now, after a new organization-wide restructuring, all...

Apple Confirms 1,000+ Vision Pro Native Apps Now Available

Need a floating calculator on your living room wall? There's an app for that. Well, actually there are now several apps for that on Vision Pro, as the company confirmed its first mixed reality headset is now packing over a thousand...

‘Vi’ Wants You to Build Muscle with XR Gloves & (eventually) Its Fitness-first Headset

Using an XR headset for at-home workouts basically looks like playing Beat Saber: you can duck, dodge, punch or slice to improve cardio and burn fat. With an increasing number of apps that essentially play on that formula, XR startup...

VR MMO ‘Zenith’ Releases Free-to-Play Mode Open Beta on Quest & PC VR

The studio behind VR-exclusive MMORPG Zenith: The Last City (2022) Ramen VR announced earlier this month the game was soon being rebranded to Zenith: Nexus amid the launch of its free-to-play mode 'Infinite Realms', which the studio is using to bolster...

TikTok is the First Big Social Media Platform to Launch a Native Vision Pro App

Vision Pro launched with over a million iOS apps earlier this month alongside a little over 600 native apps created specifically for visionOS. That number has grown steadily, although the biggest entrant lately is TikTok, the first social media...

Two Classic VR Games From Google’s VR Studio Coming Soon to Vision Pro

Owlchemy Labs, the Google-owned VR studio, announced it's bringing the chart-topping VR games Job Simulator (2016) and its sequel Vacation Simulator (2019) to Apple Vision Pro. The studio's seminal 'Simulator' franchise has had its fair share of success over the...

Vision Pro Has Apps and Quest Has Games, What Can Samsung Bring to XR to Compete?

Samsung has partnered with Google to make an XR headset, although the South Korean tech giant hasn't tipped its hand on what to expect just yet. Despite its $3,500 sticker price, Vision Pro has shown that big and expensive is...

Felix & Paul Studios Secures Multi-Million Dollar Financing for Next Location-based VR Experience

Felix & Paul Studios, the Emmy Award-winning XR studio, announced it has secured funding for its next location-based VR (LBVR) experience based on what it says will be a brand-new IP. The studio hasn't released the exact figure of the...
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