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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...

Zuckerberg: Quest 3 Beats Vision Pro in ‘vast majority’ of Cases in Mixed Reality

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg got a chance to try out Apple Vision Pro, which although seven times more expensive than the company's Quest 3 mixed reality headset, is arguably its biggest competitor right now—at least in terms of mental...

Meta Finally Lets Users Appeal Bans in Social VR App ‘Horizon Worlds’

Meta announced it's finally giving Horizon Worlds users the ability to file an appeal when suspected of breaking the social VR app's Code of Conduct. It's been nearly three years since Meta first released Horizon Worlds in open beta, however now...

Nintendo 3DS Emulator for Quest ‘CitraVR’ Brings Big Performance Improvements in Latest Update

CitraVR was released in beta late last month, letting you can play your favorite handheld Nintendo games on Quest on a massive screen in full 3D. With its 0.4.0 update released over the weekend, using CitraVR just got a lot smoother. Update...

Ubisoft “disappointed” in ‘Assassin’s Creed VR’ Performance, Future VR Investments on Hold

In Ubisoft's most recent earnings call, CEO Yves Guillemot said he was "disappointed" with the performance of Assassin's Creed Nexus VR (2023) and that the company will not be increasing investment in VR right now, as it awaits further growth of the...

SteamVR Driver for Vision Pro Now in Development, Including VR Controller Support

The developer leading the push to make PSVR 2 compatible with PC VR games says they're working on a SteamVR driver that aims to bring unofficial SteamVR support to Vision Pro, controllers and all. You may have heard earlier this...

VR Remake of Dreamcast Classic ‘Cosmic Smash’ to Release on Quest & Pico in April

Sega's iconic block-breaker Cosmic Smash (2001) came to VR for the first time last summer in C-Smash VRS (2023) on PSVR 2. Now the studios say the futuristic racket sport is set to leave platform exclusivity as it's scheduled to arrive...

Vision Pro: What’s Real, What’s Hype and What’s Plain Dangerous

Vision Pro is getting a ton of social media engagement after it launched earlier this month, which is great since people are finding out just how Apple's first mixed reality headset can fit into their lifestyles. There are plenty...

Vive Ultimate Tracker Gets Beta Support for Third-Party PC VR Headsets

HTC has released a beta for its Vive Ultimate Tracker that brings support to third-party PC VR headsets, such as PC-tethered Quest and Pico headsets, letting you do body tracking in supported apps. Unlike previous Vive Trackers, which required SteamVR...

YouTube is Coming to Vision Pro Eventually, but What About Spatial Video?

YouTube is one of the biggest apps not available on Vision Pro at launch. Thankfully we now know that it's on the way. But will it support its large existing library of spatial videos? Not only did YouTube not have...

Konami Aims to Develop ‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’ for VR After Successful Prototype Demo

Yu-Gi-Oh! doesn't have an official VR game yet, but after demoing a VR proof-of-concept of the card battler at the franchise's 25th anniversary event in Tokyo, Japan, Konami says we may see more in the future. Last weekend at the...
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