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New ‘Half-Life 2’ VR Mod Lets You Dual-wield Gravity Guns (or any other weapon)

A recently released fork of one of the premier VR mods for Half-Life 2 (2004) added a number of features that should make you feel a little less like Gordon Freeman, and a little more like John Wick. Mod creator...

High-flying Parkour Sequel ‘STRIDE: Fates’ Coming to Quest Next Month

Joy Way, the studio behind parkour action-shooter STRIDE (2022), announced that high-flying follow-up STRIDE: Fates is coming to Quest next month as a "full-fledged sequel" to Stride. Update (October 23rd, 2023): Joy Way announced that Stride: Fates is coming to Quest on November 9th....

Pico Shutdown Rumors are False, Says Parent Company ByteDance

A recent rumor, which alleged that TikTok parent company ByteDance is slated to spin down its XR hardware subsidiary Pico Interactive, is false, the company says. China-based publication EqualOcean reported late last week that ByteDance is set to "gradually abandon the PICO...

VR’s Favorite Mini Golf Game Gets Spooky with New Haunted Course

Walkabout Mini Golf has been on a roll ever since it launched in late 2020, now counting 22 courses strong with the addition of a very spooky level just in time for Halloween: 'Widow’s Walkabout'. Developers Mighty Coconut say Widow's...

Designing Mixed Reality Apps That Adapt to Different Spaces

Laser Dance is an upcoming mixed reality game that seeks to use Quest's passthrough capability as more than just a background. In this Guest Article, developer Thomas Van Bouwel explains his approach to designing an MR game that adapts to...

Data Suggests Most Expensive Quest 3 is More Popular Than Expected

Quest 3 just began shipping last week and headsets are rapidly arriving in the hands of eager buyers. While the 128GB model appears to be in strong supply, the more expensive 512GB model might be more popular than Meta...

Apple Expands Vision Pro Developer Labs to Two New Cities

Apple is adding two new locations to its Vision Pro 'Developer Labs so devs can get their hands on the headset before it launches early next year. It might not feel like it but 2024 will be here before we...

Apple is Approaching Social on Vision Pro the Way Meta Should Have All Along

As a leading social media company, it seemed like Meta would be in the best position to create a rich social experience on its XR headsets. But after almost a decade of building XR platforms, interacting with friends on...

Quest 3 Teardown Shows Just How Slim the Headset Really Is

Less than a week since launch, Quest 3 has already gotten the full iFixit teardown treatment, showing off just how slim (and seemingly difficult to repair) the headset really is.  iFixit's Shahram Mokhtari pried apart Quest 3, revealing the innards of Meta's new...

Pioneering VR Studio Fast Travel Games Raises $4M

Fast Travel Games, the developer and publisher behind a host of VR games, announced it's closed a new investment of $4 million, something the company says will help it further develop its own IP for VR platforms as well...

Quest 3 Review – A Great Headset Waiting to Reach Its Potential

Following Quest 2 almost three years to the day, Quest 3 is finally here. Meta continues its trend of building some of the best VR hardware out there, but it will be some time yet before the headset's potential...

Apple’s Approach to Immersive VR on Vision Pro is Smarter Than it Seems—And Likely to Stick

One of the most interesting things about Vision Pro is the way Apple is positioning its fully immersive capabilities. While many have interpreted the company's actions as relegating VR to an afterthought, the reality is much more considered. Vision Pro...

The Biggest Announcements at Meta Connect and What it All Means for the Future of XR

Meta Connect 2023 has wrapped up, bringing with it a deluge of info from one of the XR industry's biggest players. Here's a look at the biggest announcements from Connect 2023, but more importantly, what it all means for...

Former Oculus CTO “unconvinced” Mixed Reality Apps Will Sell Headsets (like Quest 3)

Less than 48 hours after Meta fully unveiled Quest 3, John Carmack, legendary programmer and former CTO of Oculus, expressed doubts about mixed reality's ability to increase headset sales. Carmack departed Meta late last year, concluding what he called at...

New Quest Dev Tools to Add Leg Estimation for More Convincing Avatars

Meta announced that it's offering new developer tools for Quest headsets to make avatars more realistic. The company also unveiled a Quest 3-exclusive upper body tracking feature that supports a much wider range of body motion. Announced at Connect 2023...
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