2023 Sections
Popular Quest 2 PC Streaming Software Adds ‘Super Resolution’ Feature for Enhanced Visuals
Virtual Desktop has collaborated with Qualcomm to integrate the company's Snapdragon Game Super Resolution, a software enhancement squarely targeted at increasing the wireless streaming quality and latency of PC visuals to Quest 2 and Pico devices.
Virtual Desktop is a great tool...
Meta Reaffirms Commitment to Metaverse Vision, Has No Plans to Slow Billions in Reality Labs Investments
Meta announced its latest quarterly results, revealing that the company's Reality Labs metaverse division is again reporting a loss of nearly $4 billion. The bright side? Meta's still investing billions into XR, and it's not showing any signs of stopping.
Meta...
Magic Leap 2 Now Supports OpenXR, Strengthening Industry Against Potential Apple Upheaval
Though delayed from its commitment last year, Magic Leap today announced that ML2 now fully supports OpenXR. The timing might have something to do with Apple's looming entrance into the XR space.
Magic Leap had planned to deliver OpenXR support...
Whether Hit or Flop, Apple’s Entrance Will Be a Pivotal Moment for XR
If the avalanche of recent reports can indicate anything at all, it seems Apple is entering the VR/AR headset market fairly soon, bringing along with it the most inflated expectations the industry has ever seen. It's probably going to be...
Valve Interview Confirms Its VR Ambitions Are Alive and Kicking
If you've been plugged into the Valve leak-o-verse, you've probably come across the name 'Deckard', the supposed code name of a standalone headset allegedly under development by the one and only. While Valve isn't confirming anything about the storied...
Meta Quest Reportedly Had Over 6 Million Monthly Active Users Last October
A Wall Street Journal report maintains Meta's Quest platform had 6.37 million monthly active users as of October 2022.
The report doesn't include a breakdown of which headset is seeing the most engagement, however it's likely a majority of those users...
PSVR 2: ‘Pavlov’ & ‘Kayak VR’ Reaffirmed as Top Downloads in First Full Month Since Launch
PlayStation VR 2 launched in late February, and it wasn't certain just how its smallish library of games would stack up in the headset’s first monthly top download report, which critically only accounted for the first week of user downloads....
Apple CEO Tim Cook is Hyping XR Ahead of WWDC
In an interview ahead of Apple's upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference event, CEO Tim Cook talks about the potential of XR and why elements of it may be "even better than the real world."
In an interview by GQ's Zach Baron,...
13 Essential Tips & Tricks for New PSVR 2 Owners
PSVR 2 is finally here and for those of you lucky enough to get your hands on Sony's newest VR headset, here's some essential tips and tricks you'll want to know.
Updated – March 31, 2023
PSVR 2 is a pretty...
Report: Apple Mixed Reality Headset Delayed to Late 2023 Amid Decreased Confidence in Market Appeal
Ming-Chi Kuo, a respected supply chain analyst, reports that Apple is tamping down enthusiasm for its upcoming mixed reality headset, which was rumored to see its big announcement at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June.
In a tweet, Kuo...
One of VR’s Most Veteran Studios Has Grown to 200 Employees While Continuing to Double-down on...
Having been exclusively building VR games since 2013, nDreams stands as one of the most veteran VR-exclusive game studios to date. And with more than 200 people, one of the largest too. The studio's CEO & founder, Patrick O'Luanaigh, continues...
Meta Quest Gets Unreal Engine 5 Support Minus Two Headlining Features
Meta is transitioning its support from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5.1 for apps built for the Quest platform. Two of the engine's headlining features aren't designed for mobile though, so it's doubtful we we'll ever see them...
Report: Apple’s MR Headset Could Come as Soon as This Summer
Apple's upcoming mixed reality headset has been the subject of many reports and rumors over the past few years—that's just the nature of the Cupertino-based black box. Now a new report from the Financial Times alleges we may see...
Open World Cyberpunk Adventure ‘LOW-FI’ is Coming to PSVR 2 This Year
IRIS VR, the studio behind TECHNOLUST (2016), announced that its long-awaited open world cyberpunk adventure LOW-FI is slated to launch sometime this year on PlayStation 5, PSVR 2, and PC VR headsets via Steam and the Meta PC platform.
Update (March 10th,...
VR Adventure ‘Firmament’ Releasing in May, From Studio Behind ‘Myst’ & ‘Riven’
Cyan, the studio behind iconic puzzle adventure games Myst (1993) and Riven (1997), garnered their fair share of success with their April 2019 Kickstarter campaign, which sought to bring to life their next VR-compatible title, Firmament. Now Cyan says the long-delayed game...



















