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‘Rec Room’ Teams Up with NFL for New Virtual Merch Featuring All 32 Teams

Rec Room announced it's partnering with the National Football League (NFL) to bring a host of officially licensed virtual merch to the social VR platform. Kicking off today, Rec Room will feature a new NFL pop-up shop where users can...

‘Roblox’ Rumored to Launch on Meta Quest in Late 2023

Roblox already supports PC VR headsets in addition to every conceivable traditional platform out there, although a recent report maintains the metaverse powerhouse may land on Quest later this year. The report arrives from The Verge's newly released paid newsletter, Command...

‘Rec Room’ to Bring He-Man Avatars in ‘Masters of the Universe’ Event

Social VR platform Rec Room is getting another big brand collaboration with the limited-time release of avatar items based on the world of Masters of the Universe, which will let you transform into He-Man, Teela, or the dastardly Skeletor. From December 15th...

ENGAGE Launches ‘Link’ Metaverse Platform for Enterprise & Education

ENGAGE, the XR education and enterprise metaverse company, has launched its Link social platform which the company calls a “fully featured corporate metaverse.” Update (November 11th, 2022): Engage has officially launched Link, its business-focused metaverse platform designed for corporations, professionals, education, and...

Meta Bans ‘Rec Room’ From Hosting 12 & Under Accounts on Quest

Rec Room is soon removing access to its limited 'Junior Accounts' on Quest, effectively blocking kids 12 and under from playing the social VR game on any of Meta's headsets. Rec Room says in a statement that Meta is requiring the social...

‘VRChat’ Begins Open Beta for Hand-tracking on Quest 2 & Quest Pro

VRChat has brought hand-tracking to its social VR platform in a recent update, letting users opt-in to the experimental feature on Quest 2 and Quest Pro. "This isn't just the ability to use your real hands via the Quest's powerful...

YouTube is (finally) Coming to Horizon Home Making it Easier to Watch with Friends

Meta announced that Quest users will soon be able to watch YouTube content inside Horizon Home, the first-party social VR space that's finally making it easy to hang out in VR with friends. Meta is slowly... painfully slowly... building out...

Rec Room’s New Unity-powered Creation Suite Brings Industry Standard Tools to Social VR Platform

Social VR platform Rec Room announced it's released a new creation suite that allows you to publish content directly to the Rec Room platform from inside Unity, essentially letting its users create content using a host of industry standard tools. The company...

Meta is Adding Private Homes to ‘Horizon Worlds’ for Hangouts with Friends

Horizon Worlds, Meta's social VR platform for Quest users, has featured its own 'Personal Space' zone for a while now, however now the company is rolling out a more social version to more users that will let you better...

Meta CEO Teases “Major graphics updates” After Viral Criticism of ‘Horizon Worlds’ Screenshot

An innocuous screenshot of Meta's social VR platform shared by CEO Mark Zuckerberg last week saw widespread criticism in the tech sector. Prompted by the reaction, Zuckerberg shared a glimpse of purported visual upgrades headed to the platform. Last week Meta...

‘Rec Room’ Launches Western-style Shooter Today with ‘Showdown’, Releases Weapon Maker Tools

Rec Room today announced the launch of a new game coming to the popular social VR platform that lets you suit up for a PvP western-style shootout with your squad. Called 'The Showdown', the mini-game releases today in early access, and...

Community Contempt for ‘VRChat’ Update Leads Developer to ‘reprioritize internal roadmap’

VRChat, one of VR's most popular social games, released an update this week has struck a nerve with its community. The long-running social VR application, VRChat has cultivated a large community of dedicated players since its release in 2017. And...

‘Walkabout Mini Golf’ Studio Says Half of Users Regularly Play Until Their Battery Runs Out

Walkabout Mini Golf developer Mighty Coconut is soon to release its fifth and largest new DLC course to date—a strategy that seems to be working well considering what the studio claim's is a level of player engagement that's 10...
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Big ‘Walkabout Mini Golf’ Update Will Expand Multiplayer Lobbies, Add New Course Later This Month

Walkabout Mini Golf, one of Quest's top multiplayer games will get its next update come July 28th, a release date which was revealed alongside a new trailer for the next DLC course. Walkabout Mini Golf developer Mighty Coconut today revealed...

Quest Update to Finally Make Home Space Social, v41 Rollout Starting Next Week

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been taking a personal approach lately to revealing new features coming to Quest 2. Now Zuckerberg has revealed that in the v41 software update coming sometime next week, Quest's Horizon Home space will finally...
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