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‘Alien: Rogue Incursion’ Finally Announced From Veteran VR Studio, Set for Late 2024
We’ve been waiting patiently for veteran VR studio Survios to finally offer up some details on its next game, and today we finally have them. Alien: Rogue Incursion is described as a “single-player, action-horror VR game,” with [...]
Meta’s Head of AR Hardware Teases Next-gen Transparent AR Glasses with Wide Field-of-view
Meta is full steam ahead on its mixed reality platform, however Head of AR Glasses hardware Caitlin Kalinowski says in a new interview with Android Central that its first augmented reality glasses will offer a real [...]
Meta Wants to Beat Google at its Own Game with Horizon OS
Meta announced it’s licensing its XR operating system to select OEMs in a bid to become a more open alternative to Vision Pro, marking a monumental shift in the company’s XR strategy. This puts Meta [...]
Quest Developers React to Meta Horizon OS & Partner Headset News
Meta’s big announcement this week—that it will allow select partners to build third-party headsets based on Horizon OS—will be felt for years to come. And for developers who get a large chunk of their business [...]
Pimax Says ‘VR Station’ PC VR Console is Still in Development
Two and a half years ago, Pimax announced VR Station, a compact, console-like computer for running PC VR content that would be wirelessly streamed to its Reality “12K” and Crystal headsets. And while the “12K” [...]
Analyst: Vision Pro Demand Fell “sharply beyond expectations,” Leading Apple to Reduce Shipments for International Debut
Independent tech analyst Ming-Chi Kuo maintains Apple may be reducing Vision Pro shipments for its international debut by a wide margin due to demand falling “sharply beyond expectations” in the US market. Kuo, a respected figure [...]
[Industry Direct] Strike Rush: A New Team-Based VR Action Shooter Debuts on Meta Quest
Industry Direct by Skonec Entertainment Industry Direct is our program for sponsors who want to speak directly to the Road to VR newsletter audience. Industry Direct posts are written by sponsors with no involvement from the [...]
Meta Quest Subscriptions Soon to Be Charged in Local Currencies in Scandinavia, Switzerland & New Zealand
If you live in Northern Europe outside of the Eurozone, or in New Zealand, Meta says recurring subscriptions will soon be priced in local currency and not in U.S. dollars. One of the Quest platform’s [...]
Oculus Founder Reacts to Horizon OS News: “Hopefully it isn’t too late”
Meta dropped a major announcement yesterday, saying it plans to allow select partners to build third-party headsets that will run Horizon OS (formerly Quest OS). The news is prompting significant discussion within the XR industry, [...]
Meta Affirms it Will Continue Making Quest Headsets Even as it Offers OS to (select) Third Parties
Meta says that even though third-parties will be making headsets with Quest OS (now called Horizon OS) the company will continue to develop its line of Quest headsets. Meta made a huge announcement today, saying [...]
Meta Plans to Blur Barriers Between App Lab and Horizon Store, Court Android App Developers
As part of Meta’s huge announcement today, the company says its rebranding the Quest Store to the Meta Horizon Store. In doing so, the company plans to make it easier for developers to get their [...]
ASUS, Lenovo & Xbox Are All Making XR Headsets Running Meta’s New Third-party Friendly Operating System
Meta today announced it’s opening its operating system to third-parties, and has named three heavy weights that have pledged support for its newly renamed Meta Horizon OS: Asus, Lenovo, and Microsoft’s Xbox. In a blog [...]
Meta is Opening Quest’s Operating System to Third-party Headsets, Marking a Massive Shift in Strategy
Today Meta made what is likely to be an industry-altering announcement: it plans to open up the Quest operating system to third-party device makers. Asus, Lenovo, and Xbox have been tapped to create new headsets [...]
Quest ‘April Mega Sale’ Brings Up to 64% Off Some of VR’s Best Games
From now until April 28th, you’ll be able to get your hands on a ton of top Quest titles for up to 64% off the regular price. For this week only, Meta has put hundreds [...]
Multiplayer Mixed Reality Laser Tag Comes to Quest App Lab in ‘Laser Limbo’
Laser Limbo is a mixed reality game for now in early access on Quest App Lab that brings a host of laser tag-style games to your home, playable either in single or multiplayer. Created by [...]
New ‘Zombie Army VR’ Trailer Shows Off Explosive Story Campaign, Coming to Major Headsets This Year
Rebellion, developer behind cult horror shooter series Zombie Army, is getting ready to release the franchise’s first VR game on all major headsets this year, and it’s pumping the hype with a new trailer that showcases [...]
Formula 1 Racing Game ‘F1 24’ Revealed, Offering PC VR Support at Launch Next Month
Codemasters and EA revealed its next official video game of the Formula One World Championship, F1 24, which includes VR support when it launched on PC next month. Coming to consoles and PC on May [...]
SOUL COVENANT Review – Ineffectual Melee Sandwiched in a Very Skippable Story
SOUL COVENANT is an action RPG from the core members who brought you the SOUL SACRIFICE series. While the game does a few things to translate the franchises’s melee combat and giant monsters into a VR-native experience, [...]
Quest 2 Accessories Got a Massive Price Cut, Is This a Fire Sale?
Meta today confirmed that the recent price drop of Quest 2 to $200 is now permanent, and official accessories are getting the same treatment. To be honest, when Meta dropped the price of Quest 2 [...]
OpenXR 1.1 Update Shows Industry Consensus on Key Technical Features
OpenXR, the open standard that creates a standardized way for XR hardware and applications to interface, has seen its first major update. OpenXR 1.1 evolves the standard by incorporating new functionality that was important to [...]
Vision Pro Demos Will Soon Include the Option Watch Your Own Spatial Videos Before Buying
Apple will soon allow users to upload their own spatial videos to Vision Pro demo units in hopes to really drive home the headset’s value proposition. When it comes to plonking down $3,500 for Vision [...]
The Secret to ‘Beat Saber’s’ Fun Isn’t What You Think – Inside XR Design
Our series Inside XR Design highlights and unpacks examples of great XR design. Today we’re looking at Beat Saber (2019) and why its most essential design element can be used to make great VR games that have [...]
‘COLD VR’ Takes Smash-hit ‘SUPERHOT VR’ Time-freeze Mechanic & Completely Inverts It
Superhot VR hasn’t spawned nearly as many games as we thought it might, considering the ‘move to unfreeze time’ mechanic works so well in VR. Now, an upcoming game called COLD VR is looking to [...]
Pimax Has Two New Headsets on the Way While Older Promises Remain Unfulfilled
Pimax announced two new PC VR headsets today—both said to be launching this year—but it’s more than a year behind schedule on other products. “Pimax has never been short on ambition, but its execution hasn’t [...]
Pimax Reveals New High-end PC VR Headsets Focused on Affordability & Performance
Pimax today announced two new Crystal series PC VR headsets, one of which is focused on affordability while the other pushes the envelope on resolution. During a prerecorded presentation today, Pimax introduced the Crystal Light [...]