Latest VR news from around the world
A new report from The Verge claims that Meta’s Reality Labs division comprises of over 17,000 people. The report largely deals with the freeze on new hires — first discussed in a report from Reuters last week — as the company reevaluates priorities and cuts back on and postpones select …
Location based VR company Zero Latency is getting rid of the backpacks. Zero Latency’s existing offering uses a HP Reverb headset connected to heavy backpack PCs worn by each user. The new offering replaces this with a Vive Focus 3 – the content is now streamed wirelessly from non-worn PCs …
Apple is ramping up development of the operating system for its headset, with a plan to launch in 2023, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports. In 2021 Bloomberg, The Information, and supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo released reports claiming Apple is preparing to release a premium headset for VR and AR with high resolution color passthrough. Recent …
Demonic Trials, a new event coming to In Death: Unchained, will mix up the core gameplay over the course of three weeks, starting from May 24. The event will introduce three ‘Demonic Sigils’, one for each week, which will “completely change all of the known game rules and set brand …
Qualcomm showed a new reference design for AR glasses with the XR2 chipset handling a wireless connection to a nearby phone, PC, or processing puck. Qualcomm says the new “Wireless AR Smart Viewer” design offers a diagonal field of view of around 40 degrees. It’s built by Goertek, the manufacturer …
Jamie Feltham Jamie has been covering the VR industry since 2014 having come from a gaming and technology background. While he loves games, he’s most interested in experiential VR that explores narrative, human connection and other such themes. He’s also the host of Upload’s VR Showcases, which you should definitely …
Beat Saber’s PC version now has a new 3D interface for level editing. Or it does in beta, at least. This new editor was built from the ground up for players that want to make their own tracks for Beat Games’ hit rhythm title. You can get a first look …
SideQuest is one of the most popular VR platforms with the largest catalog of standalone VR games – over 3000! Turning 3 years old this year, they have lots to celebrate. This year they hit an astonishing 2.2 million monthly active users! That’s tremendous growth! Community has always been core …
Another table tennis game is coming to Meta Quest (formerly Oculus Quest) soon. VR Ping Pong Pro is set to arrive on the platform on May 26 and is now listed in the coming soon section of the store. You might have heard of this one before – it was …
It looks like Coatsink’s previously-confirmed PSVR 2 project could be a co-op survival title and/or more Jurassic World content. An Interim Report from studio owner Thnuderful confirms that the team is currently working on two VR projects. One is codenamed ‘Jaffa’ and uses the Jurassic World IP. It’s set to …
Soul Assembly is a new studio dedicated to making VR and AR titles, spinning out of the team that made Warhammer 40K: Battle Sister. The new studio is separate from Pixel Toys, which developed both Warhammer and VR zombie shooter, Drop Dead, but also works on mobile titles like Warhammer …
One of the biggest post-launch features added to the Quest has been controller-free hand tracking. With more and more experiences implementing support, we’ve narrowed down the best Quest 2 hand-tracking games so far. When the original Quest launched, the only input option was the included Touch controllers. However, Quest headsets …