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Bandai Namco’s Hit Puzzle Platformer Series ‘Little Nightmares’ Comes to VR in April, Trailer Here
Bandai Namco announced that its hit puzzle-platformer franchise Little Nightmares is coming to VR in April. Little Nightmares VR: Altered Echoes is slated to land on Quest, PC VR headsets, and PSVR 2 on April 24th. Little Nightmares VR is set to connect with both Little Nightmares 1 and 2 in what developer Iconik Studio calls “a dark atmospheric adventure‑puzzle game […]
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Former Oculus CTO Calls Meta’s 30% VR Dev Fee “wasteful churn” in Face of Subsidizing Individual Apps
Legendary programmer and former Oculus CTO John Carmack doesn’t think Meta’s developer incentive structure is healthy for the Horizon Store ecosystem, calling it “wasteful churn.” The News While Carmack departed Meta in 2022, concluding his “decade in VR,” the one-time Oculus CTO has never been one to mince words when it comes to virtual reality. In […]
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Spatial Beats: YouTube Dominates, Sandbox Scales & Snap Diversifies
YouTube takes the revenue crown in the streaming world, while Sandbox propels a rebound in the LBVR category and Snap diversifies its revenue model beyond ads. We have these and other items from AR and XR worlds, through the lens of Charlie Fink.
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From Specs to Subscribers: Snap’s Revenue Diversification Moves
As the advertising market continues to face headwinds, ad-dependent players are diversifying the revenue mix. We look at Snap’s diversification moves, including AR revenue that comes from users instead of just advertisers.
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Luke Ross Releases PC VR Mod Suite for Free, Excluding Contentious ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Mod
Prolific VR modder Luke Ross has re-released his R.E.A.L. VR mod suite following a DMCA takedown issued by CD Projekt in January for his paywalled Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod—this time making a bulk of the work free for anyone to download. The News Following the Cyberpunk 2077 controversy, Ross pulled all VR mods from his Patreon under the reasoning that piracy of his work had increased […]
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Valve Reveals Requirements for Steam Frame Game Certification
Valve has finally revealed a few key requirements games should aim for if they plan on running on the upcoming Steam Frame headset—at least if they want the coveted ‘Steam Frame Verified’ badge. The News In Valve’s ‘Steam Hardware’ talk at this year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC), the company showed off two specific stats that […]
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Sandbox Scales, Signaling Location-Based VR’s Turnaround
Sandbox’s franchise model has gained traction recently, signaling a scalable model for location-based VR, and some strengths in the sector as it turns a corner. Charlie Fink goes hands on.
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Niantic’s WebAR Creation Platform ‘8th Wall’ Goes Open Source as Hosted Services Go Offline
Niantic Spatial has now made its WebAR creation platform ‘8th Wall’ free and open source, which also comes alongside a shutdown of hosted services. Previously a paid service, 8th Wall allows users to create Web-based XR content for a variety of target devices, including smartphones, computers and XR headsets. Now, as a part of releasing […]
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Case Study: Fujitsu Streamlines Assembly and Training with AR
Though we spend ample time examining consumer-based XR endpoints, greater near-term impact is seen in the enterprise. This includes brands that use AR to promote products in…
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Meta Faces Lawsuit Claiming Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Sent Private Footage to Overseas Reviewers
Meta is facing a class action lawsuit in the US over privacy concerns tied to its Ray-Ban smart glasses. The company is accused of sending private camera footage to a Kenya-based subcontractor for manual review to train its AI models. Allegations stem from an investigative report from Sweden’s Svenska Dagbladet and Göteborgs-Posten, which is said to have […]
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