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Meta Shows Off Quest Hand-tracking Improvements, Claims “almost as responsive as controllers”

Apple is going all-in with hand-tracking for its upcoming Vision Pro, but can hand-tracking really replace proper VR controllers? Meta, Apple’s main competitor in the space, isn’t going so far as to make that particular claim, however the company says Quest’s recent hand-tracking improvements are now “almost as responsive as controllers” thanks to its recent […]

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22. August 2023

VR Attraction Sandbox VR Reeled in $23M Annual Revenue from Most Popular Experience

Sandbox VR, the location-based VR destination, announced that its most popular experience has generated $23 million in ticket sales in the last 12 months. Launched in the summer of 2022, Deadwood Valley is said to be the company’s most cinematic game, letting players defend against a horde of zombies as a squad. It’s been so […]

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‘Ghosts of Tabor’ Hits $3M Revenue Ahead of Debut on Main Quest Store

Image courtesy Combat Waffle Studios, Beyond Frames

Passing Meta’s content review process for Quest games is an essential step to being listed on the Quest Store, although some studios choose to offer their games in beta via App Lab first, meaning they can take time to get things right before listing on the store proper. That’s what developer Combat Waffle Studios and […]

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21. August 2023

One of Meta’s Most Well-funded VR Games is Shuttering Multiplayer This Year

Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond (2020) was set to be the storied franchise’s first big push into virtual reality when it launched in late 2020, offering up some of its characteristic WWII combat missions alongside what hoped to be a robust online multiplayer. Now, less than three years since launch, EA’s Respawn Entertainment say […]

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Spy Puzzler ‘I Expect You To Die 3’ Release Dates Revealed for Quest & SteamVR Versions, New Trailer Here

Schell Games announced that I Expect You to Die 3: Cog in the Machine is coming soon on Quest, with its PC VR launch coming in September. On Quest, IEYTD 3 is set to launch August 17th, while it’s slated to arrive only a few weeks later on SteamVR, coming on September 28th. Like in the previous two I […]

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4. August 2023

Team Behind XR Productivity App ‘Immersed’ Announce Visor, a PC VR Headset for Work

The team behind XR productivity and co-working platform Immersed announced it’s creating its own PC VR headset designed for work. Following the lead set by Bigscreen with its recently unveiled PC VR headset Bigscreen Beyond, Immersed has partnered a still unnamed “tech giant” to release its own VR hardware for the first time. Dubbed the Immerse […]

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After 6 Years in Person & 3 Remote, Why is Meta Connect Still Not Held in VR?

Oculus Connect. Facebook Connect. Meta Connect. Whatever the company is calling its annual XR developer conference, it’s been nearly a decade since the first Connect was held—all of them either in-person or exclusively livestreamed. Pandemic notwithstanding, they all had one important thing in common: none of the conferences used the company’s core XR technology to […]

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3. August 2023

‘Asgard’s Wrath 2’ Video Teases ‘endless dungeon’ Mode with Asynchronous Social Gameplay

Meta’s Sanzaru Games released a new look at Asgard’s Wrath 2 in a developer diary video that, in addition to showing off more of the upcoming action RPG, teases an opportunity to put your combat skills to the test against other players. The studio says that in addition to its main narrative-driven quest, Asgard’s Wrath 2 is going […]

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Meta’s Annual XR Conference Will Have an “In-person Presence” for the First Time Since 2019

Meta announced that Connect, its annual XR developer conference, will have an “in-person presence” this year, marking the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began in late 2019. Connect is set take place on September 27th and 28th at Meta’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California—an entirely new occurrence in itself, since the company traditionally held […]

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2. August 2023

Apple Joins Pixar, NVIDIA, & More to “accelerate next generation of AR experiences” with 3D File Protocol

Today, big tech companies including Apple, Pixar, Adobe, Autodesk, and NVIDIA, announced the formation of the Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD), which is dedicated to promoting the standardization and development of a 3D file protocol that Apple says will “help accelerate the next generation of AR experiences.” NVIDIA has been an early supporter of Pixar’s Universal Scene […]

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1. August 2023