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Apple Reportedly Departs from Tradition with Creation of Dedicated XR Product Team

According to a Bloomberg report from Mark Gurman, Apple is changing things up with the creation of a new Vision Products Group (VPG), which is tasked with developing the company’s recently unveiled mixed reality headset, Vision Pro. The report maintains that with the creation of VPG, Apple is departing from its “functional” management structure, which […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

17. Juli 2023

‘Space Salvage’ is a Retro Sci-fi Space Sim Coming to Quest & PC VR This Year

Space Salvage is an upcoming single-player VR space flight game that’s all about collecting trash and fighting enemy factions. In space! Developed by UK indie studio Fruity Systems, Space Salvage tosses you into the corporate sci-fi landscape as a small cog trying to rise up the ranks of Space Salvage Corporation (SSC). The studio says that while […]

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One of PC’s Greatest VR Games Since ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ is Coming to PSVR 2 Later This Year

Vertigo 2 (2023), the critically acclaimed shooter adventure, is officially on its way to PSVR 2. Perp Games announced during its VR Summer Showcase that it’s partnered with developer Zach Tsiakalis-Brown of Zulubo Productions to bring the Half-Life-style sci-fi shooter to PSVR 2. Both a digital and physical release is said to arrive sometime “later […]

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15. Juli 2023

Late to PSVR 2, ‘Beat Saber’ Continues to Dominate Most Downloaded Charts

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Beat Saber, VR’s favorite block-slashing rhythm game, came to PlayStation VR 2 well past the headset’s February 2023 launch, coming to Sony’s latest VR headset in late May. And while Beat Saber topped the May charts within only one week of being available on PSVR 2, it seems the long-standing VR favorite is showing no signs […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

14. Juli 2023

Asymmetric VR Game ‘DAVIGO’ Among Most-Played Steam Next Fest Demos

Steam Next Fest, Valve’s indie showcase featuring free demos for upcoming PC games, had the most demo downloads in Next Fest history last month, and among the top titles was the asymmetric VR game Davigo. Valve announced the 50 most-played demos that made it big on June’s edition of Next Fest, something the company said […]

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SteamVR Now Supports Automatic Controller Binding, Making Weird VR Controllers a Little Less Weird

Windows Mixed Reality controllers | Image courtesy Microsoft

Valve released its 1.26 update to SteamVR, which ought to make it easier to play any VR game using any type of motion controller thanks to automatic controller binding. The company initially released a Compatibility Mode in its 1.24 update back in August 2022 which let games initially targeted towards specific controller types essentially be […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

8. Juli 2023

Meta Reportedly in Talks With Tencent to Bring Quest to China

Facebook and Twitter have been blocked in China since 2009, but Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is hoping to get back in that country with Quest, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Citing people familiar with the matter, the report maintains that Meta has held discussions with several Chinese tech companies, making the most progress […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

7. Juli 2023

HTC Quietly Retires Vive Cosmos in the US

After being out of stock for months, HTC quietly removed the US-facing product page for Vive Cosmos, its modular PC VR headset released in 2019. The discrepancy was first discovered by Reddit user ‘Kody1996’, who wondered why the Vive Cosmos product page was missing. “I am afraid the VIVE Cosmos headset has been discontinued in […]

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6. Juli 2023

Report: Samsung Delays XR Headset Due to Stiff Competition from Apple Vision Pro

Samsung’s upcoming XR headset, which is meant to compete with Apple Vision Pro, has been delayed by “one to two quarters” from its reported early 2024 release target, according to an SBS Biz (Korean) report. Samsung announced in February it was developing an XR headset in partnership with Qualcomm and Google, the former supplying the device’s chipset and […]

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This Quest Pro Game Recreates Sword Art Online’s Lovably Bad User Interface

Looking to immerse yourself into Sword Art Online (SAO)? While there are plenty of VR games that offer the sort of massive multiplayer immersion fans of the manga and anime series have craved over the years, a game built for Quest Pro and Quest 2 has recreated probably the best/worst part of the series: its […]

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5. Juli 2023