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Enthusiast-grade VR Treadmill ‘Virtuix Omni One’ Now Available for Pre-order

Virtuix, the company behind the Omni VR treadmill, launched a crowd-based investment campaign in 2020 to fund Virtuix Omni One, an at-home VR locomotion device targeted at enthusiasts. Previously only available to early investors, now the company announced it’s opening pre-orders of Omni One to the general public. Update (October 19th, 2023): Virtuix started shipping Omni […]

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21. März 2023

‘Not For Broadcast VR’ Review – The Dystopian ‘Job Simulator’ for Aspiring Propagandists

Not For Broadcast VR isn’t just about live-mixing camera feeds and making sure the National Nightly News airs without a hitch—that’s the gamey bit you’ll have to contend with if you want to keep ratings up and make sure the audience isn’t switching channels. It’s also a dark and brilliantly satirical take on modern politics and […]

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20. März 2023

Aiming to Bring ‘Rainbow Six Siege’ Action to VR, Tactical Team Shooter ‘Breachers’ Releases in April

Triangle Factory, the studio behind Hyper Dash (2021), announced its squad-based shooter Breachers is set to launch next month on Quest 2 and SteamVR headsets. The Rainbow Six Siege-inspired shooter has seen over 60,000 players play since the studio launched the open alpha late last year. Now the studio says Breachers will officially launch on April 13th. Like […]

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17. März 2023

Google Discontinues Glass Enterprise Edition Smartglasses

Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2, the company’s work-focused version of its iconic but once maligned smartglasses, is being discontinued. Google says in a device support FAQ that, starting March 15th, it will no longer sell Glass Enterprise 2, adding that it will only support the device until September 15th, 2023. While the company says it’s not […]

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16. März 2023

Meta Quest Gets Unreal Engine 5 Support Minus Two Headlining Features

Meta is transitioning its support from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5.1 for apps built for the Quest platform. Two of the engine’s headlining features aren’t designed for mobile though, so it’s doubtful we we’ll ever see them on Quest. In a dev blog post announcing the news, Meta says developers who choose to work […]

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15. März 2023

PSVR 2’s First Top Download Chart Sees ‘Kayak VR’ & ‘Pavlov’ Outperform ‘Horizon Call of the Mountain’

Photo created using images courtesy Better Than Life, Vankrupt Games, Guerrilla Games

PlayStation VR 2 launched late last month alongside more than 40 titles, which included games entirely new to the platform as well existing games from other platforms and upgraded PSVR titles. The headset’s first monthly top download chart has revealed a big shift in which games are taking an early lead in the headset’s growing […]

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14. März 2023

ZEISS Takes Majority Stake in AR/VR Optics Creator Tooz Technologies

Image courtesy Tooz Technologies, ZEISS Group

ZEISS, the German optical systems manufacturer, announced it’s acquired majority share of the joint venture Tooz Technologies, an AR/VR optics creator founded by Zeiss and Deutsche Telekom in 2018. Zeiss and Deutsche Telekom previously had an even 50% stake in Tooz, which has functioned as a sort of AR optics skunkworks for the companies. Zeiss […]

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Report: Apple’s MR Headset Could Come as Soon as This Summer

Apple’s upcoming mixed reality headset has been the subject of many reports and rumors over the past few years—that’s just the nature of the Cupertino-based black box. Now a new report from the Financial Times alleges we may see the company’s first XR device unveiled this summer. The headset, which is still unnamed, is allegedly […]

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13. März 2023

Report: Apple’s MR Headset Could Come as Soon as This Summer

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This ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Mod Brings a Slice of Valve-level Action

Besides making one of the most influential VR games to date, Valve also made sure Half-Life: Alyx was just as moddable as its other iconic titles. And thankfully there’s no shortage of talented modders out there who have built extended campaigns and new levels for the PC VR shooter. One such HLA modder is Nate ‘Polygrove’ Grove, […]

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