HTC Unveils Vive XR Elite, a Quest Pro Competitor Priced at $1,100
HTC officially unveiled its next consumer-focused headset at CES 2023 today. Called Vive XR Elite, the standalone mixed reality device boasts a feature set that positions HTC to go toe-to-toe with Meta’s Quest Pro, but at a notably cheaper price of $1,100. The moniker ‘Flowcus’, a portmanteau coined by VR analyst and YouTuber Brad Lynch […]

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5. Januar 2023
Meta is Bringing One of Its Most Popular VR Games to PSVR 2
Who would have thought one VR’s most popular games was coming to Sony’s next-gen VR headset? Probably everyone, but now the company has confirmed it is indeed bringing Beat Saber to PSVR 2. Announced during Sony’s CES 2023 keynote, Beat Saber is said to be “in development” for PSVR 2, a game created by the Meta-owned […]

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Virtual Event Platform ‘Wave’ Returns to VR with Pico Partnership, Calvin Harris Concert to Debut Jan 13th
Wave, the virtual event production company known for putting on a ton of VR concerts a few years back, actually deprecated VR support for its app back in early 2021 to focus on streaming its brand of digital concerts to traditional platforms. Now, through a new partnership with VR headset creator Pico, Wave is set […]

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Shiftall’s Slim & Light PC VR Headset MeganeX to Launch Early 2023, Priced at $1,700
MeganeX, the SteamVR-compatible headset from Panasonic’s Shiftall, made its big debut back at CES 2020, and after years of iterations shown at various trade shows, the company says it’s finally nearing launch. Shiftall is set to sell two flavors of MeganeX, a consumer version priced at $1,699 and a Business Edition, the pricing of which […]

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4. Januar 2023
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Report: Apple’s MR Headset Said to Arrive Early 2023, AR Headset Sees Further Delays
Original Article (January 4th, 2023): There’s a lot of new details here, and of course we can’t substantiate it even if we tried. We’ve restructured the main takeaways, courtesy of The Information via MacRumors, into a sort of fantasy spec sheet: Reported Apple MR Specs Resolution: Dual Micro OLED displays at 4K resolution (per eye) FOV: 120-degrees, similar to Valve Index Chipset: […]

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Valve Reveals Top Selling VR Games on Steam in 2022
Another year of VR gaming has come and gone, and Valve has again released its annual sales figures for the past year, highlighting the best-selling VR titles on Steam. Valve has published a series of ‘The Best of 2022‘ charts showing which titles on Steam have fared the best across several metrics. Among the charts […]

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3. Januar 2023
Saudi Arabia Gains Majority Stake in Magic Leap in $450M Deal
Saudi Arabia has taken majority share of the US-based augmented reality company Magic Leap, The Telegraph reports, widening the stake via its state-owned sovereign wealth fund with a deal amounting to $450 million. Citing delayed accounts obtained from its European division, the company is said to have raised $150 million in preferred convertible stock and $300 million in debt […]

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Every Game Getting a Free PSVR 2 Upgrade (so far)
The lack of backwards compatibility between PSVR 2 and the original PSVR is a bit of a double-edged sword. On one hand, we’re getting a ton of games for Sony’s next-gen VR headset that have been specifically built or overhauled to make use of the new hardware, but it also means a lot of games […]

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2. Januar 2023
‘Song in the Smoke’ is Getting a PSVR 2 Remaster That’s Slated to Rival PC VR Version
Critically acclaimed VR survival game Song in the Smoke (2021) is getting a full overhaul when it launches on PSVR 2, something developer 17-BIT says will rival the visual quality of the game’s PC VR version. Song in the Smoke launched on Quest, PC VR and PSVR last October—just in time to win our PSVR Game of […]

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30. Dezember 2022
Meta Acquires 3D Lens Printing Firm Luxexcel to Bolster Future AR Glasses
Meta has acquired the Belgian-Dutch company Luxexcel, a 3D printing firm creating complex glass lenses for use in AR optics. As first reported by Belgian newspaper De Tijd (Dutch), the Turnhout, Belgium-based company was quietly acquired by Facebook parent Meta in an ostensible bid to bolster the development of its in-development AR glasses. Details of the […]

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