Meta Quest Gaming Showcase Returns April 20th – New Game Announcements, Updates & More
Meta announced it’s returning this year with another installment of its Quest Gaming Showcase, which means we’ll soon be getting our annual download on upcoming Quest games and updates coming this year. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg today announced the second annual Meta Quest Gaming Showcase, which is slated to take place on April 20th at […]

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30. März 2022
Fall Out Boy Music Pack Coming to ‘Beat Saber’ March 31st
Beat Saber, the popular block-slashing rhythm game, is getting a new paid music pack soon that will feature eight tracks from Fall Out Boy. The American rock band announced the news via Twitter, and included a full tracklist too. Listed below, the music pack spans the band’s early 2000s period as well as more recent tracks […]

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Surgery Training Platform ‘Osso VR’ Secures $66M Series C Financing
Osso VR, the VR surgical training platform, today announced it’s closed a $66 million Series C financing round, something the company says will be used to broaden its VR surgical offering and hire more expert talent. The Series C round was led by Oak HC/FT, which includes participation from Signalfire, GSR Ventures, Tiger Global Management and […]

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24. März 2022
High-flying Shooter ‘STRIDE’ Releases on PSVR Today
After a few delays, the high-flying parkour madness of STRIDE (2021) is finally making its way to PSVR today. Created by Joy Way, the studio known for VR games OUTLIER and AGAINST, Stride is all about jumping and shooting your way through increasingly difficult environments. It does this by combining some particularly clever locomotion methods with the sort […]

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Snap Acquires Brain-Computer Interface Startup NextMind
Snap announced it’s acquired neurotech startup NextMind, a Paris-based company known for creating a $400 pint-sized brain-computer interface (BCI). In a blog post, Snap says NextMind will help drive “long-term augmented reality research efforts within Snap Lab,” the company’s hardware team that’s currently building AR devices. “Snap Lab’s programs explore possibilities for the future of the […]

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23. März 2022
Meta is Nudging VR Devs Towards ‘Horizon Worlds’ with Training, Funding & More
Meta today announced it’s expanding the company’s VR developer programs to include training on how to build games and experiences inside Horizon Worlds, Meta’s growing social VR platform. Devs can also nab some cash too—a strong incentive to help Meta build out its fledgling metaverse. “Today, we’re inviting you to further unleash your imagination, expand your […]

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Roguelike Bullet-hell ‘MOTHERGUNSHIP’ Coming to Quest 2 & SteamVR
The studio behind MOTHERGUNSHIP (2018) announced it’s releasing a VR reimagining of the roguelike shooter this summer on Meta Quest 2 and SteamVR headsets. Dubbed MOTHERGUNSHIP: FORGE, developers Terrible Posture Games says the roguelike bullet-hell shooter is releasing on June 16th, 2022. Like the original, the game focuses on first-person shooting madness against a robot alien horde. Robotic enemies […]

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An Official NFL Game is Coming to Quest & PSVR
The National Football League (NFL) and sports tech company StatusPRO, announced at GDC 2022 that they’re partnering to create an NFL-licensed VR game, which is targeting Meta Quest and PSVR. The game, which is still unnamed, is said to “bring fans closer to the gridiron than ever before, allowing them to play like a professional […]

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‘Zenith: The Last City’ Studio Closes $35M Series B, Aims to Create Metaverse Platform
Ramen VR, the creators behind crowd-funded VR MMORPG Zenith: The Last City, announced it’s closed a Series B round of $35 million, something the studio says will allow it to significantly expand in size as it aims to develop Zenith into a metaverse platform that goes far beyond its current scope. The studio’s latest financing round was […]

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22. März 2022
Qualcomm Launches $100M Fund to Help Build the Metaverse
Qualcomm, the company known for its mobile Snapdragon processors for smartphones and XR headsets, announced a new Metaverse Fund. The chipmaker says the new fund will be a launchpad for XR developers and companies working to build the metaverse. At GDC 2022 today, Qualcomm launched its Snapdragon Metaverse Fund for companies building “unique, immersive XR […]

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21. März 2022