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‘Grit and Valor – 1949’ Brings Real-time Roguelite Tactics to All Major VR Headsets Next Month

Grit and Valor – 1949 (2025) is getting VR support soon, bringing the game’s real-time roguelite action to Quest, PSVR 2 and SteamVR headsets. Released on PC earlier this year, Grit and Valor – 1949 lets you command an elite squadron of tiny mechs, as you seek to topple the Evil Axis forces and liberate Europe […]

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Meta Reportedly Invests $3.5 Billion in EssilorLuxottica, Further Strengthening Smart Glasses Partnership

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‘Zoom’ App Comes to Quest, Letting You Join Work Meetings as Your Avatar

Meta announced it’s now added an official Zoom app to the Horizon Store, letting you host and join online meetings as your Quest avatar. This isn’t the first time Quest users could jump into a Zoom call in VR. In 2021, the company integrated Zoom into Horizon Workrooms, its all-in-one immersive collaboration app. That was […]

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Smart Contact Maker Raises $250M Investment at a Whopping $1.35B Valuation

Smart contact lens startup XPANCEO announced it’s secured $250 million in Series A funding, putting its valuation at $1.35 billion and minting it as XR’s most recent unicorn. The funding round was led by Opportunity Venture (Asia), which led the company’s $40 million Seed round in 2023, bringing its overall funding to $290 million, according […]

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Spatial Design Prototyping Tool ‘ShapesXR’ Adds Powerful Animation Features

ShapesXR (2021), the 3D and XR prototyping platform, just got a new animation feature that allows design teams to make their XR prototypes even more expressive and lifelike. The studio says the new ‘Animation’ feature introduces an “easy-to-use frame-based animation system, enabling creators to add transitions and dynamic interactions between scenes—all without writing a single […]

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Apple Acquires Digital Avatar Company TrueMeeting to Bolster Vision Pro Personas

Apple quietly acquired 3D avatar company TrueMeeting in January, which could help bolster the company’s digital Personas on Vision Pro. French language outlet MacGeneration first spotted the news via a European Commission filing, which includes a non-confidential summary of mergers and acquisitions. Details of the acquisition are still thin, however it appears Apple acquired the Tel […]

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Quest’s Leaked Theater Environment Suggests Meta Could Be Gunning for Social VR’s ‘Bigscreen’

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Meta Acquired 9 Leading VR Studios Starting in 2019: What’s Happened Since

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‘Eldramoor: Haven in the Mist’ Kickstarter Hits $100K Milestone with No Signs of Stopping

Resolute Games launched a crowdfunding campaign late last month to kickstart a VRMMO called Eldramoor: Haven in the Mist. Now the campaign has officially crossed the $100,000 mark, and it’s not showing any signs of stopping. Launched on June 24th, the Eldramoor campaign is hoping to revive some of the fun of recently shuttered VR MMO Orbus VR. Founded by […]

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Meta Leak Suggests Smart Glasses With Display is Nearing Launch, Includes Wrist-worn Controller

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