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‘Windlands’ Studio Reveals New Co-op Adventure Platformer ‘Titan Isles’ for Quest and PC VR

Windlands studio Psytec Games today unveiled its first new project in seven years, a co-op adventurer platformer called Titan Isles. The game looks to be somewhat of a spiritual successor to Windlands 2 (2018), the studio’s most recent game, letting co-op teams take on rope-swinging parkour challenges and fight off monsters of all shapes and sizes—bosses […]

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Meta Details Path to ‘Significantly Reduced Costs’ of Next-gen AR’s Most Critical Component

Meta’s Orion AR glasses prototype is expensive to make—like $10,000 per pair, expensive. Orion’s most pricey component is undoubtedly its custom silicon carbide waveguide lenses, although Meta says it sees a pathway to “significantly reduce the cost” of that key component in the future. Silicon carbide has been around for a while, having mostly been used […]

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Apple Reportedly to Reveal “feature-packed” visionOS 3.0 Update at WWDC in June

Apple is planning a “feature-packed release” for visionOS 3.0, reports Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who says that Vision Pro’s operating system—and not new XR hardware—is going to be a focus at this year’s World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC). Despite its high price and premium appeal, Apple hasn’t slowed down software updates for Vision Pro, which launched […]

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‘Electrician Simulator’ Arrives on All Major VR Headsets This Month, Trailer Here

Take IT Studio, the developer behind Electrician Simulator (2022), is bringing a VR version of the game to Quest, PSVR 2 and PC VR headsets this month. Electrician Simulator VR is getting things up to code by letting you go hands-on as a Sparky, tasking you with everything from repairing outlets and switches, laying cables in walls, to […]

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Quest’s Most Popular Mini Golf Game Gets a Brand New Course of Mythic Proportions

Mighty Coconut just released a new course for Walkabout Mini Golf (2020), letting you putt-putt your way around the home of the gods: Mount Olympus. As the game’s latest paid DLC, the Mount Olympus map brings two 18-hole courses (one easy, one hard) intertwined around classical Greek temples. As per usual, there’s also an unlockable […]

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‘Animal Company’ Breaks 1 Million Monthly Users, Passes ‘Gorilla Tag’ as Quest’s Top-earner This Week

Animal Company, the free-to-play early access game on Quest, nabbed the top spot for Quest’s highest-earning game this week, overtaking long-time viral hit Gorilla Tag in the weekly charts. Now, developer Wooster Games tells Road to VR it’s not only already profitable, but Animal Company has surpassed one million monthly active users (MAU), cementing its status as VR’s […]

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Meta Delists ‘Max Mustard’ & ‘Richie’s Plank Experience’ from Quest, Citing Violation of Platform Abuse Policy

Toast Interactive announced their VR games Max Mustard (2024) and Richie’s Plank Experience (2017) have been removed from the Horizon Store for Quest. For now, it’s unclear precisely why, however the veteran indie studio says the move has left them feeling “betrayed and powerless.” “Unfortunately, Meta has unilaterally chosen to remove Toast and its two games, Max Mustard and Richies […]

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‘TREKS’ Brings Immersive Walking Tours of Iconic Destinations to Omni One VR Treadmill

Virtuix announced it’s releasing an immersive tourism app for its Omni One VR treadmill system that lets you walk through some of the world’s most iconic destinations. Coming to the company’s Omni One all-in-one system on March 6th, TREKS matches immersive video up with physical walking, bringing you to locations like the Grand Canyon, New York’s Central Park, or […]

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Lauded VR Storytelling Studio Astrea Releases Latest Project on Quest & PC VR

Astrea, the studio and publisher behind a host of VR narrative experiences, including Spheres, Astra, and Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom, has released an interactive VR experience on Quest and PC VR headsets that lets you embody passengers on a train, and help them face pivotal moments in their lives. Called The Passengers, the four chapter, […]

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Rockstar Games Acquires Studio Behind ‘L.A. Noire VR’ & Scrapped ‘GTA: San Andreas’ Quest Port

Rockstar Games announced it’s acquiring Video Games Deluxe, the Sydney-based studio behind L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files (2017) and the shelved Quest port of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004). The details of the acquisition haven’t been made public, however Rockstar says in a press statement that Video Games Deluxe has now been renamed to ‘Rockstar Australia’, and […]

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