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‘Evangelion’ VR Game Will Primarily Use Hand-tracking, Increasing Ease-of-use at Cost of Interaction Fidelity

At the Neon Genesis Evangelion 30th Anniversary event in Tokyo this weekend, Pixelity showed off its upcoming XR game EVANGELION: Δ CROSS REFLECTIONS, revealing it’s going all-in on hand-tracking. The News On stage at the event, game director MK Choi gave a quick overview of the game, noting that Evangelion: Cross Reflections will feature “controller-free interaction, utilizing hand-tracking technology that allows […]

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Meta’s ‘Horizon Plus’ Game Subscription Service Now Has Over 1M Active Members

Meta announced that its Horizon+ game subscription service topped over one million active subscribers. Reality Labs VP of Content Samantha Ryan revealed the figure in a developer blog post, noting the service now boasts a games catalog of over 100 titles in addition to its rotating dip of monthly games. Popular titles include Ghosts of […]

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Meta’s ‘Horizon Plus’ Game Subscription Service Now Has Over 1M Active Members

Meta announced that its Horizon+ game subscription service topped over one million active subscribers. Reality Labs VP of Content Samantha Ryan revealed the figure in a developer blog post, noting the service now boasts a games catalog of over 100 titles in addition to its rotating dip of monthly games. Popular titles include Ghosts of […]

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Meta Separates ‘Horizon Worlds’ from Quest, Going “almost exclusively mobile”

Meta announced it’s separating Horizon Worlds from the Quest platform, as the one-time social VR app is going “almost exclusively mobile” moving forward. The News “Our goal remains constant: to empower developers and creators as they build long-term, sustainable businesses,” said Samantha Ryan, VP of Content at Reality Labs. “We used to have a pretty […]

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Omni One VR Treadmill Joins ‘Made for Meta’ Program, Opening Door to Quest Compatibility

Virtuix announced it’s joined the Made for Meta program, which opens the door to bring official Quest compatibility to the company’s Omni One VR treadmill. Made for Meta is a hardware partnership that certifies that accessories not only work with Meta devices, but also meet the company’s quality standard. Since the 2023 launch of the […]

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SlimeVR Launches Crowdfunding Campaign for Thinner & Lighter Full-Body Trackers

SlimeVR has launched its next crowdfunding campaign, this time looking to get backers excited about its next-gen ‘Butterfly’ body trackers, which promise to be thinner, lighter, and offer a longer-lasting battery. SlimeVR’s crowdfunding campaign for the new Butterfly Trackers quickly crossed its $180,000 funding goal when it went live on February 9th, now sitting at over $347,000 […]

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SlimeVR Launches Crowdfunding Campaign for Thinner & Lighter Full-Body Trackers

SlimeVR has launched its next crowdfunding campaign, this time looking to get backers excited about its next-gen ‘Butterfly’ body trackers, which promise to be thinner, lighter, and offer a longer-lasting battery. SlimeVR’s crowdfunding campaign for the new Butterfly Trackers quickly crossed its $180,000 funding goal when it went live on February 9th, now sitting at over $347,000 […]

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‘VRChat’ Breaks All-Time Concurrent User Record with Japanese Anime Concert

VRChat announced it just topped its all-time user peak, bringing in over 150,000 concurrent users to attend a Japanese language concert. VRChat Community Head ‘Tupper’ confirmed on X that the social VR platform hit a new all-time high of 156,716 concurrent users over the weekend. The platform played host to Sanrio Virtual Festival, a music and anime […]

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‘Battlefield’-like VR Shooter ‘Forefront’ is Coming to PSVR 2 with Cross-Play

Triangle Factory announced that its Battlefield-inspired VR shooter Forefront is finally coming to PSVR 2. There’s no release date yet beyond the studio’s initial announcement, however Triangle Factory has confirmed that when it does, the 32-player shooter will “support cross play with other VR platforms.” Created by the same studio behind Breachers (2023) and Hyper Dash […]

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Studio Behind VR’s Most Popular Golf Game Aims to Solve a Key Challenge with Golf Training Sims

The studio behind GOLF+ (2020) is aiming to expand the game this year in a bid to solve some of the most persistent problems in off-course golfing simulators: building real-world muscle memory in a virtual environment. Golf+ CEO Ryan Engle announced that the studio’s popular golf sim is getting “major product updates” this year, which is set to […]

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