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Headspace Launches Social VR Mindfulness App on Quest That’s More Than Just Meditation

Headspace, the company behind the sleep and meditation mobile app, announced the release of Headspace XR, which combines social VR connection and a number of mindfulness techniques that aims to combat loneliness, anxiety and depression. Developed by Nexus Studios and published by Headspace, Headspace XR arrives exclusively on Quest today, bringing with it both mixed […]

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6. März 2024

New Update Adds ‘Lying Down Mode’ to Quest 2 & Quest Pro, ‘Quest Cash’ Parental Payments

Quest 2 (left), Quest Pro (right) | Photo by Road to VR

Meta announced it’s starting to roll out its v63 software update for Quest, which includes two new features: a new parent-controlled payment method for Quest content purchases and the ability to use Quest 2 and Quest Pro while lying down. The company says it’s soon going to merge existing Meta Quest gift card balances into […]

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Quest’s Next Update Could Make It Easier to Use 2D Android Apps, But Harder to Mod Games

Meta recently rejected Google’s bid to bring Android XR to Quest, although now it seems the company is looking to make it slightly easier to use 2D Android apps on its standalone headsets, but also possibly harder to mod Quest-native games. X user ‘Lunayian’ discovered in Quest’s v63 on the public test channel (PTC) that […]

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5. März 2024

Zuckerberg: Meta “almost ready” to Show Off Prototype AR Glasses

A previous report maintained that Meta is getting ready to show off prototype AR hardware at the company’s upcoming Connect developer conference in September, which up until now has been tightly under wraps. Now Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he’s “almost ready” to reveal a pair of “unmistakably [AR] glasses.” Update (July 2nd, 2024): Zuckerberg sat […]

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‘Astro Bot’ Inspired VR Platformer ‘Max Mustard’ Lands on Quest This Month

Toast Interactive, the developer behind Richie’s Plank Experience (2017), announced its Astro Bot Rescue Mission (2018) inspired VR platformer Max Mustard is set to launch on Quest later this month. When it was first announced, we called Max Mustard a “spiritual successor to Astro Bot Rescue Mission,” however the studio says in a Reddit post that’s not entirely accurate, […]

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Arcade Management Sim ‘Arcade Paradise VR’ Coming to Quest This Spring, Trailer Here

Publisher Wired Productions and indie developer Nosebleed Interactive announced that Arcade Paradise VR, the VR port to the popular arcade management sim, is set to release on Quest this Spring. Based on the original game which launched on Steam in 2022, Arcade Paradise VR takes you back to the heady arcade-fueled days of 1993, this time […]

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4. März 2024

Arcade Management Sim ‘Arcade Paradise VR’ Coming to Quest Later This Month

Publisher Wired Productions and indie developer Nosebleed Interactive announced that Arcade Paradise VR, the VR port to the popular arcade management sim, is set to release on Quest later this month. Update (April 8th, 2024): Wired Productions and Nosebleed Interactive revealed Arcade Paradise VR is coming to Quest on April 25th, with pre-orders discounted at 10% off […]

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Meta is Deleting All Old Oculus Accounts by Month’s End, Severing Another Tie to “the good old days”

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Meta announced it’s finally closing the door on Oculus accounts by the end of the month, which means all users with old Oculus IDs will either need to migrate to a Meta account or lose access to purchased content, achievements, friends list, and more. Meta initially notified users back in October 2022 that Oculus accounts […]

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Meta CTO: Android XR Rejected Due to Google’s “restrictive” Terms & Plans to Fragment XR

A report from The Information last week alleged Meta and Google held talks in effort to bring Android XR to Quest. Meta CTO Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth has now confirmed this report, stating further that not only were Google’s terms too restrictive, but Google is actively planning to fragment the ecosystem with its Android-based XR operating […]

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Meta CTO: Android XR Rejected Due to Google’s “restrictive” Terms & Plans to Fragment XR

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