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Studio Behind ‘DOOM 3’ VR Port Announces Layoffs

Archiact, the veteran studio known for a host of VR titles, announced it’s laying off a portion of its staff. The number of staff affected by the layoff hasn’t been confirmed. The studio says however in an X post that it’s currently looking to help transition staff from a number of positions, including animation, art, audio, […]

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5. Januar 2024

New Qualcomm MR Reference Headset Shows What to Expect From Samsung

Alongside the announcement of the new Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chip, Qualcomm also revealed its latest reference headset, a mixed reality device that’s likely the foundation of Samsung’s upcoming headset. Samsung announced last year that it’s working with both Google and Qualcomm on an XR device. We’ve been around the block once or twice and […]

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Qualcomm Announces More Powerful Version of Quest 3’s XR Chip

Qualcomm today announced its latest Snapdragon XR chip, the XR2+ Gen 2, a more capable variant of the chip that powers Quest 3. The company also hints that it will be used in the upcoming Samsung-Google headset. Qualcomm is at this point the world’s leading provider of mobile processors for XR headsets. The company’s Snapdragon […]

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4. Januar 2024

XR Year in Review: The Most Important Stories of 2023 and What They Mean for 2024

Somehow another year has come and gone. 2024 will mark the 13th year that we’ve been following this XR journey here at Road to VR. With an eye on that long-term perspective, it’s once again time to reflect on the biggest stories of the last year and to talk about what’s on the horizon. Apple […]

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Microsoft is Pulling the Plug on Windows VR Headsets

The first wave of WMR headsets launched in 2017 | Image courtesy Microsoft

Microsoft announced this week that it plans to remove support for its entire WMR platform on Windows, which could make Windows VR headsets inoperable. A Good Start Microsoft was surprisingly quick to jump into the VR sphere back in 2017 when it helped a handful of PC makers build the first widely available PC VR […]

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22. Dezember 2023

Road to VR’s 2023 Game of the Year Awards

“Virtual reality is dead.” That’s what we’ve been told about every six months for the better part of a decade now. Anyone who’s been following the space though knows that more people than ever are playing VR games and opening portals to other dimensions right where their living rooms, home offices, or dorm rooms used to […]

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21. Dezember 2023

Video Offers a Glimpse of Vision Pro Hand-tracking & Occlusion Performance

A video posted by a Vision Pro developer appears to show the current levels of hand-tracking and occlusion performance that Apple’s new headset is capable of. Apple Vision Pro, expected to launch in the next few months, will use hand-tracking as its primary input method. While system-level interactions combine hand-tracking with eye-tracking for a ‘look […]

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20. Dezember 2023

‘Asgard’s Wrath 2’ Hands-on: The New Benchmark for Quest Games

If you’re just getting into VR, chances are you haven’t played Asgard’s Wrath, the Meta-funded RPG from Sanzaru Games that came exclusive to Oculus Rift in 2019. At the time, the 30+ hour adventure was one of the first VR games of ‘AAA’ scope, basically setting the bar for what was possible in VR. Take […]

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‘Demeter’ is an Intriguing MR Platformer for Quest That Actually Reacts to Your Room

Meta announced a new mixed reality platformer for Quest called Demeter that uses your furniture and walls so you can solve puzzles and challenges, tasking you to guide a pint-size hero get back to her world. Developed by Novelab and published by Meta, Demeter is slated to launch on Quest 2/3/Pro next month, giving you […]

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14. Dezember 2023

‘Into the Radius 2’ Coming to PC VR Headsets This Summer via Steam Early Access, Trailer Here

CM Games, the developer behind the single-player survival shooter Into the Radius (2020), confirmed in a new gameplay trailer that its long-awaited sequel is coming to Steam Early Access this summer. Update (April 15th, 2024): The game, which has both a single-player and four-player co-op campaign, just got its first trailer, linked below. There’s still no […]

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