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‘Superhot’ Spiritual Successor ‘Action Hero’ Gets New Horror Level & Arcade Mode in Latest Update

Fast Travel Games released an update today to its Superhot-inspired VR shooter, Action Hero (2024), which includes a spooky new level and an arcade game mode. The free update brings the new ‘Cult of Darkness’ level to all supported Quest headsets (2 and above), and the new arcade game mode exclusively available on Quest 3 […]

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13. Februar 2025

Google Confirms Android XR Allows Passthrough Camera Access: an Important Tool for MR Devs

Samsung Project Moohan | Image courtesy Google

Developers of mixed reality games have been clamoring for passthrough camera access on Quest for a while now, something now-departed Meta VP of XR Mark Rabkin said would come with the release of a new camera Passthrough API sometime in early 2025. Now, Google has confirmed that Android XR includes access to passthrough cameras, letting […]

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Claymation Adventure ‘The Midnight Walk’ Coming to PSVR 2 & PC VR in May, Gameplay Here

MoonHood’s upcoming adventure game The Midnight Walk is officially headed to PSVR 2 and PC VR headsets on May 8th, 2025. The new release date trailer shows off some of the first extended gameplay we’ve seen of The Midnight Walk, including some interesting-looking object interactions and shooter mechanics. In The Midnight Walk, you become ‘The Burnt […]

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PSVR 2 Holiday Sales Volume Grew Massively Year-over-year on Amazon

A big sale on PSVR 2 pushed the headset’s holiday sales volume on Amazon US higher than might have been expected, selling nearly five times more than last year. PSVR 2’s Black Friday and holiday sale brought a huge 42% discount on the Horizon bundle of the headset, dropping the US price from $550 to […]

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12. Februar 2025

PSVR 2 Gets Its First Game with Controller-less Hand-Tracking

Sony introduced hand-tracking support for PSVR 2 back in December, offering up the ability for developers to update their games and let players go hands-on thanks to the headset’s on-board tracking cameras. Now, beloved wizardry game Waltz of the Wizard (2019) is the first to implement hand-tracking on PSVR 2. Waltz of the Wizard has grown […]

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11. Februar 2025

John Carmack Pushed Microsoft to Make VR Fan Ports of ‘Quake’ & ‘DOOM’ Official, But Was Denied

Team Beef’s unofficial VR ports of classic Id Software games are undoubtedly fan favorites, letting you go head-first into a rash of ’90s retro titles like the original DOOM. Now, Id Software co-founder and former Oculus CTO John Carmack says he tried lobbying the Microsoft-owned studio for the chance to get those ports offered as official […]

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‘Civilization VII’ is Getting a Surprise VR Version for Quest 3 Soon

Image courtesy Firaxis Games, PlaySide Studios, 2K Games

Sid Meier’s Civilization VII is coming to PC and console on February 11th, but now developer Firaxis and publisher 2K Games say a version of the game is also releasing on Quest this Spring. The Quest exclusive game is said to be “a distinct version of the game made exclusively for Meta Quest 3 and 3S,” […]

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10. Februar 2025

‘Civilization VII’ is Getting a Surprise VR Version for Quest 3 Soon

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Meta Eyes Free-to-Play Future as Quest Userbase Changes with Wave of New Owners

Meta’s metaverse ambitions are evolving rapidly, with younger users and mainstream consumers reshaping the Quest platform over the course of 2024, according to Samantha Ryan, VP of Metaverse Content, which could see free-to-play content flourish as a result. In a recent developer blog post, Ryan highlighted key shifts in user behavior over the course of […]

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7. Februar 2025

Ex-Oculus CTO: ‘Beat Saber was much more important to VR’s growth than Half-Life: Alyx’

John Carmack at Oculus Connect 5 | Image courtesy Oculus

John Carmack, former CTO of Oculus and legendary programmer, isn’t shy when it comes to voicing his opinions on all things XR. To Carmack, Meta’s block-slashing rhythm game Beat Saber (2018) was “far more important than Half-Life: Alyx” in pushing adoption of the medium. While Valve’s PC VR game Half-Life: Alyx (2020) is largely prized as the pinnacle of […]

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