Quest Store Summer Sale Kicks Off Today, Bringing Deep Savings to Top VR Titles
Meta is kicking off its Quest Store Summer Sale today, bringing around 30-40% off some of VR’s most talked-about titles. The sale, which starts today and ends on June 26th at 11:59PM PT (local time here), includes five game bundles and 60+ individual games and experiences. You can look forward to nabbing titles such as Pistol […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

20. Juni 2022
Quest Update to Finally Make Home Space Social, v41 Rollout Starting Next Week
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been taking a personal approach lately to revealing new features coming to Quest 2. Now Zuckerberg has revealed that in the v41 software update coming sometime next week, Quest’s Horizon Home space will finally give you the ability to invite friends and tour content as a party, including 360 videos […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

10. Juni 2022
Report: Meta Actively Testing PC VR Cloud Gaming for Quest
Meta may be ramping up internal testing for its own first-party cloud gaming service which could let its latest standalone VR headset, Quest 2, play PC VR games without needing your own VR-ready computer. Mention of the ‘Avalanche’ cloud PC VR streaming function was allegedly uncovered in v24 of the Quest firmware, which released in […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

27. Mai 2022
Team-based Combat Game ‘World of Mechs’ Coming Exclusively to Quest 2 May 26th
A new squad-based online battle game called World of Mechs is coming exclusively to Meta Quest 2 on May 26th, and it’s promising a bevy of mechs to pilot. Developed by Studio 369 and funded by Meta’s Grant Program, World of Mechs lets you choose from 32 different mechs for online team battles that pits you against […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

19. Mai 2022
Latest Quest 2 Update Brings Encrypted Messenger, Parental App Locks & More
Meta rolled out a new Quest update that brings to the headset some previously revealed stuff, such as app-based locks and tracking support for more keyboards, but also some new features too which the company hopes will instill more confidence in user privacy, including encryption for text and voice chats through Messenger and in-headset 3D […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

17. Mai 2022
The Meta Retail Store Will Feature A ‘First-Of-Its-Kind’ VR Demo

Gameplay is broadcasted in real-time to a wall-to-wall curved LED screen. Meta (formerly Facebook) today announced plans to open its first brick-and-mortar retail store on its campus in Burlingame, California. Here visitors will have the chance to go hands-on with a variety of Meta products before purchasing. This includes everything from its lineup of Portal […]

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VRScout & Kyle Melnick

25. April 2022
Four Quest 2 Apps Making Use of Hand-tracking 2.0 Improvements
Alongside the announcement that Quest 2 is getting upgraded controllerless hand-tracking which improves robustness, Meta revealed that it had given select developers access to the tech ahead of time, some of which used it to directly improve their apps. The new and improved Quest 2 hand-tracking is said to have begun rolling out this week. […]

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21. April 2022
“Major improvements” Coming to Quest 2 Hand-tracking with ‘2.0’ Upgrade
Meta today announced “major improvements” coming to Quest 2’s controllerless hand-tracking capability. The ‘re-architected computer vision and machine learning approach’ is said to specifically improve reliability for overlapping or fast moving hands and specific gestures. The SDK and OS update to enable these improved capabilities will begin rolling out today. Meta first introduced controllerless hand-tracking […]

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19. April 2022
Meta Planning Web-based Version of ‘Horizon Worlds’ With Lower Creator Fees Than Its VR Platform
Meta announced earlier this week it would eventually allow creators to sell items on its social VR platform, Horizon Worlds, adding that the company would take around 50% of revenue as its cut. Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth now says however Horizon Worlds is also getting a web-based version at some point which will feature lower creator fees. […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

15. April 2022
Report: Meta Quest 2 Pro Said to Feature Higher-Res Mini-LED & Pancake Lenses, Arriving in 2022
Tech analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is known for making predictions based on Apple supply chain leaks, but this time Kuo alleges Meta is getting ready to release a ‘Pro’ branded follow-up to its most popular VR headset to date, Quest 2. We aren’t able to independently verify these claims, however it sounds a lot like Kuo […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

12. April 2022