‘Phantom: Covert Ops’ Developer Announces New VR Studio Dedicated to AAA VR Games

nDreams, the veteran VR developer and publisher behind Phantom: Covert Ops (2020), announced it’s creating a new studio dedicated to AAA VR games, dubbed nDreams Studio Elevation. Studio Director Glenn Brace, who previously served as Head of Art at nDreams and art director at Climax Studios, calls it a combination of “competency growth, investment in […]

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The 20 Best Rated & Most Popular Quest Games & Apps – January 2022

While Oculus doesn’t offer much publicly in the way of understanding how well individual apps are performing across its VR storefronts, it’s possible to glean some insight by looking at apps relative to each other. Here’s a snapshot of the top 20 Oculus Quest games and apps as of January 2022. Some quick qualifications before […]

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Acclaimed VR Flight Sim Adds Much Requested Co-op & PVP Alongside Co-pilot Helicopter DLC

Acclaimed VR flight sim VTOL VR got a major update this month adding co-op and PVP multiplayer modes alongside a paid DLC featuring a co-pilotable helicopter for the first time. VTOL VR is an indie combat flight sim that’s been lauded for its VR-native design ever since it first debuted in early access back in 2017. Following […]

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Crew Gets Ready for Spacewalk and Dragon Departure This Week

The Expedition 66 crew is getting ready for a spacewalk on Wednesday while packing a U.S. resupply ship for its departure on Friday. Meanwhile, the International Space Station also hosted a pair of space biology studies exploring exercise and vision. Cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov finalized their preparations today for the first spacewalk of …

Big XR News from Disney, RDAF, Purple Mountain, CBCat, and Valve

The Metaverse has become a major trending topic for governments, sports icons, and militaries as new technologies continue to surface daily, leading to promising new use cases and future opportunities. No longer limited to enterprises and consumers, multiple groups across sectors topped headlines and social media channels last week, indicating a huge spike in activity […]

Varjo, HP Partner to Certify XR Metaverse Products

Varjo recently announced it had partnered with Hewlett-Packard (HP) to upscale the availability of certified devices for the firm’s virtual and mixed reality products (VR/MR). The partnership allowed Varjo to certify several of HP’s Z workstations, including the HP Z4 G4 and Z8 G4, for optimal use with Varjo’s product lineup, including its high-resolution VR-3, […]

Apple’s XR Headset Reportedly Delayed to 2023

Leading global tech firm Apple is expected to release its long-awaited augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) headset by 2023, Bloomberg reported last week. Bloomberg claims that production challenges related to device overheating, cameras, and software development problems have caused the most recent delays. The report added the earliest shipping date for Apple’s headset would be […]

NEVRlabs Offers VR Games to Hartlepool NHS Staff

Hartlepool’s NEVRlabs has kicked off the New Year by allowing National Health Services (NHS) employees to attend an hour-long round of free virtual reality (VR) games at the new facility. The invitation comes as NHS frontline workers continue to face the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The VR venue has offered the free hour of gameplay to […]

5 Sony Exclusives We’d Love To See On PSVR 2

PSVR 2 is official! But while we wait for more details, here’s a list of the top 5 Sony exclusives that we’d love to see on PSVR 2.

Fist Of The North Star Quest App Lets You Throw Punches As Kenshiro, Read Manga

This Fist of the North Star Quest app lets you throw punches as Kenshiro.