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Ex-Onward Developers Are Creating A “Spiritual Successor”
Tier One: Direct Action is a spiritual successor to VR tactical shooter Onward, and it’s coming to Quest this year in early access.
Meta Is Still Testing ‘Avalanche’ VR Cloud Streaming To Let Quest Headsets Play Rift Games
Meta’s long-in-development ‘Avalanche’ VR cloud streaming system appeared on a French outlet’s Quest 3, offering PC VR title Lone Echo, though it failed to connect.
Korea IL-2 Series Brings The Military Flight Sim To PC VR Next Year
Korea IL-2 Series brings a new military combat flight sim to PC VR next year.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom Confirms Mixed Reality Support
Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom will support mixed reality when it launches this fall on Quest.
AWE: Doublepoint transforms your smartwatch into a mouse for XR
At AWE I have been able to try the demo of Doublepoint WowMouse, an application for your smartwatch that transforms it into a 3D mouse for XR. It has been one of my highlights for the event, so you should absolutely read about it. Doublepoint I have known Doublepoint since when it was called Port6 […]
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Quest 2 Goes out of Stock at Meta Store as Rumors Point to Next Headset
Availability of Quest 2 direct from Meta seems to have dried up, as the company’s last-gen headset is now showing out of stock in nearly all regions—likely making way for what’s next. Although you can probably find new Quest 2 headsets from the usual online retailers and stores, when Meta pulls the plug on direct […]
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Ongoing Spacewalk Preps, Science, and Plumbing Keep Crews Busy
Preparations continue for the next spacewalk at the International Space Station planned for next week. In the meantime, the orbital residents are rebuilding advanced plumbing gear and servicing video and science hardware. Beginning around 8:45 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, July 26 NASA instructed crews aboard the space station to shelter in their respective spacecraft as …
NASA Collins xEVAS Update
In 2022 and 2023, NASA awarded Collins Aerospace two task orders under the agency’s xEVAS (Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services) contract. The first task order was to deliver a next generation spacesuit and spacewalking system for potential use on the International Space Station with a base value of $97.2 million. The second task order was to advance additional …
Pre-Orders Now Live for Mixed Reality Space Adventure, ‘Starship Home,’ Coming Exclusively to Quest 3 This Year
We first unveiled details on Starship Home earlier this year as the first internal project from VR studio and publishing label, Creature. Now, we’re pleased…
2024 Mid Year XR Round Up: Digital Twins, Apple Vision Pro, and Meta Connect
Watch on YouTube. In this episode of the Big XR News show, Rory Greener, Tech Journalist, XR Today, welcomes some of XR’s top analysts to talk about the latest news from across the industry for a mid year round up. Our guests include: Kevin ‘O Donovan, Co-Chair, Industrial Metaverse & Digital Twin Committee, VRARA Jay […]
Avantis Education Reveals 300,000 VR/AR Educational Assets
This week, XR education solutions provider Avantis Education revealed ClassVR software and content enhancements during the ISTELive event in Denver. During the event, Avantis Education showcased the “cross-curricular value” of VR and AR education products and the new ClassVR features. Moreover, the firm presented best practices when using XR solutions, taking the stage alongside Avantis Education’s […]
Meta Expands Access to Horizon Worlds VR Social Experience
Meta’s metaverse vision continues to gradually take shape.
TikTok Announces Support Programs for Retailers in the App
The initiatives aim to help more business sell their products in the app.
Wallace & Gromit’s 62 West Wallaby Street Revealed In Walkabout Mini Golf
See Wallace & Gromit in Walkabout Mini Golf later this summer.
Airspace Defender: First Look At Mixed Reality Missile Command Concept
Airspace Defender from studio Not Suspicious is like mixed reality Missile Command.
Disembodied: Take Control Of Your Hands…With Your Hands
Control your hands with your hands in Disembodied on Quest.
Pencil! Mixed Reality Education Tool Offers Deeper Look
Pencil! uses your controller as a paperweight to teach drawing on Quest 3.
The XR Week Peek (2024.06.25): Apple is working on a cheaper Vision Pro, Meta reorganizes Reality Labs, and more!
AWE has come to an end. I’m spending my last night in LA and tomorrow (which will be “today” when the newsletter is published) I’m going to fly to Berlin to be a mentor at the XRCC hackathon. My experience at AWE has been great: I reached the goals I had set for myself before […]
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New Evidence Suggests Meta is Still Working on PC VR Cloud Game Streaming for Quest
It was first discovered years ago that Meta has been testing cloud game streaming to bring PC VR games to Quest, but the feature has yet to see the light of day (or even an official announcement). New evidence suggests the feature, codenamed Avalanche, is still in active development and may support specific games from […]
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Meta Ditches Its Own Tools in Favor of LIV Partnership for Mixed Reality Capture on Quest
There are a few great ways to market VR games, but there’s arguably none better than by showing real people immersed in virtual environments thanks to mixed reality capture. While Meta has its own Mixed Reality Capture tool (MRC), the company is taking a step back from development by adopting third-party app LIV as its official solution. […]
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New ‘Chrono Weaver’ Demo Brings More ‘Portal’ Inspired Puzzling to Quest & PC VR
Indie studio Ivory Crow Games have released a new demo for Chrono Weaver, a single player game that lets you make copies of yourself to solve physics-based puzzles. Set in a mysterious science facility filled with mind-bending puzzles, you use your trusty slingshot and time travel device to find solutions to seemingly impossible tests. If […]
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Mixed Reality Arena Shooter ‘Spatial Ops’ Launches Out of Beta in Late 2024
Resolution Games today confirmed that Spatial Ops, the studio’s multiplayer mixed reality shooter currently in beta, is heading for full launch on Quest sometime later this year. Spatial Ops lets you turn any physical space big enough for mixed reality play into a virtual battlefield, replete with barriers and a host of weapons, such as Tommy […]
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