Snapchat Adds AR Effects To Celebrate the ‘Minecraft’ Movie

A range of ways to help users get into the surrounding hype.

Hands-On With Pinball FX VR With Arcade2TV-XR Controls

Pinball FX VR with arcade controls matched up to the table dramatically enhances immersion.

Quest’s Horizon OS Could Soon Let You Screenshare 2D Windows

Quest’s Horizon OS could soon let you screenshare 2D windows with others, datamining reveals.

Valve Hasn’t Released A VR Game In 5 Years, And That’s Not OK

Half-Life: Alyx released five years ago. Here’s David Heaney’s new editorial arguing that Valve’s commitment to VR content just isn’t good enough.

PC VR Survival Game Bootstrap Island Adds Weather And Warthogs In Major Update

PC VR survival game Bootstrap Island added dynamic weather systems and new creatures in a recent update.

Bigscreen Beyond 2 Sold the Equivalent of 6 Months of Beyond 1 Sales in First 24 Hours

Bigscreen Beyond 2 orders flooded in last Thursday at a surprising pace. Now, the PC VR headset maker notes that its next slim and light headset outsold the original in 24 hours by an impressive margin, making its first day or sales equivalent to six months of what it did with Beyond 1. We’ve already […]

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Quest Update Reveals More Vision Pro Features Are Coming, Including FaceTime-Style Selfie Cam

Meta’s upcoming Horizon OS release is bringing a few more of Vision Pro’s most useful features to Quest, including a video chatting selfie cam for avatars and possibly the ability to share windows with other users when in its Horizon Home social space. Discovered by serial dataminer ‘Luna’, a beta version of Horizon OS v76 […]

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Samsung Reportedly Planning to Release XR Glasses This Year

We’ve been waiting to hear about Samsung’s entrance into XR for a few years now, with the company’s still unnamed mixed reality headset ‘Project Moohan’ set to debut sometime this year running Google’s Android XR operating system. Now, a report from ETNews (Korean) maintains the South Korean tech giant may also have a pair of […]

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Expedition 72 Astronauts Relax as Cosmonauts Keep Up Research, Maintenance

Four Expedition 72 astronauts took a well-deserved break on Monday following last week’s busy period of crew swap activities and advanced microgravity research. The rest of the International Space Station residents kicked off the week with ongoing space science and life support maintenance duties.

Meta Continues to Integrate AI Bot Profiles into its Apps

Meta continues to integrate AI characters into its apps.