Quest’s highly anticipated Passthrough Camera API is now available for all developers to experiment with, though they can’t yet include it in store app builds.
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Quest Spring Sale Brings Big Savings to Top VR Games: ‘BEHEMOTH’, ‘Metro Awakening’ & More
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VR Veteran & ‘Primal Hunt’ Studio Phaser Lock Interactive is Shutting Down
Phaser Lock Interactive, the studio behind Quest exclusive Primal Hunt (2023) and a host of early PC VR games, announced it’s shutting down, citing a “challenging economic climate and the current state of the gaming industry.” Founded in 2015, the Austin, Texas-based VR studio was behind a number of PC VR games over the years, including […]
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‘BEATABLE’ is a Hand-tracking Rhythm Game for Quest with a Genius Premise
XR Games, the studio behind Hitman 3 VR: Reloaded (2024) and Starship Troopers Continuum (2024), announced a new rhythm game for Quest called BEATABLE, which uses hand-tracking to turn any table into a musical instrument. Matching up your physical environment with a virtual one is usually pretty immersive on its own, as you can ‘feel’ the world around […]
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Google Reportedly Set to Acquire Eye-tracking Startup to Bolster Android XR Hardware Efforts
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‘Path of Fury’ Brings Nostalgic Kung Fu Fighting to Quest Today in First Episode ‘Tetsuo’s Tower’
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Update to ‘PSVR 2 App’ for SteamVR Makes it Easier to Diagnose Controller Tracking Issues
Sony has released an update to the PlayStation VR2 App which allows the headset to be used with SteamVR content. The update makes it easier to diagnose controller tracking issues which have been proven problematic. The latest update to PlayStation VR2 App (v3.0) adds a “Bluetooth connection quality” check to help users understand how well their […]
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