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Skydance’s Behemoth Delayed Until December For Extra Polish
Skydance’s Behemoth is being delayed “to add that extra bit of polish,” and it’s now arriving this December.
Meta’s Prototype AR Glasses Have 70 Degree FOV And A Wireless Compute Puck
Meta showed off prototype true AR glasses at Connect, codenamed Orion, with a remarkable 70-degree field of view.
Batman: Arkham Shadow Releases October 22 And Comes Free With Quest 3S & Quest 3
Batman: Arkham Shadow arrives on October 22, and it comes free with every new Quest 3 and Quest 3S headset purchase.
Meta Just Cut The 512GB Quest 3 To $500 And Will Discontinue The 128GB Model
Meta is discontinuing the 128GB Quest 3 and cutting the 512GB model to $500. The 128GB model is now $430 “while supplies last”.
‘Ghosts of Tabor’ Reaches $20 Million Milestone, Doubling Revenue Since 1.0 Launch on Quest
Ghosts of Tabor, the VR extraction shooter from Combat Waffle Studios and publisher Beyond Frames, has doubled its revenue to $20 million since the game’s debut on the main Horizon Store in February 2024. The game’s first major milestone came earlier this year, where the studio revealed it had reached $10 million in less than a […]
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Meta Reveals ‘Orion’ Prototype AR Glasses with Impressive Field-of-view and Wireless Compute Unit
Meta today revealed a prototype of its first pair of AR glasses, codenamed Orion. The glasses are impressively compact, have a class-leading field-of-view, but also relies on a wireless compute unit that goes in your pocket. Although Meta has been selling its Ray-Ban smartglasses for several years now, the company hasn’t actually shown any glasses-sized […]
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Amazon Prime Video is Getting a Well Overdue Relaunch on Quest, Including Offline Watching
Amazon today released a new version of its Prime Video app for Quest, which is letting you do one thing the 2019-era version never got around to: downloading and watching videos offline. That ought to put Travel Mode to good use. The original Prime Video VR app for Quest hasn’t seen much love since it […]
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Sony Teases Something from ‘Starship Troopers’ Coming to PSVR 2
Sony is teasing something to do with the beloved cult classic film Starship Troopers (1997) and PSVR 2, with more information coming next week. Sony Pictures VR, with the help of original Starship Troopers actor Casper Van Dien (Juan Rico), tossed out a short video on X teasing an announce coming in hot on September 30th, promising a […]
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Crew Rotation Preps Continue Amidst Human Research on Station
As one crew on Earth prepares to launch to the International Space Station another crew is getting ready to depart the orbital outpost. In the meantime, human research is underway as the Expedition 72 crew members continue exploring how their bodies are adapting to microgravity. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft atop the Falcon 9 rocket is …