WebXR social networking framework Hubs has lost its biggest sponsor, Mozilla, after six years of effort.
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‘Beat the Beats’ Brings Undoubtedly Cool Rhythm-Boxing to PSVR 2 This Month
The VR rhythm genre is getting kind of crowded, with many developers looking to replicate Beat Saber’s ‘hit the thing to the beat’ money machine. Enter Beat the Beats, a project indeed inspired by Meta’s seminal block-slashing game, although with its own flair that really seems to set it apart from the competition. The UK/Spain-based indie Parallel […]
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TikTok is the First Big Social Media Platform to Launch a Native Vision Pro App
Vision Pro launched with over a million iOS apps earlier this month alongside a little over 600 native apps created specifically for visionOS. That number has grown steadily, although the biggest entrant lately is TikTok, the first social media giant to be available as a native app on Vision Pro. TikTok parent company ByteDance released […]
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Two Classic VR Games From Google’s VR Studio Coming Soon to Vision Pro
Owlchemy Labs, the Google-owned VR studio, announced it’s bringing the chart-topping VR games Job Simulator (2016) and its sequel Vacation Simulator (2019) to Apple Vision Pro. The studio’s seminal ‘Simulator’ franchise has had its fair share of success over the years, with both garnering over a million downloads across all major VR headsets. As testament […]
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Stem Cell Research Continues, Crew Preps for Cargo Arrival
Stem cell research carried into Friday as the Expedition 70 crew members worked to wrap up an experiment that began earlier in the week. As science continued aboard the International Space Station, a cargo craft is currently in orbit preparing to approach the orbiting laboratory for an automatic docking scheduled for the early morning hours …
Other Worlds Sale: Save Up to 60% Off Dozens of VR Games
Now through 11:59 pm PT on February 25, you can save up to 60% off dozens of classics and recent hits during the Other Worlds…
‘VAIL VR’ Launches on the Official Meta Quest Store
It’s been just shy of a month since we announced that popular multiplayer shooter VAIL VR was making the leap from App Lab to the…
‘Under Cover’ Brings Lightgun Arcade Action to Meta Quest
Inspired by classic arcade games, Under Cover is a VR lightgun shooter where you duck to reload. Developed by Sigtrap and published by Coatsink, Under…
AWS Highlight Apple Vision Pro Spatial Computing Developer Tools
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is working to support developers in creating spatial applications on the recently released Vision Pro. Starting in October of last year, AWS more recently highlighted how XR/spatial computing developers could leverage its Amplify backend solution to support the deployment of visionOS applications and improve the user experience. AWS explains how its […]
Meta Licenses New Haptic Technology
Is haptic technology on the comeback? It could be with this significant licensing agreement. Recently, Meta signed a deal with haptic technology innovator Immersion Corporation to leverage the former’s patents to enhance Meta’s XR hardware, software, and products. Immersion Corporation creates haptic patents which provide touch-based feedback technology for XR peripherals and applications. Moreover, the […]