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VR Arena Battler GORN 2 Smashes Onto Quest & Steam Next Week
VR arena battler GORN 2 reaches Quest and Steam next week, with the PlayStation VR2 release coming later this year.
A Terrible Microsoft Flight Simulator Ripoff Topped The March PS VR2 Download Charts
A terrible Microsoft Flight Simulator ripoff took #1 in Europe’s PlayStation VR2 download charts for March, and #4 in the US.
Pico Motion Tracker Waist Version Offers Standalone Body Tracking
The new Pico Motion Tracker Waist Version offers standalone body tracking and works in both the mobile and PC versions of VRChat.
‘Rust’-like Shooter ‘Silent North’ Launches in Early Access on Quest & PC VR Headsets, Trailer Here
Silent North, the sandbox survival shooter from Ghosts of Tabor studio Combat Waffle, is now available in early access on Quest and PC VR headsets. Like Face Punch Studio’s iconic PvPvE game Rust (2013), Silent North is an open-ended survival game that offers up a sandbox where you make the rules. Create allies, betray everyone, or just take in […]
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Melee Combat Game ‘GORN 2’ Coming to Quest & PC VR Next Week, PSVR 2 This Summer
Free Lives announced the comically violent combat sim GORN (2019) is getting its long-awaited sequel next week on Quest and SteamVR headsets, bringing even more bloody melee mayhem. Developed by Free Lives and Cortopia, and published by Devolver Digital, GORN 2 is all about battling fridge-sized gladiators—just like the original—although this time around it’s promising even more weapons, […]
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‘FastHands’ Brings Parkour Action to Quest in May, Aiming to Level-up Hand-Tracked Locomotion
Indie studio X82 announced it’s releasing a parkour game next month that’s throwing in a veritable buffet of unique locomotion styles, hoping to put Quest’s hand-tracking on par with controller-based movement. Called FastHands, the multiplayer game offers up endless procedurally levels that let you run, jump, climb and glide, tasking you to progress through obstacle […]
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Cardiovascular Research Underway as New Crew Gets Used to Station Life
Ten residents are living aboard the International Space Station today following the arrival of a NASA astronaut and two Roscosmos cosmonauts on Tuesday. The new Expedition 72 crewmates are beginning an eight-month research mission in low Earth orbit and getting used to life in microgravity.
Meta Connect Set for September, LlamaCon Arrives This Month
This week, just days after Apple’s WWDC announcement, Meta officially unveiled the dates for its Connect event. Moreover, Meta introduced LlamaCon, a separate event highlighting the firm’s ongoing AI innovations and projects. In an official statement, Meta said: Last year was an eventful one with the introduction of Meta Horizon OS, the launch of Meta […]
Instagram Launches Monthly Performance Recap and Recommendations
The new overview will provide insights and recommendations to help in your IG growth efforts.
LinkedIn Now Enable Users To Share MP4 Videos in DMs
Now you can share video files via your LinkedIn DMs.
Walkabout Mini Golf Will Raise Its Price & Fold In 6 DLC Courses
Walkabout Mini Golf will raise its price to $25 and merge in 6 DLC courses to the base game on May 1.
Dimensional Double Shift Slaps Hog Butt & Milks Udders In Paid Hexas Expansion
Dimensional Double Shift slaps hog butts and milk udders in the new Texas-inspired dimension, and we tried the paid expansion before today’s launch on Quest.
Half-Life: Alyx First Scene Ported To Quest 3 Standalone Via Unity
A developer ported the first scene of Half-Life: Alyx to Unity to run it standalone on Quest 3, no PC required.
Quest 3 Provided By Lufthansa Wins Best Inflight Entertainment Award
Meta and Lufthansa’s trial providing Quest 3 headsets to business class passengers won an airline industry award for best inflight entertainment.
The XR Week Peek (2025.04.08): Meta’s upcoming smartglasses may cost $1400, the worries for US tariffs, and more!
It’s not the most active period for the XR space, but at least this week we had the April Fool’s that shook our ecosystem a bit! And there have also been a few interesting pieces of news… I’ll talk about all of them in the current roundup, so you’re sure not to miss anything interesting […]
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Researchers Catalog 170+ Text Input Techniques to Improve Typing in XR
Efficient text entry without an actual keyboard remains an industry-wide challenge for unlocking productivity use-cases in XR headsets. Researchers have created a comprehensive catalog of existing text entry techniques to codify different methods and analyze their pros and cons. By making the catalog freely available, the researchers hope to give others a head start on […]
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‘Dimensional Double Shift’ Moves to Early Access on Quest, Releases First Paid DLC
Owlchemy Labs announced its free-to-play social game Dimensional Double Shift is leaving open beta and getting its first paid DLC, bringing a new Texas-inspired dimension to the game. Now in early access on Quest, Dimensional Double Shift is a lot like the studio’s parody games Job Simulator (2016) and Vacation Simulator (2019), tasking players with jobbing around […]
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Hit Physics Sandbox ‘Besiege’ is Coming to Quest in May, Trailer Here
Ready the siege engines and charge the catapults (or trebuchets), because hit physics sandbox Besiege (2020) is coming to Quest next month. Developed by Thief Simulator VR: Greenview Street (2022) studio 3R Games in partnership with original developer Spiderling Studios, Besiege VR is slated to let players create their own war machines to take over enemy fortresses. […]
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Hatches Open, New Crew Enters Station and Begins Research Mission
At 7:28 a.m. EDT, the hatch opened between the International Space Station and the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft.
Crew from NASA, Roscosmos Prepare to Enter Station for Research Mission
NASA’s live hatch opening coverage is underway on NASA+. Hatch opening is scheduled to begin at 7:20 a.m. EDT.
New Crew Docks to Station Aboard Soyuz Spacecraft
At 4:57 a.m. EDT, the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station’s Prichal module. NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky launched at 1:47 a.m. on April 8 (10:47 a.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Crew from NASA, Roscosmos Approaching Station Aboard Soyuz Spacecraft
NASA’s live coverage of the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft rendezvous and docking is now underway on NASA+.