Apple Reportedly on Track to Bring PSVR 2 Controller Support to Vision Pro

Apple is reportedly making good headway on its quest to bring controllers to Vision Pro, as Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman maintains a collaboration with Sony to bring support for PSVR 2’s controllers to Apple’s headset is still on track. Gurman noted late last year that Apple had approached Sony in early 2024, which allegedly was a part […]

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Google’s XR Modeling Tool ‘Blocks’ Gets a Second Life with ‘Open Blocks’ on Quest

Known for its work on the open source version of Google’s Tilt Brush, Open Brush, The Icosa Foundation has now released a version of Google’s low-poly 3D modeling app Blocks for Quest. Like Blocks, the studio’s appropriately named Open Blocks has the same simple interface as the original, allowing creators to design low-poly 3D assets in VR. Previously only available on PC […]

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Station Crew Cleans Up After Spacewalk, Studies Space Agriculture and Physics

The Expedition 72 crew kicked off the first week in February cleaning up after last week’s spacewalk and continuing its space agriculture and microgravity physics experiments. Other International Space Station science objectives planned on Monday included human research while the orbital residents kept up the maintenance of the orbital outpost. NASA astronauts Suni Williams and …

Over 1 Million People Have Now Played Batman: Arkham Shadow

Over 1 million players have now unlocked the first achievement of the Quest 3 & 3S exclusive Batman: Arkham Shadow.

Mindshow Is Relaunching As An Animation Tool For Professional Productions

The VR animation software Mindshow is relaunching as an enterprise tool for professional productions.

Google Blocks Open Source Rebirth Open Blocks Launches In Early Access

Open Blocks, the open source rebirth of Google’s Blocks, is now available on Quest in early access, following its release on Steam last year.

XR News Round-Up: Gran Turismo 7, Exoshock, VR Games Showcase & More

Between Gran Turismo 7’s latest update, the next VR Games Showcase and VR sci-fi shooter Exoshock, here’s a few more stories across VR from this week.

E McNeill: From Darknet To Ironstrike In 12 Years Of Indie Game Development

From Darknet to Ironstrike, E McNeill walks us through 12 years of indie game development.

Virtual Reality Innovation is Increasing, as Samsung Leads ahead of Apple, Qualcomm

The first month of January was full of innovation and inspiration. In part, thanks to the giant that is CES, a source of annual start-of-year booms in interest in XR innovation, from veterans to start-ups. Ahead of the usual surge of CES-fuelled interest in XR, innovation was increasing in the AR/VR/MR landscape and beyond, according […]

Big XR News from Samsung, Splashtop, Virtualware

It was another busy week for the XR industry. Following the public debut of the Moohan headset, the landscape is buzzing with excitement. This excitement lasted throughout January, kicking off the year with a bang. From CES to Samsung, the range of XR announcements was truly broad and innovative. The year ahead could be filled […]