Horizon Worlds Beta Goes Public In US & Canada With 18+ Age Requirement

Meta’s Horizon Worlds beta is opening to anyone in the US and Canada, with an 18+ age requirement.

More details here!

After The Fall Review Discussion And Ultrawings 2 on Quest 2 – VR Gamescast

Is After The Fall this holiday’s VR blockbuster? And is Ultrawings 2 the first game to look out for in 2022?

Find out in the VR Gamescast, live today at 9am PT/12pm ET/5pm UK!

After The Fall Review + Discussion, Ultrawings 2 on Quest 2 – VR Gamescast

Meta’s First Big Proto-metaverse Project Finally Launches (kinda)

Nearly two and a half years in the making, Meta’s most ambitious social VR project, Horizon Worlds, has finally reached open beta. Well kinda. Starting today, the platform is available to those in the US & Canada who are 18 years old or older—on Quest 2 and Oculus PC. If you’re part of that group you’ll […]

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‘Blaston’ Gets New Game Mode, Passthrough AR Support on Quest & More in ‘Arctic Blast’ Update

Blaston (2020) is getting an update today that will bring a few new things to the futuristic 1v1 dueling game from Resolution Games, including a new dueling mode, character, arena and a passthrough AR mode on Quest. Called ‘Arctic Blast’, the free update launching today adds a new mode to the game that lets you […]

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‘Cyberpunk 2077’ VR Mod to Arrive in January, Letting You Take a Virtual Braindance

Cyberpunk 2077 doesn’t officially support VR headsets, but leave it to prolific VR modder Luke Ross to get under the hood and beat CD Projekt Red to the punch—one they haven’t exactly prioritized given the litany of bugs the studio has needed to fix over the past year. As first reported by PC Gamer, the mind […]

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New Visitors Adapt to Station During Space Biology, Physics Research

Three individuals are adapting to life aboard the International Space Station following Tuesday’s launch and docking aboard a Russian crew ship. The seven-member Expedition 66 crew is back on science duty today while helping the new space travelers get up to speed with station systems and safety procedures. 10 people are living on the orbiting …

RealWear Debuts Navigator 500 Assisted Reality Tool

RealWear debuted its ‘RealWear Navigator™ 500’ immersive mixed reality (MR) headset on Monday to improve safety, comfort, and productivity for frontline workers. The US firm’s latest product follows its flagship RealWear HMT-1 augmented reality (AR) headset, which is used by enterprises such as Volkswagen, BMW, and Total. Qualcomm powers the HMT-1 with its popular Snapdragon […]

Apple Posts Job for ‘Next-Gen’ AR/VR Engineer

US tech giant Apple Inc quietly announced on Monday it is seeking new professionals to boost its augmented and virtual reality framework, indicating a push to innovate its extended reality (XR) plans. Hayden Lee, AR/VR Software Engineering Manager for Apple, announced the news on Twitter, stating the company was seeking an engineer “with a focus […]

Peterbilt Deploys ARTech Solution for Apple iPads

Peterbilt Motors Company recently hit a major milestone in the deployment of its ARTech augmented reality (AR) solution aimed at transforming services for dealerships and service repair workers. The new solution, which uses 3D AR visuals for “chassis-specific Peterbilt trucks”, will work jointly with PACCAR Solutions Service Managment systems, allowing service technicians to rapidly access […]