XR News Bits – New VR Brawler Launches Alongside Big Updates for Existing Games

Brazen Blaze is a unique VR brawler that’s just launched on Quest and PC VR. Meanwhile, Chess Club, Ironlights, and Battle Talent have all gotten exciting updates. Those of you who have been reading Road to VR for a long time might recall the ‘Oculus Rift News Bits‘ articles we ran more than a decade ago. These […]

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‘Metro Awakening’ Interview Reveals New Screenshots, Game Details & Locomotion Options

Metro Awakening is set to launch on all major VR headsets sometime later this year, and while we got a good eye-full in its announcement trailer from January, developer Vertigo Games tells us a bit more what to expect in an interview on the PlayStation blog, including new screenshots, VR implementation details, and a bit […]

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Magic Leap Lays Off Sales & Marketing Amid Report of “last ditch” Pivot to License AR Optics

Storied AR headset unicorn Magic Leap has laid off its entire sales and marketing departments, making for around 75 jobs cut from its rolls. Initially the focus of a Bloomberg report, Magic Leap has now confirmed the layoff round, stating the move was to adjust its strategy moving forward: “Magic Leap has been evolving our go-to-market approach […]

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‘Disembodied’ is an Inventive Platformer for Quest That’s All About Hand-tracking

Disembodied is a unique platformer coming to Quest that answers the question: how do you build a ‘traditional’ game entirely around hand-tracking? Retroactively adding hand-tracking to existing games is a bit of a mixed bag. Sometimes it works just fine, like in the case of Cubism or Job Simulator, although adapting many games originally built for motion […]

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Station Begins Week with Maintenance and Eye Checks

The week kicked off with lab maintenance aboard the International Space Station as the Expedition 71 and Starliner crews relocated science gear, cleaned crew quarters, and conducted inspections. Eye checks were also on the schedule at the end of the day for four orbital residents. Three NASA astronauts took turns during the first half of …

WNBA All-Star Weekend: A Celebration of Sport

As the official MR headset of the NBA and WNBA, we offer free live NBA and WNBA games in Xtadium as fully immersive experiences as…

Somnium VR1 First Impressions: Impressive FOV With An Odd Focus Issue

We recently went hands on with Somnium VR-1, the new PC VR headset with an impressive spec sheet.

Read our first impressions here.

VRChat Spotlight: A Night To Remember – Titanic Survival Experience, Magic Heist, & Aqua: Oceans of Luma

Don Hopper visits VRChat worlds on PC in Magical Heist, Aqua: Oceans of Luma and A Night To Remember – Titanic Survival Experience.

Chess Club Is Getting A Price Drop And Mixed Reality Mode Today

Chess Club now has a mixed reality mode on Quest headsets.

Hand Tracking + MR for Richer Immersion: A New Twist on ‘Demeo’

Thanks to the hand tracking and mixed reality features of Quest 2, 3, and Pro, the gameplay of Demeo is more immersive than ever before,…