Dungeons Of Eternity Spring Update Adds Two-Handed Longsword, bHaptics & More

Dungeons of Eternity’s spring update is now live on Quest, adding a new two-handed longsword, bHaptics support and more.

Quest 3 Now Used On Steam As Much As Valve Index As Some Owners Upgrade

Quest 3 is now used for SteamVR almost as much as Valve Index, suggesting it will surpass it soon.

Mannequin Hands-On: VR Prop Hunt Strikes A Convincing Pose

Mannequin delivers an enjoyable Prop Hunt-inspired VR multiplayer game, and it’s out today on Quest App Lab.

Our full early access impressions.

Pistol Whip ‘Voidslayer Collection’ Adds Three Power Metal Scenes Next Month

Pistol Whip will receive three power metal scenes next month with the Voidslayer Collection.

The transition between Quest 2 and Quest 3

A few days ago, I was reading an interesting article by (the always great) Scott Hayden on Road To VR. He claimed that the announcement of “Alien: Rogue Incursion”, the first big-budget VR game that is compatible only with Quest 3, marks the beginning of the end for Quest 2 and Quest Pro. I’ve found […]

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Meta’s Former Head of VR: Oculus Go Was His “biggest product failure” & Why it Matters for Vision Pro

Hugo Barra, Meta’s former Head of VR, offered some unique insight into the XR industry recently with an extensive blogpost that centers around Apple Vision Pro. Barra warns that, like the company’s first standalone headset Oculus Go, the novelty around casual content consumption will probably fade fairly quickly. Looking back at his time at Meta (then […]

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‘EarthQuest’ is What ‘Google Earth VR’ Should Have Been on Quest

Despite not receiving updates in years, Google Earth VR (2016) on Steam is still one of the most useful and immersive ways to interact with the company’s 3D version of planet Earth, Street View and all. There are already a few apps on Quest that tap into Google’s free-to-use Maps APIs, but none that are doing it […]

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Former Oculus CTO: Don’t Expect Cheaper VR Headsets Than Quest After Horizon OS Release

Meta announced last week it’s set to release Horizon OS (ex-Quest OS) to select third-party OEMs, marking a monumental shift in how the company hopes to compete with Apple now that it’s released Vision Pro. While Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg envisions a range of “specialized” third-party headsets running its OS, and consequently having access to its […]

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New Unity 6 Feature Makes it Easier for XR Devs to Maximize Text & UI Quality

The latest version of the Unity game engine—which is the basis for the vast majority of XR games made today—is now available to developers as a preview. Unity 6 Preview includes new features to make XR development easier, including ‘Composition Layers’ which can significantly increase the quality of text, UI, photos, and videos in XR. […]

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Dragon Moves to New Port, Makes Way for Starliner

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, with Expedition 71 crew members NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, autonomously redocked with the Harmony module’s space-facing port at 9:46 a.m. EDT over the eastern Indian Ocean, northwest of Australia. As the 28th spacecraft relocation in station history, the move …