BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure Preview: A Chilled Out Creation

BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure is an absurdly precise VR fantasy game that’s a nice break from the usual violence.

Here’s our exclusive preview.

Microsoft Lays Off More Staff In HoloLens Department As Meta Partnership Strengthens

Microsoft laid off more employees working in its HoloLens mixed reality department as its partnership with Meta strengthens.

New Update Fixes One of Quest 3’s Most Noticeable Issues

Meta is releasing an update for Quest 3 that aims to fix one of the most irksome issues with the headset’s passthrough function: its terrible visual warping. Using passthrough on Quest 3 has been somewhat of a blessing and curse. It’s great to have color passthrough for mixed reality games, and also for just keeping […]

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Oculus Rift Creator Palmer Luckey is Developing a New XR Headset

Palmer Luckey, Oculus founder and creator behind the original Oculus Rift, teased an upcoming announcement that he’s working on a new XR headset. Luckey says in a post on X that he’ll be talking more about the device at Augmented World Expo (AWE), which takes place in Long Beach, California from June 18-20. Could it be […]

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NASA to Host Postlaunch News Conference at 12:30 p.m. EDT, Starliner Headed to Station

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station! The capsule, carrying NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, commander, and Suni Williams, pilot, is expected to reach the orbiting laboratory at 12:15 p.m. EDT, Thursday, June 6.  A postlaunch news conference will be held at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in …

NASA Astronauts, Starliner Inch Closer to Space Station

The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket booster has separated from the Centaur upper stage carrying Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. The Centaur will continue to help propel Boeing’s Starliner to a suborbit before the spacecraft boosts itself to orbit, bringing it closer to the International Space Station.  Measuring 10 feet in diameter and 41.5 feet in …

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test ULA Rocket Reaches Max Q

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying Boeing’s Starliner capsule with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams has reached Max Q. The milestone is the moment of peak aerodynamic pressure on the rocket. Following Max Q will be Atlas V booster engine cutoff and separation. 

Liftoff! NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Heads to Space Station

We have liftoff! The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, carrying Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft and NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, commander, and Suni Williams, pilot, are on a course to the International Space Station.  The crew is on a roughly 25.5-hour journey with rendezvous and docking expected at 12:15 p.m. EDT, Thursday, June 6.  The crew …

Meta Quest 3: Your All-in-One MR Headset That’s Always Getting Better

Today, we’re sharing some breaking news, recapping our recent updates ICYMI, and looking ahead to our 11th annual Connect on September 25 and 26….

Meta Quest v66 Update: Reduced Passthrough Distortion, Background Audio Support, and More

With v66, we’re reducing the amount of visual distortion in Passthrough on Meta Quest 3. We’ve put out a number of Passthrough-related improvements in the…