Inside VR Design: The Clever Weapons, Locomotion, & Open-world of ‘Stormland’

In Inside VR Design we examine specific examples of great VR design. Today we’re looking at the clever design of Stormland’s weapons, locomotion, and open-world. You can find the complete video below, or continue reading for an adapted text version. Stormland is an open-world action-adventure game with co-op support from Insomniac Games. It’s available on Oculus […]

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Cosmonauts Wrap Up Spacewalk after Russian Module Work

Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos concluded their spacewalk at 2:28 p.m. EST after 7 hours and 11 minutes. Shkaplerov and Dubrov completed their major objectives for today to ready the new Prichal module for future Russian visiting spacecraft. The cosmonauts installed handrails, rendezvous antennas, a television camera, and docking targets on Prichal, …

Russian Spacewalkers Exit Station to Service Russian Modules

Expedition 66 Commander Anton Shkaplerov and Flight Engineer Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos began a spacewalk to ready the new Prichal module for future Russian visiting spacecraft when they opened the hatch of the Poisk docking compartment airlock of the International Space Station at 7:17 a.m. EST. Coverage of the spacewalk continues on NASA Television, the NASA app, and …

NASA TV is Live as Two Cosmonauts Prep for Station Spacewalk

NASA Television coverage of today’s spacewalk with cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos is now underway and is also available on the NASA app and the agency’s website. The crew members of Expedition 66 are preparing to exit the International Space Station‘s Poisk module on the space-facing side of …

Microsoft To Buy Activision Blizzard in Metaverse Push

Microsoft is set to acquire one of the world’s top gaming development and interactive entertainment publishers in a bid to create “building blocks” for the Metaverse, the company announced on Tuesday. The Redmond, Washington-based tech giant said it planned to buy out Activision Blizzard Inc to expedite the former’s gaming business operations across PCs, mobiles, […]

NUS Medical School Adopts Microsoft HoloLens 2

The National University of Singapore’s Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine) announced last week its medical and nursing students will adopt Microsoft’s Hololens 2 mixed reality (MR) headsets for clinical procedure training. As of April 2022, NUS educators will introduce Project Polaris, the university’s MR-based immersive learning platform. Polaris uses real-time 3d (RT3D) […]

HS2 Taps VR, Digital Twins to Monitor Railways

Britain’s High Speed Rail Network (HS2) has received a smart ally in the fight against service and operational issues, the company tasked with building the massive project announced on Monday. HS2 Ltd will incorporate both virtual reality (VR) and real-time sensor monitoring of network infrastructure such as power lines, railways, bridges, and others to safeguard […]

FTC, NY-Led Group Appeal Lawsuit Against Meta

This week, the Federal Trade Commission, along with US states such as New York, Tennessee, and North Carolina, are building an anti-competitive case against global virtual reality (VR) firm Meta. In a move launched by the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James, lawmakers plan to investigate the Menlo Park-based firm on accusations from […]

Twitter’s Latest Promotional Campaign Focuses on Celebrities Who’ve Manifested Success Via Tweet

The campaign showcases a range of celebrities that tweeted their dreams and ambitions long before achieving success.

Twitter Expands its Test of User-Reported Misinformation, Expanding Platform Insight

The program is designed to help Twitter’s enforcement teams understand content trends, and improve its action on such.

TikTok Looks to Expand Content Horizons with New, Integrated ‘Stories’ Test

TikTok’s looking to expand its content options, with a view to maximizing user attention, and creator opportunities.

PSVR 2 vs PC VR Specs Comparison – Index, Reverb G2, Vive Pro 2

We’ve stacked up PSVR 2’s specs next to the biggest PC VR headsets like the Index and Reverb G2.

How does Sony’s newest device compare?

Phantom, Fracked Dev nDreams Announces New VR Studio For AAA Games

Fracked and Phantom developer nDreams is opening a new studio dedicated to making AAA content.

Best Wireless Bluetooth Keyboards For Meta Quest 2

Looking to use an external wireless keyboard with your Meta Quest 2 headset? Here are the options.

Report: FTC Investigating Meta’s Competitive Practices

The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Meta for potentially anti-competitive practices, Bloomberg reports.

Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard for $69B to Play “key role” in Metaverse Development

Microsoft announced it’s planning to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, making it the largest gaming acquisition to date. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the studio will play a key role in the development of its future metaverse platforms. Microsoft seems to be gradually absorbing some of gaming’s most influential companies in an apparent bid […]

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‘Phantom: Covert Ops’ Developer Announces New VR Studio Dedicated to AAA VR Games

nDreams, the veteran VR developer and publisher behind Phantom: Covert Ops (2020), announced it’s creating a new studio dedicated to AAA VR games, dubbed nDreams Studio Elevation. Studio Director Glenn Brace, who previously served as Head of Art at nDreams and art director at Climax Studios, calls it a combination of “competency growth, investment in […]

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The 20 Best Rated & Most Popular Quest Games & Apps – January 2022

While Oculus doesn’t offer much publicly in the way of understanding how well individual apps are performing across its VR storefronts, it’s possible to glean some insight by looking at apps relative to each other. Here’s a snapshot of the top 20 Oculus Quest games and apps as of January 2022. Some quick qualifications before […]

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Acclaimed VR Flight Sim Adds Much Requested Co-op & PVP Alongside Co-pilot Helicopter DLC

Acclaimed VR flight sim VTOL VR got a major update this month adding co-op and PVP multiplayer modes alongside a paid DLC featuring a co-pilotable helicopter for the first time. VTOL VR is an indie combat flight sim that’s been lauded for its VR-native design ever since it first debuted in early access back in 2017. Following […]

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Crew Gets Ready for Spacewalk and Dragon Departure This Week

The Expedition 66 crew is getting ready for a spacewalk on Wednesday while packing a U.S. resupply ship for its departure on Friday. Meanwhile, the International Space Station also hosted a pair of space biology studies exploring exercise and vision. Cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov finalized their preparations today for the first spacewalk of …

Big XR News from Disney, RDAF, Purple Mountain, CBCat, and Valve

The Metaverse has become a major trending topic for governments, sports icons, and militaries as new technologies continue to surface daily, leading to promising new use cases and future opportunities. No longer limited to enterprises and consumers, multiple groups across sectors topped headlines and social media channels last week, indicating a huge spike in activity […]

Varjo, HP Partner to Certify XR Metaverse Products

Varjo recently announced it had partnered with Hewlett-Packard (HP) to upscale the availability of certified devices for the firm’s virtual and mixed reality products (VR/MR). The partnership allowed Varjo to certify several of HP’s Z workstations, including the HP Z4 G4 and Z8 G4, for optimal use with Varjo’s product lineup, including its high-resolution VR-3, […]

Apple’s XR Headset Reportedly Delayed to 2023

Leading global tech firm Apple is expected to release its long-awaited augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) headset by 2023, Bloomberg reported last week. Bloomberg claims that production challenges related to device overheating, cameras, and software development problems have caused the most recent delays. The report added the earliest shipping date for Apple’s headset would be […]

NEVRlabs Offers VR Games to Hartlepool NHS Staff

Hartlepool’s NEVRlabs has kicked off the New Year by allowing National Health Services (NHS) employees to attend an hour-long round of free virtual reality (VR) games at the new facility. The invitation comes as NHS frontline workers continue to face the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The VR venue has offered the free hour of gameplay to […]

5 Sony Exclusives We’d Love To See On PSVR 2

PSVR 2 is official! But while we wait for more details, here’s a list of the top 5 Sony exclusives that we’d love to see on PSVR 2.