X and LinkedIn Add Initial Elements to Support Passkey Access

Passkeys promise a more secure and convenient log-in process.

Glassbreakers: Polyarc’s Impressive New Multiplayer Battler, Available Today On Quest

Polyarc debuts Glassbreakers, an impressive new free-to-play competitive multiplayer game, on App Lab today.

Here are our impressions:

Meta Avatars Finally Get Legs In Quest v57 PTC Home

Meta Avatars finally get legs in the Quest v57 update on the Public Test Channel.

See footage here:

Meta Is Researching Turning Any Flat Surface Into A Virtual Keyboard

Meta is researching turning any flat surface into a virtual keyboard, leveraging ambient haptics.

Quest 3 Might Ship October 10, Pulled Amazon Listing Suggests

A pulled Amazon Canada listing suggests Quest 3 might ship from October 10th.

The XR Week Peek (2023.08.28): Quest 3 unboxing leaked, Samsung+Google headset situation is blurry, and more!

After a few days where we thought we were all living in a big oven, here in Italy we’re having the first taste of Autumn, with the temperatures going down and a lot of rain falling from the sky. I’m in that situation where I don’t know if being happy or not: on the one […]

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Varjo Signs “multi-million dollar” Deal to Provide Headsets for Army Training Systems

Varjo, maker of high-end XR headsets, today announced that it has closed a multi-million dollar deal to supply headsets for the U.S. Army’s Reconfigurable Virtual Collective Air Trainer (RVCT-A) initiative. The US. Army’s Reconfigurable Virtual Collective Air Trainer (RVCT-A) aims to deliver virtual training modules that are easy to set up and transport, making training cheaper and […]

PvP Brawler ‘Glassbreakers: Champions of Moss’ Launches on Quest App Lab

Polyarc Games, the studio behind hit single-player adventures Moss (2019) and Moss: Book II (2022), released Glassbreakers: Champions of Moss in early access today, a new 1v1 real-time battler set in our favorite pint-sized pal’s woodland universe. To boot, today’s the first time the studio showed Glassbreakers in action, debuting the first real gameplay video alongside […]

Meta Avatars Finally Get Legs on Quest

Meta released a Quest software update via its public test channel (PTC), which lets users opt-in to try new features before they’re pushed out to everyone. Among the v57 PTC update is a feature that’s been notably missing from Meta avatars: legs. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised at Connect 2022 that its avatars would eventually […]

New Crew Adjusts to Space Life Before Next Crew Departure

The four newest crew members aboard the International Space Station are adjusting to life in weightlessness while stepping up orbital maintenance duties. The seven other Expedition 69 crew mates continued their space research and health activities before September sees the orbital residents split up. Three new astronauts and one cosmonaut, who began their station mission …