LG Ceases XR Product Efforts, But Will Continue R&D

LG has ceased its XR product commercialization efforts, though will continue R&D.

The company was once building a Quest Pro successor with Meta.

Viper Vice On Quest Wants To Scratch Your Grand Theft Auto VR Itch

Viper Vice is an upcoming Quest game that wants to fill the hole left by Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas VR.

Onward Update 2.0 Trailer Teases Next Week’s “Massive” Overhaul

The Onward Update 2.0 trailer teases next week’s “massive” overhaul of every weapon and item, which will also remaster a key map and add a new one.

The XR Week Peek (2025.03.18): Niantic sells Pokemon Go, Meta released passthrough APIs, and more!

This has been a very intense week for me, work-wise. Luckily, intense in a good way. And just when I thought I had already too many things to do, I had to add another task, because Meta decided to release camera access for Quest and I couldn’t resist getting my hands dirty with it!  Anyway, let’s […]

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‘Alex and the Jets’ Brings Mixed Reality Dogfights to Your Living Room Next Month

HOOP-O Studios, a new indie creating mixed reality games, announced its remote-controlled dogfighting game Alex and the Jets is coming to Quest 3 next month.   As a casual arcade flying game, Alex and the Jets lets you take control of Alex the Squirrel and their tiny fixed-wing propeller plane. Aerial enemies from ‘The Jets’ gang pop in through portals […]

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McDonald’s Japan Launches Official ‘VRChat’ World, Tapping Into Japan’s Massive VTuber Trend

When you think of corporate brand engagement in VR, Meta is typically the prime suspect. In the past, they’ve brokered exclusive deals with Wendy’s for a Horizon Worlds social experience, and KFC for its finger-lickin’ weird escape room. Now, McDonald’s Japan has opened its own little slice of brand engagement heaven in VRChat, underlining just how big […]

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Mil-sim Shooter ‘Onward’ is Getting Its “biggest update ever” in 2.0 Release Next Week

Onward (2020), the mil-sim shooter from Meta-owned Downpour Interactive, announced its big 2.0 update is coming next week, promising to be its “biggest update ever” since the game’s early access launch in 2016. Coming March 25th on all supported platforms, Onward’s 2.0 update is slated to include a “remastered fan favorite map”, a brand new map, […]

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Four New Crewmates Adjust to Station Life Following Crew-9 Return

Four Expedition 72 crewmates are getting used to life aboard the International Space Station following their arrival on Saturday and the departure of the SpaceX Crew-9 mission on Tuesday. Meanwhile, a U.S. cargo craft is poised to be released from the orbital outpost ending a seven-and-a-half-month stay.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Splashes Down Off Coast of Florida

NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov have successfully splashed down in the Gulf of America, off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, at 5:57 p.m. EDT.  Hague and Gorbunov have been at the International Space Station since ?Sept. 29, 2024, while Williams and Wilmore arrived on?June 6. This […]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Return Continues, Dragon Completes Deorbit Burn

SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft completed its deorbit burn at 5:18 p.m. EDT.   NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are less than an hour away from a splashdown off the coast of Florida.  Four minutes before splashdown, the drogue parachutes will deploy at about 18,000 feet in altitude […]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Prepares for Deorbit Burn

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 crew members are moments away from a deorbit burn on their journey from the International Space Station to Earth.  The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, undocked from the space station at 1:05 a.m. EDT March 18.  The deorbit burn, […]

Snapchat Shares Insights into How to Connect with Film and TV Fans in the App

Snapchatters are highly engaged with film and TV content. 

LinkedIn Adds Another In-App Puzzle Game

LinkedIn says that 80% of games players return to the game within a week.

xAI Acquires Text-To-Video AI Project Hotshot

X users will soon be able to generate AI videos in-stream.

Data Shows That Longer Clips Are Gaining Traction on TikTok

It seems that “longer short” videos are now gaining more traction. 

VR Exploration Experience Brink Traveler Adds Lake Tahoe

Brink Traveler’s latest update lets you experience the majesty of Sierra Nevada’s Lake Tahoe region.

Varjo XR-4 To Require $2500/Year Subscription For Advanced Mixed Reality Features

From next week, Varjo XR-4 headsets will require a $2500/year subscription for certain advanced mixed reality features.

How to start developing with camera access for Meta Quest 3 on Unity 6

Today I want to talk about one of my favorite topics: passthrough camera access. Meta has just released the APIs to let developers access the frames grabbed by the front cameras of the Quest so that developers can craft applications that can understand the environment around the user. In this tutorial, I will explain step-by-step […]

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Despite Years of Reports to the Contrary, PC VR Just Won’t Die—In fact, It’s Growing

The XR landscape has changed significantly over the last five years with the flourishing of standalone headsets and new entrants like Apple and (soon) Google. Despite all of that, the PC VR platform has continued a slow but steady growth. So much has happened in VR in last five years that if you had told […]

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Meta Releases Quest Camera Access for Developers, Promising Even More Immersive MR Games

Meta has finally released the long-awaited Passthrough Camera API for Quest, which gives developers direct access to the headset’s passthrough RGB cameras for better scene understanding—kickstarting the next generation of more immersive mixed reality experiences on Quest. Until now, Quest’s passthrough cameras were mostly locked down, limiting what developers could do beyond Meta’s built-in functionalities. […]

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Learn How to Train Your Dragon in Pet Simulator ‘Eggy’, Coming to Quest 3 Next Month

Spunge Games, the studio behind VR action-shooter Dead Second (2022), announced a mixed reality pet simulator called Eggy, letting you take care of your very own pet dragon. Coming to Quest 3/S on April 17th, Eggy opens a rift in your house, putting you between the Dragon Realm and your boring old dragon-less living room. In Eggy, a […]

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Real-time Space Strategy Game ‘BattleGroupVR’ Sequel Announced for Quest & PC VR Headsets

Indie studio SpaceOwl Games announced the upcoming sequel to real-time strategy game BattleGroupVR (2022). Developed by solo dev ‘KommanderKen’, BattleGroupVR2 is coming to Quest and SteamVR headsets soon, promising to be a “bigger, better sequel” to the single player real-time space strategy game. Space Owl says BattleGroupVR2 adds a heap of new features, including open-world exploration, missions, […]

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Dragon Undocks With SpaceX Crew-9 Members for Return to Earth

At 1:05 a.m. EDT Tuesday, NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov undocked from the space-facing port of International Space Station’s Harmony module aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.

Live on NASA+: Dragon Prepares to Undock With Four SpaceX Crew-9 Members

NASA’s live coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 undocking now is underway on NASA+. At 11:05 p.m. EDT on March 17, the crew closed the hatch between the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the International Space Station in preparation for undocking and the return of NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, to Earth. 

SpaceX Crew-9 Quartet Enters Dragon and Closes Hatch

At 11:05 p.m. EDT, the hatch closed between the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the International Space Station in preparation for the return of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission.