TREKS is a new VR tourism program for the Virtuix Omni One that’s out this week.
All On Board! Review-In-Progress: More Than Just Fun And Games
All on Board! offers a fun platform to play board games in impeccably dressed virtual spaces, but it needs more time.
The XR Week Peek (2025.03.04): Valve Deckard may cost $1200, PSVR 2 price has been slashed, and more!
Today is the last day of the Carnival celebrations, and there are many people having fun in the streets here in Italy. On my side, I’ll just celebrate by eating some typical sweeties of this period. I actually have a second reason to celebrate: Feedspot has put me in 3rd place in its classification of the […]
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Rockstar Games Acquires Studio Behind ‘L.A. Noire VR’ & Scrapped ‘GTA: San Andreas’ Quest Port
Rockstar Games announced it’s acquiring Video Games Deluxe, the Sydney-based studio behind L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files (2017) and the shelved Quest port of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004). The details of the acquisition haven’t been made public, however Rockstar says in a press statement that Video Games Deluxe has now been renamed to ‘Rockstar Australia’, and […]
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VR Games Showcase to Feature 20+ Games Next Week, Including ‘Hitman’, Flat2VR Ports & More
VR Games Showcase is returning next week, promising to feature 20+ VR games from over a dozen developers and publishers. The livestream, kicking off on March 11th at 12 PM ET, is slated to not only include updates to upcoming releases, but also new game announcements as well as exclusive peeks at gameplay. Event organizers […]
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‘Stranger Things VR’ Studio’s Next Project ‘Face Jumping’ Looks Like Another Patently Weird VR Experience
Tender Claws, the studio behind Stranger Things VR (2024) and Virtual Virtual Reality (2017), announced they’re debuting another patently weird VR experience at SXSW this week, which is all about swapping perspectives by making eye contact. The VR experience, called Face Jumping, certainly sounds like another one of Tender Claws’ wildly inventive experiments into virtual […]
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Departing Crew Talks to Journalists, Keeps Up Human Research and Lab Maintenance
Crew departure preparations and cargo unloading topped the scheduled for the Expedition 72 crew aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday. The orbital residents also kept up their human research activities ensuring crews stay healthy while living in space.
NTT QONOQ’s New AR Smart Glasses to Streamline Frontline Operations – MWC ’25
The MWC 2025 gears are already turning. Alongside the emergence of next-generation mobile technology solutions at the event, XR and its hardware derivatives are making an expected splash. A notable firm investing in the emerging AR smart glasses market is NTT QONOQ Devices, which is showcasing new XR products ready to launch into the AR […]
XPANCEO to Showcase Prototype Smart Contact Lenses at MWC ’25
This week at Mobile World Congress 2025, XPANCEO continues its legacy of drip-feeding details about its emerging AR smart contact lens portfolio at leading industry events. The firm commonly attends leading XR events to showcase prototypes of its futuristic AR product, which may not be available today but could be a glimpse of XR tomorrow. […]
XR Awards 2025: Applications Now Open!
Applications are now open for the XR Awards 2025, so your applications are ready now in time for the most promising event in this yearly series. Hundreds of XR vendors, leaders, and teams apply for the XR Awards year after year. 2025 marks the showcase’s fourth consecutive year, and with that comes a refreshed […]
How instant-ramen marketer Samyang built Gen Alpha’s favorite brand
The maker of Buldak has quickly ramped up a marketing team in the U.S. to capitalize on the brand’s consumer love evident in a viral TikTok video.
GORN 2 Hands-On: Absurdly Hilarious Combat Builds Upon The Original Game Well
GORN 2 expands upon the original game well so far, delivering absurdly hilarious combat in our preview while remaining distinctly familiar.
The New Salsa Academy Lets You Break A Sweat In Style
The New Salsa Academy teaches you how to dance one step at a time in VR and mixed reality, and today’s update introduces a new Challenge Mode.
Rockstar Acquires Studio That Worked On Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas VR
Rockstar Games has acquired Video Games Deluxe, the studio that worked on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas VR before it went on hold and L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files.
How Detective VR Uses Mixed Reality For A Narrative-Driven Mystery
With mixed reality gaming still in its relative infancy, we interviewed Detective VR’s studio about designing a narrative-driven experience with newer tech.
PicotionAI: Playing Pictionary with mixed reality, camera access, and artificial intelligence
Today I want to tell you about a little but very cute project I’ve developed for Pico headsets. It’s called PicotionAI and it is a game that includes mixed reality, camera access, and artificial intelligence! As I have done in other similar cases, I’m telling you this story hoping that it can inspire you to […]
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Online Dating Company Announces $20M Annual Fund to Accelerate “virtual intimacy” Startups
Social Discovery Group, the company behind Dating.com and DateMyAge.com, announced it’s launched a venture studio that aims to “transform virtual intimacy into the new normal” by backing early-stage startups in AI-powered communication, XR advancements, and social discovery platforms. Called SDG Lab, the group has pledged an annual investment of $20 million by providing a “straightforward” […]
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‘Dimensional Double Shift’ is Owlchemy Labs’ Fastest Growing Game, Tapping Into Quest’s Latest Freemium Trend
Owlchemy Labs has been a powerhouse of top-selling VR games, so when the Google-owned studio released Dimensional Double Shift in beta last year for free, it wasn’t immediately clear why the studio behind Job Simulator (2016) was making its first stride into freemium territory. With over 500,000 downloads now though, it’s evident they saw the writing on the […]
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Classic Melee Combat Game ‘GORN’ is Getting a Sequel Later This Year on Quest, PC VR & PSVR 2
GORN (2019), the comically violent combat game from Free Lives, is getting a sequel that aims to bring a double dose of madcap melee mayhem, coming to all major VR headsets later this year. GORN 2 is currently being developed by Cortopia Studios, with help from the teams at Free Lives and Devolver Digital. You might know Cortopia from its rash of […]
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‘Batman: Arkham Shadow’ Update Adds New Modes, Maps & Extreme Difficulty for Seasoned Players
Batman: Arkham Shadow (2024) just got its ‘Game of the Year’ update that brings a host of new features, including three new maps, an ‘Extreme’ difficulty setting, and a new permadeath mode. Camouflaj released the game’s 1.4 update to celebrate its recent Game of the Year win at the annual D.I.C.E. Awards last month, where it […]
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Metal 3D Printing and Heart Health Kicks Off March on Station
Metal 3D printing and cardiovascular health kicked off the research schedule at the beginning of the week for the Expedition 72 crew. Crew arrival preparations are also underway at the International Space Station as a new cargo craft is being unloaded.
Google Announces Updates to Display Network Campaigns
New options for your expanded Google campaigns.
TikTok Shares Latest Data on EU Content Removals and User Numbers
The latest insights into TikTok’s content removals and user counts in Europe.
Pinterest Plans to Roll Out More Transparent AI Labeling on Posts
Some users say Pinterest is being “overrun” by AI slop.