There’s some great discounts to be had in a just-launched Oculus Quest Flash Sale, but you’ve only got today to make your choices. The 24 hour sale features 15 games and one big bundle, with most titles having around 30% slashed off of their prices. First-glance highlights include a very-agreeable $12.99 for recently-launched shooter, Contractors....
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Team Beef Adds Two Handed Weapon Grips To Doom 3 VR On Quest, Fixes Scale
Modding group Team Beef has updated its most recent unofficial VR port, Doom 3 on Quest, with some major new additions. A Reddit post confirms that the team has now added support for two-handed weapon grips in the game, so you can more realistically wield weapons like rifles and shotguns. The shotgun itself has also...
Maskmaker Review – Wonderfully Intricate But Familiar VR Fairy Tale
Maskmaker offers arresting atmosphere and intricate design, but it doesn’t have much new to say with its base mechanics. More in our Maskmaker review! Maskmaker wears a lot of hats or, forgive me, masks. On the surface it’s an enjoyable, if somewhat lightweight puzzle adventure that explores a similar mechanic to Accounting, Virtual Virtual Reality...
HTC Just Won An Award For A Headset It Isn’t Making
Earlier today the internet discovered an awards listing for a new HTC Vive headset that hasn’t actually been announced – the HTC Vive Air. Was this an early leak of a new device set to be announced at next month’s Vivecon event? Sadly not. The HTC Vive Air Is Cool, But Not Real In a...
Amazon is opening a London hair salon to test AR and other retail technologies
Amazon announced this morning it’s opening Amazon Salon, the retailer’s first hair salon and a place where Amazon aims to test new technologies with the general public. The salon will occupy over 1,500 sq. ft on Brushfield Street in London’s Spitalfields, where Amazon says it will initially be trialing the use of augmented reality (AR)...
Oculus Quest Software Improvements Could Aim VR For Chromebook Market
Facebook is trying to increase production of Quest 2 amid a global silicon chip shortage while planning regular software updates for its $299 headset that may put the headset, and its follow-ups, on a path that may convince some buyers to pick up a standalone VR headset instead of a Chromebook or tablet. A recent...
Playing Randomly Picked VR Games – App Lab VR Roulette
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Virtual Desktop, Rhythm ‘N Bullets Add Beta Support For 120Hz On Quest 2
Two more apps have added beta support for the Quest 2’s experimental 120Hz refresh rate — Virtual Desktop and App Lab game Rhythm ‘n Bullets. The latest update to the Quest system software, v28, has begun its gradual roll out to users after being announced last week. The update includes Infinite Office features, Air Link...
Oscar-Nominated Short Film Colette Now Available On Oculus TV For Quest
Colette, an Oscar-nominated short film featured in Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, is now available to stream on Oculus Quest. The documentary premiered first at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in February 2020 and won Best Documentary Short, followed by many other festivals, awards and limited release theatrical runs. It was then featured...
Leo AR, user-facing marketplace for 3D objects, raises $3 million seed round
Apple’s introduction of ARKit changed the game for entrepreneurs, not unlike the App Store did on a much, much larger scale back in 2008. One entrepreneur, Dana Loberg, has capitalized on the launch of ARKit with her startup Leo AR. Leo is the result of a few pivots. The company first started out as MojiLala,...