The Oculus Quest update system works a bit differently to normal operating system updates that you’re used to with other devices. We’ve put together this guide to clearly explain when and how you’re able to update your Oculus Quest to receive new firmware builds and the latest features. With most modern day electronics, updates become...
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HTC Vive Cosmos Elite And External Tracking Faceplate Review: Too Little Too Late
Here’s what we think of the new-and-sort-of-improved HTC Vive Cosmos Elite and/or Cosmos External Tracking Faceplate. Last year HTC released yet another entry in its line of VR headsets named the HTC Vive Cosmos. Now, the company revamped it with a new model that includes an external tracking option and debuted an add-on to the...
Facebook Ends Samsung Gear VR Software Updates, 360 Video Downloads & Films
Facebook is ending software updates for the Samsung Gear VR. Further, users will no longer be able to access films or download the Oculus Video app. The Samsung Gear VR is a smartphone-based VR headset. Like Google Cardboard and its plastic derivatives, users slot in their smartphone which acts as the display and computer. Unlike...
Several Oculus Quest Titles Discounted In ‘The Great Indoors’ Store Sale
Facebook’s Oculus is running a new sale on the Oculus Store for the Oculus Quest titles, aptly-named ‘The Great Indoors Sale‘. In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, Oculus is recommending and discounting a variety of Quest titles that will help you get through isolation and social distancing over the next few weeks and months. The...
Niantic Acquires 3D Spatial Mapping Company 6D.ai
Niantic, the company behind the world-scale mobile AR games Pokemon Go and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, is acquiring 3D spatial mapping company 6D.ai. According to Niantic CEO and Founder John Hanke, the acquisition will allow Niantic to “leverage 6D.ai’s deep expertise and significant breakthroughs in AR research and engineering” and see them build a “dynamic,...
HTC Announces $549 Headset-Only Cosmos Elite (With Free Alyx)
Two weeks ago, HTC launched its Vive Cosmos Elite headset at $899. This week, its revealing some cheaper alternatives. The full Cosmos Elite kit comes with the headset, the SteamVR tracking faceplate, two SteamVR 1.0 base stations and Vive wands controllers. Starting in April, however, HTC will be shipping just the headset and the faceplate...
VR Battle Royale Shooter Virtual Battlegrounds Arrives Next Week, Open Beta Coming
It’s taken a year longer than expected, but promising VR battle royale game, Virtual Battlegrounds, is very nearly here. The game finally arrives in Steam Early Access on April 8th. Developer CyberDream had originally planned to release the game in March of 2019 but continued to delay the game over the course of the past...
VR Launch Title Headmaster Getting ‘Lost Lessons’ DLC, Physical Release
Nearly four years on from its launch on PSVR (and subsequent releases on PC VR), Headmaster is getting its first DLC. Called The Lost Lessons, the DLC will be arriving on all platforms this April. As the name implies, the pack will feature 10 new missions that explore new ideas not previously seen in the...
Lies Beneath Review: Surviving Stylish Horrors
Lies Beneath is an action-packed single-player survival horror game published by Oculus Studios and developed by Drifter Entertainment, the same team behind PC VR co-op shooter Gunheart and Robo Recall: Unplugged on Quest. Read our full Lies Beneath review below for more! The Oculus Quest has a great selection of VR games. But what you...
YUR Levels Up VR Fitness With Calorie-Counting Virtual Watch, Native On Quest
VR fitness platform YUR is levelling up at-home workouts during COVID-19 isolation with the launch of a virtual watch in several Oculus Quest games and on PC. The YUR.watch, as it’s called, is a new interface that mimics a real-life smartwatch, attached to the user’s wrist. It counts the calories you burn off while playing...
