Apple’s rumored upcoming headset will require a host device for full functionality, The Information reports. The Information, Bloomberg and analyst Ming-Chi Kuo all claim Apple will release a sleek AR-VR headset as early as 2022 with high resolution color cameras. Kuo claims it will be priced around $1000. In February The Information claimed to have viewed images of...
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Beat Saber Enables Oculus & Steam Multiplayer Crossplay
Beat Saber players can now compete against one another no matter if they are using the Steam version of the game or the Oculus version of the game for Quest and Rift. The official Twitter account for the rhythm game announced the change today “so you can join multiplayer matches and slash the beats together”....
Upcoming Painting VR Update Brings New Features, Updated UI
An update for Painting VR will bring a host of new features and an updated UI on September 30, alongside a slight price increase. The main focus of the update seems to be adding more options that are available in other painting apps like Vermillion or Brushwork VR, such as new brush options, opacity and...
Shock Troops Is A Retro Oculus Quest Shooter Coming In 2022
Shock Troops, the new game from Garage Collective, is billed as a spiritual successor to the developer’s 2018 shooter, Theta Legion. But, for all intents and purposes, this is really a direct sequel. That is to say Shock Troops is another gorgeous throwback to a beloved era of shooters that really comes to life inside...
Felix & Paul Studios Win Emmy For Space Explorers: The ISS Experience
The Felix & Paul Studios and TIME Studios production Space Explorers: The ISS Experience has taken home the Emmy for Outstanding Interactive Program at the 73rd Emmy Awards this week. Space Explorers: The ISS Experience is an immersive VR production and the second series in the Space Explorers saga by Felix & Paul Studios. Each...
Facebook Announces Zoom Partnership For Horizon Workrooms
Facebook announced a collaboration with video conferencing application Zoom, integrating Zoom meetings natively into Facebook’s new remote work solution for VR, Horizon Workrooms. The integration won’t arrive until next year but will allow you to “easily join Zoom Meetings and use Zoom Whiteboard all from within VR.” Horizon Workrooms is Facebook’s remote work collaboration tool...
Mafia VR Mod Is The Latest Release From GTAV Modder
Luke Ross, the VR developer behind mods for Grand Theft Auto V and, more recently, Red Dead Redemption 2, has launched a Mafia VR mod. The mod is based on the Definitive Edition of the game that released last year, and is available to those that subscribe to the modder’s Patreon page. As with his...
I-Illusions Devs Explore ‘Unexplored Space’ Of Arena VR With Space Pirate Trainer DX
I-Illusions broke new ground this month with the release of a multiplayer mode for Space Pirate Trainer that requires a 10 meter by 10 meter play space. Dirk Van Welden and Patrick Hackett from I-Illusions joined us in our studio for a live interview right before releasing the update to every owner of Space Pirate...
Baobab Studios Nabs 9th Emmy Award Thanks To Baba Yaga
Baba Yaga won an Emmy for Outstanding Interactive Media for a Daytime Program at the 48th Annual Emmy Awards, bringing Baobab Studios’ total Emmy awards wins to nine. Baba Yaga also previously won two other Emmy awards — Outstanding Directing Team for Animated Program (Eric Darnell, director, and Mathias Chelebourg, co-director) and Outstanding Individual Achievement...
HTC Vive Pro 2 Full Kit Ships In October For $1,399
The HTC Vive Pro 2 Full Kit will start shipping in October, the company today confirmed. Pre-orders for the bundle are already live in the US and will launch in Europe, Middle East and Africa on September 23rd. The kit costs £1,299 in the UK and you can also pre-order from Vive.com, Amazon, Scan or...