Reddit user Reggy04 dug into the Oculus Quest v32 firmware, finding strings referring to ‘Quest Pro’ as well as face and eye tracking. We obtained the Quest v32 firmware file, decompiled it, and searched it with grep to confirm Reggy’s claims. The Quest Pro reference appears to be from the Hand Tracking setup process: QUEST PRO...
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Lavrynthos Is A Brilliantly Smart Mix Of VR Storytelling And Impossible Spaces On Oculus Quest And PC
Lavrynthos offers a fun riff on Daedalus’s Labyrinth using novel techniques. Read on for our impressions! Impossible spaces is a concept that’s severely underexplored in the VR scene. It’s essentially a means of changing an environment as you walk through it: standing in a room, walking around a corner back into the same space and...
Rainbow Reactor Fusion Releases This Week For Oculus Quest
Announced earlier this year, it looks like Rainbow Reactor Fusion is set to release later this week on September 17 for Oculus Quest. Fusion is a color-matching puzzle title that follows up 2019’s Rainbow Reactor, available for PC VR on Steam with support for Valve Index, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift headsets. This follow-up title,...
Microsoft Flight Simulator VR Controller Support Coming Mid-November
A developer roadmap from Asobo indicates that support for VR controllers is planned to launch with Simulator Update VII, currently set for a mid-November release. In their weekly developer update, Asobo posted the usual ‘Virtual Reality Feedback Snapshot’ list which shows the top ‘wishes’ and the most important bugs as voted on by the community,...
Oculus Quest 2 ‘Space Sense’ Guardian Intrusion Feature Found In v32 Firmware
Twitter user Basti564 has found updated graphics and settings options for the ‘Guardian Intrusion Detection’ interface, first found back in March, which is now referred to as ‘Space Sense.’ Basti564 posted a video on Twitter showing new graphics and an explainer video within the Quest running on v32. We’ve been able to get the graphics...
ProTubeVR Announces Haptic Module For VR Rifle Stock
ProTubeVR announced a new haptic module this week, designed to be used with its MagTube Rifle frame, to provide more immersive VR shooter experiences using haptic feedback for recoil and other realistic gun effects. The haptic module, dubbed the ForceTube Scout Haptic Module, is compatible with both Quest and PC VR platforms. The accessory “simulates...
First Of Its Kind ‘Outer Space Camera’ Captures Astronaut Spacewalk For VR
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide stepped outside the International Space Station today for a spacewalk unlike any other. What is special about this one is that you will soon be able to join them as Felix & Paul Studios’ new Outer Space Camera captured a real spacewalk in an immersive 3D,...
Brink Traveler Offers Some Of VR’s Best Travel Content Yet Using Photogrammetric Captures
Brink Traveler is available now for Oculus Quest and PC VR, allowing you to travel to a selection of stunning locations that are displayed in full volumetric 3D by way of photogrammetry-based capture technology. The app was announced a few weeks ago and launched more recently for Oculus Quest and PC VR via the Oculus...
How ROTU Brings Rhythm of the Universe’s Song Of Empathy And Nurture To VR
We talk to Rotu’s Jason Parks about the developer’s big VR launch, Rhythm of the Universe: Ionia. The forest vibrates with song around you, as animals of all kinds follow their ancient rituals seemingly unimpeded. But the woods are also hurting, grappling with a pain only you can help ease. If you’re unsure whether I’m...
Peco Peco Adds 25 New Puzzles And Goes 50% Off For 5 Days
Peco Peco added a new series of themed puzzles this week, alongside a 50% off promotion when your purchase the game through VR Collection. The new puzzles come as part of an update that adds a whole new series to the game, called In The Attic. As you might guess from the title, this series...