Meta revealed its Orion prototype last year to show the progress it has made toward compact AR glasses. Today the company talked more about the prototyping process, especially regarding the ‘compute puck’ that offloads much of the heavy processing into a device that goes in the user’s pocket. One of the major reasons that today’s …| Road to VR
Meta recently unveiled Oakley Meta HSTN, the company’s latest smart glasses created in collaboration with EssilorLuxottica. Now, data miner and serial leaker ‘Luna’ has obtained images of what appears to be Meta’s next pair of smart glasses, this time including a built-in display and wrist-worn controller. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported in January that Meta was …| Road to VR
Google today announced that it is working with eyewear makers Warby Parker and Gentle Monster to bring the first Android XR smartglasses to market. The move mirrors Meta’s early partnership with EssilorLuxottica, the dominant eyewear maker that’s behind Meta’s Ray-Ban smartglasses. While no productized Android XR smartglasses have been announced, Google said today it is working …| Road to VR
Forefront is an upcoming Battlefield-inspired VR shooter which promises huge 16 vs. 16 firefights in large spaces with vehicles on Quest and Steam. The studio just surprise-dropped an open alpha of the game to gather player feedback and stress-test systems. Forefront comes from Triangle Factory—the studio behind competitive VR shooter Breachers—so we expect the gunplay and …| Road to VR
2018 will see the introduction of a number of ‘smartglasses’. Initially, very few of these products will be capable of augmented reality, but many of them will be (or already are being) conflated with AR. So here’s a quick guide to understanding what augmented reality really is so that you don’t get mixed up by a …| Road to VR
Ray-Ban Display, Meta’s first smart glasses with a display, are now available for sale. However, unless you’re in the US and in a handful of major metropolitan areas, it’s difficult to get your hands on a pair. The News Meta Ray-Ban Display is now available in the US for $800. The pricetag includes the glasses […] The post Meta Ray-Ban Display Glasses Are Now Available, But That Doesn’t Mean Buying is Easy appeared first on Road to VR.| Road to VR
Apple may be preparing to release its long-rumored M5 hardware refresh of Vision Pro, according to new certification tests filed with the US Federal Communication Commission (FCC). The News As first spotted by MacRumors, Apple’s next Vision Pro seems to be right around the corner, as the FCC has published a trove of transmission tests, SAR test […] The post Next Apple Vision Pro Inches Closer to Launch, FCC Documents Suggest appeared first on Road to VR.| Road to VR
Thief pioneered the stealth-action genre starting in the late ’90s, and now the storied franchise is finally coming to all major headsets in its first made-for-VR game. I had a chance to go hands-on with the latest build of Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow on PSVR 2 at the first VR Games Showcase live event, which took […] The post ‘Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow’ Hands-on: The Most Promising VR-Native Stealth Game Yet appeared first on Road to VR.| Road to VR
SCHOTT—a global leader in advanced optics and specialty glass—working with waveguide partner Lumus, is almost certainly the manufacturer of the waveguide optics in Meta’s Ray-Ban Display glasses. While the Ray-Ban Display glasses offer only a static 20° field-of-view, the company says its waveguide technology is also capable of supporting immersive wide field-of-view glasses in the […] The post Meta Ray-Ban Display Waveguide Provider Says It’s Poised for Wide Field-of-view Glasses ...| Road to VR
Our series Inside XR Design explores the best of immersive design. Today we’re talking about how to make an incredible VR trailer using just in-game footage. No mixed reality setups, no complicated compositing—just smart planning and a proven playbook. And keep reading, because at the end, I’ll share a checklist of key technical considerations to make your […] The post VR Design Unpacked: The Formula for Great VR Game Trailers appeared first on Road to VR.| Road to VR
Meta announced its LA-based pop-up store is returning as a flagship retail location, which is slated to arrive alongside more Meta branded pop-ups in New York and Las Vegas. The News The company opened its first retail store in Burlingame, California in 2022, located right next to its Reality Labs HQ. Back then, it featured […] The post Meta to Open Second Permanent Store in Preparation for Next Wave of Smart Glasses appeared first on Road to VR.| Road to VR
IO Interactive announced that Hitman World of Assassination has finally got its long-awaited PC VR patch, bringing new life to a sorely neglected port. The News IOI released VR support for Hitman 3 (2021) on PC back in 2022, later rebranding in 2023 to Hitman World of Assassination, which included the full trilogy—PC VR support and all. Still, […] The post ‘Hitman’ Update Finally Puts PC VR Version at Parity with PSVR 2, Includes ‘Freelancer’ Mode appeared first on Road to VR.| Road to VR
Valve today announced that it’s bringing its wireless PC VR streaming software, Steam Link, to five more headsets from PICO and HTC. The company also plans to make it easier for headset makers to bring Steam Link to even more headsets in the future. The News Valve has released Steam Link on the PICO Store and HTC’s […] The post Valve Expands ‘Steam Link’ PC VR Streaming to More Headsets and Opens the Door to Android XR appeared first on Road to VR.| Road to VR
You’d be forgiven for thinking Titan Isles was some sort of prequel to the Windlands series. While it does have a lot in common with Psytec’s combat-flavored adventure platformer Windlands 2 (2018), Titan Isles is an entirely new game that marks a clear departure from the series’ focus on exploration by amping up combat and stripping down levels to […] The post ‘Titan Isles’ Review – A Good Bullet Hell Shooter Missing The Magic of ‘Windlands’ appeared first on Road to VR.| Road to VR
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 developer Asobo Studio announced it’s finally releasing the game on PS5 and PS5 Pro later this year, with PSVR 2 support slated to follow in 2026 as a free update. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is set to launch on the PS5 platform on December 8th, bringing with it up to 125 […] The post ‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ is Coming to PSVR 2 Next Year Following PS5 Release appeared first on Road to VR.| Road to VR
My Monsters is an upcoming VR platformer adventure inspired by Moss, letting you guide your very own little monster as you tower above and help them along the way to conquer a world plagued by inner demons. Now, developer Ludact has revealed the game’s launch date for Quest and SteamVR headsets. Coming October 2nd, My Monsters serves […] The post ‘Moss’-inspired VR Adventure ‘My Monsters’ Brings Unique Art Style to Quest Next Month appeared first on Road to VR.| Road to VR
Gunman Contracts – Stand Alone is slated to arrive on PC VR headsets in early access this year, bringing an action movie-inspired shooter adventure that’s definitely aiming high. Solo dev ANB_Seth and publisher 2080 Games released the game’s tenth devlog, showing off more of the game’s punchy gun mechanics at the newly unveiled home base: ‘The […] The post ‘Gunman Contracts’ Gameplay Shows Off Visuals & Gunplay That Rival ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ appeared first on Road to VR.| Road to VR
Hideo Kojima’s production company and Niantic Spatial released a new teaser showing off a concept for an AR game that the studios see as a “significant moment for both companies.” The teaser, seen below, follows a player wearing a futuristic pair of augmented reality glasses, and traversing a very Death Stranding-inspired landscape. “A new dawn. […] The post Hideo Kojima’s Studio Partners with Niantic Spatial on Enigmatic AR Game of the “near future” appeared first on Road to VR.| Road to VR
Apple announced its next slate of immersive films for Vision Pro, coming from Audi F1 Project, the BBC, CANAL+, CNN, HYBE, MotoGP, and Red Bull. The company says its next batch of immersive documentaries are set to launch in the coming months alongside. There are however two new films available today: the next episode of Apple […] The post Apple Continues Investment in Exclusive Immersive Content for Vision Pro appeared first on Road to VR.| Road to VR
Pimax issued an update detailing its upcoming fleet of micro-OLED PC VR headsets, which also included info on a delay affecting its thin and light headsets, Dream Air and Dream Air SE. The update, seen at the bottom of the article, details three products Pimax is preparing to ship: Dream Air – Thin and light PC …| Road to VR
Exoshock is an upcoming co-op shooter for up to four players, and it’s headed to Quest & PC VR this Fall. We’ve had our eyes on this one for some time now thanks to its intense looking firefights, gritty sci-fi aesthetic, and great sound design. The new Exoshock trailer confirms a Fall 2025 release window for …| Road to VR
According to Snap’s CEO Evan Spiegel, the company behind Snapchat has reached a “crucible moment” as it heads into 2026, which he says rests on the growth and performance of Spectacles, the company’s AR glasses, as well as AI, advertising and direct revenue streams. Snap announced in June it was working on the next iteration …| Road to VR
Amazon is reportedly developing a pair of consumer smart glasses which is slated to rival Meta’s rumored ‘Hypernova’ smart glasses with display, according to a report by The Information. Citing two people with direct knowledge of the plans, The Information maintains the glasses, internally codenamed ‘Jayhawk’, are set to include include microphones, speakers, a camera, and …| Road to VR
Korea-based studio Pixelity officially revealed the name of its XR game based on popular ’90s anime Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995): “EVANGELION: Δ CROSS REFLECTIONS” Previously teased earlier this year, Evangelion: Cross Reflections is said to be set in the locations from the anime, serving up battles between Evangelions and Angels, various interactive elements, and “engaging, captivating storylines with original characters,” …| Road to VR
Apple may be taking a beat before it releases a cheaper follow-up to Vision Pro, which would more broadly appeal to consumers, instead releasing a hardware refresh next year that includes the new M5 chipset. According to independent tech analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple has delayed the cheaper version of Vision Pro “beyond 2027”. Kuo, who …| Road to VR
At $3,500, Vision Pro is undoubtedly expensive, which many are rightfully hoping will be remedied in a prospective follow-up. Now, according to a report from The Information, Apple may be ditching the ‘Pro’ aspect of its next-gen Vision headsets altogether, instead aiming to release a single “more affordable” device in late 2025. It’s rumored that …| Road to VR
Joy Way, the studio behind STRIDE: Fates (2023) and EXOcars (2024), initially announced VR action-platformer Red Flowers back in 2022, which was slated to bring bloody ninja-slicing action along with some high-flying parkour. Now, the studio revealed Red Flowers is making a major pivot to ostensibly appeal to younger users. Now called Catana: Red Flowers, the game has done away …| Road to VR
Despite Vision Pro’s $3,500 price tag, which is nearly 12 times more expensive than the $300 Quest 3S, Apple and Meta are destined to be direct competitors in the XR space at some point in the near future. According to a report by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple may be rethinking its XR strategy moving forward though following …| Road to VR
Meta’s smart glasses with display, codenamed ‘Hypernova’, are reportedly slated to cost less than initially expected, with Meta allegedly slashing price expectations from the rumored $1,000 – $1,400 range to $800. Now, respected supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says Meta is nearly ready to begin mass production, although sales expectations aren’t very high. Bloomberg’s Mark …| Road to VR
Spatial Ops (2024) is a bit like laser tag for Quest, letting you set up barriers and squad up with your friends for everything from room-scale to arena-scale mixed reality shootouts. Now, developer Resolution Games released an update today that brings more stability to co-located gameplay, more enemies, support for bHaptics gear, and more. Called ‘Pulse …| Road to VR
Meta laid out the next step of its AI integration strategy for social VR platform Horizon Worlds, noting that “very soon” creators will be able to add AI-powered NPCs to their worlds. Earlier this year Meta introduced non-embodied NPCs, essentially letting Horizon Worlds creators plug in ‘background’ AI agents, which were meant to offer help, but …| Road to VR
Code shared by Apple and discovered by MacRumors has seemingly confirmed that Vision Pro isn’t getting a massive overhaul in its next generation, instead pointing to a hardware refresh that will feature Apple’s upcoming M5 chipset. This follows previous reports from last year, including those from independent analyst Ming-Chi Kuo and Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, that suggested …| Road to VR
With such an alluring price point on Quest 2 during the Black Friday period, it makes sense the headset would sell more than Quest 3. But what will it mean for the company’s effort to make mixed reality the main selling proposition of its headsets? Twitter user JustDaven pointed out that Amazon reveals some coarse sales …| Road to VR
VR veteran studio Survios finally revealed Alien: Rogue Incursion, the upcoming single-player horror game that’s sure to pit you against some nasty Xenomorphs. The officially branded tie-in game is coming to Quest 3 later this year, but not any other Quest headset, which could signal waning developer interest in supporting Quest 2 and Quest Pro. …| Road to VR
Red Bull and Jonathan Griffith Productions have released Touching the Sky on Quest, now letting you follow wingsuit base jumpers in the European Alps and a paragliding team across the Himalayas in Pakistan in an hour-long immersive documentary. Captured using custom-built 3D, 360 cameras, the documentary lets you accompany wingsuit and base jump athletes Fred …| Road to VR
Varjo, the Finland-based maker of high-end XR headsets, announced they’re releasing a new paid licensing structure next month which will include some of XR-4’s previously free software features. Many of Varjo’s headsets over the years have required a subscription of some sort, such as its fleet of enterprise-focused XR-3 headsets released in 2020. The company’s …| Road to VR
Varjo today announced Aero; while it’s the company’s most affordable headset yet, its $2,000 price point still limits its to businesses and wealthy enthusiasts. But with stunning clarity its sure going to be a dream headset for VR simmers who aren’t afraid to trade cash for immersion. Varjo Aero is a pared down version of …| Road to VR
PlayStation’s annual summer sale just kicked off, tossing a ton of deep discounts your way on some of the best PSVR 2 games out there. There are a ton of great games currently on sale—available between today and July 29th—many of them PSVR 2 mainstays that should easily help you fill out your game library. Some …| Road to VR
During Upload VR’s summer game showcase, developer Triangular Pixels showed off more of its upcoming sequel to spy-flavored puzzle adventure Unseen Diplomacy (2016). The sequel, Unseen Diplomacy 2, has been years in the making, and now Triangular Pixels has released a new trailer showing off more of the game’s room-scale interactions—a feature that made the 2016 …| Road to VR
Meta is giving its Avatars another big upgrade, offering users finer control over things like face shape, body part sizes, hair, makeup and more. Avatars are integrated across the gamut of Meta’s platforms, including Horizon Worlds, Home and Workrooms on Quest and mobile, and across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger. Now, users in the US …| Road to VR
According to a Wall Street Journal report, Meta may be looking to some of Hollywood’s top brands to produce exclusive content for its next XR headset, which is expected to feature a completely new thin and light design when it reportedly ships next year. Citing people familiar with the matter, Meta has recently been in …| Road to VR
It’s been the same basic story for more than a decade now: wearing a VR headset is easy, but not as easy as simply looking at a monitor. While a lot has changed since the early days, Meta admits Quest developers should be making their VR games more bite-sized to work around the inherent friction …| Road to VR
As Oculus becomes increasingly merged with parent company Facebook, new users will soon be required to sign into their headset with a Facebook account. Existing users will be able to use their separate Oculus accounts until the end of 2022, after which “full functionality will require a Facebook account.” Facebook says the changes are being …| Road to VR
Palmer Luckey, the co-founder of Oculus VR and designer of the Oculus Rift, is stepping down from his position at the company. Oculus told Upload VR the news, saying that it will be Luckey’s last week at the Facebook-owned VR headset company. “Palmer will be dearly missed. Palmer’s legacy extends far beyond Oculus. His inventive spirit …| Road to VR
While Meta’s Quest has always relied heavily on cameras for tracking location of the headset, controllers, and the world around the user, developers haven’t had the same privileged access to the headset’s cameras. Earlier this year Meta gave developers the ability to experiment with direct access to the headset’s cameras in private projects; starting this …| Road to VR
There’s are plenty of great apps on the Quest Store, but did you know you can download games, experiences, and useful tools from an entirely different library? With SideQuest, you can expand your horizons with unofficial mods, tools, and indie gems of all sorts, both paid and free. Find out how (and why) with this …| Road to VR
Facebook has halted sales of all Oculus VR headsets in Germany, something the company says will be temporary during its ongoing talks with German regulators. Update (11:35 AM ET): MIXED has obtained a statement (German) from the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) that refutes the claim that talks are currently ongoing on the subject of …| Road to VR
As Facebook moved to require Facebook accounts to be used with Oculus headsets, the company also updated and expanded its VR policies which now dictate rules around “personal space” and “sexual gestures”. Facebook’s expanded VR policies, updated this week just ahead of the launch of Oculus Quest 2, make it clear: behavioral etiquette in VR …| Road to VR
Warpfrog, the studio behind Blade & Sorcery (2024), announced they’re working on their next VR title. While the studio say it won’t be a sequel, it will be “super modder-friendly” and share “a lot of DNA” with the hit physics-based combat game. “It is way too early to do any kind of reveal, so we …| Road to VR
Brilliant Labs announced it’s getting ready to launch its next generation of smart glasses at the end of the month, making it the company’s third device since it was founded in 2019. In 2023, Brilliant Labs released Monocle, a developer kit which included a single heads-up display that was meant to be clipped onto existing …| Road to VR
POPULATION: ONE, the hit battle royale shooter from BigBox VR, is going free-to-play next month on the Quest platform. Initially released in late 2020, Population: One has essentially become VR’s de facto battle royale, bringing large-scale cross-platform battles to Quest and SteamVR headsets. Now Meta-owned studio BigBox VR says it’s going free-to-play on Quest 2 and Quest …| Road to VR
Assetto Corsa EVO launched earlier this year in early access, serving up a PC VR mode that wasn’t exactly a hit due to some pretty questionable overall optimization. Now, developer KUNOS Simulazioni have released the game’s 0.2 update, which also includes some much needed VR performance tweaks. The 0.2 just dropped for Assetto Corsa EVO, which …| Road to VR
Cortopia Studios, the team behind GORN 2 (2025), announced it’s working on a ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ game which is slated to land on Quest and SteamVR headsets sometime next year. We haven’t seen Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City in action yet, as Cortopia Studios and publisher Beyond Frames Entertainment only released a quick trailer announcing …| Road to VR
Jim Henson’s Muppets could be coming to VR following talks with Disney—possibly offering a clue at the sort of content Meta reportedly hopes to bring to its next VR headset. Disney held an event on June 14th celebrating the 70th anniversary of The Jim Henson Company. The event was also a bittersweet sendoff for one …| Road to VR
It was rumored last year that Meta was seeking a minority stake in French-Italian eyewear conglomerate EssilorLuxottica, not only the largest eyewear manufacturer in the world, but also Meta’s partner behind its growing line of smart glasses. Now, a new report suggests the deal has gone through. Citing people familiar with the matter, a Bloomberg …| Road to VR
Snap, the company behind Snapchat, today announced it’s working on the next iteration of its Spectacles AR glasses (aka ‘Specs’), which are slated to release publicly sometime next year. Snap first released its fifth generation of Specs (Spectacles ’24) exclusively to developers in late 2024, later opening up sales to students and teachers in January …| Road to VR
Samsung is the first partner to formally announce a new MR headset based on the newly announced Android XR. The device, codenamed “Project Moohan,” is planned for consumer release in 2025. We went hands on with an early version. Note: Samsung and Google aren’t yet sharing any key details for this headset like resolution, weight, …| Road to VR
Meta’s first-party VR game studio Twisted Pixel revealed its latest upcoming title: Marvel’s Deadpool VR. Set for release later this year, the game is said to feature an all-new, original Deadpool story, with the main character voiced by Neil Patrick Harris. Marvel’s Deadpool VR will be the first game released by Twisted Pixel since the …| Road to VR
Ahead of an upcoming technical conference, researchers from Meta’s Reality Labs Research group published details on their work toward creating ultra-wide field-of-view VR & MR headsets that use novel optics to maintain a compact goggles-style form-factor. Published in advance of the ACM SIGGRAPH 2025 Emerging Technologies conference, the research article details two headsets, each achieving a …| Road to VR
Pico, the XR headset maker owned by TikTok parent ByteDance, is reportedly developing a mixed reality device aimed at rivaling Meta’s next-generation XR headset. According to a report from The Information, Pico is currently working on a pair of mixed reality “goggles” codenamed ‘Swan’, which are said to be thin and lightweight—reportedly weighing around just …| Road to VR
Varjo announced that starting next year, it’s no longer supporting its fleet of third generation XR headsets, which includes XR-3, VR-3, and Varjo Aero. As first spotted by XT Today, Varjo says it’s now “focusing our manufacturing efforts on the XR-4 Series headsets,” which released in late 2023. The Finland-based company notes in a support …| Road to VR
Indie studio The Voxel Agents announced a VR expansion of their hit puzzle adventure Hidden Memories (2018) is coming to Quest and SteamVR headsets in August. Called Hidden Memories The Gardens Between, the upcoming VR game is said to be “an expansive reimagining” of the original, which launched on PC, console and mobile platforms in 2018. The …| Road to VR
Founded in 2011, Road to VR is the leading independent VR news publication. Covering PC VR, Quest, PSVR, Apple Vision Pro, and more.| Road to VR
Resolute Games launched a crowdfunding campaign late last month to kickstart a VRMMO called Eldramoor: Haven in the Mist. Now the campaign has officially crossed the $100,000 mark, and it’s not showing any signs of stopping. Launched on June 24th, the Eldramoor campaign is hoping to revive some of the fun of recently shuttered VR MMO Orbus VR. Founded by …| Road to VR
Snap, the company behind Snapchat, is making its latest Spectacles AR Glasses more affordable to students and teachers with a new educational discount that cuts the $1,200 launch price in half. Initially released in September 2024, the company’s fifth-gen Spectacles (called Spectacles ’24) are primarily targeted at developers, priced at $100 per month for a …| Road to VR
Motion = Emotion So what can we learn from Instructed Motion when it comes to XR design? Well, it’s clear that certain motions can be fun, but beyond fun, certain motions can make players feel a certain way—like being able to add flavor to their experience. Take for example the beat map in the track …| Road to VR
Facebook’s latest VR headset, Oculus Quest 2, isn’t jailbroken yet, however one developer is offering up $5,000 to anyone capable of freeing the device from Facebook services. Now, Oculus founder and ex-Facebook exec Palmer Luckey says he’ll be throwing $5,000 in the hat too in effort to attract would-be jailbreakers. Update (October 19th, 2020): Palmer …| Road to VR
Ever wonder what the best-selling Quest games are? Wonder no further, because Meta has published a section on the Horizon Store listing the current top 50 best-sellers of all time. As you’d imagine, many of the ‘old reliables’ have taken the top spots, including Beat Games’ hit rhythm game Beat Saber (2018), Owlchemy Labs’ madcap parody …| Road to VR
Google today announced Android XR, a new core branch of Android, designed as a spatial operating system for XR headsets and glasses. The company is pitching this as a comprehensive spatial computing platform, and hopes to establish its own territory in the XR landscape against incumbents Meta and Apple. Google has revealed Android XR and …| Road to VR
Sony introduced hand-tracking support for PSVR 2 back in December, offering up the ability for developers to update their games and let players go hands-on thanks to the headset’s on-board tracking cameras. Now, beloved wizardry game Waltz of the Wizard (2019) is the first to implement hand-tracking on PSVR 2. Waltz of the Wizard has grown …| Road to VR
Meta announced last year it was partnering with German airline Lufthansa to bring Quest 3 headsets to passengers. Now, after its apparent success, the company hopes to expand in-flight XR entertainment programs to even more airlines. Meta first released its long-awaited Travel Mode last year, letting anyone with a Quest 2 and above use the feature …| Road to VR
The Midnight Walk is coming to PSVR 2 and PC VR headsets on May 8th, offering up a twisted adventure featuring a massive number of models built out of clay, scanned and rendered in the game’s environment. MoonHood, the Sweden-based studio founded by developers behind Lost in Random (2021) and Ghost Giant (2019), sat down with GameSpot for a 30-minute …| Road to VR
Alta, the studio behind A Township Tale (2021), showed off the latest work on its upcoming dungeon-crawler extraction game REAVE, revealing more about its various systems in addition to a new dungeon and enemy—all of it very much still a work-in-progress. The game’s latest dev log (seen below) shows off a number of newly updated systems and …| Road to VR
A big sale on PSVR 2 pushed the headset’s holiday sales volume on Amazon US higher than might have been expected, selling nearly five times more than last year. PSVR 2’s Black Friday and holiday sale brought a huge 42% discount on the Horizon bundle of the headset, dropping the US price from $550 to …| Road to VR
Bigscreen today announced its next-gen Beyond PC VR headset, promising a big boost in field-of-view (FOV) and clarity thanks to the inclusion of new pancake lenses. Bigscreen is also making the slim and light headset more attractive to at-home and enterprise users too thanks to its new adjustable interpupillary distance (IPD) and optional universal Lightseal …| Road to VR
HOOP-O Studios, a new indie creating mixed reality games, announced its remote-controlled dogfighting game Alex and the Jets is coming to Quest 3 next month. As a casual arcade flying game, Alex and the Jets lets you take control of Alex the Squirrel and their tiny fixed-wing propeller plane. Aerial enemies from ‘The Jets’ gang pop in through portals …| Road to VR
The XR landscape has changed significantly over the last five years with the flourishing of standalone headsets and new entrants like Apple and (soon) Google. Despite all of that, the PC VR platform has continued a slow but steady growth. So much has happened in VR in last five years that if you had told …| Road to VR
Snap, the company behind Snapchat, introduced its fifth-gen Spectacles AR glasses six months ago, and now the company is releasing a number of new features that aim to improve geo-located AR experiences. Released in September 2024, Spectacles are still very much a developer kit—the AR glasses only have 45 minutes of standalone battery power—although Snap …| Road to VR
Meta announced its ‘Meta for Education’ program is now out of beta, allowing schools and educational institutions from all over to fill their classrooms with Quest headsets and use a variety of education-focused XR apps and software. Initially announced last April, Meta for Education is a comprehensive solution for educators looking to bring XR into …| Road to VR
Sony today announced it’s permanently discounting PSVR 2 starting next month, bringing the PS5 and PC-compatible VR headset to $400. Sony launched PSVR 2 nearly two years ago today at $550. Now, following little fanfare at its two-year anniversary—and no real mention during its State of Play two weeks ago—Sony is slashing the price of …| Road to VR
Meta today revealed its next-gen glasses, Aria Gen 2, which the company intends to release to third-party researchers working on machine perception systems, AI and robotics. The company revealed its first iteration of Project Aria back in 2020, showing off a sensor-rich pair of glasses which the company used internally to train its machine perception systems, …| Road to VR
Mannequin (2024), the VR game that brings a unique twist to prop hunt, is going free-to-play on Quest starting today—which could point to more developers opting to go the freemium route. Launched last June on Quest and SteamVR headsets, Mannequin isn’t your typical shooter, nor is it your typical game of prop hunt, which usually involves …| Road to VR
HTC today launched VIVERSE Worlds, a 3D content platform that can be embedded on “any website for any device,” positioning it as a lighter, more flexible way of hosting and browsing 3D content across the web. Unlike HTC’s existing Viverse metaverse platform—or Meta’s Horizon Worlds, for that matter—the key differentiator is Viverse Worlds focuses on 3D content distribution. …| Road to VR
A non-inconsequential number of new Quest 3 and 3S headsets couldn’t update properly this past Christmas, leaving some users scrambling for last-minute replacements or knee deep in support chats looking for a fix to their freshly bricked VR headsets. Now, Meta has clarified just what transpired. And it wasn’t a buggy update either, as previously …| Road to VR
Meta is fairly tight-lipped when it comes to detailing just how many headsets it sells, although there are a few ways to gauge the platform’s popularity, one of which is fresh downloads of its required companion app, Meta Horizon, available on Android and iOS devices. Citing data obtained by independent analyst Omdia, Game Developer (via Forbes) notes …| Road to VR
Meta typically doesn’t detail player numbers, or even sales figures for its various Quest headsets, which means we usually have to get creative. Now, the block-slashing rhythm game Beat Saber—the company’s most popular game—appears to have sold nearly 10 million units on Quest alone. Beat Saber’s ‘Pure’ achievement requires the player to clear any level without …| Road to VR
Meta has bundled in a free copy of Batman: Arkham Shadow (2023) with new Quest 3 and Quest 3S purchases since September, with the offer slated to expire in April 2025. Now Meta is sweetening the pot by reducing the biggest storage variant of Quest 3S by $50 for a limited time. As the company’s most …| Road to VR
Pimax, the Chinese startup known for its wide field-of-view (FOV) PC VR headsets, has secured an additional ¥CN100 million (~$13.6 million USD) in an extension to its Series C funding. According to an initial report from 36Kr (Chinese), the investment round was led by Zhuji Jingchuang Rong Investment Co, and supported by previous investor Ivy Capital, which took …| Road to VR
Shiftall has launched pre-orders for its newly unveiled MeganeX superlight “8K”, a slim and light, high-resolution OLED PC VR headset tracked by SteamVR base stations. While Panasonic sold off its XR hardware startup Shiftall earlier this year, the companies held a joint press conference in Tokyo yesterday to announce MeganeX superlight “8K”, which is slated …| Road to VR
The Pimax Dream Air headset represents a new area of focus for the company. While most of its headsets up to this point have been necessarily bulky to achieve their signature large field-of-view, the Dream Air aims to make a headset that’s compact but still feature-rich. One of those features—a headstrap that automatically tightens—would be …| Road to VR
With the reveal of Pimax’s upcoming Dream Air headset, the VR community at large had plenty of questions. We put those questions straight to the company, and also got a glimpse of early prototypes, a full list of specs, and an update on unreleased products. Pimax is, at this point, a seasoned maker of VR …| Road to VR
Warner Bros. announced that The Matrix, one of the biggest film franchises to popularize virtual reality, is getting a fifth installment. The film, which doesn’t have a release date yet, is set to be directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Drew Goddard, who is also known for writing the screenplay for The Martian (2015) and co-writing and …| Road to VR
Apple today released ‘Spatial Personas’ in public beta on Vision Pro. The newly upgraded avatar system can now bring people right into your room. We got an early look. Much has been said about Apple’s Persona avatar system for Vision Pro. Whether you find them uncanney or passable, one thing is certain: it’s the most …| Road to VR
Today, on the one year anniversary of the release of PSVR 2, Sony announced it’s testing PC VR compatibility for PSVR 2, with plans to release some form of PC support for the headset this year. In a blog post commemorating the one year anniversary of PSVR 2, Sony highlighted upcoming content soon to launch …| Road to VR
The studio behind VR-exclusive MMORPG Zenith: The Last City (2022) Ramen VR announced earlier this month the game was soon being rebranded to Zenith: Nexus amid the launch of its free-to-play mode ‘Infinite Realms’, which the studio is using to bolster user engagement. An open beta of the mode is now live on Quest, Rift, and SteamVR …| Road to VR