‘Google Earth VR’ Spiritual Successor Brings Earth-scale Exploration to Quest & Vision Pro

Google Earth VR was an early and enchanting app for the first generation of modern PC VR headsets, but unfortunately it never made the leap to the standalone era. Now…

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Spiders Are So Scary in VR That ‘Dungeons of Eternity’ Added an Option to Censor Them

Dungeons of Eternity (2023) is chock-full of skeletons, zombies, slimes and yes… spiders. But now developer Othergate has added an ‘Arachnophobia Mode’ that lets you take on the VR hack-n-slash adventure on…

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Mixed Reality Gaming Studio MixRift Secures $1.6M Funding to Make the ‘Angry Birds’ of MR

MixRift, a mixed reality game studio, today announced it’s secured a $1.6 million pre-seed investment round, something the team says will be used to develop more MR games. The funding…

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‘The New Salsa Academy’ Teaches You All The Right Moves, Now Available on Quest

Taking a dance course can be intimidating, not to mention time consuming—but it doesn’t have to be. At least not when you can do it in VR (and MR). Led…

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XR News Bits – ‘Thrasher’ Launches, Kojima Explores Vision Pro, Big Game Updates, & More

In this edition of XR News Bits we see a newly released Walkabout Mini Golf DLC course, a big update to Contractors Showdown, game director Hideo Kojima exploring Vision Pro, the release…

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Latest Quest Update Includes Meta AI, New ‘Layout’ Utility App & Performance Boosts

Following Meta’s big v67’s multitasking update earlier this month, the company announced it’s now rolling out its v68 software update for Quest, which features experimental access to Meta AI, a new…

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Meta Releases New Audio Ray Tracing Tool for More Immersive Soundscapes on Quest

Meta announced its released a new Acoustic Ray Tracing feature that will make it easier for developers to add more immersive audio to their VR games and apps. Released in…

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‘Alien: Rogue Incursion’ Shows off Stealth Action in First Gameplay Trailer, Coming Holiday 2024

Alien: Rogue Incursion just got its first gameplay trailer, showing off its first real look at the game’s Xenomorph enemies, weapons, setting and more. When it was revealed back in…

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Hands-on: ‘Attack on Titan VR’ Could Be a Diamond in the Rough — Emphasis on Rough

Attack on Titan VR: Unbreakable is here, officially bringing the hit anime to VR for the first time, albeit in early access. We got an eye-full last month when developer…

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Quest 3 is Getting AI Vision Features While Apple Intelligence on Vision Pro Still Isn’t Confirmed

Meta today announced plans to update Quest 3 with AI vision features similar to what’s on the company’s latest Meta Ray-Ban glasses. Meanwhile, Apple still hasn’t confirmed if Apple Intelligence…

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