The Magician VR Is A New Fantasy Appearing On Quest Soon
The Magician VR: The Cursed Wand is an upcoming fantasy VR action-adventure for Quest available to wishlist now.
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‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’ VR Game is Still Coming, Demo Debuting at 30th Anniversary Next Month
Indie studio Pixelity confirmed that its previously announced VR game based on the hit ’90s anime Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995) is still coming, as the studio just showed off its first teaser image. Normally a single image wouldn’t be cause for celebration, although we’ve seen a rash o…
Quest's New 'Navigator' UI Becoming Default As Horizon Feed To Be Removed
"Starting" in Quest v85, the new ‘Navigator’ UI is becoming the default, and the Horizon Feed will be "gradually" removed from Horizon OS.
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Studio Behind VR Hit ‘Walkabout Mini Golf’ Lays Off 25% of Staff, Raises DLC Price Moving Forward
Mighty Coconut, the indie studio behind Walkabout Mini Golf (2020), announced it’s reduced headcount by 25% n addition to raising future DLC prices to offset costs. Might Coconut founder Lucas Martell published a blogpost explaining some of the difficulties the studio is facing amid the backd…
Virtuix Goes Public During a Turbulent Moment for Consumer VR
VR treadmill creator Virtuix is going public, as its Class A ordinary shares will start trading today on the Global Market tier of the Nasdaq. The company’s stock market debut comes as consumer VR investment and first-party content spending have slowed across the industry. The News Founded in…
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Meta CTO: Metaverse Efforts Led to a “lack of focus” on Quest “at expense of user experience”
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth offered the first bit of insight into the company’s recent Reality Labs shakeup, publicly acknowledging that Meta’s metaverse efforts suffered from a “lack of focus” that ultimately hurt the user experience on Quest. Speaking at Axios House in Davos, Switzerland alongside t…
Perennial VR Classic ‘Job Simulator’ Hits 6 Million Installs, Averaging 600,000 Units Annually
Google-owned XR studio Owlchemy Labs announced that its breakout VR hit Job Simulator (2016) has now surpassed six million installs. Job Simulator has been one of the most successful VR games over the past decade, having not found firm footing as a launch title for the original HTC Vive, PSVR, and …
5 Lessons from Building ‘Bootstrap Island’: Best Practices for Creating Truly Immersive VR Worlds
Every game is the result of thousands of choices. Some of these choices are creative, some technical, and some concern the scope and budget. After pouring sweat and tears into a project, there is nothing more heartbreaking for a game developer than realizing that some early choice made long ago was…
Attending Lakers Games In Apple Immersive Plays To VR's Strengths
The Lakers in Apple Immersive points to the future of broadcasting.
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Meta CTO Explains Layoffs & Strategy Shift: "VR Is Growing Less Quickly Than We Hoped"
In a series of interviews at Davos, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth explained why the company is reducing its investment in VR.
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