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A decade ago Zuckerberg made a $2 billion bet. XR was the future of computing, he wagered, and in buying a little known startup called Oculus, Meta would beat Apple to the punch. An Unexpected Acquisition Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg with former Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe | Image courtesy Meta You can critique Meta CEO […]

One Hamsa, the studio behind VR sports game Racket: NX (2018), announced that their upcoming single player physics-based mech brawler UNDERDOGS is set to launch later this month. Update (January 12th, 2024): One Hamsa says UNDERDOGS is launching on Quest and SteamVR headsets on January 25th. The studio also threw out a new trailer, which we linked before

Apple Vision Pro pre-orders are just a week away. Now the company is serving up some details about how the ordering process including the use of face scans for a proper fit. Apple Vision Pro pre-orders are set to begin on January 19th with a release date on February 2nd. Face ID Scans During Vision

If you were wondering how Apple plans to mass market its upcoming Vision Pro mixed reality headset, leading Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reports that the company is actually looking to make the headset a pretty scarce item from the get-go. “Apple will produce 60,000 to 80,000 units of Vision Pro for the February 2 release,” Kuo 

Peanut Button, the indie studio behind adventure game The Secret of Retropolis (2021), announced two new titles are coming this month, both the game’s long-awaited VR sequel as well as a new MR spin-off game. The sequel, called Retropolis 2: Never Say Goodbye, is set to release in full on Meta Qest via App Lab

Apple Vision Pro may not ship with controllers, but a newly published patent application shows that controllers are still being actively investigated by the company. Spotted by Patently Apple, an Apple patent application published today reveals the company is still actively investigating controllers for XR input, including stylus-like devices with dial inputs. The new patent

Google is reorganizing a number of its hardware teams, which will see layoffs affecting a few hundred roles across its Devices & Services units. As reported by 9to5Google, Google’s first-party AR hardware team is taking the brunt of the blow. Hardware teams dedicated to Pixel, Nest, and Fitbit are set to be united into a single team,

Prominent VR social app Rec Room is getting full-body avatars soon, which will let users choose to either stick with the standard floating bean-body type, or go all-in with a fully-appendaged avatar. The studio says in a blogpost that it’s bringing its new full-body avatars to the platform as a beta feature by March 2024. It’s not