It’s been a busy week for VR and our latest news roundup is live, featuring several more stories you may have missed. Connect dominated this week’s news. Meta has announced that the launch of Meta Quest 3S on October 15 will start at $300 and include a copy of Batman: Arkham Shadow for free. Quest […]
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Met Click the links for more For full context and details, click the articles linked. Headsets & Accessories Meta launched a new headset, simplified its Quest 3 lineup, discontinued Quest 2 and Quest Pro, and launched new official accessories. A New Headset: Meta Quest 3S After months of leaks, Meta finally announced its new headset:
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Let me start by saying that I am not an avid fan of puzzles games. Open-ended games are my favorite, but they lose their charm when the focus is on a single solution. I’m not interested in a puzzle – instead, I would like to think as a detective. Hide the Corpse is one of
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Konami’s run-and-gun Contra series will crossover with free-to-play VR hero shooter X8 in a new event this December. Announced today with a brief teaser trailer, Thirdverse revealed this upcoming X8 event collaborates with Contra: Operation Galuga, the latest Contra entry that launched for flatscreen platforms in March. X8’s new roster will include Operation Galuga’s two
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The Horizon OS interface (formerly Quest System Software) and design language has remained largely the same ever since Meta Quest Pro launched in 2022. Even that evolution was a gradual one from the Oculus Go interface, which debuted in 2018. The new redesign at Connect showcases a completely revamped UI and a simpler interface. The
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Here are our full impressions. Here are our full impressions. You don’t need to look far for post-apocalyptic action in VR, but there’s something particularly exciting about a new Metro game. Awakening, written by Dmitry Glukhovsky the creator of Metro 2033, takes an interesting approach in delivering an origin tale set five years prior to
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Now, they’ve done it again. Escaping Wonderland is a standalone spiritual sequel that builds upon the many things did right. Now, they’ve done it again.Down the Rabbit HoleEscaping Wonderland is a standalone spiritual sequel that builds upon the many things did right. It’s an inventive, beautifully crafted, and disarmingly earnest game that will equally charm
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Last year I was asked to be a part of a project that was a collaboration with and . The game studio also collaborated on the project. I was very impressed by their desire to develop rather than adapt a traditional sports into the virtual realm. I was also impressed by their commitment to supporting
Bigscreen Beyond is an ultra-compact and ultra-light SteamVR headset designed to enable truly comfortable long duration PC-based VR sessions. Beyond is priced at $1000 or from $32/month, but doesn’t come with positional tracking or controllers out of the box. It uses the SteamVR tracking system, so you’ll need at minimum one base station – and
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Sanzaru released Marvel Powers United VR in 2018, focusing on cooperative play. It was closed in 2021 and the multiplayer servers taken off-line. Discord groups have been focusing on a project , with the organizers writing in late week that it “will be completely removed and closed in the next days.” The admins posted that
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