Google’s Early VR Modeling Tool ‘Blocks’ is Getting Revived as Open Source Software

Google announced that Blocks, the 3D asset creation tool released for VR in 2017, is following in the footsteps of Tilt Brush by going open source. Google announced the news in a blogpost,…

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Two Classic VR Games From Google’s VR Studio Coming Soon to Vision Pro

Owlchemy Labs, the Google-owned VR studio, announced it’s bringing the chart-topping VR games Job Simulator (2016) and its sequel Vacation Simulator (2019) to Apple Vision Pro. The studio’s seminal ‘Simulator’…

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Google’s VR Studio Owlchemy Labs Now Has Two Platinum-selling Titles

Owlchemy Labs, the Google-owned VR studio behind Job Simulator (2016), announced the game’s sequel Vacation Simulator (2019) just went platinum, having now topped over one million units sold. The studio’s breakout title Job Simulator went…

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Meta Wants Android Play Store Apps Officially on Quest but Google “didn’t want to”

There are relatively few 2D Android apps available on the Quest Store, which seems odd since the Quest hardware runs a modified version of Android. According to Meta CTO Andrew…

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After Reports of Canned AR Glasses, Google’s XR Ambitions May Be Just a Daydream Without Samsung

Google has reportedly shelved a multi-year project that sought to commercialize an AR headset, known as Project Iris. Provided the report is true, it appears Google will now need to…

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Samsung Partners with Google & Qualcomm to Release Android-powered XR Device

Samsung’s 2023 Unpacked event was all about the company’s Galaxy S23 hardware, although at the end of its hour-long presentation the South Korean tech giant announced it was working with…

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