Meta Launches Monthly VR Game Subscription Service for Quest
Meta today announced a new VR game subscription service that will give you access to two hand-picked Quest games per month, priced at $8 per month, or $60 annually. Called…
New Quest 2 & Quest Pro Update Brings Performance Boost and New Home Environments
Meta says it’s has begun pushing out a software update which will bring some pretty profound performance boosts to both Quest 2 & Quest Pro. Update (June 21st, 2023): Meta…
Quest 3 Features Confirmed in First Hands-on
It seems Meta is looking to stoke some hype for its next Quest headset just days before Apple is slated to unveil its own, as Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman released Quest 3’s…
Meta to Host Quest Gaming Showcase Just Days Ahead of Rumored Apple Headset Announcement
Meta announced its third annual Quest Gaming Showcase is arriving next month, coming only a few days before Apple’s rumored XR headset announcement at Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Meta is…
Meta Reaffirms Commitment to Metaverse Vision, Has No Plans to Slow Billions in Reality Labs Investments
Meta announced its latest quarterly results, revealing that the company’s Reality Labs metaverse division is again reporting a loss of nearly $4 billion. The bright side? Meta’s still investing billions into…
Meta Quest Reportedly Had Over 6 Million Monthly Active Users Last October
A Wall Street Journal report maintains Meta’s Quest platform had 6.37 million monthly active users as of October 2022. The report doesn’t include a breakdown of which headset is seeing the…
Meta Quest Gets Unreal Engine 5 Support Minus Two Headlining Features
Meta is transitioning its support from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5.1 for apps built for the Quest platform. Two of the engine’s headlining features aren’t designed for mobile…
Meta Re-lowers Quest 2 Price & Drops Quest Pro to $1,000
Meta today announced it’s lowering the price of the 256GB version of Quest 2 as well as its more recent enthusiast-grade standalone, Meta Quest Pro. Meta initially launched a 64GB…
Quest 2 Update Brings Phone-style ‘Direct Touch’ UI Navigation, In-Game Multitasking & More
Meta released the v50 update for Quest 2, bringing to the standalone some new experimental features that not only aim to make hand-tracked UI navigation a little more natural, but…
Report: Meta to Open ‘Horizon Worlds’ to Younger Teens Amid Renewed Retention Push
Meta’s social VR app for Quest, Horizon Worlds, is lagging behind the competition when it comes to attracting and retaining VR users. According to a leaked memo obtained by The…
Meta’s Social VR App is Coming to Web & Mobile Soon, Alpha Begins for Members-only Rooms
Horizon Worlds, Meta’s social VR platform for Quest users, is expanding with alpha tests of new members-only spaces, allowing creators to manage up to 150 card-carrying members in their private…
Meta Drops Quest Pro Price to $1,100 for Limited Time, Challenging Vive XR Elite’s Major Selling Point
It’s only been three months since Meta launched Quest Pro, pitching its next-gen mixed reality standalone to enterprise and prosumers with the hefty price tag of $1,500. In an unusual move…