Meta’s $130 Elite Battery Strap for Quest 3 is Facing Major Reliability Issues

From flagship smartphones to VR headsets, first-party accessories tend to be pretty expensive. Along with the higher price tag though, consumers typically expect exceptional quality. After all, the product’s designers…

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PC VR Team Shooter ‘VAIL VR’ Comes to Quest via App Lab

VAIL VR, the multiplayer shooter for PC VR headsets, is now available on Quest via App Lab. First released on Steam Early Access by indie studio AEXLAB, the 5v5 team shooter is…

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‘Pillow’ Mixed Reality App Wants You to Relax in Bed (and even play with a friend)

Pillow is a new mixed reality app for Quest that aims to help you relax right before bedtime, letting you do more than just count sheep. Created by YouTuber and…

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Co-op Adventure Comes to ‘Rec Room’ This Week

Social VR platform Rec Room is getting ready to launch another co-op game this week, this time taking you to the sewers with a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtled-themed adventure. Called…

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Meta’s Best-selling VR Headset Drops to $250 in Early Holiday Deal

It’s pretty unlikely we’ll see any deals this year on Meta’s latest and greatest VR standalone, Quest 3. Before the holiday season kicks into gear though, the company is dropping…

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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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Time-looping Puzzle Shooter ‘We Are One’ Releases Level Creator in New Update, Trailer Here

Developer Flat Head Studio and publisher Fast Travel Games today launched the new Level Creator Update for We Are One (2023), the time-looping puzzle shooter that landed on VR headsets…

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‘Tokyo Chronos’ Studio MyDearest Secures $7.8M to Further Expand IP on Quest & PSVR 2

MyDearest, the Japan-based VR studio behind the Chronos adventure game franchise, announced it’s secured $7.8 million (1.2 billion yen), something the studio says it will use to expand its existing…

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Meta Reportedly to Return to China, Spearheading with Cheaper VR Headset

After 14 years of being sanctioned from operating in mainland China, Meta is set to return to the country with the help of a new, lower-priced version of its VR…

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‘STRIDE: Fates’ Review – The Parkour Campaign We’ve Been Waiting For

STRIDE (2021) offers up the sort of parkour action you’d expect from a VR-native version of Mirror’s Edge (2008), replete with jumping across dangerous urban chasms, wall-running, and shooting your way…

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‘Arizona Sunshine’ Studio Working on Unannounced “AAA VR game” Based on a Global Franchise

According to a recent job offer posted by Amsterdam-based developer Vertigo Games, pre-production has begun on a “high-profile, multiplatform AAA VR game,” which is said to be based on a…

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