Meta Reportedly Slashes Funding for Third-party VR Games Amid Greater Push for Lifestyle Content

Meta may be rethinking its approach to third-party app funding, as the company has reportedly cut funds to some outside VR game developers whilst reshifting its focus to non-gaming apps.…

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Interactive VR Film ‘Human Within’ Brings ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ Style User Choice to Quest in January

Human Within is a sci-fi interactive VR film coming to Quest in January that explores how AI affects humanity. Departing from standard VR films, which are usually pretty ‘one-and-done’, the upcoming…

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‘Metro Awakening’ Trailer Shows Off First 7 Minutes of Gameplay Ahead of Release This Week

To throw an extra bit of fuel on the fire, developer Vertigo Games released a trailer showing off the first seven minutes of Metro Awakening gameplay, which is headed to all…

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‘MYST’ Update Brings Stability & Performance Boost to PC VR Version, Quest Patch Coming “soon”

Cyan Worlds has released its big 2.0 update to MYST (2020), the VR-supported remake of the classic ’90s point-and-click adventure game, which includes performance boosts and improvements to stability for PC…

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New ‘Skydance’s Behemoth’ Trailer Shows Off New Boss, Gameplay & More Ahead of December Release

Skydance’s Behemoth is coming to all major VR headsets in December, and developer Skydance Games has entered full hype mode with the release of its latest trailer, which shows off a…

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Valve Releases Hand-tracking Passthrough for Steam Link, Making Quest an Even Better PC VR Headset

Valve officially released a feature to the SteamVR stable branch that adds basic hand-tracking to Steam Link for Quest users.Previously only available in the Beta test branch released back in…

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‘Alien: Rogue Incursion’ Gets First Previews, Promising an Immersive New VR Entry into the Storied Franchise

Some of the first hands-ons with Survios’ upcoming Alien: Rogue Incursion have emerged, revealing a promising look at one of the biggest entries in VR this year. In case you haven’t…

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Rhythm Tooter ‘Trombone Champ’ Coming to Quest in November, Trailer Here

Trombone Champ: Unflattened, the VR-ified version of the 2022 indie rhythm game, is coming to Quest on November 26th. Trombone Champ: Unflattened reimagines the viral rhythm game for VR, allowing you…

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Orion & Quest 3S Signal a New Era for Meta, Here’s What it Means for the Industry at Large

Meta continues its reign as the XR industry’s dominant player, with its most recent moves signaling a shift into a new era for the company—and thus the industry at large.…

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‘Shattered’ is a Mixed Reality Escape Room That Aims to Thrill, Coming to Quest 3 in December

PlaySide Studios, developer behind the upcoming Quest 3 party game Dumb Ways: Free for All, announced it’s releasing a psychological thriller on later this year that turns your physical space into…

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