Studio Behind ‘DOOM 3’ VR Port Announces Layoffs
Archiact, the veteran studio known for a host of VR titles, announced it’s laying off a portion of its staff. The number of staff affected by the layoff hasn’t been…
New Qualcomm MR Reference Headset Shows What to Expect From Samsung
Alongside the announcement of the new Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chip, Qualcomm also revealed its latest reference headset, a mixed reality device that’s likely the foundation of Samsung’s upcoming headset.…
Qualcomm Announces More Powerful Version of Quest 3’s XR Chip
Qualcomm today announced its latest Snapdragon XR chip, the XR2+ Gen 2, a more capable variant of the chip that powers Quest 3. The company also hints that it will…
XR Year in Review: The Most Important Stories of 2023 and What They Mean for 2024
Somehow another year has come and gone. 2024 will mark the 13th year that we’ve been following this XR journey here at Road to VR. With an eye on that…
Microsoft is Pulling the Plug on Windows VR Headsets
Microsoft announced this week that it plans to remove support for its entire WMR platform on Windows, which could make Windows VR headsets inoperable. A Good Start Microsoft was surprisingly…
Xbox Cloud Gaming Comes to Quest, But You’ll Need Your Own Gamepad
Meta and Microsoft today made good on their word to bring Xbox Cloud Gaming and the Game Pass library to Quest. With a subscription to Game Pass Ultimate and a…
Pico Reportedly Cancels Quest Competitor to Instead Take on Apple Vision Pro
According to a report from The Information, ByteDance subsidiary Pico Interactive is pulling the release of its next consumer-focused standalone headset in effort to no longer compete directly with Meta…
Quest 2 Stock Appears to be Draining as Holiday Sale Drives Purchases
Although Quest 3 is Meta’s hot new headset release, an attractive holiday deal looks like it’ll make Quest 2 the company’s best selling headset this year. Looking at the stock…
Creator of Indie Breaktout ‘Braid’ Building Roomscale VR Game With ‘no concessions for stationary play’
Jonathan Blow, the creator of one of indie gaming’s fomative successes, Braid, has begun hiring a team to develop his first VR game. Before Fez (2012), before Limbo (2010), and…
Valve Launches ‘Steam Link’ on Quest for a Direct Connection to SteamVR
Valve today released its first-ever application on one of Meta’s VR platforms. Steam Link allows users to quickly and easily connect their Quest headset wirelessly to SteamVR to play PC…
Varjo XR-4 Will Get a SteamVR Tracking Variant and Sell Direct to Prosumers
Varjo just announced its latest headset, the XR-4, and while the company is primarily continuing to target high-end enterprise use-cases, this is the first headset in their ‘XR’ series that…
Quest 2 is Vastly Outselling Quest 3 so Far This Holiday on Amazon
With such an alluring price point on Quest 2 during the Black Friday period, it makes sense the headset would sell more than Quest 3. But what will it mean…