Microsoft’s contract with the U.S. Army to build a combat-ready AR headset is worth up to $22 billion, but only if the company can deliver the goods at “substantially less than” the projected $80,000 per unit, the Army tells Bloomberg . Requirements also include definitively positive field testing, set to take place early next year.
I was asked recently for my thoughts on Meta’s Orion AR glasses, specifically whether or not such glasses stand a chance of becoming as big as (or replacing) the smartphones in the future. I was asked for my thoughts recently for a Lifewire article about Meta’s Orion AR glasses and the future they may or
The spooky season is upon us, and there’s no better time to rattle ‘dem bones in VR. Here we take a look at some of the best VR horror (and horror-adjacent) games across Quest, PSVR 2, and PC VR. Many of our top picks below support all three platforms, although you’ll see a few mentionable
Phasmophobia(2020) is one of the scariest PC VR-supported games, and now developers Kinetic Games announced a release date for PSVR 2. Phasmophobia is coming to PS5, PSVR 2, and Xbox consoles on October 29th, bringing its four-player online co-op psychological horror along with cross-platform play. Letting you explore haunted houses filled with various paranormal activity, you and your
Quest 3S is here and brings with it an undeniable value considering its price and capabilities. But many longstanding gripes—largely related to Meta’s Horizon OS—apply here just the same. Quest 3S Review Summary Image courtesy Meta Quest 3S is the best value you can find in a VR headset today when considering its $300 starting
Every game developer fears the dreaded ‘launch day flop’, which is doubly worse when the game is actually good but being ignored because of poor timing. That’s what Dig VR developer Just Add Water and publisher Wired Productions are trying to avoid, as the big digger sim was previously scheduled to arrive just two days after
Skydance’s Behemoth is coming to all major VR headsets in December, promising to be one of the biggest VR game releases this year. Now we got a peek at the game running on Quest 3, and it’s really looking the part. Initially targeting a November 14th release, developer Skydance Games announced last month that it was
In an interview with The Verge , Meta CTO and Reality Labs chief Andrew Bosworth confirmed a number of projects previously subject to speculation, detailed the company’s strategic shift toward AI, and confirmed plans to deepen its partnership with Ray-Ban parent EssilorLuxottica. Meta reorganized Reality Labs earlier this year to better focus on wearables, such as
Half-Life: Alyx (2020) is one of the most moddable VR games out there, which has spawned high-quality DLC and some impressively detailed levels. Now, the developer behind the ‘Gunman Contracts’—one of the best HLA mods out there—says we’re getting a full, standalone title next year. Called Gunman Contracts – Stand Alone , the single player game is heading
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy (2017) is deceptively simple: move up an increasingly surreal mountain using only your trusty sledgehammer. In this Steam Next Fest demo, you can basically now do it in VR too. From indie studio OP Softworks comes Clamb, an upcoming VR game that maroons you on an island with one goal: clamber