Valve announced Steam Frame today, but what’s the difference between the company’s first VR headset, Valve Index? Read on to find out. Index is a tethered PC VR headset that uses the company’s SteamVR tracking standard, requiring laser-emitting basestations that the headset and Index controllers use to localize spatially for room-scale gameplay. You also need
Studio Chyr, the team behind flatscreen puzzler Manifold Garden (2019) , is bringing an enigmatic VR follow-up to Quest and PSVR 2 this week. Called Hotel Infinity, the game lets you explore the winding halls and grand ballrooms of a mysterious hotel using your own two feet, letting you wander vast areas from your living room
Trace, a startup founded by former Magic Leap engineers, today announced the launch of a new augmented reality creation platform the company hopes will become the “Canva of AR”. The News Trace says it’s targeting everyone from global brands to independent creators wanting to build location-based immersive AR content, according to a recent press statement. Notably
Purple Yonder, the studio behind VR city simulator Little Cities (2022), today released a mixed reality action-strategy game for Quest 3 and 3S that challenges you to fortify your real-world home against waves of dastardly little critters. Called Little Critters, the game pits you against a legion of invaders, arming you with a host of virtual traps
Meta launched a new developer competition through its Horizon Start program, which could net eligible XR dev teams a good slice of its $1.5 million prize pool. The News Meta’s latest dev competition is seeking to spark “innovative, immersive experiences for Meta Horizon OS,” which will see teams and individual developers compete for a share
VR Games Showcase is back next week for its final show of the year, and it’s filled with new game announcements, trailers, and updates. For the first time, VRGS is proud to officially partner with Road to VR to bring expanded coverage of the show. The next VR Games Showcase will be livestreamed on November 13
It’s been a long-held assumption that the human eye is capable of detecting a maximum of 60 pixels per degree (PPD), which is commonly called ‘retinal’ resolution. Any more than that, and you’d be wasting pixels. Now, a recent University of Cambridge and Meta Reality Labs study published in Nature maintains the upper threshold is actually
There’s no telling how low Meta will discount Quest 3S this Black Friday. If you’re looking to get your hands on one before the holiday spending rush, you might consider a certified refurbished unit, now discounted to only $216. The News When new, Meta’s latest VR headset typically retails at $300 (128GB) and $400 (256GB).
Rendever, the company behind Tilt Brush-based multiplayer Quest app MultiBrush (2022), has secured nearly $4.5 million in grant funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), which the company says it will use to bring its elder-focused VR experiences to the home care market. The studio says in an announcement the latest funding includes
Sharp announced it’s launching a crowdfunding campaign for a slim and light PC VR headset in Japan, called Xrostella VR1. The News Sharp first showed off a PC VR headset prototype at CES 2023, which was supposedly meant to ship sometime in 2024. It’s been nearly three years since we last heard about the headset