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The versatile VR tracker will be available for purchase in early 2022 for $129.99.
During CES this week, HTC officially revealed the VIVE Wrist Tracker, a lightweight VR tracking device designed specifically for the VIVE Focus 3, the company’s latest all-in-one standalone VR headset. The device can be worn on the user’s wrist, delivering accurate tracking from the fingertips to the elbow, or mounted directly onto various props, allowing you to turn everyday objects into interactive V

Customize your futuristic war machine with over 9,000 configurations, from tank chassis and weapons to skins and modules.Brought to us by developer MPLEX, Core Disruption is an upcoming VR multiplayer game that has you stepping behind the controls of a futuristic tank and battling players from around the world. At the core of the game is a motion sickness reduction system designed specifically for more sensitive players. In Core Disruption, you’ll take control of a massive mechanical war m

Prerna Gupta ContributorShare on Twitter Prerna Gupta has launched mobile entertainment apps, like Hooked and Smule, reaching over a billion people. She is currently working on a stealth project in the NFT space.As the debates on Twitter rage on, most tech founders and VCs have by now chosen a side: Web 2.0 or web3.
Proponents of web3 believe it is the future of the internet, and that blockchain-based products will completely supplant Web 2.0 within the next few years.
Web 2.0 stalwarts say it&r

Consumers worldwide have downloaded Meta’s Oculus app, the mobile companion for Oculus VR devices including the Quest 2, roughly 2 million times globally since Christmas Day, according to new data from third-party app intelligence firms, Apptopia and Sensor Tower. Already, had been some indication that the Quest 2 was a popular holiday gift after the Oculus app shot to the top of the Apple App Store for the first time ever on Christmas Day and became the most popular free app on Google Pla

Back in October, Meta announced that it would eventually transition its home environment to ‘Horizon Home’, giving it a fuller set of social features like being able to invite party members to visit, hang out, or launch into VR apps together. It seems we’re getting a step closer to the release of those features, as Quest 2’s recent v37 firmware is hiding a few things.Developer Luboš V released a video showing off some of the hidden features that lurk with

Schell Games today announced that Lost Recipes, its upcoming historical cooking sim, is set to release January 27th on the Quest platform, bringing with it the chance to cook ancient recipes in period accurate kitchens from around the world.Arriving from the VR veterans known for I Expect You to Die, Until You Fall, and the upcoming VR adaptation of Among Us, Lost Recipes throws you into a time portal to recreate dishes from centuries past.
Schell Games says Lost Recipes

Meta claims still working on AR/VR OS, but wording looks face-saving  9to5MacMeta reportedly canceled a 300-person VR / AR operating system project  The VergeMeta Disputes Report It Halted Work on AR, VR Operating System  BloombergMeta Halts Development of In-House AR and VR Operating System as Launch of Apple Headset Approaches  MacRumorsReport: Meta pulls the plug on its AR/VR operating system [Updated]  Ars TechnicaView Full Coverage on Google