Virtual & Augmented Reality news

Axon, the company best known for its Taser stun guns, has announced the acquisition of VR studio Foundry 45 which it says will bolster its VR training offerings.Founded in 1993, Axon is the company behind the well known Taser stun guns which are employed by police and military forces around the world. In modern times the company has also focused on body cams and software for administration and management of public safety organizations. This month Axon announced the acquisition of the VR studio F

“We want to make a game for the gaming community with the gaming community.”Developer MyDearest, the same team behind popular VR titles like Tokyo Chronos, ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos, and the upcoming Dyschronia: Chronos Alternate, today announced plans to develop its first multiplayer VR experience and they need your help deciding on which direction they should take.
Beginning now, those interested can head to MyDearest’s official Discord Server and cast their

Could VR-powered humanoid robots be the future of heavy construction?Over the years we’ve seen a number of major corporations try their hands at marrying VR technology and robotics, from VR convenience store employees and a remote-controlled bomb squad bot to a rather unsettling headset that uses a robotic arm to hand-feed delicious candy. And that’s just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.Earlier this month, JR West—a major railroad transportation company operating out of Japan

Little Cities, the upcoming city simulator for the Quest platform, is delayed until May 12th. Despite a pushback on launch plans, the team has released a 10-minute gameplay video and post-launch roadmap to get prospective city-builders excited.Little Cities is fundamentally ready to ship, although release has been a bit of a sticky wicket. Late April was set to the be the month of dueling VR city games, with Little Cities previously scheduled to come out just one week before

MyDearest, the Japan-based studio behind the Tokyo Chronos VR series, announced it’s holding a community vote to determine which game it’s going to develop next. The studio has offered up three choices, all of which notably stray from its usual brand of VR manga with branching storylines.Called Project: Gathering, the studio released three concept trailers today for three different VR multiplayer games; ostensibly the winning title would move into production and arrive

HTC teased a new Vive product last week which aims to leverage the company’s Vive Trackers for virtual productions. Called Vive Mars CamTrack, the box is appealing to filmmakers looking for an easy way of integrating Vive Trackers into their productions by shrinking complicated workflow into a compact box.Update (April 26th, 2022): HTC announced its VIVE Mars CamTrack is ready for pre-order, priced at $5,000. The early bird pre-order includes a $200 redeem code for Glassbox Technologi

VR Must Overcome Gaming Label To Bring More Consumers Into the Metaverse  dot.LATeens are split on the metaverse, most barely use VR headsets, survey shows  PC GamerA new VR game wants us to escape the metaverse  CNETWhy AR, not VR, will be the heart of the metaverse  VentureBeatWhy you should care about Facebook's big push into the metaverse  Vox.comView Full Coverage on Google News

Alongside the announcement of the company’s first retail store, Meta has begun redirecting visitors of the longstanding Oculus.com website to its new Meta Store.Facebook announced back in late 2021 that it would rebrand itself to Meta and eventually dissolve the Oculus brand. In 2022 the company has steadily taken steps to make this a reality, including rebranding its flagship VR headset, Oculus Quest 2, as Meta Quest 2. The company has also pushed the Meta Quest brand elsewhere by replaci