Virtual & Augmented Reality news

Schell Games is having quite the moment.
During the Meta Connect 2022 conference, the company revealed a new mixed reality mini-mission for its popular I Expect You to Die series as well as an official release date for Among Us VR.
In honor of the company’s 20th anniversary and its general success in the gaming and VR industries, Schell has announced that it is giving away $20,000 in donations to 10 nonprofit organizations that serve the games industry or the city of Pittsburgh.Jesse Schel

Quest Pro has finally been revealed, and while it’s a much more expensive headset, inevitably people are interested in knowing how it compares to Meta’s next best headset, Quest 2. So here we’re going to look at Quest Pro vs Quest 2 specs side-by-side and break down what they really mean in detail.There’s so much about XR headsets that is difficult to communicate from paper specs alone. So similar to my PSVR vs. PSVR 2 spec comparison here we’ll look at th

Step into the role of everyone’s favorite genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist.
During yesterday’s Meta Connect 2022 conference, it was revealed that Marvel’s Iron Man VR will be heading to Meta Quest 2 next month. Originally released on PlayStation VR in 2020, the first-person action game offers players the chance to step into the shoes of one of comic books’ most iconic superheroes and embark on an original adventure that’ll have you battling an army of de

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Quest 2 users will soon be able to play Xbox games thanks to a growing partnership between Meta and Microsoft announced at Connect that will not only bring Xbox Cloud Gaming to the platform, but also a host of Windows productivity tools.At some point in the near future, you’ll be able to hook up an Xbox controller to your headset and play console games from the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate library.
Granted, you’ll be playing those games on a virtual 2D screen like you might in Bigscr

Quest Pro’s face-tracking capabilities will be quickly put to use to make Meta’s avatars more expressive, but next-gen avatars stand to benefit much more from the new tech.One of Quest Pro’s big new features is a face-tracking system that uses internal cameras to sense the movement of your eyes and some parts of your face. Combined with a calibration-free machine learning model, the headset takes what it sees and turns it into inputs that can drive the animation of any avatar.K

In the future, you’ll be able to access a massive catalog of console games from your VR headset.
Meta Connect 2022 featured no shortage of major announcements. Not only did we get our first official look at the highly-anticipated Meta Quest Pro, but we also learned of several new games heading to Quest 2 and Quest Pro VR headsets, such as Marvel’s Iron Man VR and I Expect You To Die: Home Sweet Home.Just as exciting was the announcement of Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) for the Meta Quest

Turn your living room into a spy-themed mixed reality escape room.
When Schell Games launched the original I Expect You to Die back in 2015, it showed gamers just how incredible VR entertainment can be when done correctly. In August of 2021, the team released a sequel, I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and the Liar. Now it appears as though we’re getting a third mini-installment, this time with mixed reality functionality.I Expect You To Die: Home Sweet Home is a short mini-mission that will