Virtual & Augmented Reality news

A follow-up to the Quest 2, Meta is launching another consumer-grade virtual reality headset next year.
The company announced this during today’s Q3 earnings call, in which the company marked yet another $3 billion quarterly loss to its metaverse investments. But CFO David Wehner says that some of this continued cost can be explained via Meta’s continued investment in new hardware development, including another consumer-grade headset that will come out next year.
Just weeks ago, Meta

In Meta’s most recent quarterly earnings call the company shared the latest revenue figures of Reality Labs, the company’s XR division. In the third quarter of the year the division hit new milestones… unfortunately not the kind investors like to see.Meta has been clear about its plan to spend aggressively on its XR initiatives over the next several years. So while it isn’t a surprise to see the company’s latest operating costs for Reality Labs reaching an all-time

The Quest Pro is even better with these nifty accessories.
The Meta Quest Pro features a generous selection of accessories at launch, from a premium carry case to dedicated VR earphones and everything in between. Some of these useful add-ons come included with your headset, while others can be purchased for an additional price through Meta.
The following is a list of every VR accessory announced for the Meta Quest Pro:What’s in the box?The Meta Quest Pro comes with a variety of useful acce

The HaptX SDK makes it easy for any developer to bring a realistic sense of touch to their VR games and apps.HaptX Inc. has been pushing the limits of haptic technology since the launch of its HaptX DK2 gloves back in January 2021. Now the company is opening pre-orders for its first-ever commercial product, the HaptX Gloves G1, a ground-breaking haptic device optimized and designed for large-scale deployment, and ready for the enterprise metaverse.The new HaptX Gloves G1 boasts a variety of inte

Cyan, the studio behind iconic puzzle adventure games Myst (1993) and Riven (1997), garnered their fair share of success with their April 2019 Kickstarter campaign, which sought to bring to life their next VR-compatible title, Firmament. Now Cyan says the game is seeing another delay, bringing the game’s prospective launch to Q1 2023.Update (October 26th, 2022): Once targeting a July 2020 launch, Firmament has slipped again and is now targeting a Q1 2023 launch date. He

If you’ve played around with the PC VR app Google Earth VR, you’ve probably lost yourself visiting your hometown, or mapping out new adventures thanks to its extensive 3D building scans. Although Google Earth VR is a PC VR only app, a third-party Quest app called Wooorld has launched on the Quest platform that not only offers up much of the magic of Earth VR but also the multiplayer fun that lets you tour around the world with friends and family.Update (October 26

If you’ve played around with the PC VR app Google Earth VR, you’ve probably lost yourself visiting your hometown, or mapping out new adventures thanks to its extensive 3D building scans. Although Google Earth VR is a PC VR only app, a third-party Quest app called Wooorld has launched on the Quest platform that not only offers up much of the magic of Earth VR but also the multiplayer fun that lets you tour around the world with friends and family.Update (October 26

With the arrival of the Meta Quest Pro comes a new wave of interactive mixed reality games and apps.
Despite having only just launched, Meta’s latest VR headset already features a solid lineup of mixed reality content that take advantage of Meta’s full-color passthrough technology to blend the physical and virtual worlds.
The following are five standout mixed reality games and apps you can play right now on the Meta Quest Pro, the first in Meta’s new line of high-end VR devices