Virtual & Augmented Reality news

Stress Level Zero’s physics-based sandbox follow-up BONELAB (2022) has done spectacularly well on Quest, although the studio still hasn’t brought its award-winning physics action puzzler BONEWORKS (2019) to Meta’s latest standalone hardware generation. That’s about to change.If you haven’t played on PC VR headset, Boneworks is a narrative VR action-adventure using advanced experimental physics mechanics. It’s pretty intense, as you’re task

Sony unveiled a new location-based entertainment (LBE) concept based on The Last of Us game and TV franchise. While it looks ripe for VR arcades, it appears to be skipping VR headsets altogether for an array of large format LED panels.The concept, which is currently being shown at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, is said to combine “the latest technologies including Sony’s Crystal LED panels, engaging audio, haptics, scent and atmospherics with interactive PlayStation game content.&r

Exit 8 (2023), the indie hit walking simulator for PC and VR headsets, is getting a live action film, bringing its Tokyo underground anomalies to the big screen this year.Exit 8 is being made into a full-length film for worldwide release in 2025, which is being produced by Toho, the Japanese film company.
Toho is known for producing the Godzilla franchise, and distributing a slew of well-known Japanese films, including Akira (1988), Battle Royale (2000), Spirited Away (2001), as well a

Meta announced that Supernatural now boasts over 100,000 users, putting its first-party fitness app’s revenue in the millions.Launched in 2020, Supernatural gamifies fitness with some very Beat Saber-inspired orb-smashing mechanics, which is set to the beat of a poppy soundtrack led by personal coaches in a variety of picturesque locales.
Now, Meta has released its first user figures for Supernatural, saying in a blog post it now counts 110,000 users of the app.
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Sony announced a new prototype version of its previously revealed XR standalone for enterprise. Codenamed ‘XYN’, the company says it’s targeting creators looking to make spatial content.
Update (January 9th, 2025): A previous version of this article reported that XYN was a rebadging of Sony’s SRH-S1 for enterprise, whereas it appears to be a prototype with still unconfirmed features. Thanks to Antony Vitillo of Skarred Ghost for the details and bringing it to our att