Virtual & Augmented Reality news

After years of interminable waiting, Discord has officially released an app for Quest, which is now available for free on the Horizon Store.While Quest fans have been begging for an official Discord app for years now, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth remarked in May 2024 that while the company wanted to have some sort of Discord integration, it was ultimately up to Discord to make the first move.Granted, that didn’t stop Quest users from using the popular chatting platform. Before this week, user

Sony today announced it’s starting the clock on the production of physical discs, as the company is set to adopt a full digital marketplace at the start of 2028.All new games releasing on PlayStation consoles will be discontinued starting January 2028, Sony revealed in a blog post, putting an end to an over three decade-long tradition starting with the 1994 release of the original PlayStation.Sony notes that while you’ll still be able to buy games at third-party retailers, thes

Sony today announced it’s starting the clock on the production of physical discs, as the company is set to adopt a full digital marketplace at the start of 2028.All new games releasing on PlayStation consoles will be discontinued starting January 2028, Sony revealed in a blog post, putting an end to an over three decade-long tradition starting with the 1994 release of the original PlayStation.Sony notes that while you’ll still be able to buy games at third-party retailers, thes

Another Axiom announced Gorilla Tag, Quest’s most popular game, is coming to mobile devices in a standalone game, titled Gorilla Tag: Monke Mayhem.
The free-to-play sandbox game is slated to land on iOS and Android devices sometime next year, with other platforms planned to be announced at a later date. As it is, it seems the studio is keeping the original version exclusive to VR headsets.Another Axiom says it’s still in deep development of the mobile title, although broad testing i

Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface (BCI) startup Neuralink announced the company has successfully performed its first transdural brain implant surgery, which promises to increase scalability while significantly reducing surgical trauma.The NewsIn a new video (seen below), Neuralink reveals it has implanted electrode threads through the dura—the brain’s thick, leather-like membrane that sits just below the skull—without cutting or removing it like in the company’s