News Meta loses another $3.8 billion on VR/AR Overall company's revenues and profits surge, but stock dips on plans to increase AI spending April 25, 2024 Brendan Sinclair
News Meta opens up Quest's OS for third-party hardware Levono and ASUS to make their own headsets using Horizon OS; Meta wants Google Play on Quest April 22, 2024 Brendan Sinclair
Feature For Schell Games, VR is the technology of the present (possibly the future, too) CEO Jesse Schell talks about not betting the studio on any one thing, why VR works for now, and what he thinks the future of the tech looks like April 17, 2024 Brendan Sinclair
Feature VR hype soars as Facebook buys Oculus | 10 Years Ago This Month Sony and Facebook throw their wallets into the ring and virtual reality dominates the discussion at GDC 2014 March 28, 2024 Brendan Sinclair
News Sony reportedly stops PSVR 2 production to clear the current backlog Sales for the headset have also allegedly dropped every quarter since its launch March 18, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Thirdverse raises $3.3m in funding round The investment will go towards developing Soul Covenant and growing its staff March 15, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Sony tests out PC support for the PSVR 2 The platform holder aims to have the functionality available to users later this year Feb. 26, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Eggspace Entertainment raises $4.25m in seed funding round The Buenos Aires-based game maker intends to use its funding to launch its mixed reality title Feb. 2, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Apple Vision Pro to launch in February The device will be available in the US next month, and preorders begin on January 19 Jan. 8, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau
News VR game studio Archiact announces layoffs The developer's redundancies included staffers from its audio, IT, and QA divisions Jan. 5, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Microsoft pulls the plug on Windows Mixed Reality The move comes a year after it reported the tech giant dropped plans for a HoloLens 3 Dec. 21, 2023 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Consumer spending on VR content dipped by 10% in 2023 Report says headset sales during the year also fell by 24%, as the Meta Quest 3, PSVR2, and Pico 4 underperformed Dec. 21, 2023 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Report: Meta pens deal with Tencent to sell VR headsets in China exclusively The agreement will mark the firm formerly known as Facebook’s return in 14 years Nov. 13, 2023 Jeffrey Rousseau
News VR game firm MyDearest raises $8m in funding round The Brazen Blaze developer intends to expand its publishing efforts and release its titles on more platforms Nov. 7, 2023 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Meta Quest 3 launches October 10 Xbox cloud gaming to launch for headset in December Sept. 27, 2023 Brendan Sinclair
News Report: Apple scales down plans for Vision Pro headset Tech giant reportedly only making between 130,000 and 400,000 units in the first year instead of the one million initially projected internally July 4, 2023 Marie Dealessandri
News Meta unveils Meta Quest+ subscription service Users will gain access to two monthly VR titles for $7.99 a month or $59.99 a year June 26, 2023 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Xbox is waiting for an audience before it expands into AR/VR Head of Xbox Game Studios Matt Booty says that the scale needed for success is not there yet June 21, 2023 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Meta Quest 3 launches this fall at $499 Meta promises next headset will be thinner, more powerful, "first mainstream headset with high-res color" June 1, 2023 Brendan Sinclair
News Meta drops Quest Pro and Quest 2 prices Higher-end VR headset drops $500 less than five months after launch, while 256GB version of Quest 2 reverses most of last year's price hike March 6, 2023 Brendan Sinclair
Opinion VR isn't ready for a "must-play" experience | Opinion Reggis Fils-Aimé is right about VR needing "must-play" games, but the sector isn't ready to play host to that kind of cultural phenomenon March 3, 2023 Rob Fahey
News Report: Meta planning three more VR headsets, Quest 3 due this year A leaked presentation detailed the company's plans for AR and VR, but highlighted retention issues with current hardware March 2, 2023 Marie Dealessandri
Feature PlayStation VR 2 | Critical Consensus Reviewers were convinced by Sony's new cutting edge VR headset – and poster child Horizon Call of the Mountain – but it might not be enough to justify the costly investment Feb. 22, 2023 Marie Dealessandri
News The potential of PSVR 2 | Podcast Latest episode discusses the many challenges Sony faces as it prepares to launch its new headset Feb. 3, 2023 James Batchelor
News Sony: We have not cut PSVR 2 production numbers The platform holder refutes Bloomberg report Jan. 31, 2023 Christopher Dring