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Valve is Getting Awfully Close to Steam Frame Release Following 'Great on Frame' Store Page
2+ hour, 3+ min ago (350+ words) Valve hasn't mentioned the price or release date for its long-awaited Steam Frame standalone headset, although we seem to be getting suspiciously close. As spotted by hardware analyst Brady Lynch, Valve just published a new store landing page for Steam…...
Former Oculus CTO John Carmack Puts up $1 M for Official VR Ports of Id Software Titles
7+ hour, 31+ min ago (461+ words) John Carmack, former Oculus CTO and co-founder of id Software, announced he's still willing to put up $1 million of his personal money to help make VR versions of Id's most famous retro titles'especially now that Microsoft has laid off a…...
'Tomb Raider' VR Reportedly Cancelled According to Leaked Images & Video
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (368+ words) As reported by MP1st, a sizable leak from Vertigo Games reveals its now-defunct Amsterdam satellite studio was working on an official Tomb Raider VR title before the project was cancelled earlier this year. Vertigo Games Amsterdam was working on the unannounced…...
Meta Closes Smart Glasses Privacy Loophole With New Camera-Killing Update
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (372+ words) Meta is rolling out an update to its line of smart glasses that will disable the camera if the device's capture LED has been tampered with or destroyed. Since the rollout of Meta's second-gen Ray-Ban Glasses in 2024, physically covering the…...
Veteran VR Shooter 'Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades' Finally Leaves Early Access
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (386+ words) VR shooting simulator Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades (H3 VR) launched its 1. 0 release over the weekend, exiting early access after more than a decade on Steam. Veteran VR studio Rust Ltd has finally brought H3 VR out of early access on July…...
'Memo Mind One' Display Smart Glasses Blast Past $500 K Crowdfunding Mark
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (413+ words) Memo Mind, a new AI hardware brand from projector manufacturer XGIMI, launched a crowdfunding campaign for its first smart glasses last week, the Memo Mind One, which include dual displays, microphones, and open ear speakers'but no built-in camera. First shown…...
Quest's Most Popular Game 'Gorilla Tag' is Going Mobile in 'Monke Mayhem' Next Year
1+ week, 2+ day ago (319+ words) 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 i OS and Android devices sometime next year,…...
Quest Peak Summer Sale Brings Big Savings to Top VR Titles
1+ week, 4+ day ago (199+ words) Founded in 2011, Road to VR is the world's leading independent news publication dedicated to the consumer virtual reality industry. We explore the bleeding edge of virtual reality, augmented reality, and human-computer interaction. We're charting the course between today's immersive technology…...
Apple Vision Pro & Smart Glasses Exec Reportedly Leaves for Open AI Hardware Team
1+ week, 4+ day ago (303+ words) Apple's top executive in charge of Vision Pro and smart glasses is reportedly leaving the company to join Open AI. According to a Bloomberg report, longtime Apple hardware exec Paul Meade is leaving Apple for Open AI's hardware team, which…...
Studio Behind Top-selling VR Extraction Shooter 'Ghosts of Tabor' Announces Layoffs
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (493+ words) Combat Waffle Studios, developer behind VR extraction shooter Ghosts of Tabor (2024), announced the studio is laying off a number of staff in effort to "align the company with the current state of the VR industry." Initially released in early access…...