Maria Malik 
What you need to know VR enthusiast Luna on X (formerly Twitter) uncovered a potential new airplane travel mode feature in Meta Quest update v65. Apple Vision Pro debuted the flight mode feature and this would make Meta Quest headsets also work on airplanes. Firmware v65 is expected to launch in May for Meta Quest …
Some of the coolest experiences I’ve had in my years covering VR have been the ones that are set in futuristic and sprawling cities filled with towering skyscrapers, neon lights, and flying cars. Ever since getting my first taste of these early techno-dystopian worlds in VR titles like Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab or TECHNOLUST …
Toy Trains VR will receive new levels, a sandbox mode and more in today’s free ‘Infinite Loop’ update. Released in January, Toy Trains is a nostalgic VR puzzle game set in your grandparents’ attic. This campaign sees you use trains to deliver materials from a construction site to each location, building landmarks like a local …
Recently, Google released an update to its Quest 3 YouTube application, which allows users to stream 8K videos to their Meta Quest 3 – at least in theory. Despite the update, Quest 3 headsets cannot stream up to 8K video, as the device’s quality is capped at 4K. This means that the YouTube update could …
The Meta Quest 3 has really upped the game when it comes to standalone VR. We finally have a headset that not only can play games on the move completely untethered but if you use its clever Air Link function either with a USB cable or even on fast wifi to play PCVR games or …
What you need to know Version 1.54 of the official YouTube VR app on the Meta Quest now supports 8k (4320p) SDR video. HDR video is still limited to 4K, but the Meta Quest 3’s display resolution isn’t quite 4K resolution. Google is likely laying the groundwork for the YouTube VR app to run at …
The term ‘Metaverse’ originated in Neal Stephenson’s 1992 novel, Snow Crash, where it depicted a virtual realm offering an escape from reality for characters. Stephenson’s visionary concept of the Metaverse has since transitioned from fiction to (virtual) reality over the past decade. Augmented and virtual reality technologies have advanced the concept of the Metaverse, now …
Social VR is one of the big trends of virtual reality: people are meeting inside virtual spaces in Rec Room, VRChat, and other similar applications to have fun together or just talk. But now the hype is on mixed reality so, we should also start thinking about how it is meeting people in augmented spaces. …
A man tests the Apple Vision Pro augmented reality glasses during the product presentation at the Apple Store in New York, on February 2.ANGELA WEISS (AFP/GETTY IMAGES) More than 20 years have passed since the release of Minority Report (2002), Steven Spielberg’s film adaptation of a futuristic short story by Philip K. Dick, which turned …
Escape Simulator demonstrates how VR can further enhance flatscreen games. Read on for our full impressions. Between older hits like I Expect You To Die and more recent games such as Rooms of Realities, we’ve seen plenty of great VR escape room experiences across the years. Instead of watching this unfold behind a flatscreen monitor, …