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Apple is Hiring Magic Leap’s Laid Off Employees
According to a LinkedIn analysis by Protocol, many of former Magic Leap’s employees have been hired by Apple to help the tech company in its Augmented Reality (AR) ambitions. Magic…
Facebook Acquires Ready at Dawn, VR Studio Behind ‘Lone Echo’
One of the biggest VR developments early this week has been Facebook’s acquisition of the Virtual Reality studio Ready at Dawn. This the developer that is behind one of the…
Facebook Discontinues Oculus Go VR Headset Sales
The 3DoF era comes to and end. Facebook has today announced that it is discontinuing the sales of its cheap entry-level Oculus Go VR headset and will instead focus on…
Anyone Can Now Purchase HoloLens 2 Directly from Microsoft Online Store
Regular (non-enterprise) customers in the can now purchase Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 directly from Microsoft’s online store. The Augmented Reality headset was previously only available for purchase for enterprise customers. Businesses…
Sony Reveals the PlayStation 5 Design
Sony has this week revealed its next-generation PlayStation 5 Console. The PS5 features a white design, a media remote, a new HD camera as well as a white DualSense controller.…
Andrew Bosworth: Oculus Quest is Close to an ‘iPhone Moment’
The Oculus Quest headset is now one year old and according to Facebook, the headset has so far been a huge success. Facebook is yet to reveal the number of…
Oculus Quest Grossed Over $100 Million in Apps and Games Sales in First Year
This week marks the first-year anniversary since the double launch of the PC-based Oculus Rift S and the standalone Oculus Quest virtual reality headsets. During the anniversary, Facebook announced that…
VR Hit Game ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Breaks Sales Records
Half-Life: Alyx has broken sales records to become possibly the fastest-selling virtual reality game ever. Half-Life: Alyx has already recorded more than one million owners less than two months…
Half-Life: Alyx Sees Steam User Base Double to 2 Million
The latest SteamVR hardware survey covering the month of April is out. According to the survey, the proportion of users with virtual reality headsets increased from to , coinciding with…
SteamVR Discontinues MacOS Support
Apple and Valve collaborated on MacOS support for SteamVR for almost a year but the plans for support went quiet after the summer 2017 announcement. Valve has now decided to…