So you’re interested in buying one of Meta’s standalone VR headsets. But Quest 3S and Quest 3 look very similar, so which one should you buy? Read on for our no-nonsense recommendation.

Let’s make this real easy:

If you’ve never owned a VR headset before (Google Cardboard and Gear VR don’t count in this case): Buy Quest 3S.

Why: Not everybody who buys a VR headset continues to use it for the long term. Many people don’t find something that keeps them coming back, and within six months their headset is sitting in a drawer somewhere. Quest 3S is the most […]

Kluge Interactive, the studio behind hit VR rhythm game Synth Riders (2019), announced its upcoming VR fighting game, FINAL FURY, will be featured at Steam Next Fest on October 14th, which of course means a playable demo.

Final Fury is a fast-paced combat game that puts you in the arena for some arcade-style fighting—not unlike Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat—but with some very physical VR gameplay.

Now, the studio says the Final Fury demo will be downloadable from October 14th – 28th, featuring two opponents, Tempest and Glitch.

This comes after a major setback following user testing late last year, which […]

Meta has revived its VR Animation Player (2019) with the new release of Theater Elsewhere, a fresh iteration of the free animation player app that allows users to experience immersive, hand-painted worlds created with in VR art app Quill by Smoothstep (2021).

Meta says the newly revamped Theater Elsewhere app includes a new user interface for easier navigation, faster performance, and enhanced controls, designed to offer a seamless user experience.

It also packs in over 50 VR-animated shorts, curated selections, and more than 2,400 user-generated content pieces, which you can explore more deeply in ‘Free Fly Mode’, letting you […]

Shiftall has launched pre-orders for its newly unveiled MeganeX superlight 8K, a slim and light, high-resolution OLED PC VR headset tracked by SteamVR base stations.

While Panasonic sold off its XR hardware startup Shiftall earlier this year, the companies held a joint press conference in Tokyo yesterday to announce MeganeX superlight 8K, which is slated to start shipping between February and March 2025. Pre-orders are now available in the US, priced at an eye-watering $1,900.

Boasting a flip-up design, MeganeX Superlight 8K is hoping to impress with its 1.35-inch micro OLED displays, offering a resolution […]

Magnopus, the veteran XR studio behind Mission: ISS (2017), launched Alo Moves XR, a new mixed reality fitness app for Quest that uses volumetric 3D captures to deliver classes from top fitness gurus in yoga, Pilates, and mindfulness.

Announced earlier this year, the Quest-exclusive Alo Moves XR app includes 32 classes out of the gate, and plans to add four to five new yoga and Pilates classes monthly, along with weekly meditation sessions.

As a subscription app similar to Supernatural (2020), Alo Moves XR features top instructors, including Ashley Galvin, Annie Landa, Bianca Wise, Kirat Randhawa, and Susy […]

The unassuming early access Quest game I Am Cat has taken off in a matter of months, spreading virally through social media with videos of its feline antics. We reached out to the developer New Folder Games to learn more about its recipe for success.

I Am Cat, developed by New Folder Games, is a Quest game that’s found significant success despite still being in Early Access (formerly ‘App Lab’). After just a year in development and less than five months of availability in Early Access, the $15 game has amassed nearly 40,000 user reviews with an average rating of […]

Apple today launched a new immersive short film called Submerged for free on Vision Pro, letting users explore a harrowing tale set in a WWII-era submarine. The company also announced its next slate of immersive content, including an NBA basketball documentary, a music video from The Weeknd, immersive concerts and new episodes of Adventure.

Starting today, Submerged will be available on Apple TV for Vision Pro for users across Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, the UK and the US.

As Apple’s first scripted short film for Vision Pro, the company says the “adrenaline-pumping thrill ride” will put viewers in […]

FRENZIES is a new arena shooter from VR veteran studio nDreams that’s launching into early access for free today, bringing a ton of visual flair along with an ample list of game modes fans of the genre know and love.

I got a chance to go hands-on before today’s launch, and while it was a very solid experience all around, what Frenzies does next will be more important, as it needs to continue to set itself apart from the long list of well-meaning, but ultimately dead arena shooters. Read on below to find out more.

Firstly, if you’re looking for a VR […]

Sightful, the hardware startup working to carve out a new ‘headless AR laptop’ niche, has cancelled plans for its $1,900 Spacetop G1.

Unveiled back in May, Spacetop G1 was set to be the company’s first commercially available product following the early access release of its first Spacetop, which delivered a somewhat bulgy laptop form factor tethered to a pair of XREAL AR glasses.

Now, the company tells CNET it’s cancelling Spacetop G1 altogether, and that pre-order customers will be are offered refunds for their $100 deposits.

Image courtesy Sightful

Sightful says this comes down to […]

Here’s a deal that should be on your radar if you’re in the market for a PC VR headset. For the next two days Amazon Prime members can get Vive Pro 2 at its steepest discount yet.

Vive Pro 2 ‘full kit’ is currently available on Amazon for $800 (a 33% discount off its usual $1,200 price).

Or if you already have controllers and base stations, you can get the Vive Pro 2 headset by itself for $500 (a 28% discount over the usual $700 price).

Both deals are available only to Prime members during Amazon Prime Big Deal […]

Samsung and Google announced in early 2023 that, along with Qualcomm, they’d be releasing an “XR platform” based on Android, which could also see the release of a high-end mixed reality headset. While we still haven’t heard exactly what that XR partnership will entail, a new report from The Information maintains Samsung and Google are also working on smartglasses positioned to potentially compete with Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses.

The report, citing insider sources, alleges Google staffers pitched the idea earlier this year of creating smartglasses with Samsung, which would ostensibly manufacture and market the device […]

Smartmelon Games and Fast Travel Games announced its multiplayer VR rhythm title, Band Space, is set to launch on Quest and PC VR this month, bringing some very Rock Band-inspired gameplay to VR.

Come October 24th, Smartmelon is launching Band Space with both single and multiplayer support for up to four players, letting you jam out with motion controllers on the guitar, drums, bass and keyboard.

When the full version launched, it’s arriving with a 30-song tracklist, which includes songs from Jason Bowld from Bullet For My Valentine, Johnny Lloyd from Tribes, and Thorr, the composer for the latest entry […]

Leading up to its November 7th release, Vertigo Games detailed more about its upcoming standalone VR prequel to the Metro series, Metro Awakening, including some familiar survival mechanics at the heart of gameplay such as the gas mask, flashlight, and some pretty intense first-person combat.

In past Metro games, the gas mask was crucial for surviving in contaminated environments. Players had to monitor the mask’s filter life, and occasionally wipe blood or moisture off the visor with a button press. It’s a little spicier in Metro Awakening, as you’ll need to physically wipe the mask’s fogged-up lenses, which […]

Meta’s biggest reveal at last week’s Connect conference was definitely the Orion prototype AR glasses, which the company says it’s been working on for nearly five years. It’s a big deal not only because of how compact it is, but because Meta says it wants to eventually turn the prototype into a consumer product.

You may have caught our high-level coverage of the Orion headset here, but our friend Norman Chan from Tested got to sit down with Meta CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth to try out the glasses and learn about the Orion project. In typical form, he […]

Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom is a new sort of VR film hybrid for Quest, mashing up a movie’s worth of real-time rendered narrative with sprinkles of first-person gameplay, billing itself an ‘interactive anime’. On paper, it sounds really cool, offering you essentially two ways to step into your favorite anime universe and experience it in all of its Shonen glory. In practice though, it’s a total guessing game of when you can get to have fun, and when you’re expected to just sit back and live out your new life as a camera–person-chimera.

Silver Phantom, which enlists you as […]