Here are the latest XR news from different online sources (e.g. XR Today – https://www.xrtoday.com/feed/, UploadVR – https://uploadvr.com/feed/, Road to VR – https://www.roadtovr.com/feed/ and VRScout – https://vrscout.com/feed/)
DaVinci Resolve on macOS now has full support for editing Apple Immersive Video, including grading it, adding VFX to it, and mixing spatial audio.
Beat Saber was the best-selling PlayStation VR2 game in July, despite ending content updates for the headset.
Boxing Underdog offers highly detailed traditional and bare-knuckle virtual boxing for potential pugilists on Quest.
Arken Age, one of this year's best VR action games so far, is heading to Quest 3 and 3S this November.
Meta shared more details about its Boba 3 ultra-wide FOV VR & MR research prototypes, as well as a "hyperrealistic VR" prototype called Tiramisu. UploadVR will go hands-on with all three next week.
Co-op action adventure Into Black launches in three weeks on PC VR and PlayStation VR2.
Elysian is the first WebXR game on Quest's Meta Horizon Store, an example of how WebXR developers can leverage store discoverability.
If you open a link to a Horizon World on Instagram or Facebook, it will now launch directly inside that app if you don’t have the Meta Horizon app installed.
Australian immersive training technology company xReality Group announced its subsidiary Operator XR has secured a contract with the Texas Department of Public Safety (Texas DPS) worth up to AUD $5.71 million (~$3.7 million USD), which will see the rollout of it VR police training system across the state. According to a press statement, Operator XR’s The post Operator XR Secures $3.7M VR Training Contract with Texas Department of Public Safety appeared first on Road to VR.
All On Board! outlined several board games coming to the VR tabletop platform in its new roadmap.
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth teased what to expect at Meta Connect 2025, which takes place in September.
Google DeepMind's remarkable Genie 3 suggests that AI "world models" could be the path to fully photorealistic interactive VR, akin to Star Trek's Holodeck.
Our series Inside XR Design examines specific examples of great XR design. Today we’re looking at the game Electronauts and what it can teach us about smart VR interface design. Editor’s Note: Electronauts was released seven years ago this week! It was featured in the pilot episode of Inside XR Design four years ago to the month. The post VR Design Unpacked: Everyone Should Know These VR Interface Basics appeared first on Road to VR.
DeepMind, Google’s AI research lab, announced the release of Genie 3, a new AI system capable of generating interactive virtual environments in real-time—and bringing us one step closer to the Holodeck. Google says in a DeepMind update that with a simple text prompt, Genie 3 can create dynamic, navigable scenes that run at 24 frames-per-second in 720p resolution. The post Google’s ‘Genie 3’ Interactive Generative Video Model Takes Us One Step Closer to the Holodeck appeared first on Road to VR.
Hidden Memories of The Gardens Between is a moving story about childhood best friends, offering an enjoyable VR take on the flatscreen indie puzzler.