August 15, 2025

Category: Virtual Reality

SXSW 2025, Thief Simulator VR, Wet & More
Virtual Reality

SXSW 2025, Thief Simulator VR, Wet & More

This week’s latest XR News Round-Up is live with a few additional news stories. It’s been another busy week across VR gaming, with numerous reveals and launches in particular for PlayStation VR2. Alien: Rogue Incursion is now available on Quest 3, Skydance’s Behemoth received a second major patch, while Waltz of the Wizard became the […]

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Upgraded Gameplay But Downgraded Graphics
Virtual Reality

Upgraded Gameplay But Downgraded Graphics

Alien: Rogue Incursion initially launched on PSVR 2 and PC VR headsets in December, bringing the first VR-native game to the storied ‘Alien’ franchise. Now, developer Survios has finally released the game on Quest 3. In our launch-day review, we noted the game’s Xenomorph encounters, highlighted by the enemy’s raptor-like hunting style, were indeed pulse-raising, although were […]

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The NBA Apple Vision Pro App Now Has A 3D Tabletop View
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The NBA Apple Vision Pro App Now Has A 3D Tabletop View

The official NBA Apple Vision Pro app now has Tabletop, a diorama-scale virtual representation of the live game you’re watching. Tabletop shows in addition to the 2D livestream view you see floating in front of you as a large virtual screen, giving you the benefits of both. Note that the 2D livestream view is not […]

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What if the metaverse had legs?
Virtual Reality

What if the metaverse had legs?

Welcome to the TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. I would be lying if I said that mixed reality and generative AI were two of my favorite things. And yet, a Christmas Day […]

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PSVR 2 Gets Its First Game with Controller-less Hand-Tracking
Virtual Reality

PSVR 2 Gets Its First Game with Controller-less Hand-Tracking

Sony introduced hand-tracking support for PSVR 2 back in December, offering up the ability for developers to update their games and let players go hands-on thanks to the headset’s on-board tracking cameras. Now, beloved wizardry game Waltz of the Wizard (2019) is the first to implement hand-tracking on PSVR 2. Waltz of the Wizard has grown […]

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Turn Setbacks Into Success With These Key Lessons
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Turn Setbacks Into Success With These Key Lessons

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Failure is not the opposite of success; it’s part of the journey. In my years as CEO and President of an international commercial cleaning franchise system, I’ve understood that the most successful entrepreneurs have one thing in common: they embrace failure as an opportunity to grow. Related: […]

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