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 […]
I broke my wrist: Meta Quest 3 and Supernatural helped me through
A few weeks ago, I broke my wrist (in a very stupid way, e-scooters are bad) and the prospect of a protracted recovery period with extremely limited mobility in that arm was really not something I was looking forward to. Generally, I’m an extremely active person who primarily enjoys weight training, and it’s a key […]
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 […]
From Boardrooms to Virtual Calls: Your AI Meeting Coach Is Here
Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. Some might say that meetings are the heart of business. They are where decisions happen, deals are made, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: […]
Palmer Luckey’s Anduril Is Taking Over The US Army IVAS Program From Microsoft
Palmer Luckey’s Anduril is taking over the US Army’s IVAS HMD program, previously handled by Microsoft. The Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program was first announced back in 2018, and in 2021 the contract was awarded to Microsoft, with a stated value of up to $21.88 billion over 10 years for more than 100,000 headsets. The eventual […]
The XR Week Peek (2025.02.10): The Meta Quest Store is in a transition phase, Apple may integrate PSVR 2 controllers, and more!
These days I feel better, so this newsletter is coming on time again (yay!). It’s been a good end of the week for me: on the work side, I have broken the news about camera access on Android XR (more on this later on), while on the personal side, I managed to cook some good […]