Niantic’s pet game Peridot is too cute for words

It’s hard to put into words how cute the little creatures in Peridot are. The virtual pets, which star in the next release from Pokémon Go developer Niantic, seem scientifically designed to make you say “awww.” They have big eyes and colorful bodies, ... more - theverge

Valve VR patent stirs up fresh hopes about rumored standalone Deckard headset

The full headset taken from the recently-published Valve patent. Valve’s most recent VR headset was 2019’s high-powered, high-priced Valve Index. But rumors have long been swirling that the company is working on another device — a standalone headset ... more - theverge

Nreal is adding Steam streaming to its AR glasses

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Chinese augmented reality company Nreal is launching a Steam beta on its Nreal Light and Nreal Air AR glasses, letting users stream games from a PC to a virtual big screen. The company says its beta will go ... more - theverge

Meta adds parental controls to Quest VR headsets

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Meta is adding parental controls to all Quest virtual reality headsets, letting guardians check underage users’ screen time and receive alerts or approval requests for purchases. The news comes alongside an expansion ... more - theverge

Horizon Worlds’ voice mode can turn strangers’ speech into pleasant gibberish

An icon will appear when a user can’t hear strangers’ voices. | Image: Meta Meta is adding a new “voice mode” to Horizon Worlds that garbles any voice chat coming from non-friends on the VR social platform, the company has announced. By default you’ll ... more - theverge

TikTok’s parent company is gearing up to invest a lot of money in VR

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge ByteDance, the company that owns TikTok, is getting serious about entering the virtual reality (VR) space, according to a report from Protocol . A source close to the situation told the outlet that the company ... more - theverge

Meta is adding social hangouts to the Quest’s VR home space

Meta Quest virtual reality headsets will soon offer an option for hanging out with other people in your homescreen. The v41 Quest update will add a multiuser Horizon Home space, which Meta announced last year at Connect. Horizon Home lets people put ... more - theverge

The first version of Meta’s AR glasses will be for developers only

Image: Meta Meta has decided to not sell the first version of its full-fledged AR glasses, codenamed Orion, and will instead distribute them to developers so they can build software experiences for the device and future versions, a person familiar with ... more - theverge

Amazon launches AR-powered virtual shoe try-on in its iOS app

iOS users can try on various brands within the Amazon app. | Image: Amazon Amazon is now letting iOS users virtually try-on shoes, the company announced in a blog post. Amazon customers in the US and Canada are able to try on shoes for various brands ... more - theverge

Meta reportedly shelves plans for dual-camera smartwatch

Images of the prototype device published by Bloomberg. | Image: Bloomberg Meta has halted development of a smartwatch with two built-in cameras, Bloomberg reports. The device — codenamed “Milan” — had reportedly been planned for release in spring 2023 ... more - theverge

Microsoft HoloLens boss Alex Kipman is out after misconduct allegations

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Insider is reporting that Microsoft’s Alex Kipman, who led the teams that developed the company’s HoloLens augmented reality headset and the Kinect motion controller for Xbox and serves as one of Microsoft’s top technical ... more - theverge

All the news coming out of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference

Apple continues with the Memoji developer art it started in 2020. | Image: Apple The conference runs from June 6th to June 10th Continue reading… ... more - theverge

Apple’s mixed reality headset will reportedly feature content created by Hollywood directors

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple is reportedly teaming up with Hollywood directors to create video content for its upcoming augmented reality (AR) / virtual reality (VR) headset, according to a report from The New York Times . Sources familiar ... more - theverge

Glasses or no glasses, this year’s WWDC is all about AR

Apple has been demoing AR for years but has never really shown us how it’s supposed to work. | Image: Apple Apple’s software is very good, generally speaking. Even as the company has spread its focus among more platforms than ever — macOS and iOS and ... more - theverge

Horizon, Resident Evil Village, and more are coming to PlayStation VR2

Sony Sony’s latest State of Play showcase gave a glimpse into what games will support the launch of the PlayStation VR2 (PSVR2) headset. Neither a price or release date has been shared yet for the headset, but at least we know what kind of games we can ... more - theverge

Resident Evil 4 remake is coming to the PS5 in March 2023

Capcom is continuing its trend of remaking classic Resident Evil games with the fourth mainline entry in the survival horror series. A remake of Resident Evil 4 will be hitting the PS5 on March 24th, 2023, bringing the action-focused game to modern platforms. ... more - theverge

iOS 16, Notifications, and Macs: what to expect at WWDC 2022

Kristen Radtke / The Verge What will Apple’s next OS bring? Continue reading… ... more - theverge

Meta’s head of AI to depart in group reorg

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A day after Sheryl Sandberg announced she is leaving as Meta’s COO later this year, the company is losing another executive amid a reorganization of its artificial intelligence group. Jerome Pesenti, Meta’s VP ... more - theverge

The first US Super Nintendo World is set to open in ‘early’ 2023 with a Mario Kart AR ride

Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge | Image: Universal Studios Hollywoord Universal Studios Hollywood and Nintendo are slowly cranking up the volume about the first Super Nintendo World theme park located in the US. Now, they’re narrowing its opening window ... more - theverge

Looking Glass might have just invented the GIF’s 3D successor

At the risk of confusion: this is a GIF of a Block. | Image by Nikki Chan / GIF by The Verge On June 15th, 1987, CompuServe introduced the GIF, a way to share images — or animated sequences of images — anywhere. The incredible portability of the late ... more - theverge

Apple’s RealityOS for rumored headset appears in trademark application

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge RealityOS — the name Apple is reportedly using for the operating system running on its rumored virtual and augmented reality headset — has appeared in a trademark filing spotted by Parker Ortolani. Bloomberg News ... more - theverge

Sony’s next State of Play will offer a sneak peek at PSVR2’s games

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Sony will broadcast almost half an hour of PlayStation trailers and announcements during its State of Play livestream next Thursday at 3PM PT (6PM ET), the company announced today. It’s yet to announce any specific games ... more - theverge

PlayStation VR2 set to launch with over 20 ‘major’ games

The previously-revealed design of the PlayStation VR2. | Image: Sony Sony expects to have over 20 “major” titles available for its PlayStation VR2 headset at launch, according to a company investor presentation. While it didn’t confirm the names or developers ... more - theverge

Niantic moves beyond games with Lightship AR platform and a social network

Niantic Niantic made a name for itself in the mobile gaming industry through the enduring success of Pokémon Go . Now the company is hoping to become something else: a platform for other developers to build location-aware AR apps on top of. This plan ... more - theverge

Apple reportedly chose a standalone AR / VR headset over a more powerful tethered design

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple’s rumored mixed reality headset seems like the worst-kept secret in tech, and a new report about the device from The Information (its second this week) is chock full of details about the unannounced product’s ... more - theverge

Qualcomm’s new AR glasses are thinner and wireless

Qualcomm Qualcomm is introducing a wireless version of its augmented reality Smart Viewer, a reference design that manufacturers could adapt into commercial headsets. The Wireless AR Smart Viewer updates Qualcomm’s earlier smart glasses design with a ... more - theverge

Amazon hardware exec takes another swipe at Zuckerberg’s metaverse fantasy

“We wanna enhance the here and now.” | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Meta and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg can’t catch a break — everyone just keeps saying that they don't want to live in the metaverse. This week, it’s Amazon’s head of devices David ... more - theverge

Apple’s board of directors reportedly tried out its upcoming AR / VR headset

It may not come in time for WWDC, though. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple showed a mixed reality headset capable of both augmented and virtual reality to its board of directors last week and has engineers hard at work on an operating ... more - theverge

Meta is testing end-to-end encryption for Quest’s VR Messenger app

The test is included in software update v40. | Image: Meta Meta has been on a multiyear push with Messenger’s end-to-end encryption (E2EE) features, and it’s now starting to test E2EE messaging with its Quest VR quest headsets. With the new v40 software ... more - theverge

SteelSeries is offering up to 40 percent off gaming headsets and mice today

The SteelSeries Arctis 7P Plus works with almost everything... except Xbox consoles. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge SteelSeries is running a spring sale promotion that takes up to 40 percent off some of its gaming headsets, mice, and mousepads ... more - theverge