Horizon Worlds’ avatars now walk among the virtual universe with their own legs

Meta used an AI model to help bring legs to avatars. | Image: Meta Virtual avatars in Meta’s Horizon Worlds universe have gained legs, according to UploadVR . You should now see them when looking at other users or checking out your own avatar in a mirror, ... more - theverge

Resident Evil 4 remake is getting its Separate Ways DLC on September 21st

Image: Capcom Capcom’s remake of Resident Evil 4 is getting its Separate Ways DLC starring Ada Wong very soon: it’s due out on September 21st. The expansion allows you to play through sections of RE4’s story as fan-favorite character Ada Wong, seeing ... more - theverge

PlayStation State of Play September 2023: all the news and trailers

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Sony’s September show may not be quite as big as Nintendo’s, but there will probably be some fun announcements in store. Continue reading… ... more - theverge

Meta’s Horizon Worlds social platform is finally coming to mobile and the web

Super Rumble on mobile. | Image: Meta Meta is finally bringing Horizon Worlds out of virtual reality. The 3D social platform has previously been exclusive to its VR headsets, but Meta announced on Thursday that Horizon Worlds is starting to roll out ... more - theverge

US Army orders more Microsoft AR headsets now that they no longer make soldiers want to barf

A previous IVAS prototype sent to the Army by Microsoft. | Image: US Army The US Army is awarding Microsoft with another order of advanced mixed reality goggles designed for combat situations, Bloomberg reports. Microsoft had sent the Army a batch of ... more - theverge

Meta is adding new customization options to its avatar creator

Image: Meta Meta is adding some better customization features to its avatar creator as part of the latest update for its Quest headsets. With the v57 update, you’ll be able to “fine tune things like your hair and eyebrow color, more accurately adjust ... more - theverge

A new-old camera, Clubhouse pivots, and smart home apps galore

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 5, your guide to the best and Verge -iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, first of all, hi, hello, welcome, and second of all, you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve ... more - theverge

Valve’s next mystery gadget may be imminent

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge We know for a fact that Valve’s hardware ambitions didn’t end with the Steam Deck. Over the past two years, Valve has suggested it would like to see a standalone VR headset, a new Steam Controller, and a Steam Deck revision ... more - theverge

GoPro is back at making 360-degree cameras

GoPro founder and CEO Nick Woodman confirmed a new 360-degree GoPro Max camera “is in the works and will be worth the wait” at the GoPro 12 launch event. This update was a long time coming – the original GoPro Max was released all the way back in October ... more - theverge

Niantic’s new AR experiment is a ho-hum Pikmin mobile browser game

Oh, hey, a strawberry. | Photo by Wes Davis / The Verge Niantic has a new Pikmin AR experiment for your mobile browser, called Pikmin Finder , that lets you pluck pikmin from any old place and send them off to collect treasure for you (via Nintendo Life ... more - theverge

Sony is making a $2,950 screenless, battery-less full-frame camera for drones

The camera isn’t much bigger than the E-mount itself. | Image: Sony Sony’s got a teeny-tiny new box camera that’s small and light enough to be sent into the sky on a drone, and it’s packing the high-resolution 61-megapixel full-frame sensor of its A7R ... more - theverge

Meta’s next Quest Pro might be a team-up with LG

Photo by Adi Robertson / The Verge A Korean news report suggests Meta is partnering with LG to release a successor to its high-end Quest Pro virtual reality headset in 2025. As spotted by UploadVR , Maeil Business Newspaper writes that Meta has struck ... more - theverge

Meta’s avatar legs roll out to beta testers, but only in Quest Home

Legs may soon come to the unwashed virtual masses. | Image: Meta Meta is adding legs to Quest Avatars in Quest Home — but not Horizon Worlds — in a new beta announced last week in the Meta Community forums (via UploadVR ). Community manager Ryanality ... more - theverge

The Space Invaders AR game now lets you play without using AR

Imagine this but not outside. | Image: Google Google and Taito have added a new “indoor mode” to their Space Invaders AR game, according to a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday. In this new mode for Space Invaders: World Defense , the game autopilots ... more - theverge

Google’s AR projects are reportedly facing even more setbacks

Illustration: The Verge Following reports that Google gave up on its Project Iris AR glasses in June, a new report from Insider suggests that the company’s plan to launch a mixed reality headset with Samsung is also facing setbacks. The rumored device, ... more - theverge

Somebody already unboxed the Quest 3

Image: @ZGFTECH via X Somebody has already unboxed a VR headset that is almost certainly Meta’s Quest 3, even though the device isn’t supposed to launch until sometime in the fall. You can see a video of the unboxing in this video on X, the platform ... more - theverge

Leaked images reveal Lenovo’s Steam Deck competitor that may connect to AR glasses

Image: Windows Report Valve’s Steam Deck might be getting more competition. Last month, Windows Central reported that Lenovo is working on a handheld gaming PC that runs Windows called the Legion Go. On Wednesday, Windows Report published what appear ... more - theverge

Meta’s Quest 3 headset might be coming out sometime soon

Image: Meta Meta’s Quest 3 VR headset might be available to purchase sometime soon. A new Meta-made VR headset has just shown up in the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) database, meaning the device can be sold in the US. As noted by UploadVR ... more - theverge

Meta and the UFC are teaming up on a UFC-themed experience in Horizon Worlds

Image: Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta and the UFC are working together to make a special UFC-themed experience in Meta’s Horizon Worlds social VR platform, according to a Meta blog post on Wednesday. In the UFC zone, you’ll be able to watch 4K, 180-degree ... more - theverge

Roblox on Quest VR headsets has gotten ‘well over’ 1 million downloads

Illustration: The Verge Roblox just launched in open beta on Meta’s Quest VR headsets last week, and it’s already been downloaded “well over” 1 million times, according to Roblox CEO David Baszucki. That number suggests that the app could potentially ... more - theverge

Meta’s Horizon Worlds mobile app might actually be launching soon

A screenshot from the Horizon Worlds game Super Rumble . | Image: Meta Meta’s long-in-the-works mobile version of Horizon Worlds , its VR metaverse social platform, may finally launch soon, according to Friday’s Lowpass newsletter from Janko Roettgers. ... more - theverge

Roblox is now available to try on Meta Quest VR headsets

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Roblox is now available in open beta on Meta’s Quest VR headsets. Roblox and Meta had announced earlier in July that the social metaverse platform would be arriving on the headsets soon, and now, you can try ... more - theverge

Wayfair’s AI tool can redraw your living room and sell you furniture

Screenshot: Wes Davis / The Verge Wayfair has launched a free “virtual room restyler” called Decorify. It employs generative AI to show you a redecorated version of the room you want to zhuzh after you upload a picture of it and choose the visual style ... more - theverge

Apple is taking applications for Vision Pro developer kits

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple announced that developers can now apply to get a Vision Pro headset on the company’s website. In addition to the Vision Pro headset, the dev kit also includes help setting up the device, code-level support requests, ... more - theverge

Meta is improving Quest VR hand tracking and adding system-level live captions

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Meta’s newest update for its Quest VR headsets, v56, will add a lot of welcome upgrades, including improved hand tracking, system-level live captions, and the return of livestreaming to Facebook. The improved ... more - theverge

Meta’s AR glasses reportedly won’t feature the high-end displays it planned

Image: Nick Barclay / The Verge The first part of Meta’s augmented reality glasses it sells to the public won’t come with the high-end displays originally planned for the device, according to a new report from The Information . Sources tell the outlet ... more - theverge

Nothing CEO Carl Pei on the Phone 2, AI, and the future of gadgets

Nothing CEO Carl Pei knows better than most how hard it is to make a dent in the hardware world. | Image: Nothing Nothing wants to invent the future. But you don’t get to invent the future if you can’t first make it in the smartphone biz. Continue reading… ... more - theverge

Google and Taito’s AR Space Invaders game is out now on Android and launching soon on iOS

Image: Google Google and Taito’s new augmented reality game that lets you wave around your phone to destroy AR Space Invaders aliens is out now on Android and launching at midnight local time on July 18th on iOS, according to a blog post from Google. ... more - theverge

Roblox is coming to Meta’s Quest VR headsets

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Roblox will be coming to Meta’s Quest VR headsets starting with an open beta that will be available in the “coming weeks,” according to a blog post from Meta. You’ll be able to try out this Quest version of ... more - theverge

Google’s AR software leader is out over the company’s ‘unstable commitment and vision’

Illustration: The Verge Mark Lucovsky, the former head of operating systems on Google’s augmented reality team, has left the company. In a tweet on Monday, Lucovsky says “changes in AR leadership and Google’s unstable commitment and vision” contributed ... more - theverge