Inside ‘POPULATION: ONE’ – Developer Interview & HD Gameplay

Developer BigBox VR gives us the low down on their ambitious VR battle royale game. Population: One is a vertigo-inducing VR battle royale experience that pits six teams of three against one another for the honor of “Last Team Standing.” Players begin ... more - vrscout

The DecaGear 4K SteamVR Headset Sounds Too Good To Be True

Pressure-sensitive controllers, hip and face tracking, all for just $459? Earlier this month, Singapore-based Deca announced the DecaGear, a PC VR headset boasting some pretty incredible features for a suspiciously low price. Available now for preorder, ... more - vrscout

Report – XR Researcher Has Jailbroken The Oculus Quest 2

Root access to the standalone headset allows the developer to bypass Facebook login. According to the XR Safety Initiative (XRSI) , an organization dedicated to creating safe immersive environments, an unnamed XR researcher has discovered a jailbreak ... more - vrscout

Oculus Confirms Using The Same Facebook Account On Multiple Headsets Will NOT Result In A Ban

Facebook clarifies its stance after a series of miscommunications. In a tweet made yesterday by Oculus Support, the company elaborated on its Terms of Service after a string of customer complaints, clarifying that the use of a single Facebook account ... more - vrscout

Spotify Launches 8th Wall Powered AR Experience For New Sam Smith Single

Sam Smith’s latest single comes with an AR experience available exclusively through Spotify. Grammy Award-winning artist Sam Smith’s brand new album, “Love Goes” drops this Friday, but fans can listen to his newest single “Diamonds” on Spotify right ... more - vrscout

How VR & AR Helped Solgaard Bring Their Unique Luggage To Life

Designing a new customer experience using immersive technology. Solgaard is a sustainable design company that creates premium lifestyle gear for individuals on the go. Their product line began with a backpack but took off with the carry-on closet; a ... more - vrscout

Location-Based VR Network Launches Escape Room Series

Test your problem-solving skills via Hologate’s supercharged VR-powered escape rooms. A new partnership between VR entertainment companies HOLOGATE and ARVI VR will come together to produce unforgettable VR escape rooms designed specifically for the ... more - vrscout

Create Your Own Free Roam VR Arcade On Oculus Quest With ‘Custom Home Mapper’

Build a multi-room location-based arcade complete with over six mini-games. Available now on Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2, Custom Home Mapper is a neat application that turns your standalone headset into a location-based VR arcade. Players can actually ... more - vrscout

Building The Future Of Immersive Theater Technology With The Musical Theatre Factory

New York’s Musical Theatre Factory is teaming up with immersive tech evangelists to offer a year of programming around extended realities for the stage. Change begins at home, especially for such a robust and old industry as the theater business. Don’t ... more - vrscout

‘Captain Toonhead’ Promises A Balls To The Wall VR FPS Tower Defense Experience

Save humanity from a vicious dictator after a burrito-related explosion wipes out Earth’s last defenses. Whereas many VR games and apps strive to offer the most realistic experience possible, upcoming VR FPS tower defense game Captain Toonhead vs the ... more - vrscout

‘Angry Birds VR’ & ‘ACRON: Attack Of The Squirrels’ Free Halloween Updates Now Available

Spooky new maps, character skins, and gameplay enhancements arrive ahead of All Hallows’ Eve. Resolution Games ( Blaston, Cook-Out: A Sandwich Tale, Wonderglade ), today announced a slew of extra spooky updates heading to Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs ... more - vrscout

A Mystery HTC VR Headset Appears In FCC Filings

The above image deptics the Vive Proton prototype VR headset. Before any consumer electronic product with electromagnetic emissions (radiofrequency) can be sold to the public, they must meet specific requirements to be considered safe by the FCC through ... more - vrscout

Modder Turns ‘Beat Saber’ Into Super Mario Bros-Inspired Platformer

There appears to be no end to the level of creativity exhibited by the Beat Saber modding community. Since the launch of the popular VR rhythm game back in 2018, players have been having a field day designing their own custom beat maps set to a catalog ... more - vrscout

‘The Walking Dead: Onslaught’ Combat Rebalance Patch Aims To Address Player Complaints

Survios introduces major updates to combat and walker behavior amid recent criticism. The Walking Dead: Onslaught is off to a rough start. After hyping up players for months with the promise of brutal zombie combat featuring their favorite The Walking ... more - vrscout

Amazon Introduces AR Packages In Celebration Of Halloween

Customize your own AR jack-o’-lantern via the company’s new interactive boxes. Customers who purchase an item through Amazon now until Halloween can expect a little surprise with their eco-friendly boxes. Until October 31st, Amazon will be distributing ... more - vrscout

Avant-garde Interactive VR Story Catalog, ‘Corpus Misty,’ Now Available On Oculus App Store

Find yourself by getting lost in the world of Corpus Misty. The pastel, textured, and amorphic experience that is Corpus Misty is an exploration of the soul. This quiet journey into the vulnerable ruminations of several women, queers, and gender-bending ... more - vrscout

Holopatient Remote Uses AR Holograms For Hands-On Medical Training

GIGXR launches AR tool designed for medical training. GIGXR, a company focused on creating powerful instructor-led XR training tools for use by medical training experts, higher education, and the Department of Defense, has announced the launch of two ... more - vrscout

Social VR Platform ‘Sensorium Galaxy’ Announces Partnership With World-Renowned DJ Carl Cox

Sensorium Corporation partners with yet another major name in EDM. The very Tron-like social VR platform Sensorium Galaxy has announced a new collaboration with acclaimed British house and techno record producer Carl Cox that will have him conducting ... more - vrscout

Mario Kart: Live AR Racing Now Available On Nintendo Switch

Turn your home into a chaotic race track with this unique RC car experience. Today marks the launch of Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit , a brand new kart racing game that combines augmented reality technology with conventional RC cars to offer one of the ... more - vrscout

Getting Started With ‘Beat Saber’ Multiplayer

Here’s how the games new competitive game mode works. Alongside the launch of the Oculus Quest 2 this past Tuesday came a handful of new games, such as The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners as well as Little Witch Academia: VR Broom Racing , as well ... more - vrscout

Cybershoes Announces Wireless Foot Tracking For Oculus Quest & Quest 2

Pre-orders will be available soon as part of the official Kickstarter campaign. The Oculus Quest 2 has finally arrived and so far we’re loving Facebook’s new-and-improved standalone headset. Despite having released just a few days ago, we’re already ... more - vrscout

iPhone 12 Pro LiDAR Scanner Allows For More Powerful Snapchat Lenses

A14 Bionic and ARKit combine to offer more realistic AR experiences. Yesterday, Apple revealed four new iPhone 12 models as part of its remote “Hi, Speed” live event. This includes the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Mini, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max, ... more - vrscout

‘Rec Room’ Battle Royale And Isle of Lost Skulls Heading To Quest 2

Rec Room’s biggest game mode arrives soon on Quest 2 headsets. This week the developers behind popular social VR experience Rec Room announced the arrival of a new game mode and quest on the Oculus Quest 2, content that was previously exclusive to PC ... more - vrscout

Getting Started With Oculus Quest 2 – Setting Up Your Headset

Learn how to properly setup your brand new standalone headset. So, you just picked up your Oculus Quest 2 headset and you’re ready to dive into a massive catalog of AAA games and apps like The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners , Beat Saber, or Blaston! ... more - vrscout

Oculus Quest 2 – Your First Five Downloads

Five VR games and apps you need to download at launch. The Oculus Quest 2 has finally arrived! Facebook’s new-and-improved standalone VR headset features 2k per eye resolution powered by a custom Snapdragon XR2 chipset, improved ergonomics, and new Touch ... more - vrscout

Become A Champion Of Biodiversity In This Interstellar VR Quest

Battle an interstellar enemy to free galaxies from a geometric prison. An evil interstellar entity called the Architects of Entropy have been traveling from galaxy to galaxy and stealing the beauty and diversity of biological life from every planet they ... more - vrscout

Oculus Quest 2 Review: Better, Faster, Stronger Standalone VR

The best VR headset on the market just got even better. The Oculus Quest 2 is the most exciting piece of VR hardware to hit the market since Facebook’s original standalone VR headset, offering incredible visuals, increased processing power, and a smaller, ... more - vrscout

PlayStation VR Will Be Backward Compatible With PS5, For A Price

You’ll need a PSVR headset, PS4 Dualshock 4 controller or Move controllers, and PS4 Camera in order to play. In a new FAQ provided by Sony this past week, the company confirmed that the PlayStation VR will be backward compatible with the upcoming PlayStation ... more - vrscout

Zappar’s $40 Consumer-Ready 6DoF XR Headset Just Launched On Kickstarter

The ongoing race for affordable mixed reality just got a little faster—Zappar is making sure of it. This week the English creative studio pioneering its own mixed reality platform for mobile and web apps, Zappar , announced its plans for the brand new, ... more - vrscout

The US Army Is Experimenting With AR Goggles For Military Dogs

AR commands will allow handlers to remain out of sight during combat. Earlier this week the United States Army Research Laboratory revealed a groundbreaking new project that could change the way military working dogs (aka war dogs) are deployed on the ... more - vrscout