Thank you for Signing Up Another Axiom, the studio behind the viral VR indie hit Gorilla Tag, has revealed the first glimpse of its next project. ‘Project A2’ is an ambitious spiritual successor to the now shuttered Echo VR, and a full-circle moment for the studio. With its low-fi graphics and simple gameplay, you might not think […]
Unicorn AR Startup Magic Leap is Killing Its First Headset Next Year – Road to VR
Thank you for Signing Up Magic Leap 1, the AR headset that helped the Plantation, Florida-based startup attract over three billion dollars in funding, will be completely defunct by late next year. The company announced this week that Magic Leap 1’s cloud services are due to be shut off on December 31st, 2024. After that […]
Spatial Design App ShapesXR Raises $8.6M, Expanding to Apple Vision Pro
Thank you for Signing Up ShapesXR is a collaborative spatial design app built to make it easy to prototype spatial interfaces, interactions, and environments. The company announced today it has raised an $8.6 million seed investment, part of which the company plans to use to expand to more headsets. While so many VR interfaces and […]
Apple Joins Pixar, NVIDIA, & More to "accelerate next generation of AR experiences" with 3D File Protocol – Road to VR
Thank you for Signing Up Today, big tech companies including Apple, Pixar, Adobe, Autodesk, and NVIDIA, announced the formation of the Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD), which is dedicated to promoting the standardization and development of a 3D file protocol that Apple says will “help accelerate the next generation of AR experiences.” NVIDIA has been an early […]
Virtuix Raises $4.7M in Latest Crowd Investment Round, Plans to Ship 1,000 VR Treadmills by Year's End – Road to VR
Thank you for Signing Up Virtuix, the company behind the Omni VR treadmill, announced it’s raised $4.7 million through its latest crowd investment round. The Austin, Texas-based company also says it plans to ship 1,000 of its Omni One VR treadmills by the end of this year. Earlier this year, Virtuix launched an equity crowdfunding campaign […]
Trailblazing VR/XR Application Development: Varjo’s Developer Discount Program and Cutting-Edge Features
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VR Education App 'Human Anatomy' Now Available on PSVR 2 – Road to VR
Thank you for Signing Up The PlayStation Store has a growing number of games built specifically (or optimized) for PSVR 2, although there aren’t a ton of educational apps yet that you might use to get a better understanding of complex subjects like the human body. Now the creators of Human Anatomy VR have released their medical […]
Sony Details PSVR 2 Prototypes from Conception to Production – Road to VR
Thank you for Signing Up Sony released a peek into the prototyping stages that led to PSVR 2, showing off a number of test units for both the headset and controllers. In an extensive interview on the PS blog, PSVR 2’s Product Manager Yasuo Takahashi reveals the development process behind Sony’s latest VR headset. Takahashi […]
Virtuix Omni One Comes Full Circle with an All-in-one VR Treadmill
Thank you for Signing Up As far as VR treadmills go, Virtuix is the OG. While the company had set out to make a consumer VR treadmill a decade ago, market realities pushed the company into the out-of-home VR attraction space. But after all these years the company remains dead-set on selling a VR treadmill […]
'Ziggy's Cosmic Adventures' Coming Soon as VR Space Sim Gets Final Teaser Trailer – Road to VR
Thank you for Signing Up It seems Ziggy’s Cosmic Adventures is rounding the bend, as the promising VR cockpit adventure has released its final teaser trailer, showing off more of its madcap ship management and action-arcade combat. In Ziggy’s Cosmic Adventures you pilot your own starship, which not only tasks you with maneuvering the craft around […]