Arcsmith is the new Oculus Quest title from Bithell Games, the studio headed up by Thomas Was Alone developer Mike Bithell, and it’s releasing next month. You can check out a trailer for the game below. There looks to be two sides to Arcsmith: story and puzzles. For the latter, the player solves engineering puzzles, […]
Chess Club For Oculus Quest Launches July 1, Pre-Orders Available Now
Chess fans rejoice, because your VR prayers have been answered. Chess Club is bringing the classic game to Oculus Quest next month, with pre-orders available now. Chess Club will launch on July 1 for Quest, but is available to pre-order now and will be available a few days before release in Early Access from June […]
Oculus Quest v30 Update Bringing Multitasking & Mic Switching, Air Link to Original Quest
The Entire VR Industry in One Little Email The Daily Roundup is our comprehensive coverage of the VR industry wrapped up into one daily email, delivered directly to your inbox. Today Oculus is starting to roll out the v30 update to Quest headsets, which brings multitasking, mic switching, and new accessibility options. The update also […]
Oculus Quest May Soon Support Any Keyboard Via Passthrough
YouTuber Basti564 dug into Oculus Quest 2’s system software & found a dormant ‘Pass-through Keyboard’ feature. Currently Quest can show one specific keyboard inside VR: the Logitech K830 US version. A computer vision algorithm leverages the cameras on the headset to track the shape & keys and represent it with a premade 3D model. You […]
Oculus’ Next Quest Update Adds Mixed Reality Overlay, Mic Recording & More
With Oculus Quest software rollouts as they are it doesn’t seem that long ago that v28 arrived, bringing with it features like Air Link and 120Hz support. Oculus has now announced what’s about to arrive next in v29, revealing some exciting updates, especially for those that like to record/stream gameplay or want to work in […]
Top 10 Best Oculus Quest Hand Tracking Games & Apps
One of the biggest post-launch features added to the Oculus Quest so far has been controller-free hand tracking. With more and more games and experiences implementing support either officially or through SideQuest, we’ve narrowed down the best Oculus Quest hand-tracking games so far. When the Oculus Quest launched last year, your only input option was […]
Demeo Will Have Oculus Store Cross-Buy Between Rift & Quest
Tabletop role-playing game Demeo will offer cross-buy between the Oculus store versions of the game for Quest and Rift, according to an update from one of Resolution Games’ representatives on Discord. The new game is out now for $29.99 on Oculus Quest and Steam, with a Rift store version planned as well. Though the Rift […]
Oculus Quest 2 Now Has A Higher Quality Hand Tracking Mode
Oculus Quest 2 developers can now enable a new ‘High Frequency Hand Tracking’ mode in their apps, increasing the tracking rate from 30 Hz to 60 Hz. Facebook claims the mode increases hand tracking quality, as well as reducing its end-to-end latency by 10%. Its internal ‘Strike Team’ enabled the new mode in the Tiny […]
Oculus Quest 2 Is "Going To Be In The Market For A While," No New Headsets In 2021
If you recently picked up the popular Oculus Quest 2 VR headset, you can rest easy knowing it won’t be replaced any time soon. According to Andrew Bosworth – VP of Facebook Reality Labs – the Oculus Quest 2 Pro is already in development, although it won’t see the light of day until at least 2022. […]
Oculus Launches Flash Sale Ahead of Gaming Showcase
Later today – 11pm BST to be precise – Oculus will hold its first Gaming Showcase, an online event highlighting new updates for current titles, never-before-seen footage and more. In the run to the show the Oculus Store has just launched a 24 hour flash sale to get things started. The sale has 15 Oculus […]