Editor's Note: Amanda Watson joined Oculus VR in 2015 and took a cubicle outside John Carmack's office in Dallas where she worked late nights on the mobile SDK. Later in California, she worked on Oculus Link and Air Link before leaving Oculus in 2022. In early 2024, Watson released CitraVR on Github. This letter was written "as an apology I never sent"...

Graphics can be a touchy subject in VR. Standalone headsets are only capable of so much on their own, but consoles and PCs are expensive. When something like Subside comes along, though, even an early access Steam demo can help us all pause, look around, and take in what really eye-catching visuals can do to transport you somewhere else.The new demo...

Alien: Rogue Incursion was just announced, a new made-for-VR game in the Alien franchise.The game is being developed by Survios in collaboration with 20th Century Games. Survios has been making VR games for over 10 years now. It's the developer behind Raw Data, Battlewake, Electronauts, Sprint Vector, and Creed: Rise to Glory.Survios says Alien: Rogue...

Meta's Head of AR Glasses Hardware claims they give the same "Oh my God, wow! I can't believe this!" reaction as the original Oculus Rift.The claim comes from an interview Caitlin Kalinowski gave to Android Central. Kalinowski was previously the Head of VR Hardware for the consumer Oculus Rift, Oculus Touch, Oculus Go, Rift S, Oculus Quest, Quest 2,...

Mark Zuckerberg claims Quests will still be the most popular headsets after Horizon OS is available to third parties.If you somehow missed the big Meta news this week: Horizon OS is the new name for the Quest system software, which Meta will also make available to third-party headset makers, starting with ASUS, Lenovo, and potentially LG too.When announcing...

Walkabout Mini Golf is now taking players to Venice. The new Passport Venice course from development studio Mighty Coconut is available for $3.99 inside Walkabout Mini Golf across all major headsets.Carefully constructed by the studio’s team of artists to capture the feeling of visiting the famed city, Venice includes the canals, the cannoli and the...