All vr news so far

(List starts off with the latest news)

Alright, Chyll had covered the games aspect of vr news, and he has done a wonderful job. Please go check out his post, it is the pinned post on this group.

Now we get into the other aspects of vr

The Quest 3 will most launch date of 2023, have a price between $300 – $500, have pancake lenses, have an usb-c port, most likely contain lcd displays, have an ipd slider, built in volume, most likely having a fan, have the Snap Dragon XR2 Gen 2 chip, most likely have a resolution of 2064×2208 per eye, 12gb of ram, up to 512gb of storage, have a 120Hz refresh rate, and more (more in these videos:

And speaking of new stuff coming in 2023, roblox vr may come to the stand-alone meta headsets later 2023, although this isn’t confirmed.

Now onto sad news, the quest 1 is getting discontinued.

There will be no new features shipping to it, social features are being cut, and the software will stop being maintained come 2024.

Here what meta said when this was addressed by them.

“We launched Quest 1 over four years ago and we are grateful to the Quest 1 community for pushing VR forward. As we look to the future, we remain committed to supporting the community of Quest 1 users and will continue to support the headset with a few changes:

You will still be able to use your Quest 1 headset and available apps.

We won’t be shipping new features to Quest 1.

We plan to continue maintaining the system software with critical bug fixes and security patches until 2024.

Quest 1 users will no longer be able to create or join a party.

Quest 1 users who currently have access to Meta Horizon Home social features will lose access to these features on March ‌5, ‌2023. You won’t be able to invite others to your Home or visit someone else’s Home”

Moving onto less sad news, Pavlov VR (not to be confused with Pavlov shack, the quest port) was confirmed to be a launch title for the PSVR 2, and it will support cross play! This is great news as not only does this bring a new wave of users to Pavlov, meaning this game will get more revenue, which means more money to maintain and update the game, it means more accessibility to this great, fun vr shooter. And since it is cross play, you’ll be able to play with your PSVR 2 friend while you are on pcvr and vice versa.

Onto other fantastic news, Windlands 2, a combat platformer game, is coming to the Quest 2. However, it will not support Crossplay or Cross buy.

And lastly, v49 for the Meta Quest is coming out shortly, which would contain new home environments and more parental control features.

Anyways, that is all, goodnight!

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Alright, day 3 of nightly vr news, you know the drill.

The previously mentioned Vive XR Elite was confirmed to be $1,099, and started preorders. If you preorder now you get 5 popular titles bundled with it, however those titles I could not find the names of. It has a combined 3840 x 1920 resolution.

A company known as Rendever, which focuses on creating vr experiences for the elderly to make those of them who are lonely feel less lonely, just acquired Alcove, a family social meet up platform. The links to their sites below

Rendever: https://www.rendever.com/

Alcove: https://alcovevr.com/

Razor just announced their Quest 2 Headstrap and facial interface. It is said to be made out of a high-performance nylon material to ensure quality weight distribution, a soft strap, and a slip on design. It is also said to block light while still allowing ventilation, and will supposedly eliminate facial pressure. It is also adjustable.

Here is a quote from them in a press statement

“Designed for long-lasting comfort and weight-balanced support, the Razer Adjustable Head Strap System was created with all head shapes in mind. The high-performance nylon material provides reliability, comfort, and durability while the optimized weight distribution allows for more balance during active gameplay. The soft adjustable straps will help gamers find their perfect fit and quick slip-on design ensures little interruption in resuming gameplay”

There’s a lot of promise in this head strap, but the one thing I’m not looking forward too is the price.

The platform known as Wave, known for hosting digital concerts, just partnered up with Pico despite ending their vr concerts a few years back. The concerts will be available on the Pico Neo 3 and the new quest competitor, the Pico Neo 4. Just note that these concerts will not be available in the US, and instead take place in Europe and Asia. (Unless you have one of these headsets in the US, I’m not too sure if it would work if you had it imported here)

Its debut concert is set to feature The Calvin Harris Experience, taking place on January 13th at 8:00PM GMT. It will last around an hour, with its contents being a five-minute p…[Read more]