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Studio People Can Fly phases out VR games, citing retreat in investments from platform holders
- Polish video game developer People Can Fly is phasing out its VR game publishing business.
- People Can Fly attributes the decision to a reduction in investments by VR platform holders.
- Platform holders like PlayStation, Meta, and Valve are not funding new VR games as much as before.
- The risk of relying solely on VR game sales in a small market is too great for studios like People Can Fly.
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VR MMORPG Ilysia revamps its early levels, improves skills, and adds new crafting professions
- VR MMORPG Ilysia has released a major update called Tides of Corruption, which includes overhauled early levels, improved combat mechanics, and new crafting professions.
- The first 10 levels of the game now feature new quests, items, story beats, and a new dungeon at the end.
- The update also introduces functional pets, a new spell targeting system, improved healing skills, and new gathering and crafting professions such as mining, smithing, and cooking.
- Other improvements include more stable airship travel, multiple UI enhancements, and an in-game mail system.
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Quest's Passthrough Camera API Is Out Now, Though Store Apps Can't Yet Use It
- Quest's Passthrough Camera API is now available for developers to experiment with.
- The API is currently only accessible for Quest 3 and Quest 3S and cannot be included in Meta Horizon Store apps yet.
- Developers can utilize the Passthrough Camera API for various purposes, such as scanning QR codes and integrating computer vision models.
- Meta has provided documentation and sample code for developers to access and utilize Quest passthrough camera functionality.
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Experiential Design for XR Systems: Driving User Efficiency and Engagement
- The XR market is experiencing growth with the demand for higher content quality, visual fidelity, and user convenience through haptics and integrated features.
- Lucid Reality Labs stresses the importance of user experience (UX) in XR solutions for immersive experiences and natural interactions.
- Areas for improving XR interfaces include enhancing haptic, tactile, and audio feedback to make experiences more realistic and seamless.
- Utilizing the XR Design System can enhance design efficiency, reduce development time, ensure quality across devices, and improve interactions and feedback mechanisms.
- Major companies like Meta and Apple are enhancing experiential design with new features, such as the HOT3D dataset and visionOS 2, for better convenience and functionality.
- Varjo's foveated rendering technique and Meta's v67 update aim to improve graphics, immersion, and convenience in XR experiences.
- Emphasis on personalized touchpoints, additional devices, and various input methods in XR systems leads to better usability and user satisfaction.
- In summary, the article focuses on the importance of experiential design in XR systems for enhanced user engagement, efficiency, and overall immersive user experiences.
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Black Mirror Season 7 Mocks Apple Vision Pro's Reverse Passthrough Feature
- Black Mirror Season 7 features a headset resembling a Quest Pro but with reverse passthrough, seemingly mocking Apple Vision Pro's EyeSight feature.
- A one second clip from the official trailer shows a character tapping the side of the headset to activate reverse passthrough.
- The only shipping headset with reverse passthrough today is Apple Vision Pro, where the feature is branded as EyeSight.
- This suggests that Netflix's intention is to mock the reverse passthrough of today, despite likely being set in the future.
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Steam Spring Sale Brings ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ to 70% Off and Tons of Other Great PC VR Deals
- Steam's annual Spring Sale is live with big discounts on PC VR games.
- Valve's Half-Life: Alyx is available at a 70% discount.
- Other notable PC VR games on sale include Arizona Sunshine, Assetto Corsa, BONEWORKS, and No Man's Sky.
- The Spring Sale lasts until March 20th.
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RoboCop: Streets Of Anarchy Is An Official VR Shooter Coming To Quest 3 & PC
- RoboCop: Streets of Anarchy is an official VR game based on the sci-fi film.
- The game is set to release in late 2025 for Quest 3 and PC.
- Developed by Coffee Moth Games in partnership with Amazon-MGM, the game promises an original narrative and bombastic action.
- This marks the first official VR game adaptation of the RoboCop series.
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Body Concealing Puzzler Hide The Corpse Adds Randomized Spawns With New Update
- Hide the Corpse, a physics-based game, receives an update featuring randomized body spawning.
- The Gus on the Loose update introduces new features, including random spawn locations for Gus.
- The game's progression tracking system now records level completions and spawn locations.
- Hide the Corpse is available on Quest and is planned for release on Steam and PlayStation VR2.
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Quest Spring Sale Brings Big Savings to Top VR Games: ‘BEHEMOTH’, ‘Metro Awakening’ & More
- Meta's Quest Spring Sale is offering up to 50% off VR games, experiences, and bundles.
- Notable deals include 'Skydance's BEHEMOTH' at $20 (50% off), 'Metro Awakening' at $28 (30% off), and the 'Arizona Sunshine Remake' at $20 (33% off).
- The sale includes a curated list of discounted Quest games, with discounts ranging from 20% to 57%.
- There are also various game bundles available, with dynamic pricing if you already own a game in the bundle.
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‘An ideal tool’: prisons are using virtual reality to help people in solitary confinement
- Virtual reality is being used in prisons to help individuals in solitary confinement process emotions triggered by daily life and travel scenes through art exercises.
- Participants in the program experience VR scenes for four hours daily, processing emotions through theater tactics, poetry, and painting.
- The program aims to stir up triggers and trauma through VR, allowing individuals to transform their emotions through art.
- VR scenes include everyday life experiences and adventures like traveling to Paris, with a focus on emotional processing.
- The organization behind the program, Creative Acts, utilizes the arts as a resource for behavioral change within the prison system.
- The use of VR in prisons aims to provide tools for emotional awareness and coping mechanisms for incarcerated individuals.
- By immersing individuals in virtual experiences, the program helps them recognize triggers from past traumatic experiences and change their behaviors.
- Reports show a significant reduction in infractions in solitary confinement participants after VR workshops, leading to positive behavioral changes.
- Though introducing technology in prisons raises concerns, the VR program in California prisons has shown transformative effects on incarcerated individuals.
- Participants have reported building connections, processing emotions, and feeling more confident as a result of the VR program, leading to behavioral changes and personal growth.
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VR Veteran & ‘Primal Hunt’ Studio Phaser Lock Interactive is Shutting Down
- Phaser Lock Interactive, the studio behind Quest exclusive Primal Hunt, is shutting down due to the challenging economic climate and the current state of the gaming industry.
- Founded in 2015, Phaser Lock Interactive developed several PC VR games including Twisted Arrow, Final Approach, and Final Assault.
- In 2023, they released Primal Hunt, a dinosaur-hunting game exclusively for Quest, which received positive user ratings but faced challenges in finding broad appeal.
- Phaser Lock later focused on developing a multiplayer version of Primal Hunt for Roblox, but the studio's last update was in April 2024, leaving the game's future uncertain.
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People Can Fly Phases Out VR Publishing, Citing Reduced Investment From Platform Owners
- People Can Fly, the publisher behind Bulletstorm VR and Green Hell VR, will stop publishing VR games after this year.
- The decision to phase out publishing VR titles was influenced by a reduction in investments in new VR games by hardware platform holders.
- Project Bison, set to release in Q4 2025, will be People Can Fly's last published VR game.
- This move raises concerns about wider investment in VR and the potential impact on VR developers.
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AutoVRse transforms workplace safety with AI-powered VR training at National Safety Week
- AutoVRse is transforming workplace safety with AI-powered VR training.
- VR provides an immersive, risk-free way to train employees in high-risk sectors.
- VR training has shown to increase knowledge retention, reduce training time, and improve safety compliance.
- Leading organizations are implementing immersive training programs to address safety challenges.
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VR Amusement: The Infinite Charm of the Emerging Blue Ocean
- As an emerging blue ocean, the VR amusement market is full of infinite possibilities and opportunities.
- VR entertainment allows people to fly freely in the virtual world and explore the unknown.
- Entrepreneurs in the VR amusement market are constantly innovating with new technologies and business models.
- The VR amusement market offers unlimited entrepreneurial potential and the opportunity for creative and courageous ventures.
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Primal Hunt Studio Phaser Lock Interactive Has Shut Down
- Phaser Lock Interactive, known for the VR game Primal Hunt, has shut down.
- The Texas-based studio cited the challenging economic climate and state of the gaming industry as reasons for closing.
- No further updates or support for Primal Hunt will be provided.
- Phaser Lock Interactive had developed games since the early days of modern VR.
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