Thanks to lockdown-related travel restrictions, our deputy tech editor Joseph Volpe never had a chance to meet his East Coast co-workers...so he hatched a plan to do it virtually.  He convinced tech reporters Brenda Stolyar and Alex Perry to don Quest 2 virtual reality headsets and join him in Spatial, an app that lets you collaborate and remotely work within a virtual office. Things didn't go exactly as planned.  Read more... More about Mashable Video, Virtual Reality, Vr, Oculus Quest, and Wfh ..read more

Oculus Quest and Rift headset owners have plenty to look forward to over the next several months if Wednesday's Oculus Gaming Showcase is any indication. Oculus put together its first dedicated gaming show on April 21, highlighting several new virtual reality games and updates to existing games. The Quest 2 headset, released in 2020, was a godsend for mass consumption of VR, but people need games to go along with their new hardware. That's where everything Oculus showed on Wednesday comes in. Resident Evil 4 Armature Studio is working with Capcom and Oculus to bring the GameCube classic Re ..read more

Facebook's Oculus Quest 2 is the best value in VR, thanks to hardware that eliminates the need for a powerful PC or wires.  But it's not quite powerful enough to run the most high-end VR experiences. A software update could slightly alleviate that problem. The new v28 Oculus update brings a bundle of new features, but the most important is Air Link, available in the headset's experimental mode. For those not in the know, the Quest 2 isn't designed for really horsepower-intensive experiences like Half-Life Alyx.  The only way to play those games on a Quest 2 is to connect it to a PC ..read more

Researchers created a VR auditory experience to recreate what music would have sounded like in Scotland's Linlithgow Palace more than half a millennium ago.  Read more... More about Mashable Video, Virtual Reality, Scotland, Time Machine, and Acoustics ..read more

If there's one thing that's here to stay as a result of the pandemic, it's remote work — and Spatial knows it. The mixed-reality company is opening up device access to its teleworking software, while also adding a slew of new features, too.   Spatial will soon work on PC-connected virtual reality headsets. Previously, the app had only been available on standalone VR headsets like the Oculus Quest 2, as well as augmented reality headsets like Microsoft's HoloLens and Magic Leap. But once the beta version for PC-tethered headsets is live — Spatial didn't provide exact timing — users will ..read more

Created as part of the EU Pollinators Initiative, Pollinator Park is an informative VR experience that stresses the importance of protecting wild pollinators.  Read more... More about Mashable Video, Virtual Reality, Bees, Vr Experience, and Pollinators ..read more

TL;DR: Give your video games a boost with the Dragon VR gaming stereo headset, on sale for $99.99 — a 50% off discount — as of March 20. Virtual reality takes gaming to a whole new level. If you have yet to enjoy the magic of VR, you can finally make it happen without breaking the bank. For a limited time, this Dragon VR gaming stereo headset is on sale for half off. The VR headset is an updated model that's compatible with your smartphone, allowing you to enjoy next-level entertainment from anywhere. You'll be able to take in panoramic videos, games, movies, and plenty more. The headset work ..read more

If there's one thing I miss about commuting to work every day on the subway pre-pandemic, it's people-watching. My ability to create fake narratives in my head about random strangers really helped flex the creative part of my brain each day. So, when I put on my virtual reality headset to find myself seated on a train next to people I didn't know in The Passengers, I felt right at home. Premiering at this year's SXSW, The Passengers is an interactive VR experience that tells the story of four strangers, all dealing with their own internal struggles, traveling on a train together. As the viewe ..read more

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Mashable's Amanda Yeo took her family for a test drive of Zero Latency's new free-roaming virtual reality venue in Sydney, Australia. Read the full story here. Read more... More about Mashable Video, Virtual Reality, Vr, Zero Latency, and Vr Gaming ..read more