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Want Xbox VR? Here's what Xbox's Matt Booty had to say about it.
By Sean Endicott published
No VR for you Matt Booty, who leads 23 game studios at Microsoft, discussed virtual and augmented reality in a recent interview. Here's what would have to happen for Microsoft to expand into that space.

There's a better way to spend $3500 on VR than the Apple Vision Pro (and it includes an entire gaming PC)
By Ben Wilson published
VR DIY Apple's Vision Pro is here to rock the augmented-reality space. Admittedly not a very big space, and one that feels smaller daily, so here's a better way to spend that MSRP on VR.

I hate that people are going to love Apple Vision Pro VR
By Sean Endicott published
Love hate Apple unveiled an absurdly expensive $3,500 AR/VR headset that has a bunch of features we've already seen on other hardware, and I'm thrilled.

Apple takes a big swing in a failed category with its Vision Pro 'AR' headset
By Daniel Rubino published
Missing the point The problem with VR was never the quality; it was the modality, something Apple hasn’t solved.

Microsoft and the U.S. Army have a plan to make the HoloLens combat-ready
By Sean Endicott published
new and improved The U.S. Army will spend $165 million on the next version of the IVAS headset from Microsoft. $76 million of that will be spent on developing version 1.2 of the system.

No VR? No worries. Half-Life: Alyx is now playable with a mouse and keyboard
By Ben Wilson published
Look, no hands Experience Half-Life: Alyx from beginning to end without needing a VR headset with this free community-made modification.

These reported PSVR 2 sales figures prove that Xbox was right to skip VR
By Jez Corden published
Xbox VRn't A new report suggests that Sony's PlayStation VR 2 has struggled to reach above 300,000 units, in what comes as something of a vindication for Xbox's ambivalence towards the tech.

Microsoft has laid off entire teams behind Virtual, Mixed Reality, and HoloLens
By Jez Corden last updated
More layoffs In the latest update on the massive Microsoft layoffs, it seems Redmond has gutted the teams behind HoloLens and Mixed Reality.
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