Meta is trying something that feels more grounded than its usual metaverse talk. Hyperscape, the feature that turns a real room into a photoreal VR space, is now getting a social layer. This is not ...

The company is rolling out the ability to hang out in Hyperscape rooms with your friends. The company is rolling out the ability to hang out in Hyperscape rooms with your friends. is a senior reporter ...

Looking for something to do this weekend? The Rec Room is offering an hour of free gaming and $3 snacks in celebration of Community Day. This weekend, Cineplex is holding a series of sales to ...

Valve came out of hiding today, Everything they showed today is arriving in 2026. Why say something now? They want to start sending out devkits, and once that happens it'll leak anyway. Steam Machine ...

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Forget magical virtual worlds. In its quest to broaden the audience for virtual reality, Meta is now embracing much more familiar surroundings: Owners of Meta’s Quest VR headsets will soon be able to ...

Ten years ago, a “media room” often meant a dark basement with a sectional and a TV. Today it’s a fully immersive, multisensory destination designed for cinema nights, Super Bowl parties, meditation, ...

Hyperscape Capture, a new app for existing Quest 3 and Quest 3S VR headsets, can scan your space in minutes. It's available now. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable ...

Virtual reality headsets are great on their own, but the right accessories can make them more comfortable, practical and immersive. You might want a softer facial interface or a silicone face cover to ...

"Roughly half" of the team at social gaming platform Rec Room has been laid off. CCO Cameron Brown said he and co-founder and CEO Nick Fajt had "made the difficult decision to lay off roughly half the ...

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Social VR platform Rec Room announced it’s laying off around half of its staff, citing low-level content which has flooded the platform from users on mobile and console. Founded in 2016, the studio ...