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Samsung Partners with Google & Qualcomm to Release Android-powered XR Device

Road to VR

Samsung’s 2023 Unpacked event was all about the company’s Galaxy S23 hardware, although at the end of its hour-long presentation the South Korean tech giant announced it was working with Qualcomm and Google to develop an XR device. Notably, Samsung hasn’t released a VR product since the launch of the PC VR headset Odyssey+.

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Meta Didn’t Bother to Translate Horizon Worlds Into Spanish When It Launched the Game in Spain

GizModo VR

That’s how Meta’s Horizon Worlds has been described in Spain after launching in the country earlier this week. “A palabras necias, oídos sordos.” The comment on YouTube —which literally means, “turn deaf ears on stubborn words”—was made in frustration over the fact that Meta didn’t seem to realize that people who… Read more.

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Google News gets cleaner look, more customization options

Mashable VR

Google is celebrating 20 years since it launched Google News – yes, 20 years, we couldn't believe it, either – and to mark the occasion, News was given a much-needed redesign. The Google News of old was too cluttered and not particularly beautiful. Credit: Google/Stan Schroeder. Credit: Google/Stan Schroeder.

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Meta Launches ‘Horizon Worlds’ Closed Beta on Smartphones

Road to VR

You won’t find Horizon Worlds on Google Play. There’s no word when the company plans to roll out access on browsers either, which the beta’s FAQ says will broaden availability of the platform to iOS devices on Safari, and Google Chrome, Safari, or Microsoft Edge on laptops and desktops.

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Nreal Launches $600 ‘Light’ AR Glasses in United States via Verizon

Road to VR

As for apps, the AR glasses play bespoke content in pre-defined playspaces, all of which you can download from Google Play, such as Table Trenches , a 1v1 tabletop strategy game. Before its release in the US, Nreal has rolled out via telecoms in South Korea, Japan, Germany and Spain.

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Now we can play all our childhood Virtual Boy favorites on Google Cardboard!

Cats and VR

Yesterday reddit user The-King-of-Spain, posted in /r/games a method he’d developed for playing Virtual Boy games on the Google Cardboard. Prerequisites: Android Phone Google Cardboard or Gear VR Retroarch for Android.

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PSA: You Don’t Need Xbox Game Pass to Play ‘Fortnite’ for Free on Quest

Road to VR

You can find a list of officially supported controllers here , although many other non-listed Bluetooth controller also work, like an old Google Stadia controller. Supported controllers include all Xbox One S and Xbox One X controllers, PS4 and PS5 controllers, and some later-generation Xbox One controllers. So, what’s the big deal?