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Apple’s VR/AR headset rumoured for January release

Rec Room turns six with 75 million users, millions of player creations

Tencent rumoured to have entered hardware space with XR ambitions

Apple’s VR/AR headset rumoured for January release

RUMOUR

Apple’s VR/AR headset rumoured for January release

Anticipated release date in less than eight months for "the most complicated product Apple has ever designed"

Rec Room turns six with 75 million users, millions of player creations

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Rec Room turns six with 75 million users, millions of player creations

VR-first cross-platform virtual world paid out $1 million to creators in first quarter

SELF-MANAGED MONETISATION

New virtual reality platform brings the metaverse to the masses

eyeora aims to make it easier, cheaper and quicker for anyone to create, share and monetise VR content and experiences

Tencent rumoured to have entered hardware space with XR ambitions

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Tencent rumoured to have entered hardware space with XR ambitions

Three sources suggest an extended reality business is in the works

Zuckerberg shows four prototype VR headsets

Zuckerberg shows four prototype VR headsets

Take your business to the next level at Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto! The jam-packed conference schedule is now LIVE!

Take your business to the next level at Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto! The jam-packed conference schedule is now LIVE!

Pocket Gamer Connects Toronto

Vrgineers donates a virtual reality pilot trainer to support Ukraine

Vrgineers donates a virtual reality pilot trainer to support Ukraine

Pokémon GO celebrates lifetime player spending of $6 billion

Pokémon GO celebrates lifetime player spending of $6 billion

Snapdragon Spaces now globally available for all AR developers

Snapdragon Spaces now globally available for all AR developers

PlayStation VR 2 confirmed for this year? Alas not [UPDATE]

PlayStation VR 2 confirmed for this year? Alas not [UPDATE]

New PGA golf game utilises Niantic Lightship AR tech

New PGA golf game utilises Niantic Lightship AR tech

Make human scale 3D virtual worlds with the Nvidia Omniverse XR App

Make human scale 3D virtual worlds with the Nvidia Omniverse XR App

Defining Realities: VR, AR And MR explained

VR’s Potential To Change The Human Race

Entries open for The Big Indie Awards at G-STAR

Pocket Gamer and G-STAR launch international promotional partnership and bring the Big Indie Awards to Korea

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Defining Realities: VR, AR And MR explained

DIFFERENT STROKES

Defining Realities: VR, AR And MR explained

As confusion over acronyms reigns, we ask if it’s OK that the term VR seems to be interchangeable with AR and MR.

VR’s Potential To Change The Human Race

PHILOSOPHICALLY SPEAKING

VR’s Potential To Change The Human Race

Hear the inner workings of some of the VR industry’s finest minds as they contemplate the medium’s potential to trigger the next phase of human evolution.

Entries open for The Big Indie Awards at G-STAR

DEVELOPER AWARDS

Entries open for The Big Indie Awards at G-STAR

Gala ceremony in South Korea the grand finale to another fantastic year of international Big Indie Pitches: VR and AR included!

Pocket Gamer and G-STAR launch international promotional partnership and bring the Big Indie Awards to Korea

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

Pocket Gamer and G-STAR launch international promotional partnership and bring the Big Indie Awards to Korea

UK publisher Steel Media Ltd extends partnership with South Korea’s leading game expo G-STAR, including the Big Indie Game Awards in Busan in 2018

ARCore for China

ARCore for China

CES: TPCAST To Provide Wireless WMR Support

CES: TPCAST To Provide Wireless WMR Support

CES: Oculus Partners Xiaomi

CES: Oculus Partners Xiaomi

Resident Evil 7 Best VR/AR At The Game Awards

Resident Evil 7 Best VR/AR At The Game Awards

HTC Vive Focus Headset Gets China Release Date

HTC Vive Focus Headset Gets China Release Date

HTC Trials Vive Cloud Service

HTC Trials Vive Cloud Service

Work, Meet Play: Connecting The Global Games Industry

Work, Meet Play: Connecting The Global Games Industry

Star Wars AR Hardware And Games Coming Soon

Star Wars AR Hardware And Games Coming Soon

Interviews & opinion

Interview: MR Is The Future Of VR Entertainment

VR PARK Mar 16th, 2017

Interview: MR Is The Future Of VR Entertainment

Chinese Investors Need To Calm Down And Diversify To Push VR Forward

FINEST CHINA Jan 2nd, 2017

Chinese Investors Need To Calm Down And Diversify To Push VR Forward

Record-Breaking Investment Levels In VR

INVESTMENT ANALYSIS Oct 11th, 2016

Record-Breaking Investment Levels In VR

What Will Be Virtual Reality's Killer App?

One Game To Rule Them All Sep 23rd, 2016

What Will Be Virtual Reality's Killer App?

Features

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Defining Realities: VR, AR And MR explained

DIFFERENT STROKES Aug 2nd, 2021

Defining Realities: VR, AR And MR explained

VR’s Potential To Change The Human Race

PHILOSOPHICALLY SPEAKING Aug 1st, 2021

VR’s Potential To Change The Human Race

Learn VR And AR From The Experts! 10% Off Exclusive Talks In London Next Month

JANUARY EVENT Dec 22nd, 2017

Learn VR And AR From The Experts! 10% Off Exclusive Talks In London Next Month

Data & Research

VR Industry Confident 2017 Will Be A Breakthrough Year

SURVEY RESULTS Mar 6th, 2017

VR Industry Confident 2017 Will Be A Breakthrough Year

What Does HTC Mobile VR Mean For The Industry?

ANALYSIS Feb 17th, 2017

What Does HTC Mobile VR Mean For The Industry?

European Tech A Magnet For Asian Investment

LOOK EAST Feb 10th, 2017

European Tech A Magnet For Asian Investment

Deals

CES: Oculus Partners Xiaomi

GO EAST Jan 9th, 2018

CES: Oculus Partners Xiaomi

AR Tech Start-up Gets $15.6m Funding

OPTICS RUN Jul 18th, 2017

AR Tech Start-up Gets $15.6m Funding

Nokia And Xiaomi Take On The World

GLOBAL DEAL Jul 10th, 2017

Nokia And Xiaomi Take On The World

Virtual World Sim Co Gets $500m Funding

BIG BUSINESS May 12th, 2017

Virtual World Sim Co Gets $500m Funding

Events News

G-STAR Global Game Exhibition 2020 (online) Nov 9th, 2020

PlatinumGames, 2K Games, XL Games, Hypergryph and more: G-STAR announces speaker line-up

GET READY! The best gateway to the Asian games market opens in South Korea this week

G-STAR 2019 Nov 13th, 2019

GET READY! The best gateway to the Asian games market opens in South Korea this week

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G-STAR 2019 Jul 10th, 2019

East meets West at G-STAR 2019, Asia's largest game exhibition in Busan, Korea, on November 14-17th - early bird registration now open!