Following a false start last week, Google has begun rolling out Search Live globally. The tool allows you to point your phone’s camera at an object or scene and ask questions about what you see in front of you. With today’s expansion, Google is making Search Live available in every location and language where it offers its AI Mode chatbot. With that, people in more than 200 countries and territories can use Search Live to get answers to their questions.
Behind the expansion is Google’s Gemini 3.1 Flash Live model. According to the company, the new AI system was designed to be natively multilingual, and capable of more natural conversations. It should also be more reliable and faster.
Separately from Search Live, Google is bringing Live Translate to iOS. Live Translate, if you need a reminder, allows you to put on a pair of headphones and get a real-time translation of what another person is saying. With today’s announcement, Google is also bringing the feature to more countries, including Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan and the UK, across both Android and iOS. All told, Live Translate can now understand more than 70 languages and work with any set of headphones. Neat.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/google-begins-rolling-out-search-live-globally-180938407.html?src=rss
Zipp has a long history of cool IRL wheelsets being brought into Zwift, but until the latest game update, there were no Zipp gravel wheels in game.
But that’s all changed: the Zipp 303 XPLR SW wheels have arrived, and with them, boosted gravel bike performance in Zwift dirt!
Here’s how these wheels are described in the Drop Shop: “Wide, aero, and unapologetically quick. The 303 XPLR SW pairs a broad rim profile with gravel-tuned efficiency to smooth chatter and hold speed where others stall. It feels planted in corners and eager when you hit the gas. Built for riders who don’t just survive gravel, they press it.”
The wheels are now available in the Drop Shop, accessible at level 35 and above, for 1,100,000 Drops. Notably, they are rated 3 stars for aero and 2 for weight, the only gravel wheelset in game with such a high rating, which should indicate that they’ll perform better than any other gravel wheels in Zwift. Since Zwift’s 4-star rating system isn’t precise enough for our taste, we ran these wheels through our standard battery of tests to determine exactly how they perform in Zwift and stack up against other gravel wheelsets.
It’s worth noting that when Zwift adjusted equipment performance approximately 1 year ago, they made all existing gravel wheelsets perform identically. Since that time, no new gravel wheels have been added to the game. But that all changes with Zwift’s latest release: these new wheels are the latest in gravel tech, and as such, they outperform gravel wheels in game that are several years old.
Let’s dive in and learn all about the performance of Zipp’s first gravel wheelset in Zwift!
Aero (Flat/Rolling) Performance
Zipp’s 303 XPLR wheels are the most aero gravel wheelset in Zwift, turning in an hour time approximately 13 seconds faster than the other gravel wheels.
Climb Performance
The 303 XPLR wheels also outclimb all the other gravel wheelsets in game, but not by much: they beat the other wheelsets by just 1.5-2 seconds across an hour of climbing.
Note: all test results above are from a 75kg, 183cm rider holding 300W steady using the Zwift Carbon frame.
Jungle (Dirt) Performance
The aero advantage and slight climbing advantage shown in our pavement tests translate into improved performance for the Zipp 303 XPLR wheels in our Jungle Circuit test. While these wheels have the same Crr in dirt as Zwift’s other gravel wheels, they’re more aero and slightly lighter, resulting in a 15-second advantage across an hour of dirt riding.
Conclusions
The Zipp 303 XPLR SW are Zwift’s new top gravel wheels, so if you’re racing in the dirt, you’ll want to pick up a set.
Note, though, that there are rumors of fresh dirt roads coming to Zwift, and probably more gravel frames and wheels coming to the game shortly. It’s possible that even faster gravel wheels will be added to the Drop Shop soon, so unless you’ve got a dirt race coming up, you might wait a few weeks to make your purchase.
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Important note: this post contains speed test results for Zwift frames or wheels. These results may change over time, and a bike’s performance relative to others may also change. We don’t always revise posts when performance rankings change, but we do keep current, master versions of our speed test results which are always available. See the frame charts, wheel charts, and Tron vs Top Performers for current performance data.
If you’ve been (impatiently) waiting for Hades 2 to hit Xbox Series X/S and PS5, there’s some great news for you coming out of Thursday’s Xbox Partner Preview showcase. Supergiant’s roguelite action RPG is coming to those consoles (as well as Xbox on PC and Xbox Cloud) on April 14. It’ll be available on Xbox Game Pass too.
The full version of Hades 2 hit PC and Nintendo Switch last September after over a year of Steam early access. It was one of our favorite games of 2025.
This time around, you play as Melinoë, the sister of the original game’s protagonist, Zagreus. Melinoë has a longer dash than her sibling, a sprint ability and more of a focus on area-of-effect attacks than ranged projectiles. You can also expect tough bosses along two separate paths, animal familiars, a range of modifiable weapons and messy romances.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/xbox/hades-2-is-coming-to-xbox-series-xs-and-ps5-on-april-14-175819696.html?src=rss
The European Union has opened a formal investigation into whether Snapchat has breached Digital Services Act (DSA) regulations regarding the safeguarding of children using its app.
Regulators say that the company, whose audience demographic has always skewed young, may not be doing enough to protect minors from grooming and “recruitment for criminal purposes.” The EU is also looking into whether Snapchat’s younger users are too easily accessing information on how to buy illegal drugs and age-restricted products.
Brussels argues that while Snapchat requires users to be at least 13 years of age to sign up for an account, its self-declaration age assurance system may not be an adequate means of ensuring those younger than the minimum age can’t engage with the platform. The European Commission also says the current measures fail to assess whether users are younger than 17 years old, which it says is necessary for an “age-appropriate experience.” It also alleges that adults are able to exploit the current system to lie about their own age and impersonate minors.
Investigators believe that the app itself doesn’t allow for other users to report accounts they suspect are being used by people younger than the minimum age requirements. Moreover, they argue that reporting illegal content found on the app is not easy enough, and that Snapchat may not be informing its users about “possibilities for redress.”
Other issues being looked at by the European Commission include child and teen accounts being recommended to other users by Snapchat’s Find Friends feature and insufficient guidance on available account safety features.
The investigators are now in the process of gathering evidence, sending out interview invitations and requesting information from Snap. The Commission says the investigation is based on analysis of the last three years of risk assessment reports filed by Snapchat, as well as an information request it sent on October 10 in 2025.
“The safety and wellbeing of all Snapchatters is a top priority, and our teams have worked for years to raise the bar on safety,” a Snapchat spokesperson said in a statement to Engadget. “Snapchat is designed to help people communicate with close friends and family in a positive, trusted environment, with privacy and safety built in from the start – including additional protections for teens. As online risks evolve, we continuously review, strengthen, and invest in these safeguards.”
The company added that it has acted proactively and transparently in its efforts to meet the DSA’s requirements, and said it would fully cooperate with the Commission throughout its investigation.
Snap is one of a number of social media companies currently facing increased scrutiny regarding the safety of minors using its platform. In 2023, the company added new features designed to make it harder for teenagers to connect with strangers. One of these measures involved increasing the amount of mutual friends users must have before appearing in search and suggested accounts.
Along with TikTok, the company recently settled a lawsuit that accused its platform of causing social media addiction. The case was brought by a 20-year-old woman who said she’d been harmed by addictive features on Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snap as a child. This week, a jury ruled against Meta and YouTube in the trial, with the companies ordered to pay the woman, who was named as K.G.M in official documents, $6 million in damages.
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The Serious Sam game franchise is back with a new entry, giving the FPS series a co-op roguelite twist. Basically it’s getting the Nightreign treatment in the same way Elden Ring did.
The latest title is Serious Sam: Shatterverse, where teams of up to five players will take on waves of perennial foe Mental’s monster goons. Each run will offer the usual roguelite approach of upgrade options to make your team more powerful. And if you’re a long-time fan of the series, the trailer has plenty of the same broad, loud humor; for instance, the three upgrade cards shown are all ball jokes. Behavior Interactive, the studio behind Dead by Daylight, is helming the project.
Serious Sam: Shatterverse will arrive on Xbox Series X/S, Xbox on PC and Xbox Cloud some time this year. Considering the first quarter is nearly over, the team is probably targeting the second half of 2026, but that’s only a guess.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/xbox/serious-sam-shatterverse-will-hit-xbox-platforms-this-year-174620271.html?src=rss
File this one under “things that might have a shot after the midterms.” On Wednesday, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) introduced the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act. The bill would require an immediate pause on data center construction until specific new regulations are passed.
The legislation aims to address the problem that AI is advancing faster than Washington’s regulatory response (basically none) has kept pace. Despite its benefits, the technology poses grave threats to the job market and the environment. Rapidly advancing deepfakes could soon leave people unable to determine truth from fiction. (That is, more than online propaganda already has.) AI also makes mass surveillance easier than ever, potentially giving unelected tech leaders unfettered control over society.
“Last year alone, AI was responsible for over 54,000 layoffs nationwide,” Rep. Ocasio-Cortez said in a press conference. “And when we talk about those jobs, it’s not just a number. These are industries. These are communities. These are families… All of this harm has occurred not in spite of, but because of, the absence of federal legislation to regulate AI.”
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The bill would mandate not only an immediate pause on new data center construction but also on the upgrading of existing ones. This moratorium would only be lifted after one or more laws were passed to provide federal oversight of AI products.
First, AI products would need to be proven safe for humanity. (That includes not just physical safety, but also areas like civil rights, privacy and public health.) The wealth AI generates would need to be shared with the American people, not just the billionaire tech bros pulling the strings. Protections would need to be in place to safeguard against mass unemployment. (Increasingly, companies are flat-out admitting that their layoffs are due to AI automation.)
The legislation would also require future data centers to be environmentally safe. They would need to avoid increasing electricity or other utility bills for Americans. AI data centers would have to create union jobs “with strong labor standards.” Communities affected by them would be empowered to approve or reject their construction or upgrades. And no government subsidies could be provided for them.
“A moratorium will give us time,” Sen. Sanders said. “Time to understand the risks. Time to protect working families. Time to defend our democracy. And time to ensure that technology works for all of us, not just the few.”
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On the one hand, these could be popular proposals. In a December poll, 60 percent of Americans — including majorities of Democrats, Republicans and independents — said they supported more AI regulation.
However, in Washington’s current environment, well, don’t get your hopes up. AI companies are pouring enormous sums of money into campaigns for both political parties. The industry spent at least $83 million in federal elections last year — and that was an off-year without national elections. And of course, anti-regulatory Republicans currently control the presidency, both chambers of Congress and (essentially) the Supreme Court.
So, fat chance it goes anywhere right now. But depending on how the 2026 midterms (and beyond) shake out… who knows? One can dream, anyway.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/sanders-and-ocasio-cortez-introduce-a-bill-to-pause-us-data-center-construction-174451974.html?src=rss
Text generated by artificial intelligence often has a particular vibe that gives it away as machine-generated, but it has become harder to pick out those idiosyncrasies as the tech has improved. We may be seeing a similar evolution of generative AI audio. Google has announced a new AI audio model called Gemini 3.1 Flash Live—as the name implies, it’s designed for real-time conversation. It’s rolling out in some Google products starting today, and developers will be able to start building their own chatty robots with the model, too.
Google says this AI is much faster and produces speech with a more natural cadence, aiming to solve a long-running issue with AI-generated speech. Like a chatbot, there’s always a delay between input and output in generative audio systems. Longer delays and unnatural inflection make conversations feel sluggish and harder to follow. Researchers generally believe 300 milliseconds of latency is about the limit for optimal speech perception, but Google has not specified any particular delay for Gemini 3.1 Flash Live. It just vaguely has the speed you need.
But benchmark numbers? Google has plenty of those, which it claims show that 3.1 Flash Live will be a more reliable way to have audio-to-audio AI conversations. For example, a big gain in the ComplexFuncBench Audio shows the new model is better at complex, multi-step tasks. Gemini 3.1 Flash Live also tops the charts in the Big Bench Audio test, which evaluates reasoning with a set of 1,000 audio questions.
Cost in the gaming industry continue trending upwards thanks to a variety of economic factors. After being one of the first publishers to push the price of one of its games to $80, Nintendo is now offering different prices for digital and physical editions of Switch 2 games.
Nintendo has announced that first-party games that are exclusive
English Wikipedia has banned the use of generative AI when writing or rewriting articles. The platform says it came to this decision because using AI to whip up copy “often violates several of Wikipedia’s core content policies.”
There are a couple of minor exceptions. Editors can use large language models (LLMs) to refine their own writing, but only if the copy is checked for accuracy. The policy states that this is because LLMs “can go beyond what you ask of them and change the meaning of the text such that it is not supported by the sources cited.”
Editors can also use LLMs to assist with language translation. However, they must be fluent enough in both languages to catch errors. Once again, the information must be checked for inaccuracies.
“My genuine hope is that this can spark a broader change. Empower communities on other platforms, and see this become a grassroots movement of users deciding whether AI should be welcome in their communities, and to what extent,” Wikipedia administrator Chaotic Enby wrote. The administrator also called the policy a “pushback against enshittification and the forceful push of AI by so many companies in these last few years.”
There is one thing worth noting. Wikipedia is not a monolith. Each Wikipedia site has its own independent rules and editing teams. Some may decide to embrace LLMs. However, others may go even further. Spanish Wikipedia, for instance, has fully banned the use of LLMs, with no exceptions for refinement or translation.
Also, identifying text written by LLMs is not an exact science so Wikipedia’s human moderators could miss some spots of slop every now and again. This is more likely on pages with less frequent moderation.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/wikipedia-has-banned-ai-generated-articles-173641377.html?src=rss
WhatsApp just announced a slew of updates for iPhone users, playing catch-up with some of the features that have existed on Android for years. With this update, iPhone users can expect multiple accounts, easy cross-platform transfers, an option to only clear the media from chats, and, of course, a couple of Meta AI features to round things off. According to WhatsApp, the update is rolling out now and will be available to everyone soon—though as it’s a slow rollout, it might take time before it’s live on your iPhone.
iPhone users can finally have two WhatsApp accounts at once
The biggest update here is the addition of multi-account support, something that WhatsApp has been testing on iPhone since last January, and a feature that has been live on Android since 2023. Now, just like Android, you can use two WhatsApp accounts on your iPhone: perhaps one for work, and one for personal use. But because this is WhatsApp, the second account will need a separate phone number (that’s when eSIM is going to be helpful). Once they are set up, you will get notifications and messages from both accounts, and you can switch between the active account from the Profile menu in the tab bar.
Usually, it’s the photos and videos that take up the most space on WhatsApp. The app has a dedicated storage management tool that will delete images and videos in bulk, but now, WhatsApp is bringing it directly into your conversations. Following the update, you’ll find a Manage Storage option in every thread. You can select all the media to delete with a tap, while keeping all your text messages, links, and documents safe.
WhatsApp has new sticker suggestions
WhatsApp wants you to switch from regular emojis to its animated stickers. When you type commonly used emojis (say, the heart emoji), it will suggest stickers instead (a pulsating, red heart). You can tap on a sticker to swap out the emoji.
WhatsApp has new AI features for you to ignore
It wouldn’t be a Meta update without the addition of new Meta AI features. WhatsApp is updating its Writing Help feature, which it introduced last year. Writing Help takes your message and suggests a couple of revised versions to replace it with, each in different tones, and all processed locally using WhatsApp’s Private Processing feature. Now, WhatsApp can directly draft a reply to a message based on the conversation. This too happens locally, and the chat remains private. Lastly, you can now use Meta AI to touch up photos before sending them off in WhatsApp. You can remove distracting objects, change the background, or apply a different style to the photo.
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If you’re eyeing a new pair of over the ear headphones, you have no shortage of options. But if you’re looking for something that fits neatly into the Apple ecosystem without costing the same as a MacBook Neo (looking at you, AirPods Max), your best bet might just be the Beats Studio Pro. Right now, they’re up to 35% off for Amazon’s Big Spring Sale—so long as you don’t mind the color grey.
Beats Studio Pro come with features you’d expect from headphones with “Pro” in the name. That includes Active Noise Cancelling, of course, a must for over-the-ear headphones, but also Transparency mode, which pumps in external sounds so you don’t need to take off your headphones to hear what people are saying to you. Beats says the Studio Pro have up to 40 hours of battery life, and reduce distortion by up to 80% when compared to Beats Studio. The headphones have a built in DAC, which makes them a great for listening to lossless music when connected via USB-C.
While all Beats are designed to work with both iOS and Android, Apple users will find the experience more ideal. Apple owns Beats, and, as such, integrates the headphones into their ecosystem just as they do with their own AirPods. When you turn on Beats Studio Pro, it will automatically pair with the first Apple device you have open—say, your iPhone. Once paired, it’ll be able to automatically connect to any other Apple device you have under that iCloud account. You can switch to your Mac, play something in Apple Music, and hear it in your Beats, without having to manually pair them first. They even work with Find My, so you can locate your Beats with your Apple device if you misplace them.
As of now, the only color that gets Amazon’s Big Spring Sale deal is Sand Gray. Amazon has discounts on the other colors as well, but they’ll run you $199.95. If you aren’t married to a particular color, Sand Gray is the best value as of this writing.
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AnduinOS 1.4.2 pairs Ubuntu’s already easy-to-use foundation with a heavily customized GNOME desktop and Flatpak apps to ease the transition from Windows to Linux.
Ancient Slashdot reader wiredog writes: Tracy Kidder, author of “The Soul of a New Machine,” has died at the age of 80. “The Soul of a New Machine” is about the people who designed and built the Data General Nova, one of the 32 bit superminis that were released in the 1980’s just before the PC destroyed that industry. It was excerpted in The Atlantic.
“I’m going to a commune in Vermont and will deal with no unit of time shorter than a season.”
Many of our graphics card reviews early last year and in the early 2020s focused on the difficulties of reviewing and recommending graphics cards when the manufacturer-suggested price points effectively didn’t exist. Now, reviews of any new PC component have to contend with the much more broadly awful market for consumer PC parts as AI data center-fueled demand for RAM and flash memory chips drives up prices for DDR5 kits, SSDs, and GPUs.
In our August 2025 system guide, 32GB of DDR5 and a decent 2TB SSD would run you less than $200. Today, you’d pay between three and four times as much for similar components.
This is the context that Intel’s Core Ultra 200S Plus chips—the $199 Core Ultra 5 250K Plus and $299 Core Ultra 7 270K Plus, still codenamed Arrow Lake just like the originals—have launched into. They’re solid performers, they’re reasonably power-efficient, and for heavy multi-threaded workloads, they’re a better value than what AMD can offer for the same price (though even years-old non-X3D AMD chips retain a small edge in games).
Following backlash, OpenAI won’t be rolling out an erotic version of ChatGPT any time soon.
According to the Financial Times, the controversial plan has been shelved “indefinitely” as OpenAI “refocuses” its attention on “core products.”
Insiders told FT that OpenAI mulled scrapping the “adult mode” plan entirely, as even its own advisors warned that ChatGPT users could form unhealthy attachments, which might harm their mental health. One advisor chillingly suggested that the tweak risked turning ChatGPT into a “sexy suicide coach.”
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Garmin’s Vivoactive watches are some of my favorites for casual fitness tracking. The Vivoactive 6 is the newest version, but right now you can get a steal on the Vivoactive 5 for just $179.99 in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale.
The Vivoactive 5 originally launched at $299.99 in 2023. When the Vivoactive 6 came out, the 5 dropped to $229.99. It’s been hovering around the $200 mark since the holiday season, but is now at $179.99, give or take a few dollars depending on which color you choose.
For more about why I like the Vivoactives, check out my comparison of the Vivoactive 5 with the Pixel Watch 3, where the Vivoactive pulls off an underdog win. It’s cheaper, the fitness features are faster and easier to access, and it has more than a week’s worth of battery life. While I don’t have a dedicated review of the Vivoactive 5, I’d recommend reading my review of the Vivoactive 6, a similar watch. The 6 added more coaching options, and a more robust navigation system, but otherwise the differences are mostly superficial. The core features are the same on both.
Those core features include a 42-millimeter body (that’s on the smaller size for smartwatches); a touchscreen for most features but physical buttons to start, stop and lap workouts; Garmin’s always-excellent workout tracking and analytics; and everyday conveniences like hydration and relaxation reminders, a morning report, weather forecasts, and incident detection. The Vivoactive watches also have a mode for wheelchair users that counts pushes rather than steps, and includes wheelchair and hand-cycling activities.
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Oh My Galaxy!, nDreams’ latest game for Meta Quest, is a fun and engaging action puzzler that’s equally effective in both virtual and mixed reality.
Earlier today, nDreams released their latest game for Meta Quest. Oh My Galaxy! is an inventive and captivating little arcade action puzzler that’s as challenging as it is cute. I’ve spent some of the past 48 hours slinging asteroids across its colorful cosmos (and my living room), and I can’t get enough.
The Facts
What is it?: An asteroid-flicking arcade puzzle game in MR and VR. Platforms: Meta Quest (Quest 3/3S VR and MR, Quest 2 VR-only) Release Date: March 26, 2026 Developer: Near Light Publisher: nDreams Price: $9.99
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Oh My Galaxy! gameplay captured by UploadVR
In Oh My Galaxy!, players are tasked with defending hapless planets and moons from invading asteroids bent on their destruction. You’ll do this by flinging your own asteroids at the offending creeps. You wield them like a slingshot, positioning your launcher with one hand, aiming meticulously, and pulling and releasing the projectiles with your other hand.
Gameplay challenges and mechanical wrinkles come in the form of obstacles to be avoided, planetary gravity that can curve your shots, and special modifiers (bounce pads, for example) floating out there in the universe. There are also different types of projectiles that unlock over the course of your adventure, such as asteroids which split into multi-ball shots, or asteroids that create massive explosions.
The game can be played with controllers or with full hand-tracking. Either methodology works beautifully. Hand gestures work well, too, and are thankfully sensibly designed. For example, to burst the multi-ball asteroid, you simply launch it, make a fist, and then burst your fist open and the asteroid shatters apart.
The game can be played in virtual reality mode, which drops you into the center of a gorgeous cosmic environment, and in mixed reality, which brings the planets, moons, asteroids, and explosions into your own living space. Note that on Quest 2, only VR mode is available.
So, the game’s presentation is lovely, the music is wonderful, and the controls are responsive and precise. In short, the game is technically excellent.
But what really makes Oh My Galaxy! stand out, beyond this combination of obviously great factors, is its simplicity. Like so many of my favorite things, Oh My Galaxy! is a game where all the nonsense has been stripped away, leaving you with a pure and delightfully refined experience. There’s nothing here that doesn’t need to be here, and everything that’s here simply works.
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Oh My Galaxy! MR gameplay captured by UploadVR
I‘ve now made my way through about half of Oh My Galaxy!’s levels, which unlock based on your performance (clearing levels cleanly and with as few asteroids as possible earns you more stars and unlocks later chapters), and I can’t wait to keep going.
Oh My Galaxy! offers the sort of jump-in, jump-out game experience that I really enjoy these days. I’ve had a great time with my daughters, both around ten years old, launching in to clear a few levels and earn a few stars, inviting the cute personified celestial bodies into our home for a fifteen minute block of cosmic destruction before homework or dinner.
Their screams of delight and surprise or their cheers when they solve a particularly tricky puzzle are enough of a review for me. They love Oh My Galaxy! and so do I. It’s simply my kind of game, a game with a solid gameplay mechanic, a bubbly personality, and decent challenge. It’s a game that asks little of you and offers a lot.
nDreams’ intergalactic slingshot adventure Oh My Galaxy! is available now on Meta Quest.
nDreams’ latest release, Oh My Galaxy! has arrived today on Meta Quest headsets. Originally launched on Samsung Galaxy XR, Oh My Galaxy! is a physics-based arcade puzzle adventure in which players fling asteroids toward aggressive space invaders that are siphoning energy from cartoonishly innocent planets and moons.
The VR/MR game allows players to play in a full virtual environment, or turn their living space into a cosmic play area. Using controllers or hand-tracking, players will slingshot projectiles of various types at the offending invaders across more than 100 stages spread across three chapters.
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On Meta Quest 3 and 3S the game is playable in both MR and VR modes, while on the Meta Quest 2 it’s playable in VR only.
I’ve played Oh My Galaxy! from start to finish over the last 48 hours, and it’s a whimsical, charming, and challenging game that’s perfect for quick sessions. At the same time, the game is so well-made and fun that I often found myself happily binging for an hour or more at a time. You can read my full impressions article here.
Oh My Galaxy! was developed by nDreams’ studio Near Light, the studio that had also developed Frenzies, a competitive multiplayer first person shooter that launched free-to-play in Early Access on Quest in October 2024. News broke recently that nDreams had closed Near Light during a massive restructuring, and that Frenzies will be shutting down on April 7.
