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‘Astro Bot’ Ranked 6th Best PS4 Game of 2018, #1 PSVR Game of All Time

Road to VR

The company is also selling a PSVR bundle including both Astro Bot and Moss [Amazon]. For our part, Astro Bot is the first VR game we’ve given a 10 out of 10, for reasons we elaborate on in our review. For those who haven’t been convinced, Sony has announced plans to launch an Astro Bot demo on October 16th.

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Why Amazon only got a $60,000 fine for a 'serious' labor violation

Mashable VR

On Monday, Washington State's department of labor and industries cited Amazon for "unsafe labor practices" at one of its fulfillment centers related to the "pace" Amazon requires its workers to keep up. For some context, Amazon is currently worth $300 – $400 billion. The punishment? And it has received a fine.

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Facebook Could Soon Be the Latest Big Tech Company Hit With Antitrust Charges

GizModo VR

State and federal investigators are planning to slap Facebook with antitrust charges as soon as November, four people familiar with the matter told the Washington Post. Such a lawsuit would mark the government’s latest crackdown on the biggest names in the tech industry, including Apple, Google, and Amazon, for … Read more.

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Staten Island warehouse workers just voted to form the first Amazon union

Mashable VR

Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse have voted in favor of unionizing, according to vote counts published on Twitter. They will join the independent Amazon Labor Union, a new organization unaffiliated with pre-existing unions. Welcome the 1st union in America for Amazon.". Tweet may have been deleted. UPDATE: Apr.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.05.17): HTC announces Vive Pro 2 and Vive Focus 3, PSVR 2 to feature eye tracking, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Oculus Quest 2 has disappeared from all Amazon EU websites. Kudos to Shachar Weis for discovering this: he told me about this news, and I have verified that it has disappeared completely from Amazon Italy and Amazon France, while some Redditors confirmed that the same holds for Amazon UK.

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Jeff Bezos Steps Down as Amazon's CEO

GizModo VR

On Tuesday, Jeff Bezos told employees —and the world—that he’s planning on stepping down from his CEO role at Amazon, 27 years after first founding the company. Read more.

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Amazon's Roving Delivery Coolers on Wheels Are Headed to More Cities

GizModo VR

Amazon’s dopey looking delivery robots—which have been roving around parts of California and Washington—are now being deployed in two more states, and they’re bringing their human babysitters along with them. Read more.