Here’s what you need to know for Tuesday, Oct. 15

Jeri Ellsworth and Rick Johnson, formerly of Valve, have been working for the past 18 months on a 3D augmented and virtual reality headset. The developers are asking for $400,000 to fine tune the hardware and design of the castAR, which could be the Oculus Rift’s biggest rival should it find success.

Friends lists on the Xbox One will be part of their own dedicated app on the console’s dashboard: Friends. Players can follow and favorite other users, as well as view their actions in a dedicated activity feed and use the feature in Snap Mode or with voice commands.

We spent the weekend in the trenches at New York Comic Con. Check our dedicated StoryStream for all the juicy details, including everything from The Amazing Spider-man 2 announcement to our interview with The Legend of Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma.