Quest v81 PTC Completely Overhauls Your VR Home
Meta Horizon OS v81 PTC overhauls Quest's VR home system, replacing all previous environments with a high-quality loft with free locomotion.| UploadVR
From Of Lies and Rain to UnLoop, here are our highlights for new VR games this September on Quest, Steam, PlayStation VR2, and Pico.| UploadVR
For the first time in an UploadVR article, if you're reading in a VR headset, you can watch some of the embedded videos in 3D.| UploadVR
Co-op action hit Dungeons of Eternity reaches Steam in two weeks with upgraded visuals, and it's joined by a major content update.| UploadVR
Birdseed VR lets you become an amateur birdwatcher with a new photography sim, supporting multiplayer and solo play.| UploadVR
A smart glasses SDK of some kind will almost certainly be revealed at Meta Connect 2025. Here's why we think that.| UploadVR
Meta AI on Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses can now access and add events to your Google Calendar and Outlook Calendar.| UploadVR
Valve's Steam Link is coming to Pico headsets, a ByteDance beta test registration form confirms.| UploadVR
Meta is offering 30% off over 500 Quest games on its Horizon Store this weekend via this discount code.| UploadVR
World War Z VR is a disappointing single-player adaptation of the zombie shooter that misses the mark.| UploadVR
From a scenic sci-fi adventure to official baseball, Quest's Horizon+ monthly games for September have been revealed.| UploadVR
Banners & Bastions, the mixed reality tower defense game from Not Suspicious, is available now in early access on Quest.| UploadVR
Mixed reality shooter Spatial Ops added bHaptics support, new enemies, and more in today's update.| UploadVR
Cosmic XR brings space right into your living room in mixed reality, teaching you a thing or two about the universe.| UploadVR
Meta's Horizon Worlds Desktop Editor now lets creators AI-generate island environments, and will let them add conversational AI NPCs "very soon".| UploadVR
VR retail needs a hard reboot. Trying out a headset for the first time should not be like this.| UploadVR
No Man's Sky is the first PS VR2 game to use PS5 Pro's PSSR AI upscaling, which combines with eye-tracked foveated rendering to deliver "ultra-high definition and incredible detail" in VR.| UploadVR
The No Man's Sky Voyagers update lets you build larger, more ambitious ships with friends, and it's out now.| UploadVR
The latest Meta MR Utility Kit SDK update for Quest 3 lets Unity developers easily decode and 6DoF track QR codes.| UploadVR
According to both CNBC and supply-chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Meta doesn't expect to sell many units of its upcoming HUD glasses.| UploadVR
Meta Horizon OS v81 PTC overhauls Quest's VR home system, replacing all previous environments with a high-quality loft with free locomotion.| UploadVR
The regular Oakley Meta HSTN glasses are now shipping and available in stores. Starting at $400, they have longer battery life than Ray-Ban Meta and record 3K video.| UploadVR
BattleGroupVR2, a follow-up to the 2023 real-time strategy space sim, is getting a demo on Quest and PC VR soon.| UploadVR
Meta has reached out to third-party developers to build "experimental apps" for its upcoming HUD glasses with sEMG wristband, CNBC reports.| UploadVR
Lumines Arise announced a November release date, and a limited-time flatscreen demo is out now on PC and PS5.| UploadVR
Co-op action adventure Into Black returns this week on PlayStation VR2 and PC VR, offering an enhanced port worth considering.| UploadVR
Orbx released new imagery teasing its upcoming Jurassic World: Archipelago DLC for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.| UploadVR
Samsung's Android XR headset will be priced somewhere between $1800 and $3000, South Korea's Newsworks reports.| UploadVR
Rec Room's co-founders said they let go roughly half the team today.| UploadVR
Resonite improved performance with its latest update available now on Steam.| UploadVR
Norse mythology-inspired roguelite Street Gods holds considerable promise, and we went hands-on during Gamescom.| UploadVR
Total Chaos, a remake of the total conversion Doom II mod, will add PC VR support to the survival horror game post-launch.| UploadVR
Marvel's Deadpool VR impresses with its highly satisfying combat, and we went hands-on once more with a new demo.| UploadVR
VR MMORPG Ilysia is now free-to-play on Quest and Steam.| UploadVR
The Signal: Stranded on Sirenis, a narrative-focused survival adventure, is getting a VR adaptation.| UploadVR
Heroes Together VR is a co-op roguelite dungeon crawler heading to Quest 3 and Steam.| UploadVR
Need a refresher on all upcoming VR games in 2025 and beyond? Here's every major game coming to Quest, PS VR2, PC VR, Pico, and more.| UploadVR
When I first gave my verdict on Virtual Virtual Reality I said this: “Budget Cuts might have the tone, The Lab might have the authenticity, but for my money Virtual-Virtual Reality is the closest we’ve gotten to VR’s Portal 2 yet. I can’t wait to see what| UploadVR
Venice Immersive returns once more next month, featuring nearly 70 XR projects from dozens of countries.| UploadVR
Venice Immersive returned once more, and we went hands-on with various VR and AR projects. Here's everything we saw.| UploadVR
UploadVR attended Venice Immersive last week. Here's our summary of the VR/AR projects we saw and our talk with the curators:| UploadVR
Stranger Things VR offered Tender Claws the chance to adopt one of Netflix' beloved properties for VR. Our review.| UploadVR
Face Jumping is a surrealist new experience from the Stranger Things VR studio, where you swap perspectives with others via eye tracking.| UploadVR
Researchers made a robot that can make deliveries to VR. They call it Skynet.| UploadVR
Lynx released an open-source 6DoF positional tracking system that should work on any Android headset with a Qualcomm chip.| UploadVR
Horizon OS v78 significantly improved the quality of the passthrough camera API, making Quest 3 a passable entry-level 3D camera.| UploadVR
Syberia VR recreates the classic adventure this November on Quest 3.| UploadVR
Google hasn't yet decided whether to release its own smart glasses, or just provide technology for others, the company told Bloomberg.| UploadVR
Build cars and take them to the track in Super RC, racing onto Quest headsets soon from the developer of the Ultrawings series.| UploadVR
Snap is considering raising money from outside investors to efficiently ship its Specs AR glasses, and has even discussed spinning it off as a separate company, The Information reports.| UploadVR
China's Vivo Vision is 40% lighter than Apple Vision Pro, and "could" be one third the price. But for now, it's just an in-store demo, not a product.| UploadVR
HBO Max subscribers can now visit the Hogwarts Great Hall in Apple Vision Pro headsets.| UploadVR
With many VR multiplayer games going free-to-play, Glassbreakers is a curious exception taking the opposite approach. We interviewed Polyarc to learn more.| UploadVR
Hauntify on Quest 3 now uses Lasertag's continuous scene meshing, avoiding the problems of Meta's official room scanning system.| UploadVR
Star Trek: Infection VR is a horror game through and through, and thus not for the faint of heart.| UploadVR
Venice Immersive 2025 kicks off next week, and UploadVR is in attendance. Here are a few projects we're interested in.| UploadVR
Meta and Ray-Ban's owner have extended their partnership “into the next decade” to develop “multi-generational smart eyewear products”.| UploadVR
Meta will introduce a series of spatially-aware digital objects to your living space next year on Quest 3.| UploadVR
Leaked videos reveal more details about how Quest 3's upcoming mixed reality 'Augments' work.| UploadVR
Quest 3's Augments feature is being rebuilt from scratch as the original approach "wasn't good enough", Meta's CTO has confirmed.| UploadVR
Meta is killing its Spark engine, currently used for smartphone AR and formerly meant to power Quest Augments and eventual AR glasses apps.| UploadVR
Reach, the "AAA" cinematic VR adventure from nDreams, will launch on Quest 3, PC VR, and PlayStation VR2 in October.| UploadVR
Dread Meridian is an atmospheric survival horror game that's coming soon to Quest and PC VR.| UploadVR
From tomorrow, the Digital Edition will be $500, the version with a disc drive $550, and the PS5 Pro $750.| UploadVR
Grit and Valor 1949 is a polished blend of tight grid-based combat, roguelite progression, and tactile VR interactivity that's fresh and exhilarating.| UploadVR
Meta took down VR Android File Manager from its Horizon Store, because the app let you install APKs on your Quest without a PC.| UploadVR
Project Graveyard offers Apple Vision Pro owners free space for dead ideas.| UploadVR
Star Trek: Infection VR, a "narrative survival" game for Quest 3 and PC VR, was just announced at gamescom.| UploadVR
Marvel's Deadpool VR, the next Quest 3 & Quest 3S blockbuster exclusive, now has a release date, price, and story trailer.| UploadVR
SailGP RaceScape XR delivers an expansive volumetric dashboard for Apple Vision Pro owners to learn more about competitive high-speed sail racing.| UploadVR
Why will Meta's first HUD glasses only have a display in one eye? An explanation from Meta's CTO seems to provide the reason.| UploadVR
Regular Oakley Meta HSTN glasses can now be preordered, and will ship next week. Starting at $400, they have longer battery life than Ray-Ban Meta and record 3K video.| UploadVR
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth gave an update on the progress of the long-delayed Quest 3 'Augments' persistent mini-apps feature.| UploadVR
Meta's ‘Secret Vault Sale’ for Quest discounts Skydance's Behemoth, Metro Awakening, Resident Evil 4, Bonelab, Demeo, and more.| UploadVR
You can see and control your iPhone or Android in Quest with the $12 Spatial Phone app, though with noticeable latency.| UploadVR
Mixed reality RTS Banners & Bastions enters early access on Quest later this month.| UploadVR
Co-op VR fantasy roguelite Ironstrike is going free-to-play on Quest later this week.| UploadVR
Sales of Ray-Ban Meta glasses so far this year have more than tripled compared to the same time last year, more than 200% growth.| UploadVR
In a paper in Nature, Meta detailed some of the sEMG wristband gestures you'll use to control its HUD glasses & AR glasses.| UploadVR
Some Meta employees are working weekends to ship the company's smart glasses with a HUD in October, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports.| UploadVR
Meta Connect 2025 will take place on September 17 and 18, promising to "peel back the curtain on tomorrow’s tech". Here's what we expect might be announced.| UploadVR
The name, design, and key finger gestures of Meta's smart glasses with a HUD and neural wristband, expected to launch in October, have leaked.| UploadVR
Meta now plans to sell its upcoming HUD glasses with sEMG wristband for around $800, instead of over $1000, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports.| UploadVR
Bigscreen Beyond features exceptional comfort with major tradeoffs. Our in-progress headset review:| UploadVR
Bigscreen says Beyond's Audio Strap accessory will finally start shipping in August, anticipating all preorders to be fulfilled by October.| UploadVR
When Bigscreen's founder told us he was bringing the sequel to the Beyond PC VR headset to GDC 2025, we booked a flight immediately to try it.| UploadVR
Disney+ on Apple Vision Pro received a new immersive environment in collaboration with National Geographic, and it's available now.| UploadVR
The Disney+ app on Apple Vision Pro now has an Alien: Earth environment, letting you watch the series and more from inside the Containment Room on the USCSS Maginot.| UploadVR
Our XR News Roundup is back once more, featuring more recent news stories across VR.| UploadVR
Reminiscent of Pistol Whip, arcade rhythm game CYBRID heads to Quest this September, four years after its PC VR launch.| UploadVR
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth teased what to expect at Meta Connect 2025, which takes place in September.| UploadVR
Voxel roguelike Ancient Dungeon VR added a Mage class, new weapons and more in its latest major update.| UploadVR
Varjo just announced the XR-4 series, its latest range of ultra high end PC-based headsets for enterprise.| UploadVR
Meta fully launched the new Quest For Business program, offering mass device management features from $15 per headset per month. Full details here:| UploadVR
Is HoloLens 2 proof that AR is the future? Find out in our HoloLens 2 review! For both better and worse, Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 is ahead of its time. The $3,500 headset is a trailblazer, offering a tantalizing glimpse of a future we otherwise only read about in| UploadVR
visionOS 1.1 for Apple Vision Pro is out now. It improves Personas, Mac Virtual Display, and more. Read all the notable changes here.| UploadVR
Resolution Games is developing Game Room, a spatial board & card game collection arriving this week on Apple Vision Pro.| UploadVR
Hidden Memories of The Gardens Between expands upon the 2018 flatscreen puzzle adventure, and a Steam demo's out next week.| UploadVR
Bigscreen Beyond 2 starts shipping next month with significantly upgraded & adjustable lenses, and Beyond 2e is coming in May with eye tracking too.| UploadVR
At $3500, Apple sets huge expectations with Vision Pro. But does it deliver? And what’s it really like to own and use? Read our in-depth Apple Vision Pro hardware & software review here:| UploadVR
