Homerise For Apple Vision Pro Makes Smart Homes A Reality

Managing a smart home while somewhere in VR is doable with Homerise for Apple Vision Pro. Smart homes have been promised for decades while the reality of functionality and features remain out of reach for a range of technical reasons. One such reason ... more - uploadvr

Sweet Surrenderx27;s Latest Update Rebalances Systems And Adds Quality of Life Features

Dubbed Chips Revamp: Part 1, the newest update of Sweet Surrender adds important changes to its existing roguelite systems. Sweet Surrender initially promised consistent updates since its release four years ago, and it has stayed true to that commitment. ... more - uploadvr

Meta-Funded VR Space Sim Remnant Protocol Coming To Quest & Steam This Year

Remnant Protocol is a VR space sim with a strategy layer funded by Meta, and it's coming to Quest and Steam in Q4. Developed by Progenitor Game Studios, Remnant Protocol will seat you in the cockpit of a spaceship and have you mixing up space dogfighting ... more - uploadvr

Hellsweeper VR Refreshes Combat In Reckoning Update

Hellsweeper VR adds a new weapon, move upgrades and more in today's Reckoning update. Now live across all platforms, Hellsweeper VR introduced a Chakram as the game's first ranged weapon that returns to you like a boomerang, while flicking your wrists ... more - uploadvr

Why Psytec Games Made Titan Isles Over Windlands 3

Titan Isles aims to make its mark with a new co-op VR action adventure, and we recently interviewed Psytec Games to learn more. Seven years on from Windlands 2, it's been over a month since Psytec lifted the curtain on Titan Isles, and you can see the ... more - uploadvr

Puzzling Places Plans Its PC VR Debut This Year

Calming jigsaw simulator Puzzling Places is coming to PC VR this year. Once only available on Quest, indie darling Puzzling Places is coming to PC VR soon. While no release date has been confirmed yet, studio Realities.io has confirmed both a VR mode ... more - uploadvr

Elsewhere Electric Hands-On: Curious Mystery With Fun Co-Op

Elsewhere Electric promises a curiously unsettling co-op puzzle mystery, and we went hands-on to learn more. I'm an advocate for letting other platforms join VR players where it's feasible. Whether that's working with a flatscreen player like in VR Giants, ... more - uploadvr

Meta Employees Reportedly Working Weekends To Ship HUD Glasses In October

Some Meta employees are working weekends to ship the company's smart glasses with a HUD in October, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. The Verge, The Information, The Financial Times, and Bloomberg's Mark Gurman have all previously reported that Meta intends ... more - uploadvr

Bigscreen Beyond 2 Shipping Delayed To June Due To PCB Design Flaw

Bigscreen Beyond 2's first shipping batches have been delayed to June, or late May if things go well. Beyond 2 and Beyond 2e were announced and went on sale in March. The first orders were supposed to ship in April and May, respectively, but the headsets ... more - uploadvr

Everything We Saw At NewImages Festival 2025

NewImages Festival recently returned for its eighth edition, and we checked out the latest in XR filmmaking. I'll often joke that I have one of media's more unique jobs, which largely comes down to the sheer breadth of experiences I face. Covering the ... more - uploadvr

Soul Paint Aims To Encourage Self Reflection Through XR

Soul Paint is a VR experience that combines 3D drawing with personal introspection. Launched during SXSW 2024, Soul Paint is a project created by Sarah Ticho & Niki Smit and narrated by Rosario Dawson, where participants can “discover, meet and choreograph ... more - uploadvr

XR News Roundup: Alien, Umami Grove, Real VR Fishing, Project Mix & More

It's time for our latest XR News Roundup, bringing you the biggest stories we initially missed across the week. After an extended absence this last month, we're back once again with our latest weekly round-up. VR gaming remains busy as ever with Ghost ... more - uploadvr

Porschex27;s Apple Vision Pro App Lets You Customize A 911 Spirit 70

Porsche's Apple Vision Pro App lets you customize a 911 Spirit 70 in mixed reality — and proceed to order it if you have the $250K to spare. The Porsche 911 Spirit 70 is a limited edition model of the 911 meant to pay homage to the 1970s. The company ... more - uploadvr

Doja Cat Is Now A Purchasable Avatar In Meta Horizon Worlds

There are now three Doja Cat avatars available to purchase and inhabit in Meta Horizon Worlds. They're the latest 'Fantastical Avatars' from Meta, which essentially act as equippable replacements for your regular Meta Avatar in Horizon Worlds. Each of ... more - uploadvr

Varjo Teleport 2.0 Offers "Best-In-Class" Photorealistic Scene Captures

Varjo Teleport 2.0 upgrades the photorealistic scene capture service to "best-in-class" visual quality. The service launched in November, priced at $30/month for up to 15 scans. With the release of Teleport 2.0, Varjo has now introduced a free ... more - uploadvr

Echoes Of The Sun Promises Post-Apocalyptic Puzzles On PC VR Soon

Echoes of the Sun is a post-apocalyptic puzzle platforming adventure, and it's out next month for PC VR. Developed by Outer Realms, Echoes of the Sun takes place in the aftermath of a devastating cataclysm. Playing as a teenage girl called Mia, she seeks ... more - uploadvr

Loop One: Done Is A Roomscale Mixed Reality Sandbox About Automation

Loop One: Done is a mixed reality sandbox game about automation that's heading to Quest Early Access next week. Described as a “mixed reality automation game where you record loops with drones and robots,” Loop One: Done sees you placing buildings across ... more - uploadvr

Meta Laid Off Employees In Some Of Its Acquired Studios Again

Meta laid off dozens of employees across its acquired VR studios, including the fitness app Supernatural. The Verge first reported the layoffs a few hours ago, and a Meta spokesperson confirmed to the outlet that “some teams within Oculus Studios are ... more - uploadvr

Into The Radius 2 Gets Ghost Town Update With A New Location, Features And More

A new city-themed location has been added to the Pechorsk Anomaly, courtesy of a major update to Into the Radius 2. Its name (and that of the update) is Ghost Town - not to be confused with the supernatural puzzle game - which released today for PC VR. ... more - uploadvr

Symphoni Adds Custom Songs & Mod Support To The Mixed Reality Rhythm Game

Mixed reality rhythm game Symphoni introduced mod support and custom songs in today's update. Following last month's launch on Quest, the first major post-launch update for techToy Studio's Symphoni is now live. This lets you create custom songs through ... more - uploadvr

Stay: Forever Home Brings A Mixed Reality Pet Sim To Quest Today

Stay: Forever Home, the charming new mixed reality pet sim from the creators of Bogo and First Steps, is now available on Meta Quest headsets. Today, Quest owners will get their first chance to meet Ember, a delightful new virtual pet that brings its ... more - uploadvr

Contractors Showdown: ExfilZone Adds New Zone, Hideout Overhaul & More

Contractors Showdown: ExfilZone received a hefty content update today with a new deployment zone, updated hideout and more. Marking its first server wipe since the alpha launched in December, Contractors Showdown ExfilZone notably added a new urban combat ... more - uploadvr

How To God Aims To Channel Black & White With A New VR Sandbox Sim

How to God is a new VR sandbox god simulator inspired by Black & White that's coming to Quest. Created by Thoughtfish, who previously released Living Room last year, How to God is a colorful sandbox game where you can choose how to shape this world. ... more - uploadvr

Spacetop For Windows Brings Spatial Computing To Xreal Air 2 Ultra

Spacetop for Windows is $200/year software for Intel Core Ultra laptops that brings true spatial computing to the Xreal Air 2 Ultra glasses. Xreal glasses already support showing your Windows laptop's screen as a single head-fixed virtual monitor. But ... more - uploadvr

Horizon Worlds Now Supports 3D 180° Video For Events Like Concerts

Meta Horizon Worlds now supports 3D 180° video on Quest for its streamed events such as concerts. Previously, immersive videos such as the Sabrina Carpenter, Shawn Mendes, and Doja Cat concerts were streamed in 2D in the Music Valley of Horizon Worlds, ... more - uploadvr

Vertigo 2: Into The Aether Is A Strong Conclusion For The Series

Vertigo 2: Into the Aether delivers a strong expansion to the PC VR hit that ends the series on a high note. Read on for our full impressions. When Zach Tsiakalis-Brown released the 'Bottomless Update' back in late 2023, I was prepared to accept that ... more - uploadvr

VR MMORPG Eldramoor: Haven In The Mist Teases Gameplay In New Trailer

A new fantasy VR MMORPG, Eldramoor: Haven in the Mist, is coming to Steam and Quest. Developed by Resolute Games, Eldramoor: Haven in the Mist enables you to become avid adventurers, uncovering the secrets of a mythic land with friends. Across five unique ... more - uploadvr

Ghost Town Review: An Utterly Engrossing Supernatural VR Adventure

Ghost Town delivers a brilliant supernatural puzzle adventure that you won't want to miss. Read on for our full review. Mysteries are one of my oldest loves in fiction, and that's only grown through video games. Watching detectives pour over a murder ... more - uploadvr

GOLF+ Now Uses The New Meta Avatars With Legs

GOLF+ now uses the new Meta Avatars with legs, and implemented a custom IK system to make them work well for swings. The new Meta Avatars SDK released in October. While the previous Meta Avatars had legs in Meta's own apps for around a year before that, ... more - uploadvr

Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Now Translate Speech & Meta AI Is Now Available In Europe

Ray-Ban Meta glasses can now translate speech between English, French, Italian, and Spanish, and multimodal Meta AI is finally rolling out to Europe. Additionally, you'll soon be able to message and call on Instagram from the glasses, Meta and EssilorLuxottica ... more - uploadvr