Meta Ceases Onward Development & Merges Downpour Into Camouflaj

Downpour Interactive has been merged into Batman: Arkham Shadow studio Camouflaj as Meta ends development of Onward. Less than three months after the major Onward 2.0 launch, Downpour Interactive confirmed no further updates are coming. Onward will continue ... more - uploadvr

Metax27;s Spatial SDK For Engine-Free Quest Development Got Significant Upgrades

Since launching it in September, Meta has made significant improvements to its Spatial SDK. Meta Spatial SDK lets developers build Horizon OS apps using existing Android mobile app development tools, rather than needing to use a game engine such as Unity, ... more - uploadvr

Five Classic Oculus Rift Gems You Should Play Right Now

Virtual reality has come a long way since the days of the Oculus Rift CV1, with its Touch motion controllers revolutionizing our interactions and immersing us deeper into strange new virtual worlds. For a while now I've been reminiscing about all those ... more - uploadvr

DAZN Gives US Quest Owners A Free 3D Tabletop View Of The FIFA Club World Cup

Quest owners in the US can watch all FIFA Club World Cup games for free, including a 3D tabletop representation, and the finals will be streamed in 180°. It comes via a free Horizon OS app from the sports streaming service DAZN, compatible with Quest ... more - uploadvr

Badminton Time VR Arrives Today On PlayStation VR2

Badminton Time VR brings the multiplayer arcade sports game to PlayStation VR2 today. Developed by Fishing Cactus, Badminton Time VR first appeared last year on Nintendo Switch before getting a VR version on Quest. Now available on PlayStation VR2, this ... more - uploadvr

Jigsaw Night Is A Master Class In Interaction Design For Mixed Reality And VR

LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA – I'm on the sun deck of the Queen Mary with Steve Lukas on the release day of his app to Meta's storefront. Lukas' 15-year-old son Christian joined him for Augmented World Expo last week, and pressed the button a few hours earlier ... more - uploadvr

Pinball FX VR Brings Classic Williams Cabinets To Life

Nine official Williams pinball tables recently launched on Quest, and we’ve got up close looks at all of them. Grouped into three separate offerings costing $9.99 each, pinball wizards can add the Williams Pinball Volumes 1, 2, and 3 DLC packs to their ... more - uploadvr

The Connectome Demo At AWE Shows How Connect The Dots Can Be Spatial

Connect the dots takes on a whole new dimension of color, scale, and fluidity in virtual reality with Connectome on Quest. Who among us didn't play connect the dots at some point in their childhood? Connectome aims to bring this simple game of creating ... more - uploadvr

Oakley Meta Glasses Seem To Be Launching On Friday

Oakley and Meta are teasing a joint launch for Friday. A new verified Instagram page called "Oakley | Meta" posted a collaborative video with the official Meta and Oakley pages teasing the June 20 launch, and the video has been reposted by ... more - uploadvr

At Least 10 Million People Now Own Beat Saber On Quest Alone

10 million Quest owners have completed at least one track of Beat Saber standalone on their headset. Beat Saber's first achievement crossing 10 million unlocks on Quest was spotted by UploadVR reader James Kelley, who brought it to our attention. Arguably ... more - uploadvr

Dreams Of Another Wants To Explore Creative Symbolism With Clouds

By turning guns into a tool for creation, Dreams of Another isn't your normal VR adventure. We've known about Q-Games' upcoming philosophical adventure since its announcement back in February, and Dreams of Another explores a key philosophical theme; ... more - uploadvr

An Apple Executive Publicly Showed Their visionOS Persona For The First Time

For the first time, an Apple executive has shown themselves using their visionOS Persona. Greg "Joz" Joswiak, Apple's SVP of Worldwide Marketing, shared a short clip on X in response to YouTuber iJustine, who posted a similar clip raving about ... more - uploadvr

Puma Made A Quest-Only WebXR Shopping Experience For Its Latest Shoe

Through a partnership with Meta, Puma has launched a Quest-only WebXR mixed reality shopping experience for its latest basketball shoe. The experience lets you view the various colors and sizes of the All Pro Nitro, and grab it to view it at 1:1 scale. ... more - uploadvr

Exer Gale Hands-On: Ix27;m Like a Bird, I Wanna Fly Away

The idea at the core of Exer Gale is a good one; use VR to let players fly like a bird. Since the dawn of time (or at least, since the birth of imagination) human beings have dreamt of flight. In the year 8 CE, the Roman poet Ovid wrote The Myth of Daedalus ... more - uploadvr

XR News Roundup: Roboquest, Hidden Pictures, Living Room & More

Our latest edition of the XR News Roundup is live with more stories from this week. The last two weeks have been busy. Meta confirmed Deadpool VR, nDreams announced Reach, State of Play unveiled both Thief VR and Lumines Arise, and we finally discovered ... more - uploadvr

Omega Pilot Evolution Races Towards Quest, PS VR2 & Pico

Omega Pilot Evolution is a high-speed VR futuristic racing game heading to Quest, Pico and PlayStation VR2. Developed by XOCUS (EXOcars), Omega Pilot Evolution is a sequel to 2022's Omega Pilot. A first-person VR racing game with anti-gravity vehicles, ... more - uploadvr

Dreams Of Another Has An Exclusive First Person Mode On PlayStation VR2

Dreams of Another, the next entry in the PixelJunk series, has an exclusive VR only first person mode on PlayStation VR2. Revealed back in February's State of Play presentation, Dreams of Another promises an upcoming philosophical adventure focused on ... more - uploadvr

Five Nights At Freddyx27;s: Secret Of The Mimic Will Add VR Support Post-Launch

Though it's absent from today's flatscreen launch, Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic will receive VR support post-release. There's been some confusion these last few months about the state of VR support in Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of ... more - uploadvr

Reach Invites High Intensity VR Action With Open Arms

As I jumped over buildings and quickly flinged to rooftops, Reach made me glad to have accrued VR legs in the past few years. The debut title by nDreams Elevation takes cues from existing mechanics and the studio’s own institutional knowledge of the ... more - uploadvr

Le Mans Ultimate Leaves Early Access Next Month On SteamVR

Le Mans Ultimate, an official game for the FIA World Endurance Championship, enters full release next month on SteamVR. Previously released last year on Steam Early Access, Le Mans Ultimate by Studio 397 will reach version 1.0 on July 22. Announced before ... more - uploadvr

Little Thief Review: Boring, Lifeless & A Befuddling Number Of Bathrooms

Stealing is bad, but the impish glee at pretending to steal can be very addictive. Whether it's in Skyrim with a bow and arrow, or the aptly named THIEF series, we love to skulk through the shadows, finding hidden trinkets. Little Thief promises to take ... more - uploadvr

Could Samsungx27;s Android XR Headset Launch Next Month - In South Korea?

Could Samsung's first standalone XR headset launch next month, but only in South Korea? PandaFlash, a Samsung-focused leaker, seemed to strongly hint so in posts on X. The posts suggest the launch would occur during a July Samsung Unpacked event, and ... more - uploadvr

ALVR TestFlight For Apple Vision Pro Brings Its PS VR2 Controller Support To SteamVR

ALVR now supports the PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers in its TestFlight builds for visionOS 26. If you're unfamiliar, ALVR is a SteamVR streaming tool that functions similarly to Quest Link, Steam Link, and Virtual Desktop, but has actually been around ... more - uploadvr

Thief VR: Legacy Of Shadow Deep Dive Goes Behind The Scenes

During the recent VR Developer Direct, Vertigo Games and developer Maze Theory shared an update on the upcoming Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow. Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow is a revival of the cult stealth series Thief, which made its debut all the way back ... more - uploadvr

Battlegrounds Gets Blade & Sorcery Crossover Update Today

Social sandbox Battlegrounds has announced a crossover update with the fantasy combat game Blade & Sorcery, and it's out now. Developed by Sinn Studio, Battlegrounds is a physics-based multiplayer sandbox game with PvP combat that allows players ... more - uploadvr

VR MMORPG Ilysia Goes Free-To-Play This Summer

VR MMORPG Ilysia is moving to a free-to-play model this summer. Announced during the VR Game Spotlight at AWE USA, Ilysia is switching from a paid game to a free-to-play structure across Quest and Steam with a live launch of the level 11-20 content. ... more - uploadvr

Alliance Peacefighter Is An X-Wing Inspired PC VR Space Sim

Inspired by Wing Commander and X-Wing, Alliance Peacefighter brings a story-driven space sim to PC VR next week. Created by Manchester-based studio Urban Logic Games, Alliance Peacefighter previously appeared in February's Steam Next Fest with a now ... more - uploadvr

Meta Shipped Quest v77 Update Knowing It Had Bugs, Despite Quality Control Pledge

Meta shipped the Quest v77 update knowing it had bugs, the company's CTO has acknowledged, despite his pledge to improve quality control. Last month, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth said the company was "taking seriously" developer complaints of OS ... more - uploadvr

AR In VR: 15 Years Of Augmented World Expo With Ori Inbar

I sat down with the co-founder of Augmented World Expo Ori Inbar during his annual conference in Long Beach. “XR Is Going Mainstream” is the rallying cry of this year’s event, which opened this week with Inbar presenting a keynote featuring the current ... more - uploadvr

VR Bungee Jumping Simulation Tips You Over In Real Life At AWE

The show floor of Augmented World Expo in Long Beach this year features a simulation of bungee jumping with the completely unnerving sensation of actually falling. The demo for Anywhere Bungee is extremely short, but impactful enough that I thought about ... more - uploadvr