Thrasher Releases On Steam in December

Thrasher is following its simultaneous Apple Vision Pro and Quest release in July with a December release on Steam. The intense audio and visuals in Thrasher look built to shine on all its supported platforms, though we've yet to go hands-on with the ... more - uploadvr

Airspace Defender: First Look At Mixed Reality Missile Command Concept

A new game called Airspace Defender reimagines Missile Command as a spatial tabletop game. The new title made its first appearance in the UploadVR Summer Showcase from studio Not Suspicious. You can see the Airspace Defender concept playing out in the ... more - uploadvr

Disembodied: Take Control Of Your Hands...With Your Hands

Middle Man Games revealed an early prototype for an upcoming game that plays with disembodiment in interesting ways. Aptly named Disembodied, developer Kevin Walker tells UploadVR the game is so early in development there's no release window yet for ... more - uploadvr

Pencil! Mixed Reality Education Tool Offers Deeper Look

The winners of a Meta hackathon showcased a deeper look at their mixed reality art education tool Pencil! on Quest 3. The app promises step-by-step lessons for learning how to draw in mixed reality. We first covered the app in May, which uses a Quest ... more - uploadvr

Maestro Conducts Pre-Orders On Quest, Wishlists On Steam

You can pre-order Maestro on Quest and wishlist the game on Steam with France-based developers Double Jack orchestrating its release later this year. The project embodies the player as a conductor on stage in front of their orchestra, back to the audience, ... more - uploadvr

Starship Home Shows New Mixed Reality Gameplay On Quest 3

A new trailer shows the Quest 3 exclusive Starship Home in more detail than we've ever seen it before. Doug North Cook's new label Creature showed up in a big way to the UploadVR Summer Showcase, revealing an eye-catching new look at mixed reality gameplay ... more - uploadvr

Upcoming VR Games 2024: New Releases On Quest, PC VR, PSVR 2 & More

Searching for new VR games in 2024 and beyond? You're in the right place. 2023 was a pivotal year for VR gaming with both PSVR 2 and Quest 3 launching, and 2024 continues building upon that. While Apple Vision Pro isn't heavily focused on gaming, we're ... more - uploadvr

You Can Now Wishlist Laser Dance On Quest Headsets

Thomas Van Bouwel is looking for people to add Laser Dance to their wishlist on Quest 3. To make the case, Van Bouwel and publishing partner Creature brought a one-of-a-kind teaser to the UploadVR Summer Showcase. A single unusually stable mixed reality ... more - uploadvr

Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom Confirms Mixed Reality Support

Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom will support mixed reality when it launches this fall on Quest. Announced during today's UploadVR Summer Showcase by Bandai Namco Filmworks and Atlas V, Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom revealed the upcoming VR anime ... more - uploadvr

By Grit Alone Is A Story-Driven VR Horror FPS Coming To Quest

By Grit Alone is a new narrative-driven VR horror shooter, and it's coming to Quest this year. Developed by Crooks Peak in collaboration with Meta and the UK Games Fund, By Grit Alone features writing talents like Antony Johnston (Dead Space, Resident ... more - uploadvr

Arcade Paradise VR Goes Multiplatform This August On Steam & PSVR 2

Arcade Paradise VR confirmed a PC VR and PSVR 2 release date. Developed by Nosebleed Interactive, Arcade Paradise VR is a retro-themed light management sim that sees you converting a laundromat into a full-fledged 90s arcade with up to 39 games. Following ... more - uploadvr

Escaping Wonderland Heads Back Down The Rabbit Hole This Year On Quest

Escaping Wonderland is a new VR adventure game from the Down The Rabbit Hole studio. Announced today at the UploadVR Summer Showcase, Escaping Wonderland is developed by Cortopia Studios (Wands Alliance) and published by Beyond Frames Entertainment. ... more - uploadvr

Melee VR Brawler Brazen Blaze Launches Next Month On Quest & Steam

Brazen Blaze, the melee-focused 3v3 VR multiplayer brawler, confirmed a release date on Quest and Steam. Revealed during today's UploadVR Summer Showcase, MyDearest confirmed that Brazen Blaze will launch this July with cross-platform multiplayer. The ... more - uploadvr

Does This Firmware Finding Suggest Quest Pro 2 Will Have Varifocal Lenses?

Strings found inside the Quest firmware suggest Meta is now working to bring varifocal lenses to a shipping headset. The strings were found by Quest firmware dataminer Samulia and Anagan79, the developer of Quest Games Optimizer, and brought to our attention ... more - uploadvr

Meta Is Deprecating Its Quest Third-Person Capture Tool To Officially Support LIV Instead

Meta is deprecating its own Quest mixed reality capture tool and officially supporting LIV instead. In this industry "mixed reality" actually has two related but distinct meanings. One meaning is apps and games you use in headsets with passthrough ... more - uploadvr

Quest 3 Seems To Have Sold At Least 1 Million Units

Over 1 million people have completed the Quest 3 mixed reality introduction experience First Encounters. First Encounters starts shortly after you set up a Quest 3 and isn't available on previous Meta headsets. It uses the 3D scene mesh Quest 3 can generate ... more - uploadvr

Chinese Headset With XR2+ Gen 2 Is An Apple Vision Pro & Quest Pro Crossover

Play For Dream's latest headset is a blatant Apple Vision Pro clone but with a Quest Pro style rear battery. When Qualcomm announced Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 in January, a higher-end variant of the chipset used in Meta Quest 3, the company told UploadVR ... more - uploadvr

Quest 2 Is Now Out Of Stock In The US - Is The Launch Of Quest 3S Imminent?

Quest 2 is now out of stock in the US on Meta Store and major retailers. Since Quest 3 launched Meta has repeatedly cut the price of Quest 2, first to $250 and then in March to just $200. In April it even cut Quest 2 official accessory prices by more ... more - uploadvr

Wex27;re Moving VR Download To Thursdays & VR Gamescast To Tuesdays

VR Download will now stream on Thursdays at 9am PT, and VR Gamescast will stream on Tuesdays at 10am PT. What Is VR Download & Gamescast? If you're unfamiliar, VR Download is our weekly show about XR hardware, technology, and industry trends, while ... more - uploadvr

Exploding Kittens VR Brings Chaotic Multiplayer to Quest This Fall

Exploding Kittens planted its flag in the card and tabletop gaming space nearly a decade ago. Now, Saber Interactive and Asmodee Entertainment are bringing this chaotic social-strategy card game to Quest 2 and 3. Originally released as a physical card ... more - uploadvr

Mixed Reality FPS Spatial Ops Leaves Beta This Year On Quest

Spatial Ops, the mixed reality FPS from Resolution Games, will reach the main Quest Store later this year. Initially revealed two years ago, Spatial Ops previously appeared as an open beta on SideQuest. This Laser Tag-like experience turns your living ... more - uploadvr

Metax27;s Horizon Worlds Now Rolling Out To All Countries Where Quest Headsets Are Sold

Meta's Horizon Worlds "metaverse" platform is finally rolling out to all countries where Quest headsets are sold. Currently Horizon Worlds is only available in the USA, Canada, UK, France, Spain, Ireland, and Iceland. Now the platform is coming ... more - uploadvr

Quest v67 PTC Finally Lets You Freely Position Windows

Quest v67 will finally let you freely position 2D windows, the Public Test Channel build reveals. What Is the Public Test Channel (PTC)? The Public Test Channel (PTC) is Meta Quest's beta release channel. If you opt in, your headset receives a pre-release ... more - uploadvr

visionOS 2 Beta 2 Released For Apple Vision Pro

visionOS 2 Beta 2 has been released for Apple Vision Pro. Beta 1 was released a few hours after visionOS 2 was announced by Apple at WWDC24 earlier this month. It's unclear what's actually changed from Beta 1 to Beta 2 however, as Apple didn't post a ... more - uploadvr

Why Your iPhone Wonx27;t Power An Apple Vision Headset, But Could Power Glasses

In Mark Gurman's latest report he claims Apple is "considering" making the upcoming non-Pro Vision headset "reliant on a tethered Mac or iPhone". But does powering a Vision headset with an iPhone really make sense? Gurman has a very ... more - uploadvr

Time Crisis-Inspired FPS Dead Second Hits The Main Quest Store Soon

Dead Second, Spunge Games' action cover shooter, is coming to the official Meta Quest store just days from now. Previously launched on App Lab in late 2021, Dead Second is a high-action arcade shooter inspired by the arcade classics of the 1990s, most ... more - uploadvr

Meta Now Lets You Manually Update Your Quest System Software Via PC Or Android

Meta released a web tool letting you manually update your Quest headset to the latest system software version. By default Quest system software automatically "rolls out" to headsets gradually over days or even weeks. The new Meta Quest Software ... more - uploadvr

Riven Review: Island Blues

Riven, like the groundbreaking Myst that came before it, definitely has an air of grandiosity when you first play, and not just because it takes 4-5 minutes of loading and unskippable boot sequences to reach the title screen on Quest 2. When you first ... more - uploadvr

The Exorcist: Legion VR Turns Up The Fear With Free Quest 3 Upgrade

Survival horror adventure game The Exorcist: Legion VR received a free major update for Quest 3. It’s been six years since Fun Train’s The Exorcist: Legion VR launched, harnessing the iconic movie franchise as a backbone for its spooky story. Following ... more - uploadvr

Apple Vision Pro Sets Its Fan Speed Based On How Much Noise The Microphones Hear

A VR developer made a very interesting discovery about how Apple Vision Pro sets its cooling fan speed, and thus thermal-based performance limits. As the computational load increases, processors heat up. Eventually a thermal limit will be reached at ... more - uploadvr