What The Bat? Review: A Home Run

Very few games have ever made me smile the way What The Bat? did. The second game in the What the _? series of sports-inspired games from Danish developer Triband, What The Bat? presents an experience dripping in charm and creativity that’s only held ... more - uploadvr

Star Wars: Squadrons Is Free On The Epic Games Store For One Week

Star Wars: Squadrons is free on the Epic Games Store for one week, starting from today. Squadrons launched in October 2020, offering Star Wars fans the chance to pilot some of the franchise’s most iconic ships in amazing space combat across a single ... more - uploadvr

VR Operatives: How Espire Created One Of Australia’s Leading VR Game Studios

For bourgeoning Melbourne-based VR game studio Digital Lode, things are about to change. The team just launched Espire 2, a Quest 2-exclusive sequel to 2019’s Espire 1: VR Operative. For the first time in a while, Digital Lode founder Michael Wentworth-Bell ... more - uploadvr

VR Cover Black Friday Sale Offers Discounts On Quest 2 Accessories

VR Cover’s Black Friday sale is now live, offering discounts on comfort accessories for Meta Quest 2 headsets and more. One of the longest-running accessory companies for VR headsets, VR Cover is discounting its range of facial interfaces, controller ... more - uploadvr

Demeo’s Next Adventure, Reign of Madness, Arrives On December 15

Resolution Games confirms its next Demeo campaign, Reign of Madness, arrives next month on Quest and PC VR. Available from December 15, Reign of Madness is a free update to the VR tabletop dungeon crawler, where you’ll defeat the resurrected Mad Elven ... more - uploadvr

Meta Reportedly Talking With Samsung & LG To Secure MicroLED & OLED Microdisplays

Meta is reportedly looking to secure next-gen microdisplays for AR glasses and future VR headsets. SBS Biz reports “dozens” of Meta executives have held private meetings in South Korea with executives at Samsung and LG’s display divisions. The companies ... more - uploadvr

Meta Quest 2 Will Finally Be Sold In Germany Very Soon

Quest 2 will finally be sold in Germany by the end of the year, Meta announced. A Meta spokesperson told German news outlet Heise online Quest Pro will also be sold in Germany “as soon as possible”. While Meta was never officially banned from selling ... more - uploadvr

Most Meta AR/VR Spending Is Building AR Glasses, Horizon Less Than 10%

Over 50% of Meta’s AR/VR spending is going to the development of AR glasses. Reuters reports Mark Zuckerberg gave Meta staffers a rundown of the company’s spending in an all-hands meeting last week. He said 20% of Meta’s total budget is going to Reality ... more - uploadvr

Pico 4 Black Friday Bundle Includes 3 Free Games: After The Fall, Ruinsmagus & More

Ahead of Black Friday this week, Pico announced a new bundle that includes After the Fall, Ruinsmagus and Les Mills Bodycombat for free with purchase of a Pico 4 headset. The offer begins on November 24 and Pico says the bundle is valid for all Pico ... more - uploadvr

Camouflaj Working On Batman VR For Quest, According To FTC

According to Federal Trade Commission court documents spotted by Janko Roettgers, Camouflaj is working on a Batman VR game for Quest headsets. Camouflaj is the studio behind Iron Man VR, which launched as a PSVR exclusive title in 2020. Last month at ... more - uploadvr

Valve Patents New VR Controller With Quest-Like Tracking Ring

A Valve patent may reveal the controller for its in-development VR headset. Index has now been on the market for well over three years. It still has best-in-class tracking and audio quality but its resolution has been surpassed by even low-cost headsets ... more - uploadvr

HP Reverb G2 Is Just $300 In The US For Black Friday Week

HP Reverb G2 is just $300 in a “Pre-Black Friday Sale” on HP’s USA Store. Reverb G2 is a tethered PC VR headset. It uses Microsoft’s Windows MR (WMR) software platform but is compatible with most SteamVR games. Its dual 2160×2160 panels provide higher ... more - uploadvr

Massive Quest Black Friday Sale Discounts Green Hell, Demeo, Resident Evil & More

Meta revealed its Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale offerings today, with big discounts available across the Quest range and bundles with bulk discounts on multiple titles. There’s a really comprehensive set of discounts available across the entire ... more - uploadvr

Niantic Built An Outdoor AR Development Kit Headset With Snapdragon AR2

Pokémon GO maker Niantic built a reference design AR headset using Qualcomm’s latest chips. Snapdragon AR2 was announced on Wednesday. It’s a triple-chip solution for thin AR glasses wirelessly powered by a phone, laptop, or puck. Neither Niantic nor ... more - uploadvr

HTC Black Friday Sales See Vive Flow & Vive Pro 2 Discounted Across Europe

HTC announced Black Friday offers beginning today in Europe, which see heavy discounts on the Vive Flow and Vive Pro 2 range. Vive Flow is discounted €120/£120, bringing it down to €379/£379 from €499/£499. Flow is HTC’s lightweight headset designed ... more - uploadvr

VR Documentary Collection Missing Pictures Debuts Next Month On Quest and PC VR

Missing Pictures brings a new five-part immersive documentary collection to virtual reality, coming to Quest and PC VR on December 1. A collaborative effort between multiple production companies, Missing Pictures promises “a parallel history of cinema ... more - uploadvr

Supernatural Adds Coldplay Workout On Quest Platform

Fitness app Supernatural released its latest monthly update, introducing two new musical-themed workouts featuring music from Coldplay. Available now for Supernatural subscribers, these new workouts contain five Coldplay songs each. For Medium Intensity ... more - uploadvr

Broken Edge Available Now For Quest 2 & PC VR

Multiplayer VR duelling game Broken Edge launched yesterday on Quest 2 and PC VR. Developed by Trebuchet and published by Fast Travel Games, the multiplayer title is available for $9.99 on the Quest store and Steam. The game features 1v1 fantasy dueling, ... more - uploadvr

Major Zenith Patch Adds Pets, Revamped Tutorial, New Areas & More

The Legends Untold update for Zenith: The Last City is available now, adding a bunch of new content including pets, dungeons, raids and a revamping onboarding experience for new players. This update is patch 1.2 for the VR MMO and follows on from the ... more - uploadvr

Slapstick VR Game What The Bat? Available Now On Quest, PC VR

Who needs hands when you can have baseball bats? That opening line from the launch trailer, embedded below, pretty much sums up What the Bat? perfectly. Available today on Quest headsets and PC VR via Steam, this new VR release from indie studio Triband ... more - uploadvr

How To Enable Local Dimming In WebXR On Quest Pro

Quest Pro’s browser now supports local dimming in WebXR content. It’s an experimental opt-in feature, so to enable it you’ll need to navigate to chrome://flags and search for ‘WebXR Local Dimming’. Regular LCD displays have at most a few backlight LEDs ... more - uploadvr

ForeVR Pool Arrives For Quest 2 & Quest Pro

ForeVR Pool is available now for Quest 2 and Quest Pro. ForeVR already has Bowl, Darts, and Cornhole available, with 1 versus 1 8-ball pool now joining the lineup of classic games Meta’s standalone VR headsets. Support for the original Quest headset ... more - uploadvr

Qualcomm Reveals Snapdragon AR2 For AR Glasses With Wireless Split Processing

Qualcomm announced Snapdragon AR2 Gen 1, a triple-chip solution for wireless AR glasses. AR2 isn’t designed to power standalone devices. It handles computer vision tasks like position tracking and hand tracking but an external device with a more powerful ... more - uploadvr

Espire 2 Review: A Solid New Stealth Entry On Quest 2

Three years after the release of the original, Espire 2 presents the next chapter in Digital Lode’s VR stealth franchise, available exclusively on Quest 2. Read on for our full Espire 2 review for Quest 2. When Espire 1: VR Operative released in late ... more - uploadvr

Dyschronia: Chronos Alternate – Episode 2 Drops On Quest 2 This December

Two months after releasing Dyschronia: Chronos Alternate – Episode 1, developer MyDearest confirms Episode 2 – The Eleventh Hour is coming to Meta Quest 2 on December 8. An episodic trilogy, Dyschronia is more anime adventure than a VR visual novel. ... more - uploadvr

Among Us VR, Bonelab & More Nominated For Best VR At The Game Awards 2022

It’s that time once again – The Game Awards are back on December 8 and the nominations for 2022’s Best VR/AR titles were revealed this week. There’s five nominees in total, though much like last year, none of them are AR games. First is After The Fall ... more - uploadvr

Apparent Leak Reveals New HTC Vive Headset With Slim Modular Design

YouTuber SadlyItsBradley (Brad Lynch) shared renders of a new HTC Vive headset based on images leaked to him. HTC has been teasing a new headset in a series of cryptic tweets for over a month now with captions such as “go small or go home”, and hinted ... more - uploadvr

PSVR 2 Pre-Orders Open From Today

Sony is now accepting pre-orders for the PlayStation VR2 headset. People who expressed interest ahead of time via Sony’s official website received emails with pre-order windows, and many have already placed their pre-orders. We’re seeing a few reports, ... more - uploadvr

Myst Island Multiplayer Mini Golf Launches In Walkabout

Myst island is no longer a solitary experience. Mighty Coconut, working with Cyan’s blessing, launched its multiplayer mini golf theme park version of the island for virtual reality today. The $2.99 paid add-on course is now available in Walkabout Mini ... more - uploadvr

Maskmaker Arrives On Meta Quest 2 Next Month

Six months after Vertigo Games took over publishing duties for Innerspace’s Maskmaker, a Quest 2 version is confirmed for release on December 15. Released last year on PSVR and PC VR, Maskmaker is Innerspace’s second full VR game, following A Fisherman’s ... more - uploadvr