Meta CTO Gives Update On Quest 3x27;s Long-Delayed Augments Feature

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth gave an update on the progress of the long-delayed Quest 3 'Augments' persistent mini-apps feature. While Quest's Meta Horizon OS supports having multiple 2D window apps open and active, you can currently only have one mixed ... more - uploadvr

Oakley Meta HSTN Glasses Preorders Open For Shipping Next Week

Regular Oakley Meta HSTN glasses can now be preordered, and will ship next week. Ray-Ban and Oakley are both owned by EssilorLuxottica, the eyewear giant with which Meta last year secured an agreement extending their partnership “into the next decade”, ... more - uploadvr

Quest Store Sale Discounts Blockbuster VR Games

Meta's ‘Secret Vault Sale’ discounts major Quest games this week. On Meta's Horizon Store you can currently get the Quest versions of big titles like Skydance’s Behemoth, Metro Awakening, Resident Evil 4, Demeo, Into the Radius, and Breachers for between ... more - uploadvr

Spatial Phone Lets You Use Your iPhone Or Android While Immersed On Quest

You can see and control your iPhone or Android in Quest with the $12 Spatial Phone app, though with noticeable latency. One of the most frustrating things about VR is how cut off it can feel. You’re in the zone, working out, playing, meditating, or just ... more - uploadvr

Fantasy Roguelite Ironstrike Goes Free-To-Play On Quest This Week

Co-op VR fantasy roguelite Ironstrike is going free-to-play on Quest later this week. For the unaware, Ironstrike by developer E McNeill (Ironlights) is a four-player roguelite where you fight through a fantasy world to rescue its gods, using a momentum-based ... more - uploadvr

Mixed Reality RTS Banners & Bastions Confirms Early Access Release Date

Mixed reality RTS Banners & Bastions enters early access on Quest later this month. Created by Airspace Defender developer Not Suspicious, we first learned about Banners & Bastions during last month's UploadVR Summer Showcase. A tabletop roguelite ... more - uploadvr

Meta To Reportedly Sell HUD Glasses With EMG Wristband For $800

Meta now plans to sell its upcoming HUD glasses with sEMG wristband for around $800, instead of over $1000, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. The Verge, The Information, The Financial Times, and Gurman have all previously reported that Meta intends to ... more - uploadvr

Disney+ On Apple Vision Pro Gets Alien: Earth Environment

The Disney+ app on visionOS now has an Alien: Earth environment. The new environment lets Apple Vision Pro owners watch Alien: Earth, or anything else on Disney+, from inside the Containment Room on the USCSS Maginot. Trying it out, it looks exactly ... more - uploadvr

How To Pitch Articles To UploadVR

Last Updated : August 16, 2025. At UploadVR, we regularly publish articles from freelance writers and if you're looking to write for us, here's what you need to know. As part of my regular duties as UploadVR's Senior Editor, I'm entrusted with handling ... more - uploadvr

XR News Round-Up: Exoshock, Reach, The Phoenix Gene, Slime Lab & More

Our XR News Roundup is back once more, featuring more recent news stories across VR. With VR gaming this week, we demoed Stellar Cafe from former Owlchemy co-founder Devin Reimer. The VR Games Showcase had reveals for Glassbreakers, Street Gods, Tracked, ... more - uploadvr

The Exorcist: Legion VR SIN Is x27;On Holdx27; Indefinitely

The Exorcist: Legion VR SIN, a multiplayer sequel to the early episodic VR horror hit, is “on hold indefinitely.” Originally announced nearly four years ago, The Exorcist: Legion VR SIN - which stands for Safety In Numbers - intended to deliver a survival ... more - uploadvr

Meta Tiramisu "Hyperrealistic VR" Hands-On: A Stunning Window Into Another World

At SIGGRAPH 2025, I went hands-on with Tiramisu, Meta's research prototype that combines beyond-retinal resolution, high brightness, and high contrast, albeit with a narrow field of view. Since Oculus widely demoed the DK1 over a decade ago, we've seen ... more - uploadvr

Meta Boba 3 Prototype Hands-On: Ultra-Wide Field Of View Without Compromise

At SIGGRAPH 2025 this week, I went hands-on with Boba 3, Meta's prototype of ultra-wide field of view PC VR in a form factor similar to Quest 3. I've long contended that field of view is the fundamental driver of immersion of VR, and argued that the ... more - uploadvr

Penguin Festival Wonx27;t Release On Quest Store, Citing Reuters Report On Meta AI

Penguin Festival, a cozy VR game about party planning, will no longer release on the Meta Horizon Store. Originally revealed in March by Cozy Cube Games, Penguin Festival is a solo game where you plan out a major party. Though the prior announcement ... more - uploadvr

Free-To-Play Clawball Gets Full Release On Quest

Clawball, the free-to-play VR cat soccer game from Pixel Ripped's studio, received its full release on Quest. Originally launched last October in early access, Clawball is a 3v3 soccer game from ARVORE (Pixel Ripped, YUKI) that takes inspiration from ... more - uploadvr

Is It Really Worth Visiting Cinemas for an ENHYPEN VR Concert?

Can a VR concert in cinemas offer a unique live music experience? We went to find out! During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, many artists, unable to hold in-person concerts, used virtual concerts as a way to engage with fans during lockdowns. It ... more - uploadvr

PlayStation VR2x27;s Eye Tracking Now Works On PC Via Open-Source Driver Mod

PlayStation VR2's eye tracking and adaptive triggers can now be used on PC, thanks to a mostly open-source mod of Sony's SteamVR driver. If you're unaware, while PS VR2 officially supports PC VR through Sony's official SteamVR driver, the headset currently ... more - uploadvr

Passport Tokyo: Walkabout Mini Golf Path Crosses Capybaras & Neko Atsume Kitties

The design team behind Walkabout Mini Golf occasionally leaves their homes to gather for a retreat in the physical world. Funded by sales of the VR game and its add-on destinations, like the newly released Tokyo, Walkabout's originator Lucas Martell ... more - uploadvr

Echo Wars - Road Rage Blends Over-The-Top Arcade Shooting With VR Driving

Echo Wars - Road Rage mixes VR driving with arcade shooting next week on Quest and Steam Early Access. Created by Barcelona-based studio Ivanovich Games, Echo Wars - Road Rage uses a “dual control” system where one hand covers driving your vehicle and ... more - uploadvr

Pinball FX VR Serves Up More Classic Williams Cabinets Today

Pinball FX VR receives more official Williams tables today with Volume 9 on Quest. This joins a steady stream of post-launch expansions such as the recent Tomb Raider and Williams Pinball Volumes 1-3 DLC, the latter of which added nine more tables across ... more - uploadvr

Pico 4 Ultra Gets Enhanced Body Tracking With 5 Pico Trackers & Travel Mode

Pico 4 Ultra now has a Travel Mode, and now supports using 5 Pico Trackers for enhanced body tracking, with the extra 2 strapped to your forearms or thighs. ByteDance's Pico 4 Ultra is arguably the only direct competitor to Quest 3 and Quest 3S, and ... more - uploadvr

Vivox27;s Apple Vision Pro Copycat Is An In-Store Demo Only, For Now

Vivo's headset, which bears a striking resemblance to Apple Vision Pro, will be demoed in Chinese stores from next week, but won't be shipping this year. If you're unfamiliar, Vivo is a Chinese smartphone company with around 10% global market share. ... more - uploadvr

M5 Vision Pro Reportedly Spotted In Apple Code

MacRumors say they found references to an M5 Vision Pro in Apple's code, another twist in the rumor mill regarding what chip the headset will feature. If you haven't been following along: last year supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reported that the ... more - uploadvr

New TMNT: Empire City Diary Shows Early Parkour Gameplay On Quest 3

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City released a pre-alpha look at traversal and parkour gameplay on Quest 3. For the unfamiliar, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City is a first-person action-adventure by Cortopia Studios that's playable solo ... more - uploadvr

Noetic Realms Is A New VR Studio Co-Founded By Vendetta Foreverx27;s Developer

Noetic Realms is a new VR studio co-founded by Vendetta Forever's developer. Revealed during yesterday's VR Games Showcase, Noetic Realms is a new development studio founded by CEO Bridger Smith and CTO Zander Dejah. Announced by content creator Matthew ... more - uploadvr

My Monsters Is A Hand-Painted, Mental Health-Focused VR Journey

My Monsters is a hand-painted VR adventure focused on mental health, and an updated Quest demo is now live. Developed by Brazilian studio Ludact (Unbinary), My Monsters uses a hand-painted art style for a surreal journey across Onirium with environmental ... more - uploadvr

Sci-Fi Adventure Whispers Of The Void Gets New PC VR Gameplay Trailer

Sci-fi adventure Whispers of the Void showcased new footage in its latest PC VR gameplay trailer. Created by ByOwls Inc, you may recall Whispers of the Void released a Steam Next Fest demo last year. Described as a story-driven narrative sci-fi adventure, ... more - uploadvr

Detective VR Reaches New Platforms In 2026

First available on Quest earlier this year, Detective VR is sleuthing its way to PS VR2 and SteamVR in spring 2026. Announced at the VR Games Showcase, narrative investigation game Detective VR will snoop onto PS VR2 and SteamVR early next year. In our ... more - uploadvr

Co-Op Roguelite ZIX Enters Early Access Soon On Quest 3 & PC VR

ZIX, a VR co-op roguelite where you become the destructive force invading realms, enters early access next month on Steam and Quest 3. Developed by Hidden IO, ZIX sees you and up to two friends playing as Acolytes, beings that feed on instability as ... more - uploadvr

Among Us 3D Recently Got A Limited-Time Critical Cargo Mode

A limited-time event is live in Among Us 3D in the form of Critical Cargo. Among Us adapted itself naturally to the VR platform with a more 3-dimensional twist, especially since getting updated to allow people on non-VR platforms to play together. The ... more - uploadvr