Divine Duel Gets A Surprise Release Today On Quest

Divine Duel, the competitive free-to-play 1v1 VR fighter from Immersion Games, launches today on Quest. A mix of sci-fi and fantasy with “crazy weaponry,” Divine Duel is a big departure from Immersion’s previous VR games, Disc Ninja and Extreme Escape. ... more - uploadvr

Meta Reportedly Plans Cheap “Accessible” Headset For 2024

Meta plans a cheaper more “accessible” headset for 2024, according to a Meta roadmap leaked to The Verge. Meta’s VP of VR Mark Rabkin reportedly told staff: “The goal for this headset is very simple: pack the biggest punch we can at the most attractive ... more - uploadvr

CoasterMania Launches Today On Quest

CoasterMania, a sandbox rollercoaster VR experience, launches today on Meta Quest headsets via App Lab. A cross between traditional rollercoaster games and sandbox builders, CoasterMania sees you creating physics-based courses before directly riding ... more - uploadvr

New Quest Pro Reportedly ‘Way Out In The Future’ With Photorealistic Avatars

Meta reportedly plans another high-end headset “way out in the future”. Alex Heath reports Meta’s VP of VR Mark Rabkin told staff in an internal presentation the company plans an advanced headset featuring Codec Avatars, the company’s long-running research ... more - uploadvr

Quest 3 Reportedly Much Thinner And Twice As Powerful, But More Than $400

Details about Meta Quest 3 were leaked to The Verge. Alex Heath reports Meta’s VP of VR Mark Rabkin told staff in an internal presentation that Quest 3, launching later this year, will be two times thinner and at least twice as powerful as Quest 2 – ... more - uploadvr

Meta Has Reportedly Sold Nearly 20 Million Quest Headsets

Meta has reportedly sold almost 20 million Quest headsets so far. Meta’s VP of VR Mark Rabkin gave the statistic to staff during an internal roadmap presentation, The Verge’s Alex Heath reports. For comparison, PlayStation 5 had officially sold 32 million ... more - uploadvr

Beat Saber Releases Upgraded Imagine Dragons Pack, Including New Songs & Maps

Beat Saber just released an upgraded version of its Imagine Dragons DLC Music Pack, featuring two new songs and redesigned maps for the existing tracks. The Imagine Dragons DLC tracks for Beat Saber first released in 2019, featuring 10 songs available ... more - uploadvr

Population: One Going Free-To-Play On Quest 2 From March 9

Population: One developers BigBox VR announced that the game will be going free-to-play on Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro from March 9. After launching in late 2020 for $29.99, Population: One will be free-to-play for everyone on the Quest platform ... more - uploadvr

Open-Source Project Bringing Hand Tracking To Valve Index And Reverb G2

An open-source project is bringing controller-free hand tracking to PC VR headsets. The open-source Linux-based OpenXR platform Monado just added hand tracking. Hand tracking is a built-in feature on standalone headsets like Quest, Pico 4, and Vive XR ... more - uploadvr

Open-Source Demos Prove WebXR Could Be Used For Full Games

Two open-source demos show how WebXR could be used to make full-fledged games. WebXR is an open standard API that enables webpages to display immersive content on headsets that tracked controllers can interact with. WebXR experiences are rendered with ... more - uploadvr

Between Realities VR Podcast ft Ryan Payton Of Camouflaj

In this week’s episode of the Between Realities VR Podcast, Alex and Skeeva host Ryan Payton, CEO of Camouflaj, developers of Marvel’s Iron Man VR. Ryan explains how he founded Camouflaj after working on games like Metal Gear Solid 4 and Halo 4. Other ... more - uploadvr

Demo Available For PSVR 2 Puzzler Humanity

Become a shining Shiba Inu and lead the masses back into the light. You can try a demo of Humanity now. The game was teased all the way back in 2019 and is finally coming PSVR 2 and PSVR in May with a demo available now, Sony revealed last week. You ... more - uploadvr

Firewall Ultra Is Being Developed In Unreal Engine 5

First Contact Entertainment reveals Firewall Ultra is one of the first PSVR 2 games running on Unreal Engine 5. Following confirmation that PSVR 2 has Unreal Engine 5 projects in development last April, First Contact was recently interviewed by Epic ... more - uploadvr

The Foglands Coming To Meta Quest 2 & PSVR 2 In 2023

The Foglands is a “VR Dungeon Crawler Shooter” planned for all major VR headsets. Sony premiered a trailer announcing the game and confirmed it for PlayStatationVR2. From a studio called Well Told Entertainment, you can see the atmosphere and storytelling ... more - uploadvr

Teardown Reveals PSVR 2 Panels Don’t Have Full Number Of Subpixels

iFixit’s PSVR 2 teardown brings a controversial revelation about its display panels. Shahram Mokhtari took apart the new headset to assess its repairability and inspect its components in a fascinating video we recommend you watch. Mokhtari then took ... more - uploadvr

Saints & Sinners – Chapter 2 Gets New PSVR 2 & PC VR Trailer

Skydance Interactive released a new The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Chapter 2: Retribution trailer, offering a fresh look at the PC VR and PSVR 2 editions. Arriving next month on both platforms, this new trailer follows last year’s Quest release ... more - uploadvr

Reports Suggest Meta Cancelled A 2024 Quest

The Verge’s Alex Heath reports Meta canceled hardware codenamed Cardiff. In his Command Line weekly newsletter, Heath writes he “heard of at least two early-stage hardware prototypes, one codenamed Cardiff and the other Hermosa, that have been canned ... more - uploadvr

5 Best PSVR Games That Need PSVR 2 Ports

PlayStation VR2 is finally here, but with no backwards compatibility for Sony’s older headset, we’re looking at PSVR games that need PSVR 2 ports. Alongside big hitters like Horizon Call of the Mountain , Gran Turismo 7 and Resident Evil Village, PSVR ... more - uploadvr

Gun Jam VR Quest 2 Review: A Wave Shooter With A Twist

Gun Jam VR, the rhythm FPS from Jaw Drop Games and Raw Fury, is now available for Quest 2 and Quest Pro. This fast-paced wave shooter blends intense firefights with a unique beat-pattern shooting mechanic. An omnipresent beat dominates the futuristic ... more - uploadvr

Meta Fixed Quest Automatic App Updates, Significantly Reducing Friction

Meta fixed automatic app updates on Quest. Quest headsets had an option to update apps automatically in the smartphone app, but it didn’t work reliably. Even if you left your headset charging for hours you might put it on to find the app you wanted to ... more - uploadvr

Gran Turismo 7 PSVR 2 Review – Start Your Engines

Gran Turismo 7, Sony’s flagship racing series, arrives as a PSVR 2 launch title. Available as a free update for existing PS5 owners, here’s our full review. Gran Turismo Sport promised greater things to come on PSVR. With VR support limited to 1v1 races ... more - uploadvr

Meta Interaction SDK Gets Hand Tracking Teleport Gesture With Demo Game

Meta added a hand tracking teleportation system to its Interaction SDK. The Interaction SDK is a Unity framework providing high quality common hand interactions for controllers and hand tracking. It includes direct object grabbing, distance grabbing, ... more - uploadvr

Kill It With Fire VR Coming This Year To Quest 2, PSVR 2 & PC VR

Spider hunter game Kill It With Fire is coming to VR headsets later this year. This new VR version of the game is set for release on Quest 2, SteamVR, the original PSVR and PSVR 2. While we don’t have any VR gameplay just yet, you can check out the trailer ... more - uploadvr

Synapse Dual-Wielding Shooter Coming To PSVR 2

One of VR’s most experienced development studios, nDreams, revealed its upcoming shooter Synapse for PSVR 2. Coming 2023, the game will arm players with both telekinetic powers and weaponry that “evolves Fracked’s acclaimed run and gun gameplay” with ... more - uploadvr

Hellsweeper PSVR 2 Release Confirmed, Coming Later This Year

Upcoming dark fantasy combat game Hellsweeper VR will release on PlayStation VR2 later this year. It’s a new title from Mixed Realm, the team behind Sairento, and will be published by Vertigo Games, known for Arizona Sunshine, A Fisherman’s Tale and ... more - uploadvr

Journey To Foundation Coming 2023 To PSVR 2, Quest 2 & Pico 4

A VR game based on Isaac Asimov’s classic sci-if series Foundation is coming to PSVR 2, Quest 2, and Pico 4 this year from Archiact. Sony revealed the announcement trailer for Journey To Foundation during its latest State of Play stream. Archiact is ... more - uploadvr

Hello Neighbor: Search And Rescue Releases On PSVR 2 In May

Hello Neighbor: Search and Rescue will release May 24 for PlayStation VR2. Developers tinyBuild first revealed the game several months ago, announcing a simultaneous launch on PSVR 2 and PC VR on February 22. However, a few weeks before PSVR 2 launch, ... more - uploadvr

Mixture: Deep Dive Into Adventure’s Lore And Gameplay

Mixture is out now from developer Played With Fire and published by Beyond Frames Entertainment and it offers a fantasy action-adventure spanning both first and third person perspectives. Mixture’s distinctive hand-painted textures and unusual gameplay ... more - uploadvr

Guardians Frontline Arrives Next Month On Quest and PC VR

Guardians Frontline is almost here – Fast Travel Games confirmed that the FPS and RTS hybrid hits Quest and PC VR on March 9. Originally released as Guardians VR on App Lab, SideQuest and Steam Early Access, developer VirtualAge took direct inspiration ... more - uploadvr

Resident Evil 4 Remake ‘VR Mode’ For PSVR 2 Now In Development

New tweets from a Resident Evil Twitter account indicate that development has started on PSVR 2 content for the Resident Evil 4 Remake, set to release next month. The tweets in question come from the official Resident Evil account on Twitter and while ... more - uploadvr