Divine Duel Quest Beta Running Next Week On Quest, Registration Open Now

Upcoming multiplayer 1-on-1 VR fighter Divine Duel is running a beta on Meta Quest headsets next week from January 27 to 30. Immersion Games, the developers behind Disc Ninja and Extreme Escape, announced the beta earlier this week, with registration ... more - uploadvr

Windlands 2 Swings Onto Quest 2 Next Month

Nearly five years since its PC VR launch, Windlands 2 makes its way to Meta Quest 2 next month. First released in 2018, Windlands 2 is an action-adventure game from Psytec Games, which combines the original’s platforming and swinging locomotion with ... more - uploadvr

Microsoft Kills Off AltspaceVR Amid Major Layoffs

AltspaceVR is shutting down in March as Microsoft decimated its teams working in VR & AR this week as part of a major workforce reduction across the entire company. Altspace was one of the early VR-based social networking services alongside others ... more - uploadvr

Touring Cherry Blossom: Walkabout Mini Golf’s Course Inspired By Japanese Zen Gardens

Just weeks before the Quest 2 launched in 2020 VR’s best mini golf game released on the Quest store with just four included 18 hole courses. Walkabout Mini Golf’s Tourist Trap, Cherry Blossom, Seagull Stacks, and Arizona Modern have since been joined ... more - uploadvr

Pavlov Confirmed For PSVR 2 As A Launch Game

Vankrupt Games confirmed Pavlov is coming to PSVR 2 next month as a launch game. Joining an increasing list of PSVR 2 games, Pavlov was first announced for PSVR 2 nearly two years ago, and we’d not heard anything since. Now, it’s officially confirmed ... more - uploadvr

Quest v49 Software Update Brings Family Center, Home Environment Options

Meta will soon roll out v49 of the Meta Quest system software, bringing updates to the Quest Home environments and further options for parents to supervise teens in VR via a new Family Center web page. If you’re a fan of new home environments and abstract ... more - uploadvr

Holoride: A Comfortable Ride In VR With Gamepad In Hand

At CES 2023 in Las Vegas we tried out Holoride, a startup working to add “thrill to every ride” with a VR platform made for use while riding in fast-moving vehicles. For the Holoride demo during CES in Las Vegas we left the VR area of the Las Vegas Convention ... more - uploadvr

Prisms VR Wants To Teach Your Kids Math On Quest 2

Looking to teach your kids math through virtual reality? Prisms VR is expanding its educational platform onto Meta Quest 2, arriving today via a subscription model. Following an enterprise launch in 2021, which saw developer Prisms of Reality bring this ... more - uploadvr

OhShape Gets An Ultimate Refresh, Out Now On Quest And Pico

OhShape Ultimate brings a definitive update to Odders Lab’s popular rhythm game, and that’s available now on Quest and Pico. First released in 2019, OhShape previously received several updates including a new difficulty level and party mode, but Ultimate ... more - uploadvr

PathCraft Review: A VR Puzzler With Both Charm And Challenge

PathCraft, the puzzle-based platformer from Devil Cow Studios and Vertigo Games, is available now for Quest 2 and Quest Pro. This retro-inspired adventure immerses you in a whimsical world replete with elaborate puzzles to tickle your gray matter – here’s ... more - uploadvr

Microsoft Reportedly Making Cuts In HoloLens Group Amid Wider Downsizing

Microsoft is reportedly reducing the size of its HoloLens group. The company announced yesterday it is laying off 10000 employees (around 5% of its total workforce) citing macroeconomic conditions. Microsoft is far from the only big tech company to make ... more - uploadvr

CoasterMania Brings VR Sandbox Rollercoasters To Quest This Year

CoasterMania is bringing a sandbox rollercoaster experience to VR, arriving on Meta Quest later this year. First revealed last September, CoasterMania feels like a rollercoaster game crossed with Cities: VR, where you’ll make physics-based rollercoaster ... more - uploadvr

Colossal Cave Available Now On Quest 2, PSVR 2 Release Confirmed

The VR remake of text-based adventure Colossal Cave Adventure is available today on Meta Quest 2, with a PSVR 2 release confirmed for later in the year. This reimagined version of Colossal Cave is being developed by Sierra On-Line co-founders Ken and ... more - uploadvr

Gorilla Tag Made $26 Million In Revenue On App Lab

A new interview from GamesBeat reveals that Gorilla Tag, the free-to-play VR multiplayer hit, made $26 million in revenue from in-app purchases while it was on App Lab. Developer by Another Axiom, Gorilla Tag launched in Steam Early Access for PC VR ... more - uploadvr

Apple Reportedly Shelves AR Glasses, But Plans Cheaper Headset Model

Apple reportedly indefinitely postponed its AR glasses, but plans to eventually release a more affordable headset model. Glasses Shelved Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that standalone Apple Glasses had at one point years ago been planned for 2023. But ... more - uploadvr

Meta Acquisition Will Help ‘Develop Better Viewing Optics’ For VR & AR

As reported by Janko Roettgers, Meta acquired a Colorado-based research and development startup called Gary Sharp Innovations last year in June. Roettgers discovered the acquisition through documents filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Meta ... more - uploadvr

Primal Hunt Review – A Bloody Thrill

Primal Hunt is an intense retro-futuristic action game from Phaser Lock Interactive. While it’s unnecessarily gory, there’s a thrilling hunt that keeps you on your toes. Available this week on Meta Quest 2 and Pico, here’s our full review. Primal Hunt ... more - uploadvr

Why PSVR 2 (Almost Certainly) Won’t Work On PC Any Time Soon

Hoping PSVR 2 will somehow support PC? Here’s why that almost certainly won’t happen any time soon. PlayStation VR2’s launch is just over four weeks out. It will leverage the power of Sony’s PlayStation 5 to deliver full console-quality VR games like ... more - uploadvr

Why PSVR 2 (Almost Certainly) Won’t Work On PC Any Time Soon

Hoping PSVR 2 will somehow support PC? Here’s why that almost certainly won’t happen any time soon. PlayStation VR2’s launch is just over four weeks out. It will leverage the power of Sony’s PlayStation 5 to deliver full console-quality VR games like ... more - uploadvr

US Congress Rejects Further Army HoloLens Orders After Test Failures, Work Begins On New Version

The US Congress rejected further US Army orders of HoloLens IVAS after field tests revealed issues. The decade-scale Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program aims to equip US Army soldiers with AR helmets to enhance situational awareness. ... more - uploadvr

Between Realities VR Podcast: Season 6 Episode 16 ft JDun and JoyReign

In this week’s episode of the Between Realities VR Podcast, Alex and Skeeva host Jdun and Joyreign, hosts of the Get’Em To The Metaverse Podcast. The married couple discuss how they began on their VR content creation journey together. Other topics include ... more - uploadvr

CES 2023: How Far Can Tilt Five Take AR Gaming?

If AR & VR glasses are on parallel paths for the foreseeable future, as Meta’s top researcher Michael Abrash recently suggested, when will we see the first hit consumer AR product? Exactly when will an AR headset sell millions of units and achieve ... more - uploadvr

Colossal Cave Interview – How Ken And Roberta Williams Reimagined A ’70s Text Adventure For VR

Colossal Cave, a VR remake of the classic text-based Colossal Cave Adventure, arrives next week on Meta Quest 2. Developed by Sierra On-Line co-founders Ken and Roberta Williams through Cygnus Entertainment, we interviewed these adventure game icons ... more - uploadvr

Unity’s New XR Hands Package Adds Hand Tracking Via OpenXR

Unity’s new package lets developers add hand tracking without using headset-specific SDKs. Previously, adding support for controller-free hand tracking on Quest required importing the Oculus Integration. That integration also adds a range of other Quest-specific ... more - uploadvr

Vive XR Elite Hands-On: HTC’s Modular Rebirth Has Impressive Mixed Reality

HTC is looking to differentiate itself in consumer VR with Vive XR Elite. We went hands-on with the new modular headset at CES 2023. Starting at $1100, the Vive XR Elite marks HTC’s initial effort to reclaim some of the consumer standalone VR market ... more - uploadvr

MLK: Now Is The Time Launches On Quest Today

MLK: Now Is The Time seeks to highlight Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy through a new VR experience available today on Meta Quest 2. Talking its name directly from part of Dr. King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech, Now Is The Time examines its themes ... more - uploadvr

Walkabout Mini Golf Will Charge $3.99 For Future DLC Courses

Starting with the upcoming Atlantis course, Walkabout Mini Golf will begin charging $3.99 for future DLC, though existing DLC prices remain unaffected. Developer Mighty Coconut announced that future DLC pricing will be $3.99 instead of $2.99. According ... more - uploadvr

HTC Vive XR Elite Launch Window Games And Apps Confirmed

Following its Vive XR Elite reveal, HTC confirmed which games and apps will arrive during the headset’s launch window. Announced during CES 2023, Vive XR Elite is an $1100 Quest Pro competitor releasing next month. It utilizes the same Snapdragon XR2 ... more - uploadvr

Meta Quest Move Fitness Stats Can Now Sync To Android Health Too

Meta Quest Move fitness stats can now sync to Android Health Connect. Formerly known as Oculus Move, the feature of Quest headsets monitors your physical activity to track the calories you burn in VR, your move minutes, and your workout intensity. It’s ... more - uploadvr

Mojo Vision Is Ceasing Work On Its Smart Contact Lens

Mojo Vision is ceasing work on its Mojo Lens contact lens. The sci-fi-sounding device was first announced in early 2020. It integrated a tiny MicroLED display, ARM processor, IMU (accelerometer and gyroscope), wireless radio, and “microbattery” into ... more - uploadvr