ICYMI This Week: Frenzy Extinction, Sushi Ben, OVRDARK, DIG VR, X8 & More

We're back with the latest VR news stories this week, highlighting some you may have previously missed. Meta published its Q2 2024 earnings this week, which revealed that Reality Labs' quarterly revenue continues to grow year over year. PSVR 2 sales ... more - uploadvr

Bomber Drone Turns Quest 3 Owners Into Living Room Pilots

A new game for Quest 3 gives you a mixed reality drone to fly in your living room. As we work to update our best mixed reality games list, we discovered Bomber Drone while looking through the latest mixed reality titles available on Meta's store. Using ... more - uploadvr

Project Judge Visions Is An Intriguing Free Experiment For VR Card Games

Can card games succeed in VR? Back in February, I was lucky enough to reach out into the world of Yu-Gi-Oh! in VR in an experiment that sought to bring the card game to life, with the character interactions and holograms for monsters that you would expect. ... more - uploadvr

A VR-Based Flight Simulator Rig Has Been FAA Qualified For The First Time

A flight simulator rig using a VR headset has been FAA qualified for the first time. The rig in question is Loft Dynamics' simulator for the Airbus Helicopters H125 (formerly known as Eurocopter AS350 Squirrel) helicopter. FAA qualification means US ... more - uploadvr

Flat2VR Studios Gets Boost From Early Oculus Investors

Flat2VR Studios received a funding boost from early Oculus investors, a move that "should help open some doors" to porting more flatscreen games to VR. In a new video, Flat2VR community founder Elliot Tate announced that Flat2VR Studios, a ... more - uploadvr

HTC Cuts Vive XR Elite Price From $1100 To $900 In The US

HTC cut the price of Vive XR Elite from $1100 to $900 in the US. Vive XR Elite is HTC's most recent standalone headset, launched early last year, and its first targeted to consumers instead of just businesses. XR Elite features the same kind of small ... more - uploadvr

Asgardx27;s Wrath 2 Blazing Battleground Event Sees You Driving Back Surturx27;s Forces

Asgard's Wrath 2 invites you to the Blazing Battleground in a new Cosmic Event. The latest in a continuing series of Asgard's Wrath 2 limited-time events, the Blazing Battleground introduces a new series of Cosmic Objectives for the action role-playing ... more - uploadvr

Guardian Of Realms Is An MR Combat Game From Swordsmanx27;s Studio

Guardian of Realms is a new MR combat game designed by the Swordsman VR studio, arriving this month in early access on Quest 3. 0:00 /0:31 1× Developed by Sinn Studio, Guardian of Realms aims to fulfill a power fantasy without worrying about hitting ... more - uploadvr

Hello Cruel World Review: Artificial Indifference

Hello Cruel World takes you to an abandoned facility where an experiment has gone awry. Will its atmosphere and brain teasers be enough to make you stick around? Here's our full review. The puzzle game genre is one that I genuinely enjoy. Imagine a scenario ... more - uploadvr

New MudRunner VR Update Adds A Playable Retro Racer On Quest

A new MudRunner VR content update is live on Quest, and we interviewed the producer to learn more about this recent adaptation. Following May's launch, off-roading vehicle sim MudRunner VR from Saber Interactive is introducing several changes. The most ... more - uploadvr

New Ghosts of Tabor Update Adds Quest 3 Enhancements

Ghosts of Tabor received a Quest 3 visual upgrade, and the Wild West-themed Eastwood DLC is now live. Following last month's announcement that Quest 3 upgrades were coming, the latest Ghosts of Tabor update is now live. Version 0.8.0 adds an improved ... more - uploadvr

Meta AR/VR Quarterly Revenue Growth Continues As Quest 3 "Outpacing Our Expectations"

Meta Reality Labs' quarterly revenue is continuing to grow year-over-year in 2024. During the company's Q2 2024 earnings call today, Mark Zuckerberg told investors Quest 3 sales are "outpacing our expectations". Reality Labs is the division ... more - uploadvr

Here Are The Meta Quest+ Monthly Games For August 2024

The Meta Quest+ games for August 2024 have been confirmed. If you need a reminder, Meta Quest+ is a subscription program that offers two pre-selected VR games monthly for Quest 2, Quest Pro, and Quest 3. Even when those titles get swapped out, redeeming ... more - uploadvr

Maestro Orchestrates An October Launch On Quest & Steam

Maestro, an orchestra conducting VR rhythm game, launches this October on Quest & Steam. Following its recent appearance at the UploadVR Summer Showcase last month, pre-orders opened for Maestro, but an exact release date remained unconfirmed until ... more - uploadvr

Retro VR FPS Compound Targets PSVR 2 Launch Next Month

Compound, a retro-themed VR shooter influenced by Wolfenstein 3D, will launch on PlayStation VR2 next month. Initially launched in early access on Steam in 2018, Compound is a free-roaming, roguelite FPS with colorful pixel art that sees you fighting ... more - uploadvr

Living Room Turns Your Home Into An MR Animal Sanctuary

Living Room is a new app coming to Quest 3 that aims to bring an entire wildlife sanctuary into your home, letting you look after and manage it as you want. Mixed reality gaming has seen a major boost since Quest 3 launched, and we're continuing to see ... more - uploadvr

Tilda Swinton Will Narrate MR Documentary Impulse: Playing With Reality

Impulse: Playing with Reality is an interactive documentary narrated by Tilda Swinton that explores ADHD through mixed reality. Having narrated 2021's Goliath: Playing with Reality, ANAGRAM confirmed that actress Tilda Swinton will return for Impulse, ... more - uploadvr

Virtuix Says Its Omni One Home VR Treadmill System Will Finally Launch In September

Virtuix Omni One, a long-in-development integrated home VR treadmill, will finally start shipping in September, the company claims. Omni One was announced almost four years ago as launching in late 2021, but that didn't happen. Unlike earlier VR treadmill ... more - uploadvr

Meta XR Audio SDK Now Has Acoustic Ray Tracing For Realistic Sound Propagation Simulation

Meta's XR Audio SDK now has Acoustic Ray Tracing in its most significant update yet. The feature realistically simulates how sound propagates through the geometry of the virtual world to your ear. This simulation includes reflections, reverb, occlusion, ... more - uploadvr

Starwave Soars With A Supersonic VR Journey Through The Stars

VR rhythm games continue to be defined by the early and long-lasting success of Beat Saber, setting a standard many other titles in the genre would strive to attain. Meta recognized how much its reach had expanded beyond the VR community, even making ... more - uploadvr

DIG VR Shows An Enjoyably Silly Approach To Excavation

While DIG VR focuses on excavation, this upcoming sim has an enjoyably silly arcade side worth exploring on Quest. We went hands-on once again. Announced in April, DIG VR from Just Add Water and Wired Productions feels like the power-digging equivalent ... more - uploadvr

PlayStation VR2 Reportedly Sold More Units In One Day At $350 Than All Year At $550

PlayStation VR2 sales reportedly skyrocketed on the first day of the current sale. If you missed the news, PSVR 2 is currently on sale for $350, a significant discount from its regular price of $550. PlayStation VR2 Is On Sale For $350 In The US Now ... more - uploadvr

UNDERDOGS Tears Up The Arena This September On Pico

UNDERDOGS, the urban sci-fi VR mech brawler, reaches Pico this September. The second VR game from One Hamsa (Racket: Nx), UNDERDOGS takes place in the 22nd-century underground fighting pits of New Brakka. This physics-based brawler uses arm-based locomotion ... more - uploadvr

Quest v68 Brings Reduced Latency, Adaptive Brightness, Download Improvements, Layout App

The Quest v68 update brings latency and visual upgrades to Quest 3, a range of further improvements to Quest 2 and Pro too, and a new app called Layout. As with all Quest updates, v68 will "roll out" gradually, so it may take a few days or ... more - uploadvr

Clawball Hands-On: Gorilla Tag Meets 3v3 VR Soccer

Clawball is a 3v3 feline soccer game inspired by Gorilla Tag, and we went hands-on with the alpha build. Here are our impressions. Following ARVORE's work on Pixel Ripped and YUKI, I was pleasantly surprised to see the Brazil-based studio announce Clawball. ... more - uploadvr

New VR Games & Releases August 2024: Quest, SteamVR & PSVR 2

After some new VR games this August? Here are our monthly upcoming highlights. July's nearly over and we've seen a few VR games this month. Alongside reviewing Attack on Titan VR: Unbreakable, Death Game Hotel, Spin Rhythm XD, Thrasher, Infinite Inside, ... more - uploadvr

PlayStation VR2 Is On Sale For $350 In The US Now Too

PlayStation VR2 is now on sale for $350 in the US too, its lowest price ever. This is a $200 discount from its regular price of $550, and by far the lowest price we've ever seen the headset sold at in any market. The discount is available at PlayStation ... more - uploadvr

Between Realities Podcast ft Frooxius of Resonite

In this week's episode of the Between Realities VR Podcast, Alex and Skeeva host Tomáš Mariančík, aka Frooxius, creator of Resonite. - YouTube Bekijk je favoriete video’s, luister naar de muziek die je leuk vindt, upload originele content en deel alles ... more - uploadvr

VRChat Spotlight: Beyond a Bit, Namuanki & Fog Forest

VRChat continues to captivate virtual travelers with its limitless potential for exploration and creativity. This week, we’re diving deeper into the platform to look at three more compelling worlds as recommended by the VRChat community. As always, please ... more - uploadvr

New Alien: Rogue Incursion Gameplay Trailer Reveals Protagonist

A new Alien: Rogue Incursion gameplay trailer confirmed the VR horror title's upcoming protagonist. Following May's PlayStation State of Play appearance, Survios released a new Alien: Rogue Incursion gameplay trailer during San Diego Comic-Con. It's ... more - uploadvr