Stepping Up To The Fight And Going Gloves-Off In Boxing Underdog

Boxing Underdog recently landed a knockout punch on the Quest store with its early access release. Read on for my impressions of its high-detail character models, next-level body tracking, and AI opponents that learn from your every move, setting this ... more - uploadvr

Arken Age Heads To Quest 3 This November

Arken Age, one of this year's best VR action games so far, is heading to Quest 3 and 3S this November. Developed by VitruviusVR, Arken Age is a single-player action-adventure game that previously launched on PC VR and PlayStation VR2. Now coming to Quest ... more - uploadvr

Into Black Launches Soon On SteamVR & PlayStation VR2

Co-op action adventure Into Black launches this month on Steam and PlayStation VR2. Originally launched on Quest last year, we've known for several months that Into Black by The Binary Mill has been planning a PlayStation VR2 port for the four-player ... more - uploadvr

Meta Shares Details Of Ultra-Wide FOV & "Hyperrealistic VR" Prototype Headsets

Meta shared more details about its Boba 3 ultra-wide FOV VR & MR prototypes, as well as a "hyperrealistic VR" prototype called Tiramisu. Meta Shows Off Practical Ultra-Wide Field Of View Headset Prototypes Meta built two prototype headsets ... more - uploadvr

Horizon Worlds Can Now Be Accessed Inside Instagram & Facebook

If you open a link to a Horizon World on Instagram or Facebook, it will now launch directly inside that app if you don’t have the Meta Horizon app installed. On Instagram this can be from a Story or DM, while on Facebook it can be anywhere. People who ... more - uploadvr

Elysian Is The First WebXR Game On Questx27;s Horizon Store

Elysian is the first WebXR game on Quest's Meta Horizon Store, an example of how WebXR developers can leverage store discoverability. 0:00 /0:34 1× Of course, what makes WebXR unique is that you don't need an app store. You can host WebXR experiences ... more - uploadvr

Metax27;s CTO Teases What To Expect At Connect 2025

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth teased what to expect at Meta Connect 2025, which takes place September 17-18. In an ask-me-anything (AMA) session on Instagram, Bosworth hinted that Connect 2025 will see "big wearables announcements", as well as AI ... more - uploadvr

Googlex27;s Genie 3 Suggests AI x27;World Modelsx27; Could Be The Path To Photorealistic Interactive VR

Could AI "world models" could be the most viable path to fully photorealistic interactive VR? Much of the "virtual reality" seen in science fiction involves putting on a headset, or connecting a neural interface, to enter an interactive ... more - uploadvr

Proxies Could Be The Key To Interacting With Physical Objects In Mixed Reality

A new paper from researchers details "proxies" as a key interface concept for mixed reality headsets. The idea from researchers associated with Google and the University of Minnesota uses proxies to bridge the gap between the space in arm's ... more - uploadvr

Hidden Memories of The Gardens Between Review: A Short But Moving Indie Gem

Hidden Memories of The Gardens Between is a moving story about childhood best friends, offering an enjoyable VR take on the flatscreen indie puzzler. Read on for our full review. If you're someone who played 2018's The Gardens Between on flatscreen platforms, ... more - uploadvr

YORO Increases VR Frame Rates By Rendering One Eye & Synthesizing The Other

Researchers developed a technique to increase the frame rate of VR by synthesizing the second eye's view instead of rendering it. The paper is titled "You Only Render Once: Enhancing Energy and Computation Efficiency of Mobile Virtual Reality", ... more - uploadvr

Orbx Reveals Jurassic World DLC for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024

Orbx announced its latest DLC pack for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, and this time, the flight plan looks to take us to Jurassic Park. Jurassic World: Archipelago aims to bring the entire island chain shown across the popular film franchise into Microsoft ... more - uploadvr

Atompunk Puzzler UnLoop Arrives Next Month On Quest & Pico

UnLoop is a temporally twisted puzzle game arriving on Quest and Pico next month. Developed by CM Games (Into the Radius 2), UnLoop asks players to help themselves in the literal sense reminiscent of We Are One, by recording your actions and stacking ... more - uploadvr

Phasmophobia Gets A Classic American Diner Map Later This Year

Ghost hunting horror sim Phasmophobia confirmed its new map will arrive later this year, with the Grafton Farmhouse rework launching next week. Announced today by Kinetic Games, Phasmophobia will be receiving a new retro-themed map called 'Nell’s Diner.' ... more - uploadvr

Every PlayStation VR2 Game With Hand Tracking Support

After PlayStation VR2 games with PS5 Pro enhancements? Here's everything you need to know. Controller-free hand tracking has been available on standalone VR headsets for years, and PlayStation VR2 recently supported this option. As revealed during SIGGRAPH ... more - uploadvr

Donx27;t Move Challenges You To Stay Still Next Week On PC VR

Don't Move challenges you to survive a series of safety tests without flinching in next week's PC VR launch. Developed by Spectacular-Ocular, we previously learned about Don't Move back in May when a demo arrived on Steam. Playing as a test dummy working ... more - uploadvr

Ancient Dungeon VR Gets Mage Class, New Weapons And More In Major Update

Ancient Dungeon VR recently added sweeping expansions with Update 6, introducing the Mage class and more. To start, the voxel roguelike dungeon romp gets a new weapon set that sees players dual-wielding a wand and tome with five different attacks. These ... more - uploadvr

Horizon Worlds Desktop Editor Gets x27;Creator Assistantx27; AI Agent

Meta's Horizon Worlds Desktop Editor now has 'Creator Assistant', an AI agent capable of performing many development tasks. Meta launched the Worlds Desktop Editor for Windows in early access in February, alongside deprecating the in-VR creation tools ... more - uploadvr

Walkabout Mini Golf Passport Tokyo Opens August 14 With Neko Atsume Cats

In virtual reality you can explore Tokyo populated by only cats and capybaras. Walkabout Mini Golf is available now inside all major VR headsets with the opening date for the new Passport Tokyo destination set for August 14, 2025. Designers confirmed ... more - uploadvr

FunFitLand Adds Moving Meditation Series To The Fitness Platform

FunFitLand is introducing a “moving meditation” series to the VR fitness platform today. Now live on Quest, the latest FunFitLand update adds what developer DelightScape Interactives calls one of its “most significant additions” yet since launching in ... more - uploadvr

Meta Got 3 Full-Body Codec Avatars Running In Real-Time On Quest 3

Meta distilled its full-body Codec Avatars tech to render 3 at once on Quest 3 standalone, with some notable tradeoffs. 0:00 /0:38 1× For around a decade now, Meta has been researching and developing the technology it calls Codec Avatars, photorealistic ... more - uploadvr

Boxing Underdog Makes Strong Debut In Quest Revenue Charts

Boxing Underdog reached #4 for top-earning games by revenue on Quest. Released last week in early access, VR fighting simulator Boxing Underdog by Monologic Games (Ven VR Adventure) has made a strong start in the top-earning games on Quest. Reaching ... more - uploadvr

The Room VR & Starship Troopers Are Augustx27;s Horizon+ Monthly Games On Quest

The Room VR and Starship Troopers: Continuum are the Meta Horizon+ monthly redeemable games for August 2025 on Quest. What Is Meta Horizon+? The Meta Horizon+ subscription lets you redeem two pre-selected games each month, alongside a rotating selection ... more - uploadvr

Questx27;s Instagram App Now AI-Converts Videos To 3D Too

You can now scroll Instagram Reels on a huge 3D virtual screen. Back in May, Meta started rolling out automatic 3D conversion for all photos on Instagram when viewed in the Horizon OS app. "Thanks to our AI view synthesis algorithms, we can transform ... more - uploadvr

Hidden Pictures: Agent Q Gets Major Free Update With New Puzzles

Family-friendly mixed reality puzzle adventure Hidden Pictures: Agent Q received a major free content update. Announced during AWE 2025, developer Newmatic released its first major update for Hidden Pictures: Agent Q last week. Playing as the titular ... more - uploadvr

Every PlayStation VR2 Game With PS5 Pro Enhancements

Looking for PS VR2 games with PS5 Pro enhancements? Here's everything you need to know. Almost four years after the original PS5 was released, the higher-end PlayStation 5 Pro is here with a mid-generation upgrade. Available now from $700, the PS5 Pro ... more - uploadvr

Tim Cook: Apple Continues To Be "Very Focused" on visionOS

Tim Cook says that Apple continues to be "very focused" on visionOS. "This is an area that we really believe in", Cook told investors during Apple's fiscal Q3 2025 earnings call this week. "I was thrilled with the release from ... more - uploadvr

Zuckerberg: People Without Smart Glasses Will Be At "Cognitive Disadvantage"

Mark Zuckerberg claims that in the future, people without AI-capable smart glasses will be "at a pretty significant cognitive disadvantage". Zuckerberg made the claim as part of his response to a Wall Street analyst's question during Meta's ... more - uploadvr

DJI Osmo 360 Captures HDR 8K 360° Video At 50FPS

DJI just launched its first 360° camera, called Osmo 360. 0:00 /2:12 1× In recent years, Insta360 has been leading the consumer 2D 360° market, with relatively affordable devices that record 8K at 30fps, 5.7K at 60fps, or 4K at 100fps. Now DJI, the world's ... more - uploadvr

Besiege VR Review: A Physics Sandbox That Always Belonged In VR

Crafting an invasion in VR has never felt this immersive. Besiege VR is a sandbox for chaos and destruction. When the flatscreen game first released on Steam in early access in 2015, the simplicity and freedom in how you solve the myriad puzzles it placed ... more - uploadvr