F1 22 VR Gameplay Revealed In New Video

We now have our first look at F1 22 running in VR. Earlier this week YouTuber Alex Gillon posted nearly 10 minutes of footage of the upcoming racing game running in a Quest 2 via Air Link as part of EA’s Creator Network. F1 22 VR Gameplay Revealed For ... more - uploadvr

Volleyball And DIY Go Karting – VR Games On Our Radar This Week

A DIY kart racer and new volleyball experience are just some of the new VR games on our radar this week! Every week we get a lot of updates on new VR games at Upload – so much so that we don’t have time to cover them all. This week we talked about news ... more - uploadvr

Meta Retiring Venues App & Building Events Into Horizon Worlds

Meta is moving events from Horizon Venues to the Horizon Worlds platform and shutting down the original app in June. The move effectively cuts off the original Oculus Quest from access to the company’s own social VR spaces just three years after the ... more - uploadvr

Requisition VR Delayed As Ukrainian & Russian Staff Relocate

Upcoming VR zombie survival game, Requisition VR, won’t be making its May launch window as its developers relocate staff from Russia and Ukraine. Requisition is developed by Arcadia VR, a studio that got its start in the location-based VR arcade business, ... more - uploadvr

Fitness App Liteboxer Adds Free Subscription Tier On Meta Quest

Quest’s latest fitness app Liteboxer has added a new free tier to its subscription model, giving users unlimited access to a selection of workouts without committing to the premium paid tier. Liteboxer launched two months ago as another paid fitness ... more - uploadvr

Zuckerberg Meets With Luxottica Chairman To Plan ‘New Smart Glasses’

Mark Zuckerberg met with Leonardo Del Vecchio to plan “new smart glasses” and demo Meta’s neural wristband. “Great to be back in Milan to discuss plans for new smart glasses with Leonardo Del Vecchio and the EssilorLuxottica team. Here Leonardo is using ... more - uploadvr

Smash Drums Adds 5 New Songs In Volcano Update

VR rhythm game Smash Drums is getting five new songs next week. The Volcano Update arrives as a free patch for owners of the game and includes music from new artists like Richy Mix, LeBrock and Seething Akira as well as more tracks from Young Medicine ... more - uploadvr

Elden Ring VR Mod! 15 Minutes Of Gameplay

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Hands-On: Elden Ring VR Mod Is An Incredible, Surprisingly Smart Conversion

Let’s get this out of the way first. No, Elden Ring doesn’t really ‘work’ in VR. That is to say the RPG masterpiece was never intended for this medium, and trying to tackle any boss or enemy with a first-person camera, constantly diving to the floor ... more - uploadvr

Beat Saber Electronic Mixtape Releases With Deadmau5, Pendulum, More

The Beat Saber Electronic Mixtape DLC is available now on all platforms. First announced during the Meta Quest Gaming Showcase back in April, the Electronic Mixtape features some of the biggest electronic artists today. The roster includes Deadmau5, ... more - uploadvr

Meta Built A Chip To Help Run Photorealistic Avatars On Standalone Headsets

Meta researchers built a custom chip to make photoreal avatars possible on standalone headsets. Facebook first showed off work on ‘Codec Avatars’ back in March 2019. Powered by multiple neural networks, the avatars are generated using a specialized capture ... more - uploadvr

The Stanley Parable Is Getting A VR Mod, First Footage Revealed

Next up for the VR mod treatment? The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe Edition. The new version of the surreal narrative experience was released last week and is developed by Accounting studio Crows, Crows, Crows. But modder Raicuparta, best known for their ... more - uploadvr

Virtual Desktop Adds Support For Hand Tracking 2.0 In New Update

A new update to Guy Godin’s Virtual Desktop app adds support for Meta’s new and improved hand tracking features. The free patch, which released yesterday, implements several new features. Highlighting the update, however, is support for hand tracking ... more - uploadvr

Fracked Graphics Comparison – PSVR vs PC VR!

Fracked’s new PC VR version releases tomorrow. How does it stack up next to the original? Find out in our Fracked graphics comparison! When Fracked first released on PSVR in the summer of 2021 it offered a rare tailor-made experience for the platform. ... more - uploadvr

Meta Research: Codec Avatars 2.0 Approach Complete Realism

Meta’s researchers are approaching complete realism with Codec Avatars 2.0, their prototype VR avatars using advanced machine learning techniques. Facebook first showed off work on ‘Codec Avatars’ back in March 2019. Powered by multiple neural networks, ... more - uploadvr

Here’s The First Gameplay Of F1 22 And Its New Course

We’ve got our first look at Codemasters’ upcoming F1 22, which is due to support PC VR headsets. The first footage from the game debuted this week, giving us a look at the Miami International Autodrome circuit that’s new to this year’s entry. Granted ... more - uploadvr

New VR Games May 2022

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Researchers Demonstrate Body Tracking From Cameras On VR Controllers

Carnegie Mellon researchers built a body tracking system using cameras on VR controllers. Consumer VR systems today only track the position of your head and hands. No system on the market comes with tracking for your torso or limbs, but some PC VR enthusiasts ... more - uploadvr

VR Adventure Game Area Man Lives Launches Next Week

Long-in-development VR adventure game, Area Man Lives, finally has a release date for next week. The title, which is developed by That Dragon, Cancer studio Numinous Games, arrives on May 12th for Quest and PC VR. It’ll cost $19.99. In Area Man Lives ... more - uploadvr

Quest 2 Inches Towards 50% Of SteamVR Usage Once Again

The Meta Quest 2 continued to inch towards 50% of total VR headset usage on Steam in an otherwise quiet Hardware Survey update. April’s results saw Quest 2 jump by 0.62%, rising to 47.92% of the total share of VR headsets used on Valve’s platform. After ... more - uploadvr

The Information: New Quest Headsets Slated For 2023 & 2024 Release

Meta is planning to release new versions of its Quest headset in 2023 and 2024, The Information reports . A Four-Headset Roadmap Meta plans to release four virtual reality headsets between now and 2024, according to an internal road map seen by The Information ... more - uploadvr

Meta: Project Cambria’s Price ‘Significantly’ Higher Than $800

The next VR headset from Meta should be priced significantly higher than $800, a spokesperson for the company wrote to UploadVR over email. The headset is currently known as Project Cambria and it is expected to ship later this year as a high-end work-focused ... more - uploadvr

What’s The Difference Between SideQuest & App Lab?

If you are a Quest owner you probably have heard of SideQuest. If by some miracle you haven’t heard of SideQuest, you are in for a treat. SideQuest is a VR content platform that gives users access to thousands of VR apps, experimental games, demos, and ... more - uploadvr

Eye Of The Temple Gets Speedrun Challenges On Steam

Highly rated room-scale PC VR title Eye of the Temple now includes speedrun challenges and leaderboards. The free update to one of 2021’s best PC VR games can turn the title into a bit of a workout with three speedrun challenges you can unlock by playing ... more - uploadvr

Supernatural To Host Star Wars Day Workout With Iconic Soundtrack

A Star Was- themed, one-day-only workout class for VR fitness app Supernatural takes place this week on Star Wars Day, featuring some of the franchise’s most iconic music. Supernatural has been available for a while now on the Quest platform, with a ... more - uploadvr

These 2 Games Reminded Me What VR Gaming Is All About

It’s easy to forget what VR gaming is all about. The hunt for deeper, longer experiences often leaves us chasing well-worn cliches: multi-hour epics with character progression, cinematic action sequences, stat buffs and complex systems. These are all ... more - uploadvr

New VR Games May 2022: All The Biggest Releases

Looking for the new VR games May 2022 list? We’ve got you covered with our full rundown. After a full April with the Meta Quest Gaming Showcase we’re back to a steady supply of launches in May. nDreams is bringing two titles to the table, and there are ... more - uploadvr

Firewatch VR Mod Is Now Complete

Perhaps one of the most demanded VR mods out there, Firewatch VR, is now complete. Developer Raicuparta recently moved their mod, named Two Forks VR, to a 1.0 release. This update doesn’t actually add much to the mod over the past release, but the developer ... more - uploadvr

Bigscreen Now Lets You Watch YouTube With Friends On Quest

Up to 15 people using Quest or PC VR headsets can watch YouTube videos together in Bigscreen with all the features of a fully logged in experience. That means people with Meta Quest, Valve Index, HTC Vive and all other SteamVR and Windows Mixed Reality ... more - uploadvr

Star Wars VR Experiences Discounted 50% Through May 5th

If you own a Quest and haven’t visited the Star Wars universe yet, now might be a good time to grab a lightsaber and check it out. From now through May 5th Star Wars experiences on Quest are 50% off, covering Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge, ... more - uploadvr