Tribeca Festival To Debut 10+ New VR Films In June

The Immersive line-up for the 2022 Tribeca Festival (commonly known as the Tribeca Film Festival) has been revealed, and it includes a whole host of new VR movies and experiences. This year’s selection is split into the Main Competition and the New Voices ... more - uploadvr

Blaston Gets Weapon Attachments, Fast Travel Games Collaboration In Reloaded Update

Fresh off of raising its price for a busy 2022 roadmap, Blaston is launching a major update today. The Blaston: Reloaded update includes many of the features developer Resolution Games previously teased. Headlining the update is the introducing of a ... more - uploadvr

How Owlchemy Labs Became VR’s Crash Test Dummies

We chronicle a partial history of one of VR’s best-known developers: Owlchemy Lab. I’m listening back through an interview with Andrew Eiche and Devin Reimer of Owlchemy Labs and we’re talking about the subtle genius of Half-Life: Alyx’s distance-grab ... more - uploadvr

Zuckerberg Sees Project Cambria ‘Eventually Replacing Your Laptop’

Mark Zuckerberg said he sees Project Cambria “eventually replacing your laptop”. Here’s how he described Cambria to Meta’s investors during the Q1 2022 earnings call: “On the hardware side, Meta Quest 2 continues to be the leading virtual reality headset. ... more - uploadvr

Meta’s Q1 AR/VR Revenue Up 35%, ‘Driven By Sales Of Quest 2’

Meta’s Reality Labs revenue grew 35% year-on-year in Q1 2022 – but costs grew 55%. Reality Labs is the division of Meta responsible for Quest VR hardware & software, Portal video calling appliances, and the Ray-Ban Stories camera glasses – as well ... more - uploadvr

Zombieland VR: Headshot Fever Adds Roguelike Arcade Mode

A new mode is coming to Zombieland VR: Headshot Fever, more than a year since the game first launched. It arrives tomorrow in the Arcade Attack update, adding a roguelike arcade mode that is designed to be much more approachable and instant compared ... more - uploadvr

Ghostbusters VR Isn’t Linked To Afterlife, May Feature Character Customization

The recently-announced Ghostbusters VR isn’t a sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Sony Pictures VR’s Jake Zim confirmed as much to IGN’s Taylor Lyles. “It is not a sequel to Afterlife,” he said. “It does not go deeper directly into the stories. It is ... more - uploadvr

Green Hell VR Dev Believes PSVR 2 Will Bring ‘Millions Of New VR Enthusiasts’

Green Hell VR developer Incuvo sounds bullish on PSVR 2. Speaking to Gamerant, CEO Andrzej Wychowaniec touched on the subject of Sony’s new headset and the features he was looking forward to. Particularly, Wychowaniec said he was looking forward to what ... more - uploadvr

Tokyo Chronos Dev Wants You To Choose Its Next VR Project

MyDearest, developer of the Chronos series, wants you to choose its next VR project. The Tokyo-based studio this week announced Project: Gathering, an initiative that asks fans to vote on one of three concepts for its next game. Each title is a multiplayer ... more - uploadvr

Moon VR Player Lets You Watch Videos In Passthrough On Quest 2

Moon VR Player lets you watch regular and 180° videos in passthrough on Quest 2. Moon VR was around years ago on the Samsung Gear VR, developed by a full team. In 2017 they ran out of funding and had to suspend development – though the app was maintained ... more - uploadvr

How To Fix Oculus (Air) Link Juddering On Windows 11

Back in October we tried installing Windows 11 and found Oculus Link juddered. Six months later this issue still remains, but there is a workaround. Oculus Link is a Quest feature which lets the device act as a PC VR headset, either wired via USB or ... more - uploadvr

Little Cities To Get Hand-Tracking Support In Post-Launch Update

Upcoming VR city-building sim, Little Cities, will get hand-tracking support in a post-launch update. Publisher nDreams confirmed as much today, noting that the game will get hand-tracking integration via a free update in June. Following on in July, ... more - uploadvr

Watch: Co-Op VR Shooter The Chewllers Gets Cinematic New Trailer

We’ve got a brand new look at The Chewllers, the cooperative VR shooter we announced at last winter’s Upload VR Showcase. The latest look at the game takes the form of a cinematic trailer starring the titular monsters. Chewllers are grimy little minion-like ... more - uploadvr

VR Awards Opens Nominations For 2022 Ceremony

Nominations are now open for the VR Awards 2022. As we reported last month, the annual show will return to London later this year for its first in-person event since the COVID-19 pandemic. The show will look to gather the VR industry under one roof on ... more - uploadvr

Oculus.com Replaced By ‘Meta Store’

Oculus.com now redirects to a new ‘Meta Store’ website. Specifically, oculus.com redirects to the Quest section of this new Meta Store. The Oculus blog and Oculus App Store seem to still exist at the old URL, for now at least – though Meta already has ... more - uploadvr

Build Your Own Quest VR Bundle Discounts Some Great Games

A bundle of Quest games offers significant discounts with Fanatical offering three, five, or nine games from a list for roughly $20, $30, or $50. The bundle comes by way of Fanatical, an online store that has “sold over 95 million keys to gamers in over ... more - uploadvr

Open Source Tool Makes Oculus Link Load Directly To SteamVR

An open source tool called OculusKiller makes Oculus Link load directly into SteamVR, disabling Oculus Dash. The tool, available on GitHub, was developed by software engineer ItsKaitlyn03. You may recognise that name – earlier this month Kaitlyn found ... more - uploadvr

Meta Opens First Store To Sell Quests, Portals, And Glasses

Meta’s campus in Burlingame, California will be home to its first physical retail space where you can check out Quest 2 and its accessories as well as the Ray-Ban Stories sunglasses and the Portal video-calling device. The store opens May 9 with interactive ... more - uploadvr

Wolfenstein II VR Mod Released

Machine Games’ shooter sequel, Wolftenstein II, now has a VR mod. Released over the weekend, the mod is the work of developer Helifax, and represents their first full VR mod having previously worked on 3D conversions of games like Doom Eternal. Check ... more - uploadvr

Report: Assassin’s Creed VR Called Nexus, Menu Footage Leaks

Supposed leaks may give us new information about the Assassin’s Creed VR game, apparently called Assassin’s Creed: Nexus. Two posts surfaced online this weekend, both citing the Nexus name for the Meta-exclusive project. Take note that these reports ... more - uploadvr

Elden Ring VR Mod In Development From GTAV Modder

An Elden Ring VR mod is in development. Modder Luke Ross, known for his series of REAL VR mods, is behind the upcoming ‘port’. As you can see in the video below, the mod will allow you to play the game in first-person, seeing the enormous world from ... more - uploadvr

Two Years On, Half-Life: Alyx’s Modding Community Is Stronger Than Ever

From gangsters to Rapture, Half-Life Alyx has a thriving modding community. Looking to learn more, we spoke to the developers behind the Levitation and Gunman Contracts mods, talking about the wider scene. We’ve witnessed some stunning creativity in ... more - uploadvr

Between Realities VR Podcast: Season 5 Episode 12 Ft. AnaBurn

In this week’s episode of the Between Realities VR Podcast, Alex and Skeeva host Anaburn, known for her cinematic mixed reality gameplay trailers. Ana discusses her professional approach to mixed reality. Other topics include the Meta Gaming Showcase, ... more - uploadvr

VRChat’s Avatar Dynamics System Aims To Upgrade Interactions

A new system for avatar interaction is now available in VRChat enabling users to interact with each other’s avatars in new ways. The Avatar Dynamics system was in open beta earlier this year, but now it’s fully launched and provides a host of new options ... more - uploadvr

Zenith Dev Talks Solarpunk And Anime Influences, Future Updates

Developer Ramen VR has attracted a great deal of attention from virtual reality (VR) enthusiasts since the release of Zenith: The Last City , with the game even briefly hitting the top of the Steam player charts . Though still in Early Access, fans are ... more - uploadvr

New Sci-Fi Racing Game And Cactus Cowboy Returns – VR Games On Our Radar This Week

A new sci-fi racing game and the return of Cactus Cowboy 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 ... more - uploadvr

Is Mark Zuckerberg Teasing Physical Meta Stores To Demo Quest?

Mark Zuckerberg shared an image that looks like it might be teasing physical Meta stores or retail displays for Quest demos. The image was posted to his Facebook wall with the caption “Any guesses where this was taken? “. It shows him wearing a Quest ... more - uploadvr

The Games Missing From Meta’s 2022 Quest Showcase

Yesterday’s Meta Quest Gaming Showcase delivered the goods with some big VR game reveals, but there was plenty left on the table. The short, sharp showcase played host to the announcement of Bonelab, Ghostbusters VR, Espire 2 and Red Matter 2, and specifically ... more - uploadvr

Upload VR Showcase Summer 2022 Airs This June!

Hello there! Well, now that the other VR showcase is out of the way, it seems like a good time to talk about what’s next. Today, we’re confirming that the Upload VR Showcase will return in June for our traditional summer show. Never seen an Upload VR ... more - uploadvr

Among Us VR Confirmed For PSVR 2 ‘When The Headset Is Released’

Schell Games confirmed a PSVR 2 release for Among Us VR this week, stating that the game will be available “when the headset releases.” A new gameplay trailer debuted this week for Among Us VR, which is set to release during the 2022 holiday season for ... more - uploadvr