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Thursday, June 19, 2025

UploadVR / Don Hopper

Pinball FX VR Explores Two New Tables With Tomb Raider DLC

— Explore the Secrets of Croft Manor and embark on the Adventures of Lara Croft in Pinball FX VR with the Tomb Raider Pinball DLC.

UploadVR / Henry Stockdale

VR Survival Game Neolithic Dawn Heads For Early Access On Quest Soon

— Neolithic Dawn offers physics-based crafting in an open world VR survival game, arriving next week in early access on Quest.

UploadVR / David Heaney

Vast's Haven-1 VR Experience Puts You Inside The First Commercial Space Station

— Vast's VR experience puts you inside Haven-1, set to be the first-ever private sector space station next year. It's available on Quest, Apple Vision Pro, and PC VR.

SkarredGhost / Skarredghost

A quick interview to Philip Rosedale about the metaverse, MR, and AI

— The day before yesterday, for the first time in my life, I had the opportunity to sit down with Philip Rosedale and spend some time with him. Philip is now back as CTO of Linden Lab (hence, of Second ...

UploadVR / David Heaney

Samsung's Headset Will Reportedly Ship In October - To South Korea

— Samsung's Android XR headset will launch in South Korea on October 13, NewsPim reports, with a "sequential" global rollout.

Road to VR / Scott Hayden

First Look at PSVR 2 Sense Controllers Working on Vision Pro

— Apple confirmed at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) last week that Vision Pro is set to support PSVR 2 Sense controllers when visionOS 26 launches this Fall. While still in developer beta, Y...

UploadVR / Henry Stockdale

Real VR Fishing Will Head To Oceania In Latest World Tour DLC

— Real VR Fishing heads for Australia and New Zealand in next week's Oceania DLC on Quest.

UploadVR / David Heaney

Prada Meta Glasses Are Reportedly Coming Too

— Prada Meta glasses are coming too, in addition to the existing Ray-Ban Meta glasses and soon-to-launch Oakley Meta glasses, CNBC reports.

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

UploadVR / Henry Stockdale

Climate Station Explores Climate Changes Through An Interactive Story On PS VR2

— Climate Station, a free interactive story focused on climate change developed by Sony, is out now on PlayStation VR2.

SkarredGhost / Skarredghost

I did Bungee Jumping in VR and it was crazy fun

— I guess you’ve heard it: the funniest experience on the AWE showfloor was “Anywhere Bungee VR” by the Japanese company Logilicity. Of course, I’ve tried it. I want to tell you more about this experien...

UploadVR / Luis Aviles

I Am Cat Now Has Multiplayer

— VR hit I Am Cat now has multiplayer, letting players roam free in a pirate map with friends.

UploadVR / Richie Shoemaker

Alliance Peacefighter Aims For The Stars With Frantic Space Action And Great Controls

— Alliance Peacefigher pays tribute to Wing Commander with a smooth, fast-paced space dogfighter, and it's out today for PC VR.

UploadVR / David Heaney

Meta Teases AI Generation Of Entire Horizon Worlds Coming "Very Soon"

— Meta Horizon Worlds Desktop Editor is getting AI Environment Generation "very soon", teased to let creators generate entire worlds from a text prompt.

UploadVR / Henry Stockdale

Escaping Wonderland Takes The Whimsical Adventure To Steam & PS VR2

— Whimsical first-person puzzle adventure Escaping Wonderland arrives today on Steam and PlayStation VR2.

Road to VR / Scott Hayden

‘Beat Saber’ to End PSVR & PSVR 2 Updates Starting Today, Multiplayer Shuts Down in 2026

— Meta-owned Beat Games announced its block-slashing rhythm game Beat Saber (2019) will no longer receive updates on PSVR and PSVR 2 starting today, with multiplayer slated to go offline early next year...

UploadVR / Henry Stockdale

Beat Saber Is Ending PlayStation VR & PS VR2 Support

— Beat Saber won't release any new content on PlayStation VR and PS VR2, and multiplayer will shut down for both headsets in January.

Road to VR / Scott Hayden

‘Into the Radius’ Studio to Release Time-Bending Puzzle ‘UnLoop’ on Quest & PC VR in September

— CM Games, the studio behind the Into the Radius series, announced it’s releasing its next game UnLoop in September, bringing single-player puzzles with a unique time-looping twist. As a spy infiltrati...

Road to VR / Scott Hayden

Meta-owned Dev Team of ‘Onward’ is Being Dismantled Following Major Game Update

— Onward (2020), the tactical mil-sim shooter from Meta-owned Downpour Interactive, got its big 2.0 update in March, bringing improved visuals and a host of new content to the game. Now, Downpour Intera...

Road to VR / Ben Lang

Vision Pro’s New Personas Are a Big Improvement, But How Will They Scale to Smaller Headsets?

— Apple is bringing a huge visual upgrade to its Persona avatars on Vision Pro in VisionOS 26. After seeing the new system first-hand, it’s hard not to be impressed. But a major question remains—how wil...

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

UploadVR / Henry Stockdale

Thief VR Studio's Next Game Based On "Flagship IP" From Major Movie

— A new job listing confirms Maze Theory's next game after Thief VR is based on a "flagship IP" in collaboration with a major movie.

UploadVR / David Heaney

OpenXR Spatial Entities Extensions Standardize Surfaces, Markers, Anchors & Persistence

— The new OpenXR Spatial Entities Extensions standardize surface detection, marker tracking, spatial anchors, and persistence.

UploadVR / Henry Stockdale

Meta Ceases Onward Development & Merges Downpour Into Camouflaj

— Meta has ended Onward's development and merged Downpour Interactive into the Batman: Arkham Shadow studio Camouflaj.

UploadVR / David Heaney

Meta's Spatial SDK For Engine-Free Quest Development Has Got Significant Upgrades

— Since launching it in September, Meta has made significant improvements to its Spatial SDK that lets developers build Quest apps without a game engine.

UploadVR / Don Hopper

Five Classic Oculus Rift Gems You Should Play Right Now

— VR gaming has come a long way since the days of the Oculus Rift CV1, and we're looking back at some early PC VR gems.

UploadVR / David Heaney

DAZN Gives US Quest Owners A Free 3D Tabletop View Of The FIFA Club World Cup

— Quest owners in the US can watch all FIFA Club World Cup games for free, including a 3D tabletop representation, and the finals will be streamed in 180°.

Road to VR / Scott Hayden

Vuzix Secures $5M Investment as Veteran Smart Glasses Maker Sets Sights on Consumers

— Vuzix, the veteran smart glasses maker, announced it’s secured a $5 million investment from Quanta Computer, the Taiwan-based ODM and major Apple assembler. The latest investment was the second tranch...

UploadVR / Henry Stockdale

Badminton Time VR Arrives Today On PlayStation VR2

— Badminton Time VR brings the multiplayer arcade sports game to PlayStation VR2 today.

UploadVR / Ian Hamilton

Jigsaw Night Is A Master Class In Interaction Design For Mixed Reality And VR

— Jigsaw Night from a single developer demonstrates what Horizon OS can do, from Shared Spatial Anchors to LIV.

SkarredGhost / Skarredghost

The XR Week Peek (2025.06.16): Meta and Oakley to release glasses on Friday, Snap to launch Specs in 2026, and more!

— A big hello from Cupertino, the city of Apple, here in the Silicon Valley! I’ll stay here a week to have meetings before going to Berlin to be a mentor at XRCC. I hope my time in the Bay Area will be ...

Monday, June 16, 2025

UploadVR / David Heaney

Puma Made A Quest-Only WebXR Shopping Experience For Its Latest Shoes

— Through a partnership with Meta, Puma has launched a Quest-only WebXR mixed reality shopping experience for its latest basketball shoe.

UploadVR / Don Hopper

Pinball FX VR Brings Classic Williams Cabinets To Life

— Nine official Williams pinball tables recently launched on Quest, and we’ve taken a closer look at all of them.

Road to VR / Ben Lang

What We Know So Far About Anduril’s ‘Eagle Eye’ Military XR Headset and Founder’s Reunion With Meta

— Palmer Luckey’s military tech company Anduril recently announced a partnership with Meta to build “the world’s best AR and VR systems for the US military.” In two recent public conversations, Luckey o...

UploadVR / Don Hopper

The Connectome Demo At AWE Shows How Connect The Dots Can Be Spatial

— Connectome on Quest is a meditative version of Connect the Dots.

Road to VR / Scott Hayden

Meta Teases Oakley Partnership for Sportier Smart Glasses, Reportedly Releasing This Year

— Meta officially confirmed the expansion of its EssilorLuxottica partnership to include a pair of Oakley smart glasses—possibly arriving soon. Earlier this year, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported that M...

UploadVR / David Heaney

Oakley Meta Glasses Seem To Be Launching On Friday

— Oakley Meta smart glasses seem to be launching on Friday, as the two companies are both teasing a joint June 20 launch.

UploadVR / David Heaney

At Least 10 Million People Now Own Beat Saber On Quest Alone

— At least 10 million people now own Beat Saber on Quest alone, and the game is also available on PC, PlayStation VR, and PS VR2.

Road to VR / Scott Hayden

Disney in Talks with Jim Henson Company to Bring ‘The Muppets’ to VR

— Jim Henson’s Muppets could be coming to VR following talks with Disney—possibly offering a clue at the sort of content Meta reportedly hopes to bring to its next VR headset. Disney held an event on Ju...

UploadVR / Henry Stockdale

Dreams Of Another Wants To Explore Symbolism With Clouds

— Dreams of Another explores the symbolism of using guns to create instead of destroy. With a 1st person mode exclusive to PS VR2, we interviewed Q-Games to learn more.

Road to VR / Scott Hayden

One of Quest’s Most Popular Single-player Games Gets Multiplayer Mode as Social Sandboxes Take Over

— Sandbox adventure I Am Cat (2024) is all about stretching your chubby little paws, exploring the neighborhood, playing with dynamite—you know, cat things. Now the hit single-player game just got a new...

UploadVR / David Heaney

An Apple Executive Publicly Showed Their visionOS Persona For The First Time

— For the first time, an Apple executive has shown themselves using their visionOS Persona. Tim Cook remains the only exec seen wearing Vision Pro itself.