Top VR News
Friday, September 11, 2026
UploadVR / Mike Johnson
Moss VR Developer Polyarc Games Has Shut Down
— Polyarc Games, the developer of the two Moss VR games and Glassbreakers: Champions of Moss, has shut down.
UploadVR / Craig Storm
iPhone Duo Seemingly Can't Capture Spatial Photos Or Video
— Apple's $2000 iPhone Duo has two rear cameras, but seemingly can't capture spatial photos or video for viewing on Apple Vision Pro.
UploadVR / Mike Johnson
Real VR Fishing Celebrates 7th Anniversary With Prehistoric Sharks Event
— Real VR Fishing's seventh anniversary event kicks off Sept 15 on Quest and PC VR, bringing seven ancient sharks to hidden prehistoric locations for anglers to hook!
Road to VR / Scott Hayden
Meta’s Next-gen MR Headset Appears to Have Leaked Ahead of Connect
— Images of Meta’s ‘Project Phoenix’ mixed reality headset appear to have leaked ahead of its anticipated unveiling at Connect later this month. The News Serial leaker ‘Luna’ appears to have found video...
Thursday, September 10, 2026
UploadVR / Luna
First Clear Visuals Of Meta's Project Phoenix Headset Found In Quest Firmware
— The first visuals of Meta's Project Phoenix headset have been found in Horizon OS firmware, revealing a slim design with a tether for the compute puck.
UploadVR / James Tocchio
Exoshock Open Beta Begins Next Week On Quest & PC VR
— Exoshock developers PolarityOne announced that an open beta for their sci-fi VR shooter will launch next week.
UploadVR / James Tocchio
Golf+ Adds Mixed Reality "Immersive Putting" On Quest 3 & 3S
— Golf+ introduced a mixed reality feature that lets you use your real putter, but it comes with notable caveats.
UploadVR / Mike Johnson
The Barbie Dance 'N Dream Experience In Synth Riders Ends Later This Month
— Synth Riders' immersive Barbie Dance 'N Dream experience ends on September 30.
UploadVR / Mike Johnson
Revenge Thriller FPS I Am Your Beast Comes To PC VR Next Week
— Revenge thriller I Am Your Beast VR from Flat2VR Spark hits PC VR on September 17.
UploadVR / Mike Johnson
Murder Mystery Puzzler Detective VR Available Now For PC VR & PlayStation VR2
— Detective VR, a crime scene investigation puzzle game, is out now for PC VR and PS VR2. It launched on Quest in 2025.
UploadVR / Mike Johnson
Breachers: Outbreak Effectively Canceled By Triangle Factory
— Co-op zombie shooter Breachers: Outbreak has been put on hold by Triangle Factory, effectively canceled, less than three months after its reveal.
UploadVR / James Tocchio
Gunman Contracts: Stand Alone Early Access Review - Such Beautiful Violence
— Gunman Contracts: Stand Alone, out now on Steam in Early Access, is disgusting, violent, and brutal. It's also one of the best VR shooters we've ever played.
Road to VR / Scott Hayden
‘In Death: Unchained’ Gets New Season Starting This Month After 2 Years of Silence
— Award-winning rogue-lite bow-shooter In Death: Unchained (2020) isn’t dead, at least not with a new season coming later this month. The last actual update for In Death: Unchained was three years ago w...
Road to VR / Scott Hayden
‘No Man’s Sky’ Brings a Whole New Universe of Possibilities in Cosmos Update
— Hello Games has released its biggest update yet to VR-supported space sim No Man’s Sky (2016), completely overhauling space itself. At the game’s 2016 launch, space was admittedly barebones, offering ...
SkarredGhost / Skarredghost
RayNeo iO Smart Glasses full review: a strong focus on audio
— Last week, RayNeo launched its iO Smart Glasses, a pair of camera-free smart glasses meant to increase productivity and help users in their daily life. I immediately wrote a “first impression” article...UploadVR / Mike Johnson
Squingle Arcade Is Available Now For Free On PC VR
— Squingle Arcade, the follow up to the original fluid-maze-navigating puzzle game Squingle, is out now for PC VR.
UploadVR / Mike Johnson
The Lightkeepers Impressions: This Unique Co-op Tower Defense Wants You To Grind
— The Lightkeepers, out this week on Quest 3, has a satisfying gameplay loop that somehow works despite no individual part of the game being exceptional on its own.
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
UploadVR / Mike Johnson
With Steam Frame Looming, No Man's Sky Adds PC VR Eye-Tracked Foveated Rendering
— The new Cosmos update for No Man's Sky also adds eye-tracked foveated rendering on PC VR, boosting performance ahead of Valve's upcoming Steam Frame headset.
UploadVR / Mike Johnson
Color-A-Cube Voxelizes Walkabout Mini Golf Courses In New Collab
— Color-A-Cube has partnered with Walkabout Mini Golf for a four-week collaboration bringing four of Walkabout's courses into the voxel cube-coloring app.
UploadVR / Mike Johnson
In Death: Unchained Rises From The Ashes With A New Season Coming Later This Month
— In Death: Unchained on Quest will end its long-running season on September 29 and launch its new Fall Season 2026 on the same day.
UploadVR / Mike Johnson
Vaelorys Is A Spellcasting Action RPG For Quest You Can Play Right Now For Free
— Vaelorys is a Diablo-inspired dark fantasy ARPG that you can play right now for free via an open playtest on Quest.
UploadVR / Mike Johnson
No Man's Sky's Cosmos Update Overhauls The Outer Space Experience
— The free Cosmos update for No Man's Sky is out now, completely overhauling outer space with orbital bases, space station ownership, and massive hulks to salvage.
Road to VR / Scott Hayden
TikTok Parent Reportedly Building AI Model to Rival Google’s Genie for Real-Time Spatial Video
— TikTok parent ByteDance is reportedly preparing an AI model that could let you create real-time spatial videos similar to Google Genie. According to a Bloomberg report, ByteDance is readying an AI mod...
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
UploadVR / Mike Johnson
VRChat Wins Its First Emmy With Uncanny Alley: A New Day Immersive Theatre Production
— VRChat has won its first Emmy! The immersive theatre experience Uncanny Alley: A New Day took home the award for Outstanding Emerging Media Program.
UploadVR / James Tocchio
Tiny Flock, The New VR Game From The Makers Of Human: Fall Flat, Launches This Month
— The creators of Human: Fall Flat have announced their next game, Tiny Flock, is coming this month.
UploadVR / Craig Storm
Quest's Meta Virtual Display Got A New Name, Input Forwarding & Mac Parity
— The Meta Virtual Display feature of Quest headsets has continued to receive improvements, including input forwarding, and the Mac version now offers functionality previously exclusive to Windows.
UploadVR / Laura Mingail
Fovii Showcases Immersive Videos And Their Creators On Apple Vision Pro
— The Fovii app on Apple Vision Pro offers a new platform to experience 180-degree immersive videos and discover the creators behind them.
Road to VR / Scott Hayden
Pico Space Pro Clears FCC Following Cancelled September Reveal
— Pico’s upcoming Apple Vision Pro competitor, Space Pro, was initially meant to debut earlier this month, although the ByteDance subsidiary cancelled the event and postponed its reveal and release date...
UploadVR / Craig Storm
FunFitLand Brings Live Heart Rate Tracking Into VR With New Phone App
— FunFitLand's new smartphone app brings live heart rate data from compatible wearables directly into your VR workouts on Quest and Apple Vision Pro.
Monday, September 7, 2026
UploadVR / Laura Mingail
Museas & Astronoma On Apple Vision Pro Support Curiosity & Discovery
— What makes exploring art and science in spatial apps so compelling? We look at Apple Vision Pro apps Museas and Astronoma to learn how to design for curiosity and discovery.
UploadVR / Alicia Haddick
Secret Of The Pyramid Builders Is An Educational VR Wonder
— Excurio's latest immersive VR experience, The Secret of the Pyramid Builders, is an educational wonder that explores how the Great Pyramids were built.
SkarredGhost / Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2026.09.07): Steam Frame is getting a passthrough add-on, GPT-6 democratizes the creation of 3D content, and more!
— This has been the week when the Unity Cube has come back into the spotlight it deserves. I updated it to the latest Meta SDK, and now it can go up to 240 Hz on Quest 3! It is the first (or one of the ...MIXED / Chris Steven
MIT put a robot under 3.6 feet of Arctic ice and got data back through the ice
— MIT researchers sent a remotely operated robot beneath 3.6 feet of Arctic ice and managed to transmit data through the frozen surface, a step toward sensor networks that could eventually monitor huge ...
MIXED / Chris Steven
Steam Frame launch looks days away as Valve quietly prepares reservations
— Valve still refuses to give us a Steam Frame release date, but the company has now started making the same backend changes that appeared shortly before Steam Machine reservations opened. Two Steam Fra...
Saturday, September 5, 2026
UploadVR / Luna
