Quest is Outselling Nintendo Switch 2 on Amazon (and every other game console)
Despite being released more than a year ago, Meta’s Quest 3-series headsets are outselling Nintendo’s new Switch 2 console on Amazon, which was released just this Summer.
The Best VR Games of 2025 – Our Game of the Year Picks
Nearly a decade after consumer VR took its first real steps—driven by headsets like the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR—the medium has outgrown its novelty phase.
Capcom Has “No Plans” for a VR Mode in ‘Resident Evil Requiem’
Don’t get your hopes up for a VR adaptation of Resident Evil Requiem, the next survival horror from Capcom. The studio says it currently has “no plans” on the subject.
Last Minute Quest 3S Sale Drops Effective Price to an Unprecedented $91
What’s likely to be the best sale on Quest 3S this holiday season comes bundled with enough goodies to drop the effective cost of the headset to an unheard of $91.
Netflix Acquires XR Avatar Startup Ready Player Me
Netflix announced it’s acquiring Ready Player Me, the avatar creation platform, which the streaming giant hopes to leverage soon with the rollout of user personas across Netflix Games.
Quest Gets Disney+ App With Downloads for Offline Viewing, But No 3D Movies Like Vision Pro
The Disney+ video streaming service is finally available on Quest. While better late than never, it’s actually missing out on a few key features for now.
Meta “Pauses” Third-party Headset Program, Effectively Cancelling Horizon OS Headsets from Asus & Lenovo
Meta has “paused” its initiative to bring third-party Horizon OS headsets to the market. The company says it has shifted focus to “building the world-class first-party hardware and software needed to advance the VR market.”
New Quest Update Brings Big Upgrades to Hand-tracking
Meta has rolled out a new update to Quest that aims to drastically improve hand-tracking performance and reliability.
VR Design Unpacked: The Best Shotguns in VR (and what makes them feel great)
Our series Inside XR Design highlights examples of great XR design. Today we’re looking at shotguns in several different VR games to learn what makes them feel great in the player’s hand. In doing so, we’ll uncover the secret to making anything feel great in VR.
The First $100 You Should Spend on Meta Quest Games
Sneaking suspicion there’s a Quest 3 or Quest 3S under the tree? Whether you’re into active games, puzzles, or just want to slice or shoot the ever-living crap out of something, we’re here to help you settle into your new headset with a few games that should keep you playing for hundreds of hours yet to come.
The Seamless Dream: Killing The VR Loading Screen
In games, nothing breaks player flow like a loading screen, and in virtual reality this problem is amplified tenfold. ‘Presence’ or ‘immersion’, the magical yet fragile feeling of ‘being there’, is what makes VR so special. When a player is suddenly teleported out of a fantastical world and into a cold, black expanse with a solitary loading bar, the illusion is instantly shattered. Worse yet, unaccounted mini-loads can cause frame rate stutters and subsequent VR sickness. In this Guest Article, VR developer Charlie Cochrane explores a range techniques for designing around immersion-breaking loading screens.
