Meta Strikes Against Quest’s Most Prominent Outlet for Pirated VR Games
One of the most prominent VR game piracy groups has been shut down following a DMCA notice which was apparently issued by Meta.
‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ PSVR 2 Gameplay Revealed Ahead of April Update
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is getting its ‘Sim 5’ update soon, which is slated to bring PSVR 2 support to the PS5 version of the game.
Meta Shows Confidence in EMG Input for Wearables by Funding Six External Studies
Meta announced it’s tapped six external teams to receive a research grant in order to advance work on its surface electromyography (sEMG) based wristband controller.
Ubisoft Ends Game Development at Studio Behind ‘Assassin’s Creed VR’
Ubisoft is ceasing game development at Red Storm Entertainment, the long-running studio behind Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR (2023).
NVIDIA’s Cloud Gaming Now Supports up to 90 FPS on Quest, Vision Pro & Pico Headsets
Nvidia announced back at GDC earlier this month that it was upping framerate on its GeForce NOW cloud gaming service for VR headset streaming. Now the company has pushed the official update, which supports a host of popular standalone XR headsets.
XR Startup Lynx Appears to Enter Liquidation Proceedings Ahead of R2 Headset Launch
The company behind Lynx has entered liquidation proceedings ahead of launch of its upcoming Lynx-R2 XR headset, which is targeted at both consumers and enterprise.
Meta to Keep Existing ‘Horizon Worlds’ VR Experiences on Life Support for Time Being
Meta previously announced it was shuttering the VR version of Horizon Worlds, but now it seems the company has changed course, revealing that some experiences will still be accessible on Quest moving forward.
PSVR 2 Team Shooter ‘Firewall Ultra’ is Shutting Down in September
Firewall Ultra (2023), the tactical team shooter for PSVR 2, is officially set to go offline just three years after its initial launch.
Meta is Permanently Shuttering the VR Version of ‘Horizon Worlds’ in June
Last month, Meta announced Horizon Worlds was going “almost exclusively mobile”, which included removing Worlds suggestions and generally deemphasizing the immersive social platform on Quest. Now, the company says it’s pulling the plug on Quest support entirely in June.
PSVR 2 Reportedly “jailbroken” for PC, Hackers Claim Eye-tracking and Haptics Unlock
A hardware hacker group previously behind the PSVR2Toolkit says it’s effectively “jailbroken” PSVR 2 for PC.
Quest Reached Record Number of Users in 2025, Pushing 100 VR Apps Over $1M in Gross Revenue
Meta’s Director of Games Chris Pruett revealed that Quest usage hit an all-time high in 2025, which helped over 100 games to generate more than $1 million in gross revenue last year.
Former Oculus CTO Calls Meta’s 30% VR Dev Fee “wasteful churn” in Face of Subsidizing Individual Apps
Legendary programmer and former Oculus CTO John Carmack doesn’t think Meta’s developer incentive structure is healthy for the Horizon Store ecosystem, calling it “wasteful churn.”
