2023 Sections
Hands-on: ‘Stifled’ Oozes Style With Its Terrifying Visual Re-imagination of Echolocation
Stifled is an upcoming first-person horror game from Singapore-based studio Gattai Games. Heavily featured at this year's Gamescom, in no small part thanks to their partnership with Sony Interactive Entertainment that's seeing a number of Asian-born titles coming West, we got a...
‘Moss’ Developer Polyarc Raises $9 Million to Expand into AR Development
Polyarc, the game studio behind the hit VR title Moss (2018), announced today that is has raised $9 million to grow the studio's expertise in augmented reality development in addition to virtual reality.
As an indie studio, Moss is so far...
Valve Reveals Knuckles EV3 Dev Kit, Planning Production of “Much greater quantities”
Having revealed the 'Knuckles' EV2 controller development kit just a few months ago, Valve has rapidly incorporated improvements based on feedback from developers and today revealed the updated EV3. The company says will be "produced in much greater quantities...
Acer: ‘We’re continuing to explore & invest in XR’
Following confirmation of the cancellation of its latest ConceptD OJO VR headset, Acer says it's still in the XR game.
Earlier this week Acer confirmed that it decided to cancel its ConceptD OJO headset; it had been 10 months since...
Oculus Now Accepting OpenXR Apps on Quest & Rift, a Big Step for Cross-platform Development
OpenXR is a widely supported open standard which aims to make cross-platform VR development easier by allowing developers to build around a single API rather than porting their apps to many different APIs. Today the company announced that developers...
New Quest Update Reimagines the Landing Page, Once Again Sequestering Your App Library
Instead of taking you right to your library of installed apps, Meta is making yet another perplexing change to the Quest landing page in v57.
Since the earliest days of Meta's VR platform, the company has been seemingly obsessed with not...
‘Moss: Book II’ to Release on Quest 2 Next Month
Having received a strong reception on PSVR back at the end of March, Moss: Book II from developer Polyarc is now set to release on Quest 2 starting next month.
Update (June 9th, 2022): Polyarc today announced during UploadVR's Summer Showcase that...
Why Apple Can’t Ignore VR Forever
Apple Vision Pro is coming next year, not only making for the Fruit Company's much awaited first XR headset, but also spurring a resurgence in public interest (and likely investment) in the XR space. At $3,500, Vision Pro is...
Sony Cuts Price of PSVR & PS4 Console by $100 for Week-long Black Friday Sale
With major US retailers already greasing the wheels of their shopping carts in preparation for the yearly scramble we call Black Friday, Sony today announced on the US PlayStation blog that it's temporarily lowering the price of all PlayStation VR...
XR News Bits – New Quest Games, Unexpected Updates, and the First Open Platform for Spatial...
In this edition of XR News Bits we've got a handful of noteworthy Quest games (some also on PC VR), an unexpected update from a VR game release more than two years ago, and the first open streaming platform...
‘Assetto Corsa EVO’ Launches on PC VR Headsets in Early Access, But You May Want to...
Assetto Corsa EVO made its big Early Access launch on Steam yesterday, bringing the next iteration of the racing franchise to both flatscreen and PC VR headsets. It's getting mixed reviews, although VR users in particular are warning that you...
HTC’s Black Friday Sale Gets You a Free Audio Strap with Vive Purchase, Free ‘Fallout 4...
HTC recently announced they'll be sweetening the pot this Black Friday for potential Vive-owners located in North America by throwing a free Deluxe Audio Strap your way when you purchase an HTC Vive. The deal also includes the previous...
Sequel to Quest’s Most Popular VR Boxing Game Teases Release in New Trailer
Thrill of the Fight 2, the upcoming sequel to Quest's most popular VR boxing sim, seems to be gearing up for release, as studios Sealost Interactive and Halfbrick Studios tossed out its first teaser trailer.
Update (September 16th, 2024): Announced early...
Travel Mode is the Latest Vision Pro Feature to Come to Quest 2 & 3
Meta is finally rolling out the long-awaited travel mode for Quest 2 and Quest 3, ostensibly hacking away another unique feature from Apple Vision Pro.
Update (May 13th, 2024): Meta says the new Quest 2/3 Travel Mode was specially tuned...
Meta is Pulling the Plug on Quest 1 Security Patches Next Month
Meta announced that security patches for Quest 1 are officially coming to an end next month, marking the final phase-out of the now five-year-old headset.
Meta sent an email to Quest 1 owners on Friday stating the 2019-era Quest will...



















