Meta Quest & VR news
Updated hourlyHand-picked headlines from the VR press: UploadVR, Road to VR, The Ghost Howls and the official Meta Quest Blog. Every story links straight to the original publisher.
Quest 3 Update Unlocks Huge Boost in Refresh Rate, Up to 240Hz
Meta just pushed an update to Quest 3 that’s effectively boosted the headset’s refresh rate up to 240Hz-or 207Hz at the headset’s full resolution. Whether you’ll actually be able to make good use of it remains to be seen though. The News As first spotted by ‘Luna’ on X, Horizon…
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As VR Gaming Looks for New Footing, the Out-of-Home XR Entertainment Space is Still Building
The investment and development community are constantly striving to find the next profitable sector in XR, turning to new business opportunities following a turbulent time in the consumer VR gaming space. One area of interest is in out-of-home XR attractions, known widely in the…
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Veteran VR Studio Schell Games Confirms Layoffs Affecting 10 Percent of Staff
Schell Games, the veteran VR studio behind spy-themed puzzle series I Expect You to Die and Among Us 3D, confirmed it has laid off around 10 percent of staff. As initially noted by Game Developer, multiple Schell Games employees posted on LinkedIn late last week that the studio…
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‘GTA 6’ Gameplay Showcase Showed VR Gameplay, But Not the Kind You Were Hoping For
GTA 6 will surely be among the most asked for VR ports of the next decade, and that made a parody in the newly released gameplay showcase especially vicious. Developer Rockstar Games today finally made its big GTA 6 gameplay reveal, showing 26 minutes of gameplay from the highly…
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Google Reportedly Working on New Live Translation Feature for Android XR
Google is reportedly testing a new ‘Listening area’ mode for Google Live Translate on Android XR, something that sounds like a headlining feature for the company’s upcoming fleet of smart glasses. Google has always said it’s bringing real-time translations to its Android XR, so…
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New Dev Tool From Meta Enables AI to Quickly Test Quest Games
Meta has introduced Meta XR Operator, an experimental tool designed to let AI coding agents autonomously build, test, debug, and visually verify VR apps. The News Using AI agents, developers have been able to speed up code-reading and writing in addition to running tests and…
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Survival Shooter ‘Into the Radius 2’ Comes to PSVR 2 Next Month
CM Games announced its survival shooter Into the Radius 2 is finally coming to PSVR 2 next month. Into the Radius 2 is slated to arrive on PSVR 2 on September 24th, which is set to include the full single-player campaign at launch. The studio says the game’s planned two-player…
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Pico’s Vision Pro Competitor Delayed Amid Cancelled September Reveal
Pico was set to debut its next flagship standalone XR headset early next month, however now the ByteDance subsidiary says it’s postponing the reveal and release date of its long-awaited Apple Vision Pro competitor. The News Initially teased earlier this year as ‘Project Swan…
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Arm Patents Method to Reduce XR Motion Sickness Using Ultrasound
A newly granted patent from Arm describes a head-mounted system that analyzes motion in the images headed to a display, then sends control signals to ultrasonic transducers intended to stimulate the wearer’s vestibular system and control their sense of balance. The basic aim is…
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Steam Frame Unboxing & Setup Videos Leak, Pointing to Imminent Launch
It looks as though Valve is actually gearing up to release Steam Frame, as user setup videos have leaked showing off unboxing and first-time user experience with Valve’s first standalone VR headset. As first reported by Steam Hardware Updates on X, the ARM Steam Client got an…
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XREAL AURA Surpasses 10,000 Unit Reservations Ahead of Launch This Fall
XREAL today announced that XREAL AURA, the first AR glasses running Google’s Android XR operating system, has now surpassed 10,000 global reservations. Xreal says the reservation milestone for the company’s latest flagship AR glasses has shown “strong early demand across…
Read on Road to VRPico’s Vision Pro Competitor Gets Official Name and Debut Date
Pico’s Vision Pro competitor is set to debut at a special event in Beijing early next month, which is now officially named Pico Space Pro. As first reported by Chinese outlet Nweon, Pico Space Pro is suspected to be the company’s Project Swan standalone VR headset, which the…
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‘Into the Radius 2’ Leaves Quest Early Access Aug 27, Including Campaign & New Content
CM Games announced its VR survival shooter Into the Radius 2 is officially leaving early access on Quest 3 and Quest 3S next week, bringing along with it a host of new (to Quest) content. First launched on PC VR headsets in late 2024, Into the Radius 2 actually already left…
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How to Find Every Major PC VR Mod in One Place
Finding PC VR mods has always meant wading through a patchwork of Discord threads, news articles and GitHub repositories. Thanks to a new PCVR Central database though, you can now find it all in one place. The News Reddit user ‘camracks’ launched the PCVR Central database last…
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‘High on Life’ is Getting an Official VR Port for Quest, PC VR & PSVR 2 Next Year
Announced during the VR Games Showcase, Flat2VR Studios revealed it’s collaborating with Squanch Games to again work its flatscreen-to-VR magic on the comedic sci-fi shooter, High on Life (2022). The official VR port is targeting Meta Quest, PSVR 2 and SteamVR headsets. In the…
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Everything Announced at the August 2026 VR Games Showcase
The VR Games Showcase’s second anniversary event just wrapped up, delivering massive new game announcements. Missed the show? Fear not – we’ve wrapped up every announcement for you right here, including all trailers show in both the main and pre-show. Enjoy! VR Games Showcase…
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Quest’s Second Best-selling VR Game of All Time is Getting a Flatscreen Sequel
FarBridge, the Austin-based studio behind Quest strategy Homeworld: Vast Reaches (2024), has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help support the development of a flatsceen entry in the Job Simulator series. The News Called Job Simulator: Human Relations, the officially licensed…
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Hit VR Game ‘Beat Saber’ Gets First Price Cut After 7 Years, and I Think I Know Why
Breakout VR rhythm game Beat Saber has been priced at $30 ever since its 2019 launch, and has never once gone on sale since. In a surprising move, Meta has quietly slashed the price of Beat Saber to $20 on Quest, SteamVR, and PSVR 2. The News Beat Saber is one of the best…
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‘Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ VR Mod Nears 1.0 Release, ‘Mario Kart 8’ VR Mod Teased
Crementif released the ‘BetterVR’ mod for Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) last December, bringing full 6DOF support and motion controls to the game on PC VR headsets. Now, nearing the mod’s 1.0 launch, not only has BetterVR gotten even better, but…
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Apple Brings Live MLB Games to Vision Pro Starting August 28
Apple and Major League Baseball (MLB) announced they’re bringing a handful of live baseball games to Vision Pro, with livestreamed games starting on August 28th. When Apple initially announced the number of games it had licensed in the August baseball schedule, it wasn’t clear…
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VR Design Unpacked: Everyone Should Know These VR Interface Basics
Our series Inside XR Design examines specific examples of great XR design. Today we’re looking at the game Electronauts and what it can teach us about smart VR interface design. Editor’s Note: Electronauts was released eight years ago this week! It was featured in the pilot…
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‘MemoMind One’ Kickstarter Hits $1M, Making a Strong Case for Camera-less Display Glasses
China-based projector manufacturer XGIMI launched a crowdfunding campaign in June for its first smart glasses, MemoMind One, which is banking on consumer interest in display-clad smart glasses that don’t contain cameras. Now the campaign has reached $1 million, giving the…
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Valve Quietly Lowered ‘Steam Frame Verified’ Badge Requirements for Native VR Games
Valve quietly changed the requirements for games aiming to run natively on Steam Frame, the company’s long-awaited standalone headset. The News Valve first announced at Game Developers Conference (GDC) earlier this year that developers would need to hit two specific stats if…
Read on Road to VRVR Games Showcase Returns August 13th with Major Flat2VR Studios Reveals & More
VR Games Showcase is turning two years old soon, and this time around VR’s biggest gaming showcase is promising another slate of VR game reveals and updates from this year’s most anticipated titles. Mark your calendars for August 13th at 11AM PT (local time here) for what VRGS…
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Viture Pro 2 is the Company’s Thinnest & Lightest AR Glasses Yet, Priced at $300
VITURE today launched its latest AR glasses, VITURE Pro 2, which the company calls its thinnest, lightest and most comfortable yet. Alongside it, Viture also unveiled a new, more pocketable USB-C dock which lets you connect to a wider range of devices, such as Nintendo Switch 2…
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