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The cast and crew of the new documentary The Reality of Hope gather on the virtual couches of a Furality map to grant me an interview in VR. It’s a mix of different avatars facing me: a sunny-looking human, an otter wearing a green...

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Welcome back to the XR News Roundup, and our latest edition is live with extra stories from this week. Across gaming, we've seen a few surprise reveals like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City and World War Z VR. Years after its...

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Inspired by Wing Commander and X-Wing, Alliance Peacefighter brings a story-driven space sim to PC VR next week. Created by Manchester-based studio Urban Logic Games, Alliance Peacefighter previously appeared in February's Steam Next Fest...

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Eight years after Nibre’s MotherVR mod put basic VR support in Alien: Isolation, a different modder is attempting to complete the job with a full overhaul. Read on for our first impressions of the GRAND-MotherVR Mod. When shown at E3 in...

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Bono: Stories of Surrender, the first-ever feature-length Apple Immersive Video, is out now on Apple Vision Pro. 0:00 /2:06 1× At 1 hour 26 minutes, the documentary dwarfs the previous longest Apple...

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From futuristic racers to The Smurfs, June has a few new VR games. Here are our monthly highlights. May delivered another busy month full of new releases, and June's looking a little quieter. Last month prominently featured The Midnight...

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Out of Sight's “second-person” perspective proves it's already a great fit for VR, even with more polish to come. We all know VR is at its best when you can immerse yourself in the experience, but sometimes immersion doesn't necessarily...

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Anduril is teaming up with Meta to build XR products for US and allied militaries, starting with the EagleEye AR/VR helmet. Palmer Luckey's defense firm says the partnership will see the two companies "design, build, and field a range of...

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Badminton Time VR, a multiplayer arcade sports game, confirmed a PlayStation VR2 release date next month. Developed by Belgian studio Fishing Cactus, Badminton Time VR is a family-friendly multiplayer sports game that initially released as...

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Phasmophobia will overhaul the VR co-op horror game's evidence collection system in next month's 'Chronicle' update. The next major Phasmophobia update on its 2025 roadmap, Kinetic Games confirmed that 'Chronicle' arrives on June 24. This...

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The World’s Fair, ever since the 1800s, has existed for two purposes: to bring countries together, and to showcase the technology of the future. It’s where Walt Disney showcased his animatronic revolution that would later become the star...

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Don't Move is a 'test your nerves' PC VR game from a solo developer, and a Steam demo is now available. Developed by Spectacular-Ocular, Don't Move challenges you to stay perfectly still, regardless of what comes towards you. Playing as a...

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Co-op action game Drop Dead: The Cabin added a room editor, support for Meta's latest avatars, and more in a new update. Released two years ago, Drop Dead: The Cabin is a co-op zombie wave shooter reminiscent of Call of Duty Zombies....

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Skydance's Behemoth will receive a major free update next week on all platforms. Announced last night via social media, Skydance Games teased the upcoming update titled “The Rites of Wrath” with a brief video, stating this includes two new...

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Meta plans to open more retail stores, Business Insider reports. Currently there is only one physical Meta Store, in Burlingame, California beside one of the company's campuses. Opened in 2022, Meta uses it to demo and sell its Quest...

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Team Beef is (unofficially) porting the PC gaming classic Counter-Strike 1.6 to Quest and Pico standalone headsets. Counter-Strike is the latest project from the modding team that has brought a wide range of classic PC gaming titles to...

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World War Z VR reimagines the popular zombie shooter this summer on Quest and Steam. Developed by Saber Interactive, World War Z VR reimagines the studio's flatscreen zombie shooter of the same name, amping up the intensity by letting you...

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When asked about PS VR2 games in development, Sony's Insomniac Games responded "We do not have plans for this." The response came on X, and the context of the question was an Insomniac post welcoming summer interns. UploadVR has reached...

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The Phoenix Gene, a narrative third-person shooter and the debut game from developer HEROmation, launches on Quest next week. Controlling a phoenix called Firestorm, The Phoenix Gene sees players navigate a series of increasingly perilous...

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D-Day: The Camera Soldier is a spatial documentary out now exclusively on Apple Vision Pro. Priced at $5 on the App Store, the experience blends 3D video, immersive video, and rendered scenes to tell the story of combat cameraman Richard...

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Hard Bullet, the physics-based combat game inspired by Hong Kong action movies, is out now on Quest 3 and 3S. Previously announced earlier this year, Hard Bullet by developer GexagonVR first arrived back in 2020 as a PC VR exclusive, and...

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Gorn 2 development studio Cortopia revealed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City is coming to major VR headsets in 2026. A teaser trailer doesn't show any gameplay, though there are a few screenshots revealed on the store pages on...

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Unseen Diplomacy 2: Spy Harder expands upon the roomscale espionage experience with a full campaign on Quest and PC VR. Nine years since Unseen Diplomacy launched on PC VR, Cornish developer Triangular Pixels seeks to build upon the...

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Epyka launched on Quest earlier this year and is set to arrive on PlayStation VR2 next week. Developed by Singular Perception, Epyka is a narrative-driven puzzle game where players explore a mysterious island as the titular archaeologist...

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FYR: The Lost Island's immersive horror setting can be explored in detail with its prequel demo, which is available now on Steam. Developed by Breach, FYR: The Lost Island is a narrative horror experience that puts you in the shoes of a...

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Les Mills XR Bodycombat brings back six endurance training sessions with today's Never Surrender DLC on Quest, Steam, and PS VR2. Announced at the VR Fitness Summit before today's launch, Odders Lab is now offering a permanent way to...

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Our latest XR News Roundup is live, bringing you more stories from last week. Across gaming, this week's Creature Feature had plenty of reveals with new games like Crossings, Deadly Delivery and Adepts Arena, alongside updates on Laser...

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CleanSheet Pro is a subscription-based VR soccer sim for training goalkeepers, and the sequel arrives this year on Quest 3. Developed by Belfast-based team Incisiv, the studio announced its upcoming CleanSheet Soccer successor today during...

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A new research paper published by Stanford VR researchers in the top social science journal combs through decades of study and suggests five ground truths about the medium. The chart below from the paper in Nature Human Behavior outlines...

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Into The Darkness, the physics-based PC VR action game, confirmed an early access launch next week. Developed by 9 lives and Cosmos Games, Into The Darkness is an atmospheric narrative-driven sci-fi adventure that also features an...

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Anime-inspired roguelite Mecha Force received its full release on Quest alongside a PC VR port. Following an early access launch in December, Mecha Force from developer Ming Studio takes inspiration from Shin Getter Robo and Gurren Lagann,...

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Meta has partnered with Blumhouse to bring social VR experiences based on its movies to Horizon Worlds. Blumhouse is the studio behind the biggest horror movie franchises of the 21st century, including Paranormal Activity, Insidious,...

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Apple plans to launch its competitor to the Ray-Ban Meta glasses in late 2026, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. Gurman, who has a strong track record of reporting on Apple products in advance of an official...

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Mezmer is a hidden gem tucked away in the Meta Horizon store that delivers mind-blowing interactive experiences set to your favorite music in Quest headsets. Over the years, I've tried a few different music visualization apps in VR, but...

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Alex and the Jets is a lighthearted arcade game that turns your play space into a dogfight arena. Initially released in early access last month, Alex and the Jets is the debut mixed reality title from HOOP-O Studios. Playing as Alex the...

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Out of Sight VR, an atmospheric puzzle-adventure using a second-person perspective, is out now on Steam Early Access. Developed by The Gang and Flat2VR Studios, Out of Sight VR is a puzzle game where you guide a blind girl called...

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Meta is rolling out the Horizon OS interface overhaul to some Quest owners on the PTC, and will bring it to everyone "over the coming months". Called Navigator, Meta announced the new system interface at Connect 2024 back in September,...

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COLD VR: SUB-ZERO Edition overhauls the action shooter with a free update next month, and we interviewed the developer to learn more. Previously launched in February, COLD VR by Allware LLC is an action game where time slows down as you...

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Games made in the Godot engine can now run in a window on visionOS, with immersive XR support planned for later this year. If you're unaware, Godot is a free and open-source alternative to Unity and Unreal Engine. It's technically...

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Neon Cipher is a new VR puzzle action platformer inspired by Moss and Portal, and it's out next month on Quest and Steam. Developed by Vancouver studio eXomorph Games, the studio describes Neon Cipher as a blend of “the tactile diorama...

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A VR high-speed racing game, V-Racer Hoverbike, is making its Quest debut next month. Developed by VertexBreakers, V-Racer Hoverbike is a high-octane motorbike racing game where players fly down futuristic tracks, earning XP and upgrades....

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The Ray-Ban Meta glasses are now available in India, Mexico, and the UAE, Meta's widest hardware expansion yet. This includes support for Meta AI, which Meta has now rolled out to all the countries where it sells smart glasses. What Are...

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VR survival shooter Into the Radius 2 is now available in early access on Quest 3 and 3S. Playable alone or in co-op, Into the Radius 2 is a survival shooter where you're tasked with navigating the hostile Pechorsk Security Zone....

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Iron Man and Elf Director Jon Favreau attached his name to a couple experiences in headset over the years and they’re delightful explorations of light interaction. In 2016, he sat down with me for an interview at the initial release of...

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Prehistoric eco-aware educational sim Dino Hab is now available for Meta Quest and we went hands-on for some impressions. Dino Hab aims to be a full ecosystem building tool blended with entertainment, containing a heavy emphasis on...

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Syberia, the classic point-and-click adventure, is getting a VR edition on Quest 3 later this year. News emerged during yesterday's Syberia Remastered reveal for flatscreen platforms, which is remaking the 2002 adventure from Benoît Sokal...

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Play For Dream MR, the high-end Android standalone headset, now has Guy Godin's app Virtual Desktop on its store. Originally founded in China as YVR in 2020, the headset company renamed itself to Play For Dream and reincorporated in...

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Hide The Corpse, the VR body-hiding simulator, introduced optional game-complicating effects in its latest update. Developed by Realcast (Just Hoops), Hide The Corpse is a wacky physics puzzler that challenges players to find and then hide...

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At Google I/O 2025, the company gave another on-stage demo of "prototype" smart glasses with a HUD. We say another because the same duo, Shahram Izadi (Google's Android XR lead) and Nishtha Bhatia (a Google PM), gave a very similar demo on...

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Every June* and December, UploadVR holds its biannual Showcase where it premiers the latest VR and MR experiences. Over the years, indie creators and larger studios have trusted UploadVR to debut their exclusive teasers, trailers, and...