A newly-discovered patent filing gives us what may be our best look yet at new PSVR controllers for the unannounced PSVR 2. The Japanese filing, first spotted by Let’s Go Digital, includes detailed diagrams of the devices from various angles. Though the text is in Japanese and we can’t translate, the designs do seem consistent […]
The creator of one of the most popular Oculus Quest comfort mods has confirmed work on a similar accessory for the next headset. Meet the Oculus Quest 2 Halo Strap mod. The design from VR Panda was teased on the modder’s Twitter account earlier this week. You can expect a full reveal next month, but […]
The opening chapter of Half-Life 2, ‘Point Insertion’, is one of the most memorable gaming experiences of all-time. And soon, with Project 17, you should be able to play it in VR. Project 17 was announced last week — it’s a new Half-Life: Alyx mod, currently in development, that aims to remake the entire opening […]
At Connect, Facebook revealed concrete details of its “off store” Oculus app distribution system launching next year. It will allow developers to create unlisted apps on Facebook’s Quest platform. Such apps can be shared via URL or keys. That URL will open in the Oculus mobile app, which will offer to install it on Quest […]
Oculus Quest 2 is getting ‘Infinite Office’ features with the aim of making it suitable for real productivity. While presented as a new experience, what we see in the Infinite Office trailer is actually an evolution of the current Quest interface, introduced as an Experimental feature back in March and now the default. The Oculus […]
In classic puzzle game form, Cubism is simple to understand but increasingly hard to master. But do its pieces fit together to form a perfect shape? Here’s our review of Cubism, available for Oculus Quest and PC VR. The basic premise of Cubism is as simple as it gets: you are presented with a wireframe […]
Nostalgia hits different in VR; it can recreate not only the things that what you once loved, but also the environment you were in when you loved it. There’s no better example of that all-encompassing nostalgia than Pixel Ripped 1995. [UploadVR regularly commissions freelance writers to review products, write stories, interview subjects, and contribute op-ed […]
A new step is required to sideload content on the Oculus Quest standalone headset. The option to use “unknown sources” on Oculus Quest is gated behind ‘Developer Mode’. Currently, enabling developer mode for your account requires agreeing to the Oculus Developer Terms of Service. From October 8, Facebook will also add a verification step requiring […]
Baobab Studio’s latest is coming soon. What did we think? Read our Baba Yaga VR review to find out. Few VR filmmakers have been as consistent over the years as Baobab Studios and its collection of sweet Pixar-like shorts. But with its latest project, Baba Yaga, consistency might be the problem. Premiering as part of […]
While many of Apple’s investments in innovative technologies pay off, some just don’t: Think back to the “tremendous amount” of money and engineering time it spent on force-sensitive screens, which are now in the process of disappearing from Apple Watches and iPhones, or its work on Siri, which still feels like it’s in beta nine years after it […]