It’s a beautiful day in the metaverse, won’t you be our neighbor in the VRecap? Let’s see what’s up with Oculus Quest, new releases for the week, and even how the coronavirus is affecting VR! We may have just revealed our weekend movie plans. Anyway! Welcome back to your weekly roundup of the virtual headlines....
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The VR Download EP14: PC VR Hits All Time High, Quest Out Of Stock, LYNX-R1, Arena Scale VR, PSVR2
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Mario Kart VR London Site Finds A New Home In A Central Location
There’s a new place to play Mario Kart VR in central London. VR Zone, the VR arcade arm of Bandai Namco, this week launched the game at Namco Funscape in County Hall. Funscape is a long-running arcade venue located next to the London Eye and right in front of the River Thames. You could already...
Inside Mazaria, Japan’s Best VR Arcade With Dragon Quest, Evangelion VR + More
We’ve been to some cool VR arcades in our time at Upload but Japan’s are, somewhat unsurprisingly, in a league of their own. A commitment to lavish production values and access to some of the most legendary pop culture brands on the planet make for an experience you can’t get anywhere else in the world....
Ghost Giant Oculus Quest Release Date Confirmed For Later This Month
Back at our Holiday VR Showcase in November 2019, we announced the excellent Ghost Giant would be release on Oculus Quest the following December. In the end the game didn’t quite make that date, but it’s not far from release now. Ghost Giant’s Oculus Quest release date is February 20. Developer Zoink just confirmed as...
Facebook Expects Coronavirus To Impact Oculus Quest Production
Facebook stopped accepting new orders for Oculus Quest this week and expects an impact by the Coronavirus on production of the standalone headset. Here’s the statement from a Facebook spokesperson: “Oculus Quest has been selling out in some regions due to high demand. That said, like other companies we’re expecting some additional impact to our...
Oculus Quest Arena-Scale Projects Persist Despite Unclear Path
In 2018 at the Oculus Connect 5 developers conference Facebook’s VR teams showed an incredible tech demo of the still-unreleased Oculus Quest. They demonstrated arena-scale virtual reality powered by the standalone Oculus Quest and its Touch tracked hand controllers. The demo of shared “co-location” of six Oculus Quests featured two teams of three playing shooting...
Join Us LIVE On YouTube To Discuss The Week’s VR News & Sony’s Commitment To PSVR2!
UploadVR’s weekly podcast, The VR Download, is LIVE on YouTube today at 10:30am PST (18:30 UTC)! Unlike regular video podcasts, The VR Download is broadcast from virtual reality! Our team are together in a virtual space, giving us many of the benefits of a studio even though we live on different continents. At the end of...
PSVR 2: Everything We Know About Sony’s Unannounced Headset
PSVR 2 – it’s the question on everyone’s minds. When will we see Sony’s next headset? What new features will it include? Will it ever actually release? There’s still a lot to learn about Sony’s future plans for VR in a crucial year for PlayStation itself. As PS5 ramps up for release, we find ourselves...
Ven Is A Promising New VR Platformer Like Astro Bot Or Moss
Well, this seems to have sprung up out of nowhere. Poland-based Monologic Games just announced a new VR adventure game named Ven, amd it looks delightful. A brief teaser trailer for Ven was revealed yesterday. Similar to games like Astro Bot or Moss, it’s a platformer in which players embody one character in first-person and...
