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Tuesday, August 4, 2026
UploadVR / James Tocchio
Cybercore Protocol Impressions: A Mixed Reality Sci-Fi Home Invasion
— Cybercore Protocol is a mixed reality action game that blends elements of tower defense, shooters, and melee combat games into something, if not unique, then at least fun and challenging.UploadVR / Mike Johnson
Beyond Frames Selling Off Publishing Rights To Combat Waffle's Games For $1M
— Beyond Frames is selling its publishing rights to Combat Waffle Studio's Ghosts of Tabor, Silent North, and Grim for $1 million.UploadVR / Luis Aviles
System Critical 3 Review - A Poorly Designed Arcade Shooter
— System Critical 3 does not shy away from its old-school arcade inspirations, but it ends up being what is assuredly one of the worst VR games in recent years.Road to VR / Scott Hayden
Apple is Reportedly Eyeing Fitness as the Killer App for Future Smart Glasses
— While Apple’s first-gen smart glasses aren’t expected to include fitness tracking, although a recent report suggests the company ultimately hopes to put fitness at the center of its next big product s...Monday, August 3, 2026
UploadVR / Mike Johnson
Gloop Lair, Walkabout Mini Golf's Next DLC Course, Due Out Next Week
— Gloop Lair, Walkabout Mini Golf's next DLC course, returns to the ongoing Evil Lairs series next week.SkarredGhost / Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2026.08.03): SPECS’s specs to be unveiled in September, Altspace VR is being rebooted, and more!
— It’s hot here in Italy… It’s so hot that I miss my time in November in Finland when I was freezing! This week in XR has been kinda lukewarm, with no huge news happening, but this newsletter is still g...UploadVR / James Tocchio
Meta Horizon+ 2 Great Monthly Games & 5 Catalog Titles
— The August update for Meta's Horizon+ subscription for Quest headsets brings 2 great monthly games and five new catalog titles.UploadVR / James Tocchio
Escape Simulator 2 Launches VR Preview Ahead Of Full Release
— You can now get an early look at Escape Simulator 2's VR mode in a recently unveiled VR open beta.Road to VR / Scott Hayden
‘Great on Frame’ Page Now Boasts 50+ Games & Apps Optimized for Steam Frame
— Valve’s ‘Great on Frame’ page highlights games specifically optimized for Steam Frame, and it’s now grown to over 50 titles. ‘Great on Frame’ initially kicked off last month with a half-dozen titles g...Friday, July 31, 2026
Road to VR / Scott Hayden
These XR Glasses Want to Be the Monitor You Wear All Day – Kickstarter Coming August 4th
— Unseen Reality announced its upcoming display-replacing XR glasses, URXR One, is set to launch a Kickstarter on August 4th. URXR are essentially made for users specifically looking for a display repla...Road to VR / Scott Hayden
Snap to Show In-depth Look at ‘Specs’ AR Glasses in September Event
— Snap announced it’s hosting an event dedicated to Specs, the company’s next-gen AR glasses, on September 16th in Los Angeles, California. At the event, Snap co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel is said to ...UploadVR / David Heaney
PlayStation VR2 Is On Sale For $300 In The US
— PlayStation VR2 is currently on sale for $300 direct from Sony in the United States, down from its regular $400 price.UploadVR / Mike Johnson
Cave Crave Adds Tham Luang Location On Quest, With PlayStation VR2 & PC VR Coming Soon
— Cave Crave expands its 'Real Caves in VR' initiative today with Thailand's Tham Luang, the site of an infamous 2018 rescue of a trapped youth football team.Thursday, July 30, 2026
UploadVR / Mike Johnson
AltspaceVR Will Relaunch This Fall Under SideQuest CEO Shane Harris
— AltspaceVR will relaunch this fall after SideQuest co-founder Shane Harris acquired the rights to the social VR platform's name.SkarredGhost / Skarredghost
Hands-on Canon’s $20K headset and very small MR prototype
— One of the most incredible experiences I had at AWE was trying out Canon’s mixed-reality headsets. One was incredibly small, and the other one incredibly expensive ($20K!!!). Let me tell you everythin...Road to VR / Scott Hayden
How to Tell if Your PC is Ready for Quest Link & Air Link
— Meta Horizon Link and Air Link allows you to use your Quest headset to play PC VR games, opening up a world of high quality content that you simply won’t find on the Quest Store. Here’s a breakdown of...UploadVR / Alan Truly
Retro3D Turns Your Quest 3 Into Vintage 3D Glasses
— Retro3D uses Quest 3's color passthrough to recreate vintage anaglyph glasses, giving old red-and-cyan photos and classic movies depth.UploadVR / James Tocchio
CleanSheet Soccer 2 Coming To Quest In September
— CleanSheet Soccer 2, which released on PlayStation VR2 in June, is coming to Quest headsets in September.UploadVR / Mike Johnson
New VR Games & Releases August 2026: Meta Quest, PS VR2, PC VR & More
— Here's a rundown of all the major new VR game release dates currently confirmed for August.Road to VR / Scott Hayden
Steam Frame Launch Looks Imminent Following FCC Certification
— The launch of Steam Frame has grown tantalizing close following the publication of documents from the FCC showing the headset has cleared required regulatory certification. We still don’t have an exac...Road to VR / Scott Hayden
SideQuest is Reviving Microsoft’s Social VR Platform ‘Altspace’ This Fall
— The team behind SideQuest, Quest’s alternative app library, announced it’s bringing Microsoft’s social VR platform AltspaceVR (2015) back from the dead. The News Initially released in 2015 and then ac...Wednesday, July 29, 2026
UploadVR / Mike Johnson
Three More VR Games Get "Great On Frame" Certified By Valve
— The list of Steam-certified 'Great On Frame' VR games keeps growing with Deadly Delivery, Growrilla, and Stellar Cafe.UploadVR / James Tocchio
Blade & Sorcery "Unsupported" On Standalone Steam Frame, Developer Says
— A lead developer of Blade & Sorcery has confirmed the PC VR version of B&S will not run natively on the Steam Frame due to performance limitations.UploadVR / Mike Johnson
Pavlov Shack Is Coming To Steam Frame Standalone
— Pavlov Shack is coming soon to Steam Frame standalone, in addition to the full version being playable via PC VR streaming.Road to VR / Scott Hayden
‘VRChat’ Competitor ‘Somnium Space’ Releases Biggest Update Yet Ahead of Return to Steam
— Social VR platform Somnium Space is rolling out its biggest update yet, which aims to bring major improvements across the entire platform ahead of its planned release on Steam Frame and Apple Vision P...Road to VR / Scott Hayden