David Heaney
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Meta Ray-Ban Display is an early glimpse of a future where mobile computing doesn't mean looking down and taking something out of your pocket.
Our full review: www.uploadvr.com/meta-ray-ban...
Our full review: www.uploadvr.com/meta-ray-ban...
Meta Ray-Ban Display Review: First Generation Heads-Up Mobile Computing
Meta Ray-Ban Display is an early glimpse of a future where mobile computing doesn't mean looking down and taking something out of your pocket.
www.uploadvr.com
I've been wearing Meta Ray-Ban Display and Meta Neural Band almost every waking hour for around a month now.
Here's my full review, my second longest article ever, with extended thoughts on the product and all its features:
Here's my full review, my second longest article ever, with extended thoughts on the product and all its features:
Reposted by David Heaney
Considering jumping into VR this Black Friday, or gifting a headset to a friend or relative so they can join you? Here are the best deals available:
www.uploadvr.com/best-black-f...
www.uploadvr.com/best-black-f...
The Best Black Friday Deals For VR Headsets Like Quest 3S
Considering jumping into VR this Black Friday, or gifting a headset to a friend or relative so they can join you? Here are the best deals available.
www.uploadvr.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Considering jumping into VR this Black Friday, or gifting a headset to a friend or relative so they can join you? Here are the best deals available:
www.uploadvr.com/best-black-f...
www.uploadvr.com/best-black-f...
Quest 3's pancake lenses are vastly superior to the old fresnel lenses in Quest 3S.
With this deal, you can effectively get it new for $425. And yes, it's the 512GB model.
With this deal, you can effectively get it new for $425. And yes, it's the 512GB model.
Quest 3 from Best Buy comes with a $75 gift card and 1 month of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for Black Friday:
Quest 3 From Best Buy Comes With $75 Gift Card For Black Friday
Quest 3 from Best Buy comes with a $75 gift card and 1 month of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for Black Friday.
www.uploadvr.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Quest 3's pancake lenses are vastly superior to the old fresnel lenses in Quest 3S.
With this deal, you can effectively get it new for $425. And yes, it's the 512GB model.
With this deal, you can effectively get it new for $425. And yes, it's the 512GB model.
Reposted by David Heaney
Letting people teleport into your home via Horizon Hyperscape feels like magic, though the scans are lower quality than the old cloud-streamed solo system.
Details here: www.uploadvr.com/horizon-hype...
Details here: www.uploadvr.com/horizon-hype...
Horizon Hyperscape Worlds Hands-On: Teleporting Into My Boss's Home With VR
Letting people teleport into your home via Horizon Hyperscape feels like magic, though the scans are lower quality than the old cloud-streamed solo system.
www.uploadvr.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Letting people teleport into your home via Horizon Hyperscape feels like magic, though the scans are lower quality than the old cloud-streamed solo system.
Details here: www.uploadvr.com/horizon-hype...
Details here: www.uploadvr.com/horizon-hype...
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Quest's Horizon OS v83 brings System Positional TimeWarp (SysPTW) and Temporal Dimming as experimental features, as well as improved scene understanding:
www.uploadvr.com/quest-horizo...
www.uploadvr.com/quest-horizo...
Quest v83 Brings System Positional TimeWarp & Temporal Dimming
Quest's Horizon OS v83 brings System Positional TimeWarp (SysPTW) and Temporal Dimming as experimental features, as well as improved scene understanding.
www.uploadvr.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Quest's Horizon OS v83 brings System Positional TimeWarp (SysPTW) and Temporal Dimming as experimental features, as well as improved scene understanding:
www.uploadvr.com/quest-horizo...
www.uploadvr.com/quest-horizo...
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Meta now has a trade-in program for its displayless smart glasses in the US, and it includes AirPods, Beats and Galaxy Buds:
Meta Launches Smart Glasses Trade-In Program & Gives Credit For AirPods
Meta now has a trade-in program for its displayless smart glasses in the US, and it includes AirPods, Beats and Galaxy Buds.
www.uploadvr.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Meta now has a trade-in program for its displayless smart glasses in the US, and it includes AirPods, Beats and Galaxy Buds:
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Beat Saber receives six free songs with OST 8 on Quest, though the PC VR launch is delayed due to a “serious technical issue.”
Details here: www.uploadvr.com/beat-saber-o...
Details here: www.uploadvr.com/beat-saber-o...
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Beat Saber receives six free songs with OST 8 on Quest, though the PC VR launch is delayed due to a “serious technical issue.”
Details here: www.uploadvr.com/beat-saber-o...
Details here: www.uploadvr.com/beat-saber-o...
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Pico's 2026 headset will have 4K micro-OLED displays and a dedicated R1-style passthrough chip, a ByteDance executive reportedly said:
www.uploadvr.com/pico-2026-he...
www.uploadvr.com/pico-2026-he...
Pico's 2026 Headset To Have 4K Micro-OLED Displays & An R1-Style Chip
Pico's 2026 headset will have 4K micro-OLED displays and a dedicated R1-style passthrough chip, a ByteDance executive reportedly said.
www.uploadvr.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Pico's 2026 headset will have 4K micro-OLED displays and a dedicated R1-style passthrough chip, a ByteDance executive reportedly said:
www.uploadvr.com/pico-2026-he...
www.uploadvr.com/pico-2026-he...
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Godot now supports Vulkan foveated rendering on Android, Application SpaceWarp, DirectX 12, and OpenXR render models, and can build a universal OpenXR APK:
Godot Now Supports More XR Features & Builds A Universal OpenXR APK
Godot now supports Vulkan foveated rendering on Android, Application SpaceWarp, DirectX 12, and OpenXR render models, and can build a universal OpenXR APK.
www.uploadvr.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Godot now supports Vulkan foveated rendering on Android, Application SpaceWarp, DirectX 12, and OpenXR render models, and can build a universal OpenXR APK:
Reposted by David Heaney
The Meta Horizon Store's Black Friday sale, now on, offers 40% off hundreds of Quest games via this discount code:
Meta Black Friday Sale Gives 40% Off Hundreds Of Quest Games
The Meta Horizon Store's Black Friday sale, now on, offers 40% off hundreds of Quest games via this discount code.
www.uploadvr.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Meta Horizon Store's Black Friday sale, now on, offers 40% off hundreds of Quest games via this discount code:
Reposted by David Heaney
Meta's WorldGen AI system generates trimesh 3D worlds from text prompts, though the company doesn't think it's ready for Horizon Worlds yet.
Details here: www.uploadvr.com/meta-worldge...
Details here: www.uploadvr.com/meta-worldge...
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Meta's WorldGen AI system generates trimesh 3D worlds from text prompts, though the company doesn't think it's ready for Horizon Worlds yet.
Details here: www.uploadvr.com/meta-worldge...
Details here: www.uploadvr.com/meta-worldge...
It is technologically possible for social VR platforms to let you show-and-tell a real world object, or decorate a world with it, by switching to passthrough for a few seconds and pointing at it.
Seconds later, it can be held in your avatar's hands in VR as a virtual 3D object.
Seconds later, it can be held in your avatar's hands in VR as a virtual 3D object.
AI can bring real-world objects into VR as 3D assets in seconds, with Meta's new SAM 3D Objects model setting a new standard for quality:
AI Can Bring Real-World Objects Into VR In Seconds
AI can bring real-world objects into VR as 3D assets in seconds, with Meta's new SAM 3D Objects model setting a new standard for quality.
www.uploadvr.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
It is technologically possible for social VR platforms to let you show-and-tell a real world object, or decorate a world with it, by switching to passthrough for a few seconds and pointing at it.
Seconds later, it can be held in your avatar's hands in VR as a virtual 3D object.
Seconds later, it can be held in your avatar's hands in VR as a virtual 3D object.
This is very impressive, and you should go try it right now.
The quality isn't Hyperscape-level of course, but it only needs a single image input, and processes in a matter of minutes!
The quality isn't Hyperscape-level of course, but it only needs a single image input, and processes in a matter of minutes!
Marble, an AI model from World Labs, can turn a single image into a volumetric scene that you can view in WebXR in a matter of minutes:
Marble Turns An Image Into A WebXR Volumetric Scene In Minutes
Marble, an AI model from World Labs, can turn a single image into a volumetric scene that you can view in WebXR in a matter of minutes.
www.uploadvr.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This is very impressive, and you should go try it right now.
The quality isn't Hyperscape-level of course, but it only needs a single image input, and processes in a matter of minutes!
The quality isn't Hyperscape-level of course, but it only needs a single image input, and processes in a matter of minutes!
Turns out there is, in fact, still a market for (some) $50 singleplayer games on Quest.
Marvel's Deadpool VR is currently the top-earning game in the Quest weekly revenue charts, with Demeo x D&D taking #4 in its debut week:
Marvel's Deadpool VR Hits #1 In Quest Weekly Revenue Charts
Marvel's Deadpool VR is currently the top-earning game in the Quest weekly revenue charts, with Demeo x D&D taking #4 in its debut week.
www.uploadvr.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Turns out there is, in fact, still a market for (some) $50 singleplayer games on Quest.
Reposted by David Heaney
Roboquest VR takes an already exhilarating FPS roguelite and delivers a near-flawless VR adaptation.
Read our full review:
Read our full review:
Roboquest VR Review: An Instant Classic
Roboquest VR takes an already exhilarating FPS roguelite and delivers a near-flawless VR adaptation.
www.uploadvr.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Roboquest VR takes an already exhilarating FPS roguelite and delivers a near-flawless VR adaptation.
Read our full review:
Read our full review:
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Hotel Infinity is a standout example of true room-scale VR, and a must-own for anyone interested in understanding the potential of this medium.
Read our full review: www.uploadvr.com/hotel-infini...
Read our full review: www.uploadvr.com/hotel-infini...
Hotel Infinity Review: A Standout Example Of True Room-Scale VR
Hotel Infinity is a standout example of true room-scale VR, and a must-own for anyone interested in understanding the potential of this medium.
www.uploadvr.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Hotel Infinity is a standout example of true room-scale VR, and a must-own for anyone interested in understanding the potential of this medium.
Read our full review: www.uploadvr.com/hotel-infini...
Read our full review: www.uploadvr.com/hotel-infini...
This is a very good price for PlayStation VR2, both for PS5 owners and for PC sim gamers looking to make the jump to VR.
PlayStation VR2 is now $300, its lowest price ever, in a holiday sale that will last until just before Christmas:
PlayStation VR2 Is $300 Until Just Before Christmas
PlayStation VR2 is now $300, its lowest price ever, in a holiday sale that will last until just before Christmas.
www.uploadvr.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This is a very good price for PlayStation VR2, both for PS5 owners and for PC sim gamers looking to make the jump to VR.
Reposted by David Heaney
An Apple Immersive Video documentary about Real Madrid is coming next year, "with a level of access that fans have never experienced before":
Real Madrid Apple Immersive Documentary Coming In 2026
An Apple Immersive Video documentary about Real Madrid is coming next year, "with a level of access that fans have never experienced before".
www.uploadvr.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
An Apple Immersive Video documentary about Real Madrid is coming next year, "with a level of access that fans have never experienced before":
Reposted by David Heaney
Hyperscape product managers teased this feature at Connect but didn't expect it to roll out so soon. Splats are such a big deal for XR
You can now turn captured Horizon Hyperscapes into unlisted Horizon Worlds, letting you invite friends to join you in them as Meta Avatars:
www.uploadvr.com/horizon-hype...
www.uploadvr.com/horizon-hype...
Horizon Hyperscape Now Lets You Invite Friends To Visit As Meta Avatars
You can now turn captured Horizon Hyperscapes into unlisted Horizon Worlds, letting you invite friends to join you in them as Meta Avatars.
www.uploadvr.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Hyperscape product managers teased this feature at Connect but didn't expect it to roll out so soon. Splats are such a big deal for XR
At launch, Horizon Hyperscape was just a novelty, albeit an incredibly impressive one, and required a strong & stable internet connection.
Now it's genuinely useful. Scan real-world places and give people a tour as avatars in VR, with headsets that drop to $200 during sales.
Now it's genuinely useful. Scan real-world places and give people a tour as avatars in VR, with headsets that drop to $200 during sales.
You can now turn captured Horizon Hyperscapes into unlisted Horizon Worlds, letting you invite friends to join you in them as Meta Avatars:
www.uploadvr.com/horizon-hype...
www.uploadvr.com/horizon-hype...
Horizon Hyperscape Now Lets You Invite Friends To Visit As Meta Avatars
You can now turn captured Horizon Hyperscapes into unlisted Horizon Worlds, letting you invite friends to join you in them as Meta Avatars.
www.uploadvr.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
At launch, Horizon Hyperscape was just a novelty, albeit an incredibly impressive one, and required a strong & stable internet connection.
Now it's genuinely useful. Scan real-world places and give people a tour as avatars in VR, with headsets that drop to $200 during sales.
Now it's genuinely useful. Scan real-world places and give people a tour as avatars in VR, with headsets that drop to $200 during sales.
Reposted by David Heaney
You can now turn captured Horizon Hyperscapes into unlisted Horizon Worlds, letting you invite friends to join you in them as Meta Avatars:
www.uploadvr.com/horizon-hype...
www.uploadvr.com/horizon-hype...
Horizon Hyperscape Now Lets You Invite Friends To Visit As Meta Avatars
You can now turn captured Horizon Hyperscapes into unlisted Horizon Worlds, letting you invite friends to join you in them as Meta Avatars.
www.uploadvr.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
You can now turn captured Horizon Hyperscapes into unlisted Horizon Worlds, letting you invite friends to join you in them as Meta Avatars:
www.uploadvr.com/horizon-hype...
www.uploadvr.com/horizon-hype...
Costco's incredible Quest 3S deal is back!
The perfect price for an impulse buy to bring a friend or family member into VR this holiday season.
The perfect price for an impulse buy to bring a friend or family member into VR this holiday season.
UPDATE: While Costco's deal was originally listed as ending after Monday, it has now returned, and is available until December 2.
Quest 3S is just $200 today at Costco for members or $215 for non-members, and includes 12 months of the Meta Horizon+ games subscription:
www.uploadvr.com/quest-3s-cos...
www.uploadvr.com/quest-3s-cos...
November 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Costco's incredible Quest 3S deal is back!
The perfect price for an impulse buy to bring a friend or family member into VR this holiday season.
The perfect price for an impulse buy to bring a friend or family member into VR this holiday season.
Reposted by David Heaney
TCL is showing off a 2.5K RGB OLED panel for XR headsets that could be the perfect midpoint between cheap LCD and expensive micro-OLED:
www.uploadvr.com/tcl-2-5k-ole...
www.uploadvr.com/tcl-2-5k-ole...
TCL's New OLED Could Spawn The Midrange Headsets We All Want
TCL is showing off a 2.5K RGB OLED panel for XR headsets that could be the perfect midpoint between cheap LCD and expensive micro-OLED.
www.uploadvr.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
TCL is showing off a 2.5K RGB OLED panel for XR headsets that could be the perfect midpoint between cheap LCD and expensive micro-OLED:
www.uploadvr.com/tcl-2-5k-ole...
www.uploadvr.com/tcl-2-5k-ole...
I can't wait for the return of high-quality RGB regular OLED in VR headsets.
There's a massive hole in the market between cheap LCD and expensive micro-OLED.
There's a massive hole in the market between cheap LCD and expensive micro-OLED.
TCL is showing off a 2.5K RGB OLED panel for XR headsets that could be the perfect midpoint between cheap LCD and expensive micro-OLED:
www.uploadvr.com/tcl-2-5k-ole...
www.uploadvr.com/tcl-2-5k-ole...
TCL's New OLED Could Spawn The Midrange Headsets We All Want
TCL is showing off a 2.5K RGB OLED panel for XR headsets that could be the perfect midpoint between cheap LCD and expensive micro-OLED.
www.uploadvr.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I can't wait for the return of high-quality RGB regular OLED in VR headsets.
There's a massive hole in the market between cheap LCD and expensive micro-OLED.
There's a massive hole in the market between cheap LCD and expensive micro-OLED.
Reposted by David Heaney
PlayStation VR2 will be just $300 on Black Friday, $100 off, in a sale that will last for an unspecified "limited time":
PlayStation VR2 Will Be $300 On Black Friday
PlayStation VR2 will be just $300 on Black Friday, $100 off, in a sale that will last for an unspecified "limited time".
www.uploadvr.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
PlayStation VR2 will be just $300 on Black Friday, $100 off, in a sale that will last for an unspecified "limited time":
This includes Half-Life: Alyx, Skyrim VR, and Elite Dangerous!
And if you have a PlayStation VR2, it works with PSVR2Toolkit!
And if you have a PlayStation VR2, it works with PSVR2Toolkit!
An open-source tool for Windows PCs with Nvidia GPUs adds eye-tracked foveated rendering to a huge number of SteamVR games:
Open-Source Tool Adds Eye-Tracked Foveated Rendering To Many SteamVR Games
An open-source tool for Windows PCs with Nvidia GPUs adds eye-tracked foveated rendering to a huge number of SteamVR games.
www.uploadvr.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This includes Half-Life: Alyx, Skyrim VR, and Elite Dangerous!
And if you have a PlayStation VR2, it works with PSVR2Toolkit!
And if you have a PlayStation VR2, it works with PSVR2Toolkit!