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Ian Hamilton, David Heaney, and Kyle Riesenbeck meet in Meta Quest 3 to record this week's episode while answering some of the top questions about the headset.

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney return  from a very busy few days at Connect in California where they tried Meta Quest 3 and talked to VR developers as well as Meta executives.

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss Immersed Visor's pre-orders, our Bigscreen Beyond review and Horizon getting legs.

We discuss the latest rumors surrounding Valve's next steps in VR, developers reacting to a new fee structure from Unity, and new details on Apple Vision Pro's support for iPhone and iPad apps.

David Heaney and Ian hamilton discuss a report suggesting a Quest Pro 2 is in active development, and David reports back with hands-on impressions of the Flamera research HMD from Meta.

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss the Meta Quest 3 release date, avatars getting legs, new research for typing on any surface and much more.

David Heaney and Ian Hamilton return to the updated UploadVR Studios to cover the latest in VR, including Quest 3, Quest Pro, Vision Pro, and a research prototype with both retinal resolution and varifocal optics.

We dive into a huge number of topics this week with Quest v55's performance gains. the Meta Quest+ gaming subscription service, Quest Pro eye tracking improvements, the Vision Pro SDK, the likely resolution of Quest 3, and exploring the question of whether Apple Vision Pro is too heavy.

We tried the Apple Vision Pro! Also, Meta is changing the minimum age for Quest 2 and 3 to 10 years old. 

 1. Sony Increases PS5 Console Prices In The US
 
 Meta Quest News
 2. Spatial Phone Lets You Use Your iPhone Or Android While Immersed On Quest
 3. Hauntify On Quest 3 Now Uses Lasertag's Continuous Scene Meshing
 4. Meta Delists Quest App That Let You Install APKs Without A PC
 5. Meta CTO Gives Update On Quest 3's Long-Delayed Augments Feature
 
 visionOS Media Watching Environments
 6. Disney+ On Apple Vision Pro Gets Alien: Earth Environment
 7. Hogwarts Great Hall Opens To HBO Max Subscribers On Apple Vision Pro
 
 8. Vivo Vision Is 40% Lighter Than Apple Vision Pro & "Could" Be 1/3 The Price
 
 Meta Smart Glasses News
 9. Oakley Meta HSTN Glasses Preorders Open, Shipping Next Week
 10. Meta To Reportedly Sell HUD Glasses With EMG Wristband For $800
 11. Why Meta's First HUD Glasses Will Only Have A Display In One Eye

We cover PSVR 2 now being sold in stores, Quest v54 getting skybox customization, avatars growing legs research, mixed reality for seeing WiFi dead spots, Apple's latest xrOS trademark, Shareplay for VR, and Google's latest XR tease with Samsung. 

We cover full body tracking from a phone app and the problems facing the prospect of getting PSVR 2 running on PC.

We discuss Virtual Desktop's New XR2 PC VR streaming feature, Quest v53's latest updates, Meta's upcoming gaming showcase, Mark Zuckerberg's vision of the metaverse, mixed reality gaming and more.

We discuss the Pico G3, Apple's headset apps, Valve's next VR headset, Meta layoffs and more.

Our super-sized episode welcomes back David Heaney from his secret project rebuilding the UploadVR website! He's joined by Ian Hamilton as they assess Bigscreen Beyond, Tilt Five business use cases, PSVR 2's soft launch, Apple's upcoming media event and much much more.

We talk about Walkabout Mini Golf coming to iPhone, Meta's reviews frustration, Quest Pass subscriptions, Onward's creator leaving Meta, and AltspaceVR's final moment.

Echo VR fans plea with Mark Zuckerberg, VRChat & Bigscreen avatar changes on the way, Meta's smartglasses & AR hardware roadmap, codec avatars, a neural wristband for everyday use, and Meta Quest's roadmap.

We discuss Meta Quest getting direct touch menus, PSVR 2's PenTile OLED suxbpixel layout, Valve Index open source hand tracking, and Meta's plans for 2024.

We welcome Henry Stockdale to the podcast with his review of PSVR 2 and then David Heaney rejoins to give his technical analysis of the hardware. We cover Gran Turismo 7, Horizon Call of the Mountain, best launch games, haptics, eye tracking and more in the next-generation PS5-powered VR system from Sony.

Bigscreen Beyond is announced! An ultra lightweight VR headset with SteamVR Tracking leads off our show. We also discuss Meta updates including the Quest interface getting touch, Supernatural getting formally acquired, and updates planned for Horizon. We also discuss Brad Lynch's statement on headset leaks, and we close out the show talking about unboxing PlayStation VR2.

We discuss PlayStation VR2's latest details, Samsung & Google returning to VR, Meta's latest moves and the legacy of Echo VR.

We discuss Meta dropping the Quest Pro price to $1,100, Apple's tools for easy to build AR apps, Echo VR shutting down, Rec Room exploring full body avatars, PSVR 2's sales expectation and AR/VR entering a new phase of adoption.

This week we discuss the upgraded Quest hand tracking 2.1, Microsoft's huge layoffs and its effect on mixed reality, Apple's latest VR/AR headset details, and close out our coverage of CES with a discussion about some impressive haptics demos we had with Contact CI and HaptX.

We discuss new developments related to Microsoft's militarized Hololens AR technology and Tilt Five's progress toward consumer AR.

We also cover Meta Quest Move syncing with Android, Unity supporting OpenXR hand tracking and Mojo Vision ceasing work on their smart contact lens.

Our super-sized episode covers CES 2023 demos of headsets including the Vive XR Elite and Pimax Portal View.

We also discuss Windows Mixed Reality growing on Steam with Reverb G2 discounts, Bigscreen co-watching with Disney & Amazon Prime, Meta ending Quest 1 Updates, Roblox rumored for Quest in 2023, Intel's latest Wifi chips, Quest 2's GPU performance boost. 

We discuss our picks for best VR content of 2022 and look back at 10 years of Oculus VR headsets. 

We've got a mega-sized two hour episode to cover the end of 2022 VR news with Virtual Desktop reverting its big change, portals supported to other apps in Quest, shared space co-location arriving on Quest Pro, Meta planning automatic room scanning, the future of lens display tech and higher resolutions in VR, Microsoft teasing HoloLens 3, and a new headset from HTC Vive expected at CES 2023.

We also dive into John Carmack's exit from VR and what it means for the future, and we close out talking about Ian and David's favorite games of 2022.

Valve moved VR Support out of Steam's sidebar, Samsung reportedly has a dev kit incoming, Virtual Desktop made a change that has some folks talking, Quest 2 and Quest Pro are now selling in Germany, the Touch Pro controllers now work on Quest 2 and PSVR 2 pre-orders are now open to all. We also discuss Avatar and the potential of 3D movies to look great on the latest generation of VR headsets.

Pico 4 appears on the SteamVR Hardware charts, a game-changing WebXR Open in Quest feature, a big change to Quest Pro passthrough recording, the latest Quest mobile app redesign and changes to the avatars in home. 

We also talk about the latest Apple headset delay and how we're trying to recognize the best VR content.

We discuss how the Meta Quest 2 will be sold in Germany, the new DPVR E4 wired SteamVR headset, Meta talks with Samsung & LG for displays, Meta's % of investment in Horizon Worlds, perceptual superpowers,  do AR glasses need a display?

We discuss Meta's downsizing of 11,000 people, the Pimax Portal crowdfunding effort, Red Matter 2's graphical differences on Pico 4 vs. Quest 2, sales of Pico 4 and the latest Vive headset leak.

We discuss the Remote Display app for the Quest home experience which includes multitasking support, as well as Meta cost cutting, the scale of Apple's investment in AR & VR and the big topic -- PSVR 2's release date and pricing.

Meta Quest 3 looks like it is lining up for release in 2023. We also discuss hand tracking launching in VRChat as well as Meta's revenue drop for its Reality Labs division. We also dive deep into how Meta might package the Quest 3 and build accessories to reach different prices. 

We review the Quest Pro headset and deliver our first podcast recorded partially in Meta's high-end standalone. We also talk about Pico 4 Pro, HaptX G1 gloves, and the question of whether HP and Microsoft are done with Windows Mixed Reality.

We've got an extra-large episode as we dive deep into our review of Pico 4 alongside details surrounding Quest Pro. We've got analysis of Touch Pro haptics and benefits of foveated rendering on Quest Pro as we talk about Valve's latest job listing, HTC's newest teases and a big open discussion about everything from Horizon World's struggles to the idea of Virtual Desktop adding face & eye tracking and the constant question from pundits of whether VR is dying.

Meta announced Quest Pro focused on remote work priced at $1500. We've gone hands-on with the device and spoke to some of Meta's top executives about the company's future-focused work on EMG wristbands for AR/VR input and hyper-realistic avatars to transform long-distance communication. 

We discussing the D-Link VR Air Bridge priced at $99, SideQuest Raising $12 million from Google Ventures, Sony PSVR 2's production forecasts, the Lenovo ThinkReality VRX and our biggest topic of the day, the Quest 3 Design leak.

We discuss Meta's trackerless Quest 2 body tracking paper, the first shipments of the militarized HoloLens to the US Army, Rec Room Studio, cloud streaming - and ask: is Pico 4 the Quest 2 killer?

We discuss PSVR 2 dropping support for original PSVR games and the major upcoming Pico 4 announcement.

We also discuss the new NVIDIA RTX 4080 & 4090 cards, Unreal Engine 5's Nanite & Lumen systems in VR, and new Quest recording options.

We tried the next-generation PlayStation VR2 headset and interview the hotel worker who leaked the Meta Quest Pro headset's design onto the Internet! 

We also discuss HTC Vive Focus 3 getting face and eye tracking add-ons, Steam corrected its hardware survey, the prospect of Disney bringing its park attractions home, Meta's efforts to add legs to avatars, and a listing which details the launch date for Pico 4.

Fight Back is VR experience releasing for free on Quest VR headsets late in 2022 from Céline Tricart. Produced by Tricart & Marie Blondiaux, Fight Back uses a metaphorical story and employs hand tracking (or optional controller tracking) to teach self-defense techniques. Tricart offered UploadVR an overview of her work in this 10-minute interview over Zoom on September 9th, 2022. Learn more about the project at fightbackvr.com.

You can also find Tricart's earlier work, The Key, for free on the Quest store:

https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/3457685900909916/