Let‘s Talk Oculus: A VR Podcast

What's up Oculus nerds! The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is back on Switch 2, so we drafted its VR grandkids: five picks each for the VR games that feel the most like Ocarina. Samson takes Vertigo 2, Zenith: The Last City, Chronos, Vengeful Rites and Real VR Fishing. Mike takes Journey of the Gods, RUINSMAGUS, DrakkenRidge, Shadow Legend VR and Among Giants. Which pick would you take?

Then your comments and the VR news: In Death: Unchained's tower defense mode, Siege of Heaven, is getting its own app; Sony's July–September PlayStation numbers (and still no PSVR2 figure); Quest's v2.10 test build adds a theater room; and the PSVR2 October download chart. Plus the games out this week and what we've been playing.

This week's poll: whose Zelda draft was better, Samson's or Mike's? Answer in the Spotify poll or the comments, we read them on the show.

Walkabout: we're between tournament seasons. Everyone who played last season is in the raffle for four copies of the next Walkabout DLC, and the next season starts in a week or two. Find HealingEntree in the Discord.

Play with us in the Discord: PAYDAY: Aces High on Wednesdays at 8 PM ET, and Walkabout on Thursdays at about 8:15 PM ET.

Mailbag episode in December: put your questions in the #questions channel in the Discord, or in the comments.

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Disclosure: Mike works at UploadVR.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Cold open and intro
02:05 Ocarina's VR Grandkids: our Zelda-inspired VR draft
10:22 Mike's pick: Journey of the Gods
12:23 Samson's pick: Vertigo 2
14:10 Mike's pick: RUINSMAGUS
15:47 Samson's pick: Zenith: The Last City
17:52 Mike's pick: DrakkenRidge
19:35 Samson's pick: Chronos
21:23 Mike's pick: Shadow Legend VR
22:59 Samson's pick: Vengeful Rites
24:49 Mike's pick: Among Giants
27:39 Samson's pick: Real VR Fishing
30:15 Which pick would you take?
30:40 The final draft board
31:10 Housekeeping: Walkabout tournament, mailbag, where to find us
32:17 Your comments
35:23 VR News
36:03 Siege of Heaven gets its own app
38:05 Sony's July–September numbers (no PSVR2 figure)
40:18 Quest v2.10: Theater and a YouTube redesign
42:55 PSVR2's October download chart
45:29 Games out this week
45:39 The Great Flood
47:34 Hyperlane Highway
48:07 Sol Protocol
50:23 H3VR 2
52:46 Fading Light VR
54:24 Project Hail Mary
56:01 What we've been playing
56:15 Synth Riders: 80s Mixtape: Vice Wave
58:01 PAYDAY: Aces High
59:10 Walkabout
1:00:10 No Man's Sky
1:00:38 Guitar Hero and Rock Band VR
1:02:28 Demeo Battlemarked
1:03:58 Outro

What's up Oculus nerds! Meta says it won't ship another VR headset without a "major breakthrough," and Quest 2 and Quest Pro just reached the end of feature development. So is there going to be a Quest 4, and should you wait for one? We get into Meta's numbers ($9.32 lost for every $1 Reality Labs made last quarter), the 70/30 split between glasses and VR, and the other options: Steam Frame, Pico and Pimax.

Then: Built to Last. Schell Games cut 49 more jobs, an indie VR game made $22K in its first three weeks, and we look at which VR studios are still standing and what the survivors have in common. Plus your comments on VR mods (Titanfall 2 VR), the October Steam Hardware Survey, Ultrawings twice, the games out this week and what we've been playing.

Correction: Steam's survey page lists the Steam Frame at 5.49% of VR headsets for October, not the 4.13% we read on the show.

This week's poll: will Meta release a new VR headset before the end of 2028? Answer in the Spotify poll or the comments, we read them on the show.

Discord: https://discord.gg/ZbUMYYtt64
Patreon (get episodes early): patreon.com/letstalkoculus
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Disclosure: Mike works at UploadVR.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Cold open and intro
02:06 Should you wait for a Quest 4?
16:01 Built to Last: Schell Games
21:31 Built to Last part 2: "We released a VR game" ($22K in 3 weeks)
28:22 Built to Last part 3: who's still standing
40:50 Your comments: do VR mods hurt paid VR games?
45:59 Housekeeping: Walkabout tournament, mailbag, where to find us
47:10 VR News: Steam Frame survey, Ultrawings twice
56:38 Games out this week: PAYDAY: Aces High, Zero Caliber 2, Forefront, FLYON RC, STUFFED
1:08:47 What we've been playing
1:09:54 Outro and poll

What's up Oculus nerds! It's our Halloween special, with our first guest of the Mike and Samson era: Bryan Paul from PSVR2 Without Parole. Mike and Bryan each bring their 10 scariest VR games and go head to head from #10 to #1, while Samson rates every pick on the Samson Scale. Plus Unlock the Vault, Zenith shutting down, a rapid-fire round, a horror starter pack for people who scare easily, and Dan's spider story from LTO 200 live.

Find Bryan: PSVR2 Without Parole on YouTube (youtube.com/@WithoutParole), the PSVR2 GAMESCAST LIVE podcast, and @parolePSVR on X.

This week's poll: whose scariest-games list was right, Mike's or Bryan's? Answer in the Spotify poll or the comments, we read them on the show.

Discord: https://discord.gg/ZbUMYYtt64
Patreon (get episodes early): patreon.com/letstalkoculus
Instagram: @lto.podcast
TikTok: @letstalkoculus

Disclosure: Mike works at UploadVR.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Cold open: Bryan's Rush of Blood story
00:36 Welcome: our first guest of the Mike and Samson era
01:28 Housekeeping: mailbag, Walkabout tournament, where to find us
02:56 Our guest: Bryan Paul from PSVR2 Without Parole
05:58 News: Unlock the Vault and Drop Dead: The Cabin
13:54 Zenith: The Last City is shutting down
19:37 Knights of Fiona and RUINSMAGUS
20:04 Supernatural is ready for Quest again
24:56 I Am Cat tops the PS Blog chart
32:07 The scariest VR games: the rules and the Samson Scale
37:29 #10: Into the Radius vs Lies Beneath
43:16 #9: Paradise Hotel vs Phasmophobia
51:02 #8: Unmourned vs FNAF: Help Wanted
58:43 #7: Face Your Fears 2 vs Dreadhalls
1:05:14 #6: The Exorcist: Legion VR vs Resident Evil 7
1:13:50 #5: FNAF: Secret of the Mimic vs Rush of Blood
1:19:59 #4: Paradise Hotel and Cosmodread
1:23:11 #3: Crawlspace and FNAF: Help Wanted
1:26:52 #2 and #1: the scariest of them all
1:34:23 Horror starter pack
1:35:35 Rapid fire
1:47:42 Games out this week
1:53:40 What we've been playing
2:06:52 Outro

What's up Oculus nerds! It's our first Revisited together: Moss, the little mouse with the big sword. We go back to February 2018 when it launched on PSVR, replay it in 2026 on PS VR2 and Quest, dig into Moss: Book II, re-rank the VR platformers, and say goodbye to Polyarc, which closed in September after nearly 12 years. Should you play Moss in 2026, and does it belong in VR's Hall of Fame?

Steam keys: all 14 of last week's keys are on screen at 3:38 in the video version. Pause, copy one, and tell us in the Discord which game you got.

This week's poll: what's the best VR platformer? Answer in the Spotify poll or the comments, we read them on the show.

Discord: https://discord.gg/ZbUMYYtt64

Patreon (get episodes early): patreon.com/letstalkoculus

Instagram: @lto.podcast

TikTok: @letstalkoculus

Disclosure: Mike works at UploadVR.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Cold open

00:12 Intro

00:28 Welcome: our first Revisited together

01:27 Housekeeping: Bryan Paul, mailbag

01:50 Walkabout tournament and last week's results

02:31 Where to find us, Patreon, raffle and Steam keys

03:51 Part 1, The Book Opens: our Moss memories

09:36 Your Moss memories

10:44 Four fun facts about Moss

13:19 VR in February 2018

17:10 The Polyarc story

19:46 Reviews, awards and the knocks

22:02 Part 2, How It Plays in 2026

23:26 Quill and the Reader

26:19 Combat and Sarffog

28:40 The Twilight Garden

31:02 The Quest 3 update

32:38 Achievements and our runs

40:16 Part 3, The Next Chapter: Moss: Book II

45:19 Re-ranking the VR platformers

51:30 Polyarc's last page

58:43 The verdict: should you play Moss in 2026?

1:00:12 Does Moss belong in VR's Hall of Fame?

1:01:54 Poll, games out this week, Bryan Paul, mailbag

1:03:02 Outro

What's up Oculus nerds! It's Agree or Disagree night: 14 VR takes in four rounds. Is the free Titanfall 2 VR mod a turning point? Is a 2027 Steam Frame order window worth the wait? John Carmack says Beat Saber was far more important than Half-Life: Alyx. And is VR doing well right now? In the news: Pimax's $1,399 Crystal Pro, Sony's VR patents going to Meta, Ultimechs losing online multiplayer, and live college football on Quest. Plus your comments, the games out this week and what we've been playing.

Steam key hunt: we hid 14 Steam keys in this episode, each cut in half. Find both halves of a key and it's yours. One game each, please, and tell us in the Discord which one you got.

This week's poll: Beat Saber was more important than Half-Life: Alyx. Agree or disagree? Answer in the Spotify poll or the comments, we read them on the show.

Discord: https://discord.gg/ZbUMYYtt64

Patreon (get episodes early): patreon.com/letstalkoculus

Instagram: @lto.podcast

TikTok: @letstalkoculus

Disclosure: Mike works at UploadVR.

00:00 Cold open

00:13 Intro

00:29 Welcome to LTO 259

01:22 Housekeeping: Steam key hunt, Bryan Paul, mailbag, Walkabout

04:10 Agree or Disagree: 14 takes, 4 rounds

04:49 Round 1: Is the Titanfall 2 VR mod a turning point?

18:41 Round 2: Steam Frame, wait or walk?

26:23 Round 3: Carmack says Beat Saber mattered more than Alyx

31:12 Round 4: Is VR doing well right now?

38:42 News: Pimax Crystal Pro takes aim at the Steam Frame

43:29 Sony hands its VR patents to Meta

46:05 Ultimechs loses online multiplayer

48:51 Live college football in VR on Quest

51:42 Your comments

57:39 Games out this week: Disembodied, Spymaster, Traffix XR, Bad Inmate

1:02:41 What we played: Hero X Hero

1:04:04 Shil

1:06:20 Bigscreen movie night: Buckaroo Banzai

1:08:16 The Rifted Skies demo

1:10:00 Golf+ Immersive Putting

1:11:31 Moss and Ultimechs

1:12:07 Outro: poll, Steam keys, TowerFall

What's up Oculus nerds! The Hard Sell is back for spooky season. Samson and Mike each bring a menu of three VR horror games, the other host picks one, and the seller pitches it cold: Phasmophobia, Edge of Nowhere, The Midnight Walk and The Obsessive Shadow. Four pitches, zero hard passes. Then the horror games we couldn't finish. In the news: Astro Bot on Quest 3, free Horizon+ add-ons, the Steam Frame's battery boost and FramePort, and The House of the Dead in VR arcades. Plus an extended Walkabout segment on Escape from Planet Xylodon, the return of the LTO Discord Walkabout tournament (four participants win the next DLC course), your comments on the Half-Life: Alyx war, the games out this week and what we've been playing.

This week's poll: floating hands or full body in VR? Answer in the Spotify poll or the comments, we read them on the show.

Discord: https://discord.gg/ZbUMYYtt64

Patreon (get episodes early): patreon.com/letstalkoculus

Instagram: @lto.podcast

TikTok: @letstalkoculus

Watch the full video on YouTube: Let's Talk Oculus

Disclosure: Mike works at UploadVR.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro

01:28 Housekeeping and the 257 poll results

03:08 Last week in 90 seconds

04:18 The Hard Sell: Spooky Season Edition

06:58 Samson pitches Phasmophobia

10:51 Mike pitches Edge of Nowhere

13:11 Samson pitches The Midnight Walk15:15 Mike pitches The Obsessive Shadow

17:40 Leftovers: Cosmodread and Little Nightmares VR

18:52 Bonus: the horror games we couldn't finish

20:24 News: Astro Bot comes to Quest 3

24:19 Horizon+ starts giving out free add-ons

27:30 Steam Frame battery boost and FramePort

28:40 Which Rift exclusives run on the Steam Frame?

30:53 The House of the Dead is coming to VR arcades

33:28 Walkabout: Escape from Planet Xylodon

39:59 Xylodon impressions

47:27 The LTO Walkabout tournament is back

48:01 Your comments: Tyrankoos

48:54 The Half-Life: Alyx war (ImmersedRobot)

54:24 ForestsOfOdin on Forefront bots

55:37 Robo Recall and Beat Saber corner

57:06 roopeedoopah called it: Titanfall 2

57:53 Games out this week: Pedal Rebel VR

58:34 Into the Radius 2 on PS VR2

59:49 Shil

1:01:11 The Magician VR: The Cursed Wand

1:02:43 Birdseed VR

1:03:03 What we've been playing: Banners & Bastions in a car

1:04:46 Mike: the Titanfall 2 VR mod

1:08:43 Vertigo Rush1:11:04 Knights of Fiona

1:13:20 Breachers and Golf+

1:13:51 Poll: floating hands or full body?

What's up Oculus nerds! This week we pick our most overrated VR games. Samson goes after Gorilla Tag and Beat Saber, and Mike takes on Half-Life: Alyx and Robo Recall. Then the news: the Payday: Aces High open playtest, Walkabout's new Escape from Planet Xylodon course, Mighty Coconut downsizing, and Meta's $1 million hands-first developer competition. Plus Believe It or Add a Year, where we call which Meta Connect 2026 promises actually ship on time. We wrap with your comments, the games out this week and what we've been playing.

Tell us your most overrated VR game in the Spotify comments or the Discord.

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00:00 Intro: Welcome to LTO 257

01:10 Housekeeping: We're on Instagram, Patreon and Discord

03:04 Part 1: Our Most Overrated VR Games

03:45 Samson's Pick: Gorilla Tag

09:12 Mike's Pick: Half-Life: Alyx

15:37 Samson's Pick: Beat Saber (vs Synth Riders)

22:25 Mike's Pick: Robo Recall

25:50 News: Payday: Aces High Open Playtest

27:46 News: Walkabout's Escape from Planet Xylodon

29:51 News: Mighty Coconut Downsizes

38:42 News: Meta's $1 Million Hands-First Competition

42:16 Believe It or Add a Year: Can You Trust a Meta Connect Date?

48:51 Your Comments

53:00 Games Out This Week

56:36 What We've Been Playing

1:01:10 Wrap-Up

Meta Connect 2026 is here, and we break down everything Meta announced. The headliner is the new Meta VR Glasses at $1,299, coming spring 2027: who they're for, how they stack up against Apple and Snap, and whether "VR when it's glasses" finally arrived. We also cover Ray-Ban Gen 3, Ray-Ban Audio and Muse AI, the Connect game lineup including Beat Saber Flux and Tetris Effect, and what all of it means for VR gaming.

In the news: Firewall Ultra shuts down, Steam Frame launch week, and the H3VR2 release date. Plus the games out this week and what we've been playing.

00:00 Intro

00:45 Housekeeping

03:05 Your Comments

04:13 This Week's Poll

05:40 Meta Connect 2026 Reaction

06:47 Meta VR Glasses: $1,299, Spring 2027

18:05 Ray-Ban Gen 3, Ray-Ban Audio & Muse AI

26:52 The Games: Beat Saber Flux, Tetris Effect & More

38:18 What It Means for VR Gaming

44:00 News: Firewall Ultra Shuts Down

46:20 News: Steam Frame Launch Week

49:15 News: H3VR2 Release Date

54:05 Games Out This Week

58:58 What We've Been Playing

1:14:16 Wrap-Up

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Valve's Steam Frame is here at $1,059 - and Samson and Mike get into whether it's actually worth it, the reservation lottery, and the SteamVR 2.17 update built for it. Then: the Polyarc (Moss) studio shutdown, Meta's leaked Project Phoenix headset ahead of Connect, and the No Man's Sky Cosmos update. We also debut a new segment, The Hard Sell, run through the games out this week, and share what we've been playing.Support the show: patreon.com/letstalkoculusDiscord: https://discord.gg/vs3cmezQChapters0:00 Intro1:19 Housekeeping + We're a Top 5 VR Podcast4:48 Comment of the Week8:37 Will the Steam Frame Evolve Over Time?14:12 News: Steam Frame Is $1,05919:27 News: SteamVR 2.17 Update22:05 News: Polyarc (Moss) Studio Shuts Down25:29 News: Meta Project Phoenix Leak29:03 News: No Man's Sky Cosmos Update30:58 The Hard Sell (New Segment)51:14 Games Out This Week61:50 What We've Been Playing73:28 Wrap-Up

What's up Oculus nerds! This week Samson dug up Mike's oldest, spiciest VR tweets and made him defend them live — headlined by the four-year-old classic, "multiplayer is killing VR's growth." Does it hold up in 2026? Then we go through what PSVR2 owners actually download (spoiler: the top 3 games are 7–10 years old), the VR multiplayer graveyard, the brutal Resident Evil VR numbers, plus a stacked week of new games and what we've been playing.🎮 POLL: Is VR's problem too much multiplayer — or not enough new anything? Vote on the Spotify poll and sound off in the Discord.👉 Discord: [Let's Talk Oculus 2.0 — https://discord.gg/vs3cmezQ] 👉 Patreon: patreon.com/letstalkoculus 👉 YouTube / Spotify / Apple — like, subscribe, and drop us a rating, it genuinely helps.Walkabout tournament running in the Discord — send your race-mode scores to Healing Entree for a shoutout.LTO Discord:https://discord.gg/WUUQyHZpTh LTO Patreon:https://Patreon.com/letstalkoculusLTO Posters:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JhuvaqbxtJmO-io4lvoU4tN9B4CemspK?usp=drive_link Want to be part of the show? Send in your questions at [email protected] 00:00 What's up Oculus nerds — welcome to LTO 254 01:43 Housekeeping: your comments + poll results (Tethy's Station verdict) 05:40 Mike's disclosure + the Walkabout tournament 07:08 VR NEWS 07:23 Steam Frame storefront spotted + the reservation lottery 12:18 Horizon+ September free games 14:27 A graffiti artist is painting real murals in a Quest 3S 17:28 VR is quietly selling cataract surgery — and it's working 18:30 Bootstrap Island charts above Beat Saber on PSVR2 20:55 MAIN EVENT — Mike's spicy takes: "Multiplayer is killing VR" 27:54 Tweet 3: why he features single-player 29:25 Tweet 4: hybrid VR for onboarding is overblown 33:13 Gorilla Tag, free-to-play & the "Titanic" of VR 39:05 What PSVR2 owners ACTUALLY download (the charts) 46:00 The Resident Evil VR numbers: a tale of two games 51:00 The multiplayer games coming next 53:20 Games Out This Week 1:03:35 What We've Been Playing 1:14:25 Closing + this week's poll