Let‘s Talk Oculus: A VR Podcast

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

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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.

Discord: Let's Talk Oculus 2.0 https://discord.gg/ZbUMYYtt64

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

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

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

Should VR games go flat? Samson and Mike Johnson dig into a viral LinkedIn post from the studio behind Garden of the Sea — a beloved VR game whose flat PC/Switch port flopped despite doing everything right — and use it to unpack the big question: when a VR game chases the flat audience, does it lose the exact thing that made it special? Plus the flip side — why studios keep marketing the wrong thing (the features instead of the FEELING). We run through the games that nailed it and the ones at risk, from Beat Saber and Gorilla Tag to Arizona Sunshine going flat.Also this week: Apple Vision Pro's jaw-dropping immersive MLB baseball, the Quest 3 update that unlocks up to 240Hz, VRLF turning your controllers into a light gun (no CRT required), Meta finally spinning Horizon Worlds into its own app, the games out this week, and what we've been playing (Beat Saber Hip Hop Mixtape 2, Microsoft Flight Sim on PS5, and Mario Kart World).CHAPTERS00:00 Welcome + housekeeping02:24 Discord roguelite rabbit hole (Mike vs PowPow)04:33 Patreon, socials & Mike's UploadVR disclosure06:18 NEWS: Apple Vision Pro's immersive MLB baseball09:34 NEWS: Quest 3 unlocks up to 240Hz refresh rate17:33 NEWS: VRLF — your controllers become a light gun19:50 NEWS: Meta spins Horizon Worlds into its own app23:14 NEWS: Arizona Sunshine ditches VR, goes flat27:30 MAIN EVENT: Should VR games go flat? (Garden of the Sea)42:02 Marketing the FEEL, not the features52:36 GAMES OUT: Transformers Redux, Knights of Fiona, Paleo Dive58:45 WHAT WE'VE BEEN PLAYING: Beat Saber Mixtape 2, Flight Sim, Mario Kart World1:07:12 Wrap-up + next weekWould YOU buy flat Garden of the Sea or flat Arizona Sunshine? And name a VR game that's ALL about the feeling — drop it in our Discord.👾 Discord: Let's Talk Oculus 2.0 — [link]❤️ Patreon: https://patreon.com/letstalkoculus🎧 New episodes every week — like, subscribe & rate us, it genuinely helps.#VR #MetaQuest #VirtualReality #Quest3 #AppleVisionPro #BeatSaber #WalkaboutMiniGolf #VRgaming #VRpodcast #GardenoftheSea

Samson and Mike ranked all 41 Walkabout Mini Golf courses into a tier list — blind — and it nearly ended the friendship.

On episode 252 of Let's Talk Oculus, we each built a full S-through-D tier list of every Walkabout course, revealed them to each other for the first time on air, and judged each other tier by tier. Tethys Station: Samson's dead-last… and Mike's darling. El Dorado and Mount Olympus in the dumpster? Sweetopia and Upside Town in S? Somebody had to say it. Plus the week's biggest VR news and everything new in VR this week.

👉 Both full tier lists are posted in our Discord — download them, scrutinize them, and yell at us. Drop your own tier list in the comments and tell us who's more wrong.

⏱️ CHAPTERS

00:20 Introduction and Game Discussions

08:33 Housekeeping and Community Engagement

20:25 VR News and Industry Insights

22:22 Celebrity Gamers and Their Impact

24:12 Transitioning to the Main Event: Walkabout Tier List

24:29 Diving into the Walkabout Tier List

26:21 Judging Each Other's S Tier Lists

36:53 Exploring D Tier Courses

41:28 Final Thoughts on Course Rankings

41:55 The Worst Lairs in Mini Golf

44:47 Ranking the Courses: A Deep Dive

47:41 Exploring the A Tier Courses

53:49 The B Tier Breakdown

56:34 Final Thoughts on the Rankings

01:13:23 Walkabout Tier List Discussion

01:27:00 Games of the Week and Personal Playtime

📰 IN THE NEWS

Meta's "Project Phoenix" headset leaks ahead of Connect (Sept 23–24) • Supernatural spins out on its own — Meta's "Legacy Edition" is available until Dec 3 • Snoop Dogg joins Hitman: World of Assassination as a free Elusive Target • Building Payday: Aces High (our Fast Travel Games interview).

🎮 GAMES OUT THIS WEEK

Real VR Fishing "US South" DLC (Quest & Steam) • D.E.C.A.Y. (PC VR) • BrushHammer: Miniature Painter (Quest).

🕹️ WHAT WE'VE BEEN PLAYING

Trombone Champ (Disney Movie Magic DLC) • Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 • Payday: Aces High playtest • Discovery: Rogue Planet • The Light Brigade: Definitive Edition.

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This week Samson and Mike get settled in. Mike says “housekeeping.” We cover 4 recent news stories. There is a new Walkabout course and a new way to use Virtual Desktop! Last week there was a VR Showcase, we choose which games we want to Wed, Bed, and Dead. Then we discuss a few games we played as well as a few games coming out this week. 

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RAYBAN Meta Wayfarer: https://www.meta.com/affiliates/JPJtgK6LP

RAYBAN Meta Headliner: https://www.meta.com/affiliates/87vVR1nRY

QUEST 3 Carrying Case: https://www.meta.com/affiliates/EVzw35SBE

Elite Strap with Battery: https://www.meta.com/affiliates/9F1EXS9wH

Elite Strap: https://www.meta.com/affiliates/FuGn77L91

Charging Dock: https://www.meta.com/affiliates/9RC9HEGq8

Silicone Facial Interface: https://www.meta.com/affiliates/5DTVX8pub

Active Straps: https://www.meta.com/affiliates/7Qhfo4FXn

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VR COVER: https://vrcover.com Use code: PlayTestVR for 10% off EVERYTHING         

Quest Referral Spreadsheet...over 150 games!: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kssKH2L8cSZCwbJ2S6aZQwvbIZsjZ0s1UcCHKotJ3ic/edit?usp=sharing           

Want to be part of the show? Send in your questions at [email protected]         

Twitter: @playtest_vr | @samson143vr | 

Main Channel: https://youtube.com/c/playtestvr         

Spreading VR: https://youtu.be/9BCu3lnnCKU

#VR #quest3s #Quest3 #Meta #xr

Chapters:

00:20 Introduction and Housekeeping

06:51 VR News Highlights

27:51 VR Game Showcase Discussion

38:48 Trombone Champ and Custom Songs

42:01 VR Game Showcase Insights

47:54 Game Picks: Bed, Wed, Dead

01:01:34 What We've Been Playing This Week

01:13:58 Upcoming Game Releases