This week in VR, Dad does a solo show and he's been playing VR! Humanity, vRider and Soapbox to be exact. Elsewhere, Apple show off the impressive spatial personas. Meta announce a Horizon Workrooms overhaul, and there are a lot of indie releases coming this month.

Soapbox access: https://www.oculus.com/experiences/6448581685227749/release-channels/720836910227171/?token=MN0GWZG6

This week in VR, we go over our last 3 months, talking about how much VR we played, what we liked and what we're anticipating for the rest of the year. Elsewhere, Samson went to PAX East 2024 and played PSVR 2 for the first time. There's also a tonne of news stories, including the first Quest 3 exclusive.

This week in VR, Dan plays the excellent Time-crysis like game, Tiger Blade. Samson jumps into some mixed reality fun with Yuki. Elsewhere, we go into our favourite goofy/wacky games on Quest. PSVR 2 Production has been halted. And we're joined by the folks at VR Monkey to discuss their upcoming game, Sky Climb. 

VR Monkey Discord: https://discord.gg/87j9qYa6dC

3 Keys to giveaway on the LTO discord, link below.

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          

Merch! https://playtest-vr.creator-spring.com         

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

Visit Patreon.com/letstalkoculus to help support the podcast and receive early access!    

Twitter: @playtest_vr | @samson143vr         

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

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

Chapters

00:00 Intro

02:16 Walkabout Week 3

07:57 Tiger Blade

25:45 Yuki MR

31:10 Goofy Games

40:31 PSVR 2 Production Halted

51:30 VR Monkey and Sky Climb

This week in VR, we sit down with Richie from Toast Interactive, known for Richie's plank experience. We dive into their new game, Max Mustard and discuss why the VR platformer works so well. Elsewhere, we talk about the new Walkabout Course, Ice Lair and Samson gets into Contractors Showdown

This week in VR, we discussing the imminent Quest 3 lite, going into all of the rumours, discussing its target audience and notable omissions from the Quest 3. Elsewhere, Quest+ has been enhanced with an all new games catalogue and LG get into bed with Meta for the Quest Pro 2.   

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          

Merch! https://playtest-vr.creator-spring.com         

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

Visit Patreon.com/letstalkoculus to help support the podcast and receive early access!    

Twitter: @playtest_vr | @samson143vr        

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

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

Chapters

00:00 Intro 

01:46 Walkabout Comp Wk1 

17:07 What We've Been Playing 

35:07 Quest 3 Lite is Imminent  

55:05 VR News 

1:12:52 Games Out This Week

This week in VR, Dan plays the first hour of Stranger Things VR, Samson Announces the next Walkabout Competition, We discuss big budget VR titles, Samson plays the New Among Us 'Lights Out' mode. To round off the show, Dan sits down with Kyle, CEO at The Net VR to discuss his app in bringing people together in VR to watch their favourite streamers.

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

Merch! https://playtest-vr.creator-spring.com

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

Visit Patreon.com/letstalkoculus to help support the podcast and receive early access!

Twitter: @playtest_vr | @samson143vr

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

Chapters

00:00 Intro

02:39 Big Budget VR Titles

13:50 Walkabout Comp 2

20:49 What We've Been Playing (Stranger Things)

45:45 The Net VR w/ Kyle

This week in VR we're back to our regular programming! Dan tries out the BoboVR S3 after infamously not liking the M3, Samson checks out Brink Traveller, v62 update is here, no Assassins Creed Nexus 2, Big Arizona Sunshine Update, Yu-Gi-Ho! in VR and the Walkabout week 4 standings. 

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      

Merch! https://playtest-vr.creator-spring.com     

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

Visit Patreon.com/letstalkoculus to help support the podcast and receive early access!    Twitter: @playtest_vr | @samson143vr     

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

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

Chapters
00:00 Intro
02:35 Walkabout Standings
15:40 BoboVR S3 Impressions
21:26 What We've Been Playing
39:44 Apple Vision Pro Hands On
54:43 VR News
1:11:17 Games Out This Week

This week in VR, we're joined by Brad, better known from the Youtube Channel, SadlyItsBradley. At the time of recording, Brad joins with his Apple Persona after owning the Apple Vision Pro for 48hrs and talks about his initial thoughts. We also talk about Brad's background into VR, gaming or lack thereof, his thoughts on Quest 3, a Valve Deckard update, VR Chat love and more. Samson plays Underdogs and Dan has an interesting finding with Media apps on Quest. It's a jam packed one!

Brad's X: https://x.com/SadlyItsBradley?s=20

SadleyItsBradley: https://www.youtube.com/sadlyitsbradley

This week in VR, we check on the biggest game of 2024, not Bulletstorm, not Walking Dead... UNDERDOGS. Yes, this game that I (Dan) didn't care much for last week is an absolute gem. Elsewhere, Samson smashes the Synthriders DLC, three top performers shine in the Walkabout Comp and there's a great App Lab Pick of the week at the end. Oh, there's also a quick review on AMVR's Facial cover!

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      

Merch! https://playtest-vr.creator-spring.com     

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

Visit Patreon.com/letstalkoculus to help support the podcast and receive early access!    

Twitter: @playtest_vr | @samson143vr     

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

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

Chapters