VR Download

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/

We discuss the Meta's upcoming Connect 1-day conference in October and what it means for VR, the Nofio wireless Valve Index crowdfunding campaign, the latest Steam hardware survey, Lofelt haptics acquisition by Meta, Quest 2's move to 120Hz, Snap's layoffs as they pursue AR with Spectacles, next-generation Qualcomm chips tuned for VR, and the latest specifications for Pico's upcoming high-end standalone headset.

Apple trademarked "Reality" and Mark Zuckerberg's face is the subject of widespread discussion as he reveals the release window for Quest Pro. Plus, Steam Deck's user interface is coming to VR. 

We discuss the end of the Facebook account requirement for Meta Quest, Logitech Chorus off-ear speakers for Quest 2, Meta's avatars & horizon updates, PSVR 2 coming in early 2023, and our Starburst HDR eyes-in demo from SIGGRAPH.

We also talk about the challenge of comparing PSVR 2 to Quest 2 and Pico's next headset.

This week we discuss the new recording options coming to Quest 2 and the imminent launch of new Meta accounts. We also talk about what might be in store for Meta's next Connect event as we dive into Lenovo's new headset, Pico 4's timeline to market as well as its privacy situation and the outlook for Apple VR. 

In our last episode before David Heaney and Ian Hamilton meet in the real world for the first time, we discuss whether Meta's revenue growth is turning a corner as well as the company's new long-term goal by 2030. 

We also discuss VRChat's importance and whether Meta can ever own the metaverse, and we close out with a discussion about how Pico might differentiate itself with its next headset.