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Meta (formerly Facebook) introduced App Lab in 2021 — a new method of app distribution, allowing you to easily install non-Oculus Store games and apps onto your Oculus Quest and Meta Quest 2 (formerly Oculus Quest 2) headset. Since launch, the Quest platform has operated much like a console, with a strict curation policy. The…

What can you play on this Meta Quest 2 alternative? Find out with our list of Pico Neo 3 Link Games! Specs-wise, the Pico Neo 3 Link is very similar to the Quest 2, using the same XR2 chip and employing two motion controllers. But how does the recently-launched headset’s library stack up to other…

50 VR Tours and Excursions If you ever wondered what a particular location would look like from a closer perspective, virtual reality can provide you with that magic.  Virtual reality offers a plethora of free VR tours and excursions for you to try and we’ve compiled a list of 50 of them! These tours or…

Sony expects to have over 20 “major” titles available for its PlayStation VR2 headset at launch, according to a company investor presentation. While it didn’t confirm the names or developers of all the games, a slide confirmed that the list will be made up of a combination of first- and third-party titles, and suggested it’d…

Hi! I’m Erik Odeldahl, Creative Director at Fast Travel Games. We recently released Cities: VR on Meta Quest 2, our VR adaptation of the leading city-builder, Cities: Skylines. While the game includes a helpful tutorial, mastering the game will indeed provide a challenge. After all, you are not only designing cities in Cities: VR. You…

Goodbye iPod, hello Eyes Pod. According to a report by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple has demonstrated a new Apple-made VR headset to its board. Such a product has been rumored for a while and has reportedly been in development at Apple since 2015. We don’t yet know what it looks like or much about its…

There are more than 1,600+ games on VIVEPORT in 2022, so it can be hard to make up your mind on what you want to play. No worries, we are here to help! Here are 5 games we believe you will definitely enjoy with yourself, with family, or with friends:  Rating: 4.4 stars Genre: Action…

In our previous blog posts, we cover the benefits of improving your mental well-being in the metaverse. Today, we like to turn our focus to physical well-being. With the rising concern of maintaining our physical health, communities all over are now finding different ways to keep physically active. Regular exercise boosts your energy and also…

Back in October we tried installing Windows 11 and found Oculus Link juddered. Six months later this issue still remains, but there is a workaround. Oculus Link is a Quest feature which lets the device act as a PC VR headset, either wired via USB or wirelessly via your home Wi-Fi network. While it works…

The Pico Neo 3 Link is one of the first consumer standalone headsets to challenge the Quest 2’s dominance. But, wait, what’s a Pico Neo 3 Link? There’s some promise in this new device and some reasons that Meta should take its arrival in European markets seriously. But, if you’re just hearing about the company…

VR Gaming Statistics (Popular Genres, Meta Quest Store & More) Oculus/Meta/Facebook are very secretive about their data. There’s very little information about how developers/publishers could get their app onto the official Quest Store. Right now the only way to get onto the official Quest Store is to be “chosen.” There’s no application process. On top…

Your eyes do not deceive you. That is a 1 to 1 scale O’Neill Cylinder, in VRChat. So staggering is the scale that initially I assumed most of it was simply a skybox or something. I also assumed only the ground level where you spawn would be accessible as I’ve never seen spin gravity simulated…

Looking to make an avatar to use across your Quest in experiences like Horizon Venues, Horizon Worlds or Eleven Table Tennis? Here’s how to make a Quest avatar. On Quest headsets, there’s a couple of different kind of avatars. Apps made by third-party developers will sometimes use their own avatar system which you set up…

A new, free 10-minute immersive VR movie, Spacewalkers, from Felix & Paul Studios is available to Quest, and it’s a must-watch for any who owns a headset. Here’s our quick review. Despite an interest in outer space and the wider universe, before this week I had yet to dive into any of Felix & Paul…

VR video studio Felix & Paul’s latest effort is here, and it lets you take a real-life spacewalk. Spacewalkers is part of the Space Explorers: The ISS Experience and features 10 minutes of footage captured from cameras sent up to the International Space Station in 2021. You’ll experience a full, 3D 360 degree video that…

Meta moves fast with its VR hardware, but often leaves customers in the dust. It’s commonly said that Facebook, now Meta, didn’t launch new VR hardware in 2021 – but that’s not exactly true. In summer sales of Quest 2 were paused for 4 weeks. The main reason for this was to respond to a…

What is the Best VR Headset for Beat Saber? In short: it depends on your purpose. Do you want to play Beat Saber for competitiveness? Or do you want to play casually? Do you want full body tracking? Important Features to Consider: Everyone has their own reasons for playing Beat Saber. The main reasons are:…

Disclosure: When you buy something with the links on our site, we may earn a small commission for the sale. This doesn’t affect you in any way, but helps us keep the site updated with the latest VR information. about our policy. Should I buy the Oculus Quest 2, 128 GB or 256 GB? In…

5 (Tested) VR-Ready Computers for the Valve Index *This guide is written for 2021 and will be regularly updated* The Valve Index is an absolute top tier headset with LCD panels running at 144 Hz refresh rate and 2880 x 1660 resolution, but with such high specs, does this mean you’ll need a big budget…

There is a place in the market for a headset like HTC’s Vive Flow, however, I am not sure that it works in its current state. Here’s a breakdown of why. Why does Vive Flow Exist? Let’s start with Vive Flow’s purpose, according to HTC Vive. The company says it is primarily for meditation, entertainment,…

Do you and your friends want to watch TV shows and movies on Oculus Quest 2? Here are the best ways to do it. The Oculus Quest isn’t just great for VR games, it’s also an excellent media device as well. It’s becoming increasingly popular to watch movies in virtual cinema environments using VR headsets,…

Interested in watching streaming services like Disney+, Netflix and more on Oculus Quest? Here’s our guide to what’s available and the best way to do it. We also have a whole guide on how to watch TV shows and movies on Oculus Quest — that guide is more focused on all the different services and…

How to Open the Quest 2 Controllers: Many people are confused on how to change the Oculus Quest 2 controller batteries, because the controllers are very hard to open. To open your Quest 2 controllers, you’ll need to slide the cover down as shown in the diagram above. Sometimes the cover is very tightly secured…

A Township Tale is a deeply ambitious VR game, but your first few hours will likely be incredibly intimidating. The town building sim arrives on Oculus Quest tomorrow, but it’s still very much an early access title, and the tutorials on offer right now are pretty meagre. Without a little help, it’ll be easy to…

I’m by no means the best Beat Saber player out there, but I was formerly in the top 1000 of the leaderboards and can S rank some of the harder songs like Camellia’s Ghost and some of the Kobaryo songs on Expert+. This is just advice that has worked for me, apart from just “practice…

Welcome back to Fitness Friday. Last week we talked about how to boost your exercise game by using Quest to rediscover sports. We continued our Oculus TV series featuring world-class workout instructors, gave a sneak peek at the forthcoming music-packed boxing experience, Liteboxer VR, and showed you how to check your fitness goals with Oculus…

When I first had Oculus Quest in my home in early 2019, I went into Rec Room for a game of paintball and found myself army crawling across my living room to get a better angle on the other team. For me this is a visceral memory — an important moment in VR’s development when…

Need better gear in A Township Tale? Then you’ll need to visit the Blacksmith. Get started with our A Township Tale Blacksmith guide! Where Is The Blacksmith In A Township Tale Like a lot of areas of the game when you first start out, the Blacksmith is actually locked. To get access, you need to…

This week, we released a bunch of titles and updates across the Quest and Rift Platforms. Here’s a rundown of the highlights:Anshar 2: HyperdriveTake the role of a newly enlisted pilot in the deadliest squad in the Ansharian arsenal. Bring the fight to the Nergal in dazzling ship-to-ship battles in deep space. Freely traverse large…

I won’t be backing Arpara’s Kickstarter fundraising campaign and there are some concerning issues we should flag our community about as the project seeks money. The page on Kickstarter went public on December 14th, but we’ve seen hands-on reports from Cas & Chary and VR_Oasis who actually tried to test the company’s hardware and their…