Editor's PickVirtual Desktop
$19.99The single most important app for any Quest owner with a gaming PC. Streams your entire desktop and SteamVR library into the headset wirelessly, with remarkably low latency.
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Platforms, apps, developer tools, and the software ecosystem powering virtual and augmented reality. From social VR platforms to creative tools and enterprise applications, we cover the software layer that brings hardware to life. SDK updates, platform policy changes, and new app launches all land here.
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- 1Virtual DesktopWireless PC VR
- 2ImmersedMulti-monitor workspace
- 3VRChatSocial VR
- 4BigscreenVirtual cinema
- 5Gravity Sketch3D design
- 6ShapesXRSpatial prototyping
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VRChat
FreeThe largest social VR platform. Build a custom avatar and explore thousands of community-built worlds across Quest, PC VR, and now mobile. Free to play.
Immersed
FreeTurns your headset into a multi-monitor workstation with up to five virtual screens and passthrough so you can still see your keyboard. A remote-work favorite, with a free tier plus paid plans.
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VR.org OriginalsoftwareBy Nina Castillo
Escape Simulator 2 Is Playable in VR Right Now, and the Full Update Will Be Free
Pine Studio opened a public VR preview for Escape Simulator 2 through Steam's open_beta branch, with every official room playable and a free full VR update planned before the end of 2026.
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VR.org OriginalsoftwareBy Nina Castillo
Valve Quietly Cut the Steam Frame Verified Requirement From 90 FPS to 72
Valve's partner documentation now sets the standalone VR bar at 72 fps at 1728x1728 per eye, down from the 90 FPS announced at GDC 2026. There was no changelog and no announcement, and a reader caught it before we did.
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VR.org OriginalgamingBy Evan Marcus
Six Years, 41 Courses, No Battle Pass: Walkabout Mini Golf Is the Best-Run Game in VR
Gloop Lair arrives August 13 as the 41st Walkabout Mini Golf course since 2020, in a year where I have written seven VR shutdown stories. The tell is not the release cadence, it is the day Mighty Coconut raised its base price and handed six paid courses to existing owners for free.
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VR.org OriginalsoftwareBy Jordan Kuo
Valve's Answer to Steam Frame's Content Problem Is Three Translation Layers and Not a Single Port
Lepton and FEX went public on Steam on August 2, which puts the Steam Frame's entire compatibility stack in the open before the headset has a release date. Valve's answer to an empty store is emulation rather than port funding, and the 10 to 20 percent tax it charges collides directly with a 90 FPS certification bar.
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VR.org OriginalarBy Nina Castillo
DuckDuckGo's $35 Sunglasses Have No Battery, No Camera, and No Chip
The DuckDuckGo Paso Robles is a $35 pair of sunglasses with the smart-glasses spec list printed on the temple and struck through. It fixes nothing, but it points at a real gap: every tool built so far tells you what someone else is wearing, and none lets you signal that your own glasses are just glasses.
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VR.org OriginalsoftwareBy Evan Marcus
Rec Room Died, Horizon Worlds Left VR, and Now Somebody Is Rebuilding Altspace
SideQuest has acquired the rights to the Altspace name and is rebuilding the platform for a fall 2026 launch, robot avatars included. In the same year Rec Room went dark and Meta walked Horizon Worlds out of its own headset, that should sound insane. I think it might be the smartest move anyone in social VR has made in two years.
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VR.org OriginalsoftwareBy Nina Castillo
Somnium Space v3.1.6 Rebuilds the Platform Ahead of Its Return to Steam
Somnium Space's v3.1.6 update adds private world instances and server-side scripting, and preps the social VR platform's first Steam release since its 2021 crypto delisting.
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VR.org OriginalgamingBy Evan Marcus
What Do You Owe the People Still Playing Your Dying VR Shooter?
Triangle Factory is closing Hyper Dash's servers on November 1 but shipped a final update that keeps the game launchable offline. The reason they cannot hand it to the community is the detail every VR developer should be reading twice.
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