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. Horizon OS, Android XR, visionOS 27 and SteamOS on the Steam Frame, social VR platforms, creative tools and enterprise applications all land here, along with the SDK releases and platform policy changes that decide what developers can ship.
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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
Why Is SideQuest Shipping a Flatpak Now? So It Can Run on a Steam Deck and a Steam Frame
SideQuest 1.4.0 added x86_64 and aarch64 Flatpak builds and dropped the USB cable from Quest setup. It shipped on October 6, a week before this week's coverage, and 1.4.1 followed six hours later to patch the wireless path.
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VR.org OriginalsoftwareBy Jordan Kuo
WebGPU Lands in XR Blocks, but Not in the Part Developers Build With
Google tagged XR Blocks v0.22.0 on October 10, its first release in more than six weeks. THREE.WebGPURenderer now runs in the desktop simulator, the notes state plainly that the spatial UI does not, and the on-device AI samples ship without a single performance number.
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VR.org OriginalgamingBy Evan Marcus
Phasmophobia's Crimson Eye Is Back, and VR Players Get It on a Rebuilt Body for the First Time
Crimson Eye runs to November 1, and it is the first one since Kinetic replaced Phasmophobia's VR character rig. The three VR bugs still open in August were fixed 16 days later, Double XP starts October 15, and your friends do not need headsets to join.
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VR.org OriginalenterpriseBy Sam Whitfield
ESPN's First Immersive Game on Quest Aired With a Seven-Day Replay and No Stated Price
Texas against Oklahoma streamed live in 180 degrees on Quest on October 10, with the replay up for seven days. Meta's post names the app and the playoff games still to come, and says nothing about price, countries or the next fixture.
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VR.org OriginalgamingBy Evan Marcus
Ultimechs Gets Twelve Days' Notice After Nearly Three Years of Steam Silence
Resolution Games is retiring Ultimechs online multiplayer on October 20 and delisting both the game and its Spectator client the same day. The game had a VR Master League season and balance patches tuned on league match data, and its Steam page had been silent since October 2023.
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VR.org OriginalsoftwareBy Nina Castillo
AVP Play Rebuilds Your Quest Purchases for a Vision Pro: Seven Verified Games on Thursday, Thirteen by Saturday
AVP Play downloads the Quest games your Meta account owns, translates them with a fork of the Klepton toolchain, signs them with your own Apple developer certificate and installs them on a Vision Pro. Thirteen games have tested recipes, up from seven at Thursday's launch, about 17,000 are listed, and a paid Apple Developer membership is not optional.
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VR.org OriginalgamingBy Nina Castillo
Halloween 2026 in VR: Every Event, Update and Launch With a Date on It
Phasmophobia's Crimson Eye runs to November 1, VRChat's Spookality winners go on show October 16, a VR horror game jam closes October 22 and Steam Scream V opens October 26. Ten dates between now and November 2, each checked at its source.
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VR.org OriginalgamingBy Evan Marcus
Walkabout Mini Golf Just Gave Me a Do-Over Button. I Am Not Sure I Want One.
Escape from Planet Xylodon landed today at $4.99, and the base game update underneath it matters more than the course. Mulligans are now a per-room setting you trigger from your wrist, and experimental hand tracking has arrived on Quest in a game whose entire skill ceiling is a grip.
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