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 OriginalarBy Jordan Kuo
Meta Is Handing 15,000 Camera Glasses to Ireland's Blind Adults, and the Camera Is the Whole Product
Meta is donating 15,000 Ray-Ban Meta glasses to Vision Ireland, enough for every blind and visually impaired adult the charity supports, with funded in-person training. The camera-free tier that has taken over the privacy argument cannot do any of this.
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VR.org OriginalsoftwareBy Nina Castillo
A Windows Emulator Is Running Half-Life 2 on Quest 3, No PC Attached
WinlatorXR runs Windows games on a standalone headset with no PC, and its compatibility list now marks Half-Life 2 as working on Quest 3. A Half-Life: Alyx guide went up Thursday night. The head tracking arrives over UDP, and the mode list matters more than the headline.
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VR.org OriginalgamingBy Evan Marcus
Flat2VR Used to Mod System Shock. Today It Announced the Official VR Version.
The August VR Games Showcase ran 29 games, and Flat2VR Studios closed it by announcing official VR versions of System Shock and High on Life. The studio started as a modding community. Plus every dated release from the show.
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VR.org OriginalsoftwareBy Nina Castillo
The Threads App for Quest Runs Natively, Takes Hand Tracking, and Types by Voice
Meta released Threads as a native Quest app on August 11, free on the Horizon Store. Hand tracking works, the moderation tools shipped with it, and you can write a post without touching a keyboard.
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VR.org OriginalgamingBy Alex Reeves
Meta Took Beat Saber to $19.99 and Left 270 Paid Add-Ons at Full Price
Beat Saber's list price fell from $29.99 to $19.99 on Quest, SteamVR, and PSVR2, the first permanent cut in the game's life. The 270 paid add-ons on Steam held at $1.99 a track. Here is what the split says about VR pricing.
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VR.org OriginalenterpriseBy Sam Whitfield
Maersk Is Selling the 48-Year-Old Training Arm Behind Its VR Safety Courses
A.P. Moller - Maersk announced on August 7 that it has agreed to sell Maersk Training and Maersk H2S Safety Services to private equity carve-out specialist OpenGate Capital. Terms were not disclosed, and the release does not mention virtual reality once.
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VR.org OriginalsoftwareBy Nina Castillo
Half of Meta's $1.9 Million Glasses Grant Fund Went to Five App Developers
Meta named 30 recipients for its AI Glasses Impact Grants. Twenty-five nonprofits share $875,000 while five app developers building on the Wearables Device Access Toolkit take $200,000 each.
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VR.org OriginalsoftwareBy Sam Whitfield
Apple and MLB Set Four Live Immersive Games for Vision Pro, Starting with Yankees vs. Red Sox
Four Friday Night Baseball games will stream live in Apple Immersive Video on Vision Pro, starting August 28 with the Red Sox at the Yankees. The feed is 8K and 180-degree, it reaches nine markets, and four games is a pilot rather than a season.
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