Quest Update Replicates One of SideQuest’s Most Useful Features, Lets Parents Block Sideloading Entirely
Quest’s v44 software update is rolling out now, and it’s serving up some long-overdue video capture options along with it, like the ability to record in 16:9 aspect ratio, and increase frame rate and bit rate for video capture. Those features were once only available through SideQuest, and now it seems Meta is equally intent […]

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Tower Tag Offers A Fresh Take On VR Esports

Grappling hook locomotion mechanics and room-scale technology help set this unique multiplayer shooter apart from the pack. In a market saturated by VR shooters, standing out from the pack has become increasingly difficult for smaller developers. That said, Tower Tag, a new multiplayer experience from VR Nerds Studios, appears to be up for the challenge. […]

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Tower Tag Offers A Fresh Take On VR Esports

Grappling hook locomotion mechanics and room-scale technology help set this unique multiplayer shooter apart from the pack. In a market saturated by VR shooters, standing out from the pack has become increasingly difficult for smaller developers. That said, Tower Tag, a new multiplayer experience from VR Nerds Studios, appears to be up for the challenge. […]

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Check Your Privilege In This Thought-Provoking VR Experience

Steps Of Privilege is available for free on the Meta Quest via the App Lab. We’ve talked heavily in the past about VR’s unique empathetic capabilities. In addition to entertainment, immersive technology can and is being used by numerous organizations to instill a sense of compassion while educating users on a variety of important subject […]

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VR Kiteboarding Is Your Next Big Obsession

A free demo of Neon Kite is available now on the Meta Quest. I love extreme sports as much as the next adrenaline junkie, but I’ve never been brave enough to try kiteboarding. For those unfamiliar, kiteboarding is an extreme sport in which a rider harnesses the power of the wind using a special kite […]

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We Are One Is A Multiplayer VR Game For People Who Hate Multiplayer

Keep your friends close, and your clones closer. Do you love multiplayer VR games but hate playing with other people? Well then does Flat Head Studio have the game for you. Coming later this year to Meta Quest 2 and PC VR headsets, We Are One is a trippy-looking puzzle shooter that has you working […]

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Hot Wheels-Inspired VR Game Stunt Track Builder Out Now

Build your own over-the-top stunt tracks with realistic toy-car physics. Available now on Quest and PC VR headsets, Stunt Track Builder is a new VR game for Quest and PC VR headsets that lets you relive those fond childhood memories of building intricate stunt tracks for your favorite toy cars. Brought to us by developer […]

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A $240 Quest App Tests the Boundaries of Oculus App Lab
Separate from the main Quest store, Oculus App Lab gives developers an official ‘unlisted’ and uncurated means of distributing Oculus Quest apps. So far the company has proven that it will remain largely hands-off on app content—and apparently price too—making App Lab useful for much more than just gaming apps. While the main Quest store—the […]

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Oculus Plans to Enable DLC & In-App Purchases for App Lab Developers Later This Year
Oculus App Lab is a way for developers to publish their apps on Quest without being subject to curation, but it comes with a few caveats like not being visible in the main Quest store. Since its launch, App Lab games also haven’t been able to offer DLC or in-app purchases, but the company says […]

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You Can Now Sideload Oculus Quest Apps with Your Phone – No PC Required
Oculus App Lab, Facebook’s unmoderated app outlet, has largely stolen the thunder from the unofficial Quest app store SideQuest over the past few months. This is largely due to the ease of use that App Lab offers over SideQuest, the latter of which required you to install a PC-based program to install apps. Now SideQuest […]

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