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 OriginalgamingBy Evan Marcus
Half-Life: Alyx Gets Foveated Rendering on PC Six Years In, and Valve's Guide Covers 13 Headsets, Only One of Them Valve's
Valve's October 26 patch brings the foveated rendering it built for the standalone Steam Frame to the PC version of Half-Life: Alyx. It works in fixed mode on any headset, and the setup guide, written by OpenXR Toolkit co-creator Matthieu Bucchianeri, covers eye tracking on 13 headset families including PS VR2, Quest Pro and Vision Pro.
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VR.org OriginalxrBy Jordan Kuo
Meta Now Ships VR Hardware Only on 'Major Breakthroughs,' Leaving Quest 3 and 3S as the Build Target With No End Date
On Meta's October 21 earnings call, Zuckerberg said new VR devices will ship only when Meta has a major breakthrough, as lower Quest sales pulled Reality Labs revenue down 6 percent to $443 million. For developers, Quest 3 and 3S become an open-ended target, and Meta VR Glasses are the one new profile to plan for.
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VR.org OriginalgamingBy Jordan Kuo
Seventeen Free VR Halloween Games Came Out of a Jam Themed 'Graveyard Shift'
The VR IS DEAD Halloween Jam closed on October 22 with 17 free games on itch.io, and nine of them put the player on the clock under the theme Graveyard Shift. Five name Godot, two ship ARM builds, one runs in the browser, and rating runs until October 29.
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VR.org OriginalsoftwareBy Nina Castillo
Sixteen Meshes and 512 Instructions: VRChat's Face Tracking Moved Into the SDK
VRChat's Open Beta client and Avatars SDK 3.10.6-beta.1 put face tracking inside the Avatar Descriptor, with Unified Expressions keys, Auto-Fill blendshape mapping and up to 16 meshes. Synced face data no longer spends your custom parameter budget, and VRCFaceTracking's latest beta feeds it over OSC.
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VR.org OriginalsoftwareBy Nina Castillo
Meta's Layout SDK Gives React Native Apps Two Extra Panels on Quest, While Its Gaze SDK Can't Ship Yet
Meta's VR Layout SDK, out since Connect on September 24, lets Jetpack Compose and React Native apps open spatial windows beside their main one and fall back cleanly on phones. Its Gaze SDK sibling is early access only: Meta says Horizon Store submissions that bundle it will be rejected until a stable release.
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VR.org OriginalsoftwareBy Alex Reeves
Supernatural Reopens at $20 a Month, 43 Days Before Meta's Version Shuts Down
Supernatural's independent version opened in Early Access on October 21 at $20 a month or $200 a year, on Quest 2, 3, 3S and Pro in the US and Canada. Imported points and start dates show up right away; streaks, favorites, badges and workout history follow over the coming weeks, and transfers close December 3.
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VR.org OriginalsoftwareBy Nina Castillo
OpenXR's Spatial Containers Put Your App in a Window Beside Other Apps, and the Spec Landed in 1.1.63
XR_EXT_spatial_container and its self-rendering companion give OpenXR a bounded window mode the system positions for you. Khronos announced them on October 19, but both landed in the 1.1.63 spec on September 1.
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VR.org OriginalxrBy Jordan Kuo
Real VR Fishing's Quest-Only Room Scan Floods the Floor and Leaves the TV Showing
Real VR Fishing's October update lets Quest 3 and 3S owners scan a room, choose which parts flood, and keep the TV in view. The game also runs on Galaxy XR and Steam, and the developer says the mode is Quest only for now.
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