‘VRChat’ Breaks Concurrent User Record on New Year’s Eve

‘VRChat’ Breaks Concurrent User Record on New Year’s Eve

VRChat’s head of community says the popular social VR platform set a new concurrent user record over the New Year’s Eve celebrations. The News As first reported by UploadVR , VRChat’s head of community ‘Tupper’ detailed concurrent user numbers as they rolled in across the various Western Hemisphere time zones during the platform’s annual 24-hour

The Best VR Games of 2025 – Our Game of the Year Picks

The Best VR Games of 2025 – Our Game of the Year Picks

Nearly a decade after consumer VR took its first real steps—driven by headsets like the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR—the medium has outgrown its novelty phase. Those early platforms reshaped not just how players experienced games, but how studios thought about presence, interaction, and scale. Today’s VR games and experiences walk along that

Capcom Has “No Plans” for a VR Mode in ‘Resident Evil Requiem’

Capcom Has “No Plans” for a VR Mode in ‘Resident Evil Requiem’

Don’t get your hopes up for a VR adaptation of Resident Evil Requiem, the next survival horror from Capcom. The studio says it currently has “no plans” on the subject. The News As mentioned in a Q&A with the game’s producer Masato Kumazawa ( Minimap , via Reddit), Resident Evil Requiem isn’t aiming to release on VR headsets

Netflix Acquires XR Avatar Startup Ready Player Me

Netflix Acquires XR Avatar Startup Ready Player Me

Netflix announced it’s acquiring Ready Player Me, the avatar creation platform, which the streaming giant hopes to leverage soon with the rollout of user personas across Netflix Games. The News Terms of the deal were not disclosed, according to TechCrunch . It’s said however the Estonia-based startup’s team of around 20 people will be joining

Meta “Pauses” Third-party Headset Program, Effectively Cancelling Horizon OS Headsets from Asus & Lenovo

Meta “Pauses” Third-party Headset Program, Effectively Cancelling Horizon OS Headsets from Asus & Lenovo

Meta has “paused” its initiative to bring third-party Horizon OS headsets to the market. The company says it has shifted focus to “building the world-class first-party hardware and software needed to advance the VR market.” The News A little over a year and a half ago, Meta made an “industry-altering announcement,” as I called the