Meta Opens $1 Million VR Start Contest — Hands-Only for VR Glasses
Meta’s $1M VR Start Developer Competition requires end-to-end hand usability — shelf-stocking for Meta VR Glasses shipping spring 2027.
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Meta Promises 100+ Immersive Live Sports Events a Year as Apple Stalls at Ten
At Connect 2026 Meta pledged over 100 immersive live sports events a year once Meta VR Glasses launch — while Apple’s Immersive live sports ledger sits at about ten games, and its immersive video team is reportedly shrinking.
GOLF+ Adds Medinah No. 3 as Presidents Cup Plays Out in Illinois
Golf+ drops Medinah Country Club No. 3 on Quest for $11.99 while the 2026 Presidents Cup plays the same redesigned layout west of Chicago.
Dungeons of Eternity Adds Tomb Extraction and Steam Frame Verification
Othergate’s free Tomb Extraction update adds an extraction-style crypt mode, Steam Frame verification with finger tracking, and a lighting overhaul for Quest and Steam.
PAYDAY: Aces High Opens Quest Playtest on October 19 After Connect
Meta set an October 19 open playtest for Fast Travel Games’ PAYDAY: Aces High on Quest 3 and 3S, with cross-play to PC VR and a Kitty Mask reward.
Cardmada Brings Hand-Tracked Pirate Card Battles to Meta VR Glasses and Quest
Cardmada, a free-to-play pirate tactical card battler built for hand and eye input, is coming to Meta VR Glasses and Quest 3/3S after Meta Connect.
Meta Immersive Sports Brings ESPN College Football to Quest This Year
Meta’s Connect media pitch puts ESPN Immersive Sports—8K, 180-degree college football—on Quest in 2026, while the 100-event sports slate and IMAX Enhanced cinema wait on Meta VR Glasses in spring 2027.
Mixed News: VRChat Quest Open Beta Moves to Unity 6. Creators Stay on 2022.
VRChat’s Quest OpenBeta now runs Unity 6000.0.67f1 after Build 1913. Creators must stay on Unity 2022.3.22f1 — the live client is still 2026.3.2.
UploadVR Rates Twilight’s End 4.5. Battlemarked Finale Earns the Ask.
UploadVR’s Mike Johnson gives Campaign III: Twilight’s End 4.5/5 — best bosses in Battlemarked, nine hours on hard, recycled Silver Marches maps.
Skeleton Crew VR Hits Steam Early Access September 24. Quest Feedback Comes Along.
1A3M’s pirate heist VR game locks a September 24 Steam Early Access date, three months after its Quest 3 launch. OpenXR, invite-only co-op, no Steam price yet.