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Oculus Quest 2 Launch Day Q&A Enhanced Gameplay Livestream

For today’s livestream we’re playing a bunch of Oculus Quest 2 games, showing off what’s new and enhanced for the new headset! If you’re curious about how we livestream the way we do then look no further than this handy guide for general tips and this guide specific to our Oculus Quest setup.

Today is the official launch day for the Oculus Quest 2! We’re going live with a variety gameplay livestream showing off all of the latest enhanced games with updated visuals and performance for the new standalone VR hedset.

Our Oculus Quest 2 gameplay livestream is planned to start at about 11:00 AM PT today and will last for around an hour or two, give or take. We’ll be hitting just our YouTube and I’ll be streaming from an Oculus Quest 2 via Chomecast and some of my colleagues will be in Discord chat to help with questions.

 

Oculus Quest 2 Q&A Launch Gameplay Livestream

Check out the Star Wars: Squadrons stream embedded right here and down below once live:

You can see lots of our past archived streams over in our YouTube playlist or even all livestreams here on UploadVR and various other gameplay highlights. There’s lots of good stuff there so make sure and subscribe to us on YouTube to stay up-to-date on gameplay videos, video reviews, live talk shows, interviews, and more original content!

And please let us know which games or discussions you want us to livestream next! We have lots of VR games in the queue that we would love to show off more completely. Let’s get ready to go!

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Live Discussion: HP Reverb G2 Omnicept, Star Wars, The Walking Dead, Solaris, & Oculus Quest 2

Catch up on a huge week for VR news live with us!

We’ll be in our virtual studio broadcasting the VR Download podcast live to YouTube Thursday at 1 pm Pacific! More than one of us will be wearing Oculus Quest 2 for the conversation in our studio made in Unity by David Heaney and using both hand tracking and Oculus Avatars. If you have any questions about Quest 2 or VR in general, tune in live — we’re able to read all the YouTube comments from within the studio. Even if we don’t answer your question, there’s a good chance our helpful community might have the answer.

We’ll also be diving into the huge game release season that’s underway with hands-on reports, impressions and reviews to share for all the latest major game releases. We plan on talking about each of the following subjects in depth:

HP Reverb G2 Omnicept Edition Adds Face And Eye-Tracking, Coming In 2021

The Walking Dead: Onslaught Review – Watered Down Apocalypse

Virtual Desktop On Oculus Quest 2 Already Runs PC VR At 90 Hz

Star Wars: Squadrons Everything You Need To Know

Solaris: Offworld Combat Review – Sci-Fi Quake For The VR Age

And of course if you miss us live, we’ll trim down the recording and send it out to the major podcast platforms.

Just ask your virtual assistant to play “The VR Download Podcast” and you should be listening to our latest episode. Subscribe to our channel to get notifications for new videos and check back here at 1 pm Pacific time to dig through the latest VR news with us!

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VR Roulette Episode 4 LIVE: Ratbois & Roasting

Welcome to VR Roulette! This is our LIVE weekly game show on YouTube that’s streamed (usually) around 10:30AM PT on Wednesdays. We select a list of weird, quirky, and/or bizarre VR games and take turns spinning the wheel to see what we’ve all got to play next. Tune in with us live on YouTube! Read our announcement article for more details.

Today we’ll be busy chucking snowballs in Snowday, sorting eggs from bombs (for some reason) in Egg Time and fending off hordes of giant rats in the rather terrifying-looking MegaRats. There’s also a Doritos VR Battle game, which is the most exciting thing to happen to Zeena since the advent of the 3D Dorito. We even have our first request! But you’ll have to tune in to learn all about it.

We should be in for a good show this week. We’re going to experiment with introducing some new rules

But enough 90’s confectionary trivia; we’ve got a gameshow to make. Be here bright and early at 10:30 AM PT for all the usual shenanigans. Apologies in advance for this week’s thumbnail.

Do you have any recommendations for games or types of games you’d like to see in future VR Roulette episodes? Do you think we could do anything to make the show better (keeping in mind David lives in California and Jamie/Zeena live in the UK) or is it good as-is right now?

Let us know your thoughts down in the comments down below!

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VR Roulette Episode 2 LIVE: Ski Doom, Cute Idols, And More!

Welcome to VR Roulette! This is our LIVE weekly game show on YouTube that’s streamed (usually) at 10AM PT on Wednesdays. We select a list of weird, quirky, and/or bizarre VR games and take turns spinning the wheel to see what we’ve all got to play next. Tune in with us live on YouTube! Read our announcement article for more details.

Last week we debuted VR Roulette with minimal technical issues, so this time we’re back again and hoping it goes even more smoothly! And yes, we know, it’s a Friday and not a Wednesday but a little thing called Facebook Connect happened and it sort of threw a wrench into the week’s typical plans.

If you missed the pilot episode, you can check that out here. For this week we’re revamping the wheel with all-new games, including You Can Pet The Dog VR, Happy Oshare Time, Ski Doom VR, Loo War, and much more. It should be a great time, all things considered here.

You can tune in live right here starting at 10AM PT or if the stream is over you can watch it as an archived video. Make sure and take time to appreciate the beauty of this thumbnail:

Do you have any recommendations for games or types of games you’d like to see in future VR Roulette episodes? Do you think we could do anything to make the show better (keeping in mind David lives in California and Jamie/Zeena live in the UK) or is it good as-is right now?

Let us know your thoughts down in the comments down below!

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VR Roulette Episode 2 LIVE: Ski Doom, Cute Idols, And More!

Welcome to VR Roulette! This is our LIVE weekly game show on YouTube that’s streamed (usually) at 10AM PT on Wednesdays. We select a list of weird, quirky, and/or bizarre VR games and take turns spinning the wheel to see what we’ve all got to play next. Tune in with us live on YouTube! Read our announcement article for more details.

Last week we debuted VR Roulette with minimal technical issues, so this time we’re back again and hoping it goes even more smoothly! And yes, we know, it’s a Friday and not a Wednesday but a little thing called Facebook Connect happened and it sort of threw a wrench into the week’s typical plans.

If you missed the pilot episode, you can check that out here. For this week we’re revamping the wheel with all-new games, including You Can Pet The Dog VR, Happy Oshare Time, Ski Doom VR, Loo War, and much more. It should be a great time, all things considered here.

You can tune in live right here starting at 10AM PT or if the stream is over you can watch it as an archived video. Make sure and take time to appreciate the beauty of this thumbnail:

Do you have any recommendations for games or types of games you’d like to see in future VR Roulette episodes? Do you think we could do anything to make the show better (keeping in mind David lives in California and Jamie/Zeena live in the UK) or is it good as-is right now?

Let us know your thoughts down in the comments down below!

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Oculus Quest 2 Facebook Connect Announcement And Review Discussion

Immediately after the Facebook Connect keynote we met up live in our virtual studio discussing all the details revealed about Oculus Quest 2, connected across continents by virtual reality.

We answered some great questions from our audience and had Jamie in our studio from England wearing Oculus Quest 2, with Kyle in Washington and myself in Southern California joining from original Quests. If you’ve never seen our VR Download show, this week’s special episode is definitely worth catching up on. We covered everything we know right now about Oculus Quest 2 and Jamie’s experience with it over the last couple weeks.

Our broadcast studio is made in Unity by staffer David Heaney and utilizes Oculus Avatars enabling us to feel like we’re together. We then talk about VR news and games and break it all down. He’s ironed out most of the bugs in our studio at this point, and pretty soon we should be able to interview folks in VR and dig through the latest news with our audience more easily than ever before.

Check out the Oculus Quest 2 discussion now:

If you’re looking for more information about Facebook Connect and Facebook’s recent moves in VR, here’s a list of additional stories we’ve got from our recent reporting:

More Facebook Connect News

Earlier VR Download Specials With Bigscreen, Virtual Desktop, Sidequest, Voices Of VR, and Mozilla:

Article originally published on Sept. 15, 2020, before the recording. An update to this article on Sept. 16, 2020, changed the start time for the VR Download live recording to immediately after the Facebook Connect keynote ends. Another update on Sept. 17 changed the publish time of the article and changed much of the text to reflect the discussion and announcements.

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STRIDE Livestream: Free-Running Like Mirror’s Edge VR!

For today’s livestream we’re playing STRIDE, which is basically like Mirror’s Edge VR! If you’re curious about how we livestream the way we do then look no further than this handy guide for general tips and this guide specific to our Oculus Quest setup.

A few years ago developers were terrified of letting you move using analog sticks in VR. Now, we’ve got entire teams of developers making games about free-running and wall-jumping across rooftops like in STRIDE. Crazy time to be alive, right? This should be a ton of fun!

STRIDE hits Early Access on PC this week on September 4th.

Our STRIDE livestream is planned to start at about 11:30 AM PT today and will last for around an hour or so, give or take, depending partially on how long my small toddler child decides to behave. We’ll be hitting just our YouTube and I’ll lbe streaming from an Oculus Rift S two touch controllers. I’m flying solo on this one, pinning chat behind me to check periodically.

Check out the STRIDE stream embedded right here and down below once live:

You can see lots of our past archived streams over in our YouTube playlist or even all livestreams here on UploadVR and various other gameplay highlights. There’s lots of good stuff there so make sure and subscribe to us on YouTube to stay up-to-date on gameplay videos, video reviews, live talk shows, interviews, and more original content!

And please let us know which games or discussions you want us to livestream next! We have lots of VR games in the queue that we would love to show off more completely. Let’s get ready to go!

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Return To Castle Wolfenstein VR Livestream: New Oculus Quest Mod!

For today’s livestream we’re playing Return to Castle Wolfenstein in VR using a brand new Oculus Quest mod! If you’re curious about how we livestream the way we do then look no further than this handy guide for general tips and this guide specific to our Oculus Quest setup.

There’s something special about replaying an older game in VR with updates visuals that just never gets old to me. Checking out DOOM on Oculus Quest was a real nostalgia trip and now getting to play Return to Castle Wolfenstein in VR with updated textures, one of the all-time classic FPS games on PC, is just really surreal. And not to mention an absolute blast! Check out our original story and 10-minutes of gameplay here.

Our Return to Castle Woflenstein VR livestream is planned to start at about 11:00 PM PT today and willb around an hour or so, give or take, depending partially on how long my small toddler child decides to behave. We’ll be hitting just our YouTube and I’ll likely be streaming from a Pimax 5K+ using two Index controllers. I’m flying solo on this one.

Check out the Return to Castle Wolfenstein VR stream embedded right here and down below once live:

You can see lots of our past archived streams over in our YouTube playlist or even all livestreams here on UploadVR and various other gameplay highlights. There’s lots of good stuff there so make sure and subscribe to us on YouTube to stay up-to-date on gameplay videos, video reviews, live talk shows, interviews, and more original content!

And please let us know which games or discussions you want us to livestream next! We have lots of VR games in the queue that we would love to show off more completely. Let’s get ready to lock and load!

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Rocking Hero Livestream: Guitar Hero In VR With Index Controllers!

For today’s livestream we’re playing Rocking Hero, a VR music game inspired by the likes of Guitar Hero and Rock Band, exclusively developed for VR! If you’re curious about how we livestream the way we do then look no further than this handy guide for general tips and this guide specific to our Oculus Quest setup.

Ever since Rock Band VR I’ve been waiting for someone else to come along and take a proper swing at the genre. Using the physical guitar controller was a nice touch, and it’s compatible here as well, but something that can adapt to your motion controllers is even more appealing for accessibility and ease of use. As a result, Rocking Hero feels like it could be onto something here.

Our Rocking Hero VR livestream is planned to start at about 3:15 PM PT and will last for around an hour or so, give or take, depending partially on how long my small toddler child naps. We’ll be hitting just our YouTube and I’ll likely be streaming from a Pimax 5K+ using two Index controllers. I’m flying solo on this one.

Check out the Rocking Hero VR stream embedded right here and down below once live:

You can see lots of our past archived streams over in our YouTube playlist or even all livestreams here on UploadVR and various other gameplay highlights. There’s lots of good stuff there so make sure and subscribe to us on YouTube to stay up-to-date on gameplay videos, video reviews, live talk shows, interviews, and more original content!

And please let us know which games or discussions you want us to livestream next! We have lots of VR games in the queue that we would love to show off more completely.

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Karnage Chronicles Co-Op PC VR Dungeon Crawler RPG: Giveaway Livestream!

For today’s livestream we’re playing the co-op dungeon crawler RPG, Karnage Chronicles! If you’re curious about how we livestream the way we do then look no further than this handy guide for general tips and this guide specific to our Oculus Quest setup.

Karnage Chronicles has been in Early Access for years but is now finally fully released. Today, Jamie will be joining me in VR as we embark on our quest together to slay monsters and uncover valuable loot in this co-op VR dungeon crawler RPG.

We’re also giving out four Karnage Chronicles Steam keys during the stream so you’re not gonna want to miss it!

Our Karnage Chronicles livestream is planned to start at about 9:30 AM PT and will last for around an hour or so, give or take, depending partially on how well-behaved my small toddler child will be while left alone. We’ll be hitting just our YouTube and I’ll likely be streaming from my Oculus Rift S. Zeena will also be there on webcam and audio to help with chat.

Check out the Karnage Chronicles stream embedded right here and down below once live:

You can see lots of our past archived streams over in our YouTube playlist or even all livestreams here on UploadVR and various other gameplay highlights. There’s lots of good stuff there so make sure and subscribe to us on YouTube to stay up-to-date on gameplay videos, video reviews, live talk shows, interviews, and more original content!

And please let us know which games or discussions you want us to livestream next! We have lots of VR games in the queue that we would love to show off more completely.

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