We went hands-on with Boba 3, Meta's practical ultra-wide field of view prototype headset, and it has us more optimistic than ever about the future of VR. Read our impressions here: uploadvr.com/meta-boba-3-pr…

At SIGGRAPH 2025, we also went hands-on with Tiramisu, Meta's prototype that combines beyond-retinal resolution, high brightness, and high contrast. Read our impressions here: uploadvr.com/meta-tiramisu-…

David Heaney When I first tried VR, FOV was the first thing I couldn’t wait to see improve. I’d rather be *in* a bit of a pixelated virtual world than peek through a window into a perfectly sharp one. It’s been wild to see that spec just… not change at all…

Everyone who is interested in VR should read David Heaney hands on report on Meta Reality labs Boba 3. It’s like reading about someone first time in VR all over again and comes from a true vr believer and experienced user.

As shown in the livestream, Plus and Pro users globally can now connect Gmail and Google Calendar to ChatGPT for more useful, relevant responses in chat.

The Disney+ app on Apple Vision Pro now has an Alien: Earth environment, letting you watch the series and more from inside the Containment Room on the USCSS Maginot. Details here: uploadvr.com/disney-plus-ap…

Dragon orbiting across Europe into Asia.

Wifi is ~6 watts. Taking a walk is ~300 watts, and food requires roughly 10x the fossil fuel energy as the calories it supplies. So sitting on your couch on the wifi is about 500x better for your carbon emissions than taking a walk.

She doesn’t hold back either.

For most of human history life was terrible. We were stuck in the Malthusian Trap so the average person was stuck on the knife edge of starvation at all times, a least half of all children died, adults were stunted pygmies. Cold blooded technological mastery fixed it, not poetry

I know that it is just a prototype, but the fact that a seasoned VR journalist like David Heaney is so excited about the Meta Boba 3 headset, makes me feel a bit more positive about the future of #VirtualReality uploadvr.com/meta-boba-3-pr… In his hands-on, David highlights how the

it's discussed ad nauseam in this city, but still somehow underdiscussed, that taste, ambition, and agency are largely uncorrelated with iq; the people i find most interesting are not 99.99th percentile intelligent but 99.99th percentile tasteful, ambitious, or agentic

Vaccines are one of the most powerful tools in public health. They have saved hundreds of millions of lives by preventing deadly diseases like measles, polio, and smallpox. Before vaccines, these infections were common, and surviving them often meant facing severe complications

Mixed reality RTS Banners & Bastions enters early access on Quest later this month. Details here: uploadvr.com/banners-bastio…

“Make it immersive,” they said. The Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive capturing Apple Immersive Video in French Polynesia. Stunning work from James Hustler with Explore POV.

Meta's ‘Secret Vault Sale’ for Quest discounts Skydance's Behemoth, Metro Awakening, Resident Evil 4, Bonelab, Demeo, and more: uploadvr.com/meta-quest-sec…