Let‘s Talk Oculus: A VR Podcast

What's up Oculus nerds! This week we pick our most overrated VR games. Samson goes after Gorilla Tag and Beat Saber, and Mike takes on Half-Life: Alyx and Robo Recall. Then the news: the Payday: Aces High open playtest, Walkabout's new Escape from Planet Xylodon course, Mighty Coconut downsizing, and Meta's $1 million hands-first developer competition. Plus Believe It or Add a Year, where we call which Meta Connect 2026 promises actually ship on time. We wrap with your comments, the games out this week and what we've been playing.Tell us your most overrated VR game in the Spotify comments or the Discord.Discord: Let's Talk Oculus 2.0 https://discord.gg/ZbUMYYtt64Patreon (get episodes early): patreon.com/letstalkoculusWatch the full video on YouTube: Let's Talk Oculus00:00 Intro: Welcome to LTO 25701:10 Housekeeping: We're on Instagram, Patreon and Discord03:04 Part 1: Our Most Overrated VR Games03:45 Samson's Pick: Gorilla Tag09:12 Mike's Pick: Half-Life: Alyx15:37 Samson's Pick: Beat Saber (vs Synth Riders)22:25 Mike's Pick: Robo Recall25:50 News: Payday: Aces High Open Playtest27:46 News: Walkabout's Escape from Planet Xylodon29:51 News: Mighty Coconut Downsizes38:42 News: Meta's $1 Million Hands-First Competition42:16 Believe It or Add a Year: Can You Trust a Meta Connect Date?48:51 Your Comments53:00 Games Out This Week56:36 What We've Been Playing1:01:10 Wrap-Up

Meta Connect 2026 is here, and we break down everything Meta announced. The headliner is the new Meta VR Glasses at $1,299, coming spring 2027: who they're for, how they stack up against Apple and Snap, and whether "VR when it's glasses" finally arrived. We also cover Ray-Ban Gen 3, Ray-Ban Audio and Muse AI, the Connect game lineup including Beat Saber Flux and Tetris Effect, and what all of it means for VR gaming.In the news: Firewall Ultra shuts down, Steam Frame launch week, and the H3VR2 release date. Plus the games out this week and what we've been playing.00:00 Intro00:45 Housekeeping03:05 Your Comments04:13 This Week's Poll05:40 Meta Connect 2026 Reaction06:47 Meta VR Glasses: $1,299, Spring 202718:05 Ray-Ban Gen 3, Ray-Ban Audio & Muse AI26:52 The Games: Beat Saber Flux, Tetris Effect & More38:18 What It Means for VR Gaming44:00 News: Firewall Ultra Shuts Down46:20 News: Steam Frame Launch Week49:15 News: H3VR2 Release Date54:05 Games Out This Week58:58 What We've Been Playing1:14:16 Wrap-UpWatch the full video episode on YouTube: youtube.com/@letstalkoculusSupport the show: patreon.com/letstalkoculus

Valve's Steam Frame is here at $1,059 - and Samson and Mike get into whether it's actually worth it, the reservation lottery, and the SteamVR 2.17 update built for it. Then: the Polyarc (Moss) studio shutdown, Meta's leaked Project Phoenix headset ahead of Connect, and the No Man's Sky Cosmos update. We also debut a new segment, The Hard Sell, run through the games out this week, and share what we've been playing.Support the show: patreon.com/letstalkoculusDiscord: https://discord.gg/vs3cmezQChapters0:00 Intro1:19 Housekeeping + We're a Top 5 VR Podcast4:48 Comment of the Week8:37 Will the Steam Frame Evolve Over Time?14:12 News: Steam Frame Is $1,05919:27 News: SteamVR 2.17 Update22:05 News: Polyarc (Moss) Studio Shuts Down25:29 News: Meta Project Phoenix Leak29:03 News: No Man's Sky Cosmos Update30:58 The Hard Sell (New Segment)51:14 Games Out This Week61:50 What We've Been Playing73:28 Wrap-Up

What's up Oculus nerds! This week Samson dug up Mike's oldest, spiciest VR tweets and made him defend them live — headlined by the four-year-old classic, "multiplayer is killing VR's growth." Does it hold up in 2026? Then we go through what PSVR2 owners actually download (spoiler: the top 3 games are 7–10 years old), the VR multiplayer graveyard, the brutal Resident Evil VR numbers, plus a stacked week of new games and what we've been playing.🎮 POLL: Is VR's problem too much multiplayer — or not enough new anything? Vote on the Spotify poll and sound off in the Discord.👉 Discord: [Let's Talk Oculus 2.0 — https://discord.gg/vs3cmezQ] 👉 Patreon: patreon.com/letstalkoculus 👉 YouTube / Spotify / Apple — like, subscribe, and drop us a rating, it genuinely helps.Walkabout tournament running in the Discord — send your race-mode scores to Healing Entree for a shoutout.LTO Discord:https://discord.gg/WUUQyHZpTh LTO Patreon:https://Patreon.com/letstalkoculusLTO Posters:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JhuvaqbxtJmO-io4lvoU4tN9B4CemspK?usp=drive_link Want to be part of the show? Send in your questions at [email protected] 00:00 What's up Oculus nerds — welcome to LTO 254 01:43 Housekeeping: your comments + poll results (Tethy's Station verdict) 05:40 Mike's disclosure + the Walkabout tournament 07:08 VR NEWS 07:23 Steam Frame storefront spotted + the reservation lottery 12:18 Horizon+ September free games 14:27 A graffiti artist is painting real murals in a Quest 3S 17:28 VR is quietly selling cataract surgery — and it's working 18:30 Bootstrap Island charts above Beat Saber on PSVR2 20:55 MAIN EVENT — Mike's spicy takes: "Multiplayer is killing VR" 27:54 Tweet 3: why he features single-player 29:25 Tweet 4: hybrid VR for onboarding is overblown 33:13 Gorilla Tag, free-to-play & the "Titanic" of VR 39:05 What PSVR2 owners ACTUALLY download (the charts) 46:00 The Resident Evil VR numbers: a tale of two games 51:00 The multiplayer games coming next 53:20 Games Out This Week 1:03:35 What We've Been Playing 1:14:25 Closing + this week's poll

Should VR games go flat? Samson and Mike Johnson dig into a viral LinkedIn post from the studio behind Garden of the Sea — a beloved VR game whose flat PC/Switch port flopped despite doing everything right — and use it to unpack the big question: when a VR game chases the flat audience, does it lose the exact thing that made it special? Plus the flip side — why studios keep marketing the wrong thing (the features instead of the FEELING). We run through the games that nailed it and the ones at risk, from Beat Saber and Gorilla Tag to Arizona Sunshine going flat.Also this week: Apple Vision Pro's jaw-dropping immersive MLB baseball, the Quest 3 update that unlocks up to 240Hz, VRLF turning your controllers into a light gun (no CRT required), Meta finally spinning Horizon Worlds into its own app, the games out this week, and what we've been playing (Beat Saber Hip Hop Mixtape 2, Microsoft Flight Sim on PS5, and Mario Kart World).CHAPTERS00:00 Welcome + housekeeping02:24 Discord roguelite rabbit hole (Mike vs PowPow)04:33 Patreon, socials & Mike's UploadVR disclosure06:18 NEWS: Apple Vision Pro's immersive MLB baseball09:34 NEWS: Quest 3 unlocks up to 240Hz refresh rate17:33 NEWS: VRLF — your controllers become a light gun19:50 NEWS: Meta spins Horizon Worlds into its own app23:14 NEWS: Arizona Sunshine ditches VR, goes flat27:30 MAIN EVENT: Should VR games go flat? (Garden of the Sea)42:02 Marketing the FEEL, not the features52:36 GAMES OUT: Transformers Redux, Knights of Fiona, Paleo Dive58:45 WHAT WE'VE BEEN PLAYING: Beat Saber Mixtape 2, Flight Sim, Mario Kart World1:07:12 Wrap-up + next weekWould YOU buy flat Garden of the Sea or flat Arizona Sunshine? And name a VR game that's ALL about the feeling — drop it in our Discord.👾 Discord: Let's Talk Oculus 2.0 — [link]❤️ Patreon: https://patreon.com/letstalkoculus🎧 New episodes every week — like, subscribe & rate us, it genuinely helps.#VR #MetaQuest #VirtualReality #Quest3 #AppleVisionPro #BeatSaber #WalkaboutMiniGolf #VRgaming #VRpodcast #GardenoftheSea