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Guides, insights, and updates from the dmnshd team about WebXR gaming, browser-based VR, and the future of immersive web experiences.

A Meta Quest browser window showing a grid of free game thumbnails at dmnshd.gg/games, next to the title "Meta Quest Browser Games"

Meta Quest Browser Games: Free Games You Can Play Right Now

July 6, 2026

The best free games to play in the Meta Quest Browser — racing, table tennis, archery, chess and more, running instantly via WebXR. No downloads, no storage used, no store account.

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Two players in the same room wearing Meta Quest headsets, both leaning over the same miniature racing track on a real coffee table in passthrough

Shared Spaces in WebXR: Two Headsets, One Coordinate System

June 24, 2026

Shared spaces lets Meta Quest headsets in the same room share one coordinate system for colocated WebXR multiplayer. How the experimental feature works, and how Shed Racer uses it.

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Out of batteries? Use your hands. A tracked virtual hand reaching for chess pieces in a WebXR game, shown next to a controller-free arcade scene

Hand Tracking in WebXR: Designing Games for the Controllers You Were Born With

June 10, 2026

What the WebXR Hand Input API gives you, which headsets and browsers support hand tracking in 2026, and the design lessons I learned shipping controller-free browser games.

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The in-game main menu of Barista Express, a low-poly WebXR café game, shown in VR

Palette Mesh Optimization: Cutting Draw Calls in WebXR Scenes

June 6, 2026

How we cut draw calls in a low-poly WebXR café game by batching meshes into a single "palette mesh" with a custom glTF pipeline stage.

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Geobeat and the Cursor Vibe Jam 2026: building an AI-assisted arcade game in two days

Vibe Jam 2026: Creating Geobeat

May 28, 2026

Joining the Cursor Vibe Jam 2026, building Geobeat in two days with Meta's Immersive Web SDK, and what nearly a thousand AI-built submissions say about where game development is heading.

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Daily login rewards and streaks on the dmnshd.gg WebXR platform

Daily Rewards Are Live on dmnshd

May 26, 2026

Daily login rewards are live on dmnshd: open a game each day, build a seven day streak, and earn tokens for the shop. Here's how it works and why we built it this way.

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Monetizing WebXR games: a dmnshd.gg founder retrospective

My Lessons in Monetizing WebXR Games

May 25, 2026

What actually makes money in browser-based VR — the models, the real numbers and the mistakes, from a dev who has shipped WebXR games since 2018.

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Shed Racer, a WebXR racing game built with AI assistance over eight weeks

From a Tweet to a Racing Game: 8 Weeks of AI-Assisted Solo Dev

May 19, 2026

How I built Shed Racer, a browser-based WebXR racing game with VR, AR, hand tracking and multiplayer, solo in 8 weeks with Cursor and Claude Code.

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Behind the Scenes: How We Build WebXR Games at dmnshd

May 8, 2026

A look inside the dmnshd game studio: our technology stack, design philosophy, and what we have learned building browser-based VR and AR games.

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WebXR vs Native VR Games: Why Browser Gaming is the Future

May 5, 2026

Comparing WebXR browser games with traditional native VR apps. Learn the advantages, trade-offs, and why the future of VR gaming may be in your browser.

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How to Play WebXR Games on Quest, PC, and Mobile

May 1, 2026

Step-by-step guide to playing WebXR browser games on Meta Quest VR headsets, desktop computers, and mobile phones. No downloads or installs required.

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A 3D-angled grid of dmnshd.gg game thumbnails beside the title "Best Free VR Games on the Web"

Best Free VR Games Online: Play in Your Browser, No Download

April 22, 2026

The best free VR games you can play online in your browser — no downloads, no app store. Racing, archery, bouldering, chess and more, instantly via WebXR.

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What is WebXR? A Complete Guide to Browser-Based VR and AR Gaming

April 15, 2026

Learn what WebXR is, how it works, which devices support it, and why browser-based virtual reality and augmented reality gaming is changing the way we play.

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