Nvidia is updating its GeForce NOW cloud gaming service to support 90 frames-per-second streaming for virtual reality headsets, a technical threshold widely regarded as the minimum required for comfortable, nausea-free VR play.
The feature is available to Ultimate tier subscribers on Apple Vision Pro, Meta Quest devices and Pico headsets, and the app update began rolling out today.
The significance of the frame rate target is specific to VR: at lower frame rates, the slight lag between a user's head movement and the corresponding shift in the displayed image creates a perceptible disconnect that most users find disorienting or unpleasant over extended periods.
Nvidia said the update is designed to make motion crisper and input more responsive in cloud-streamed VR, with its RTX and DLSS upscaling technologies remaining available to premium members in supported titles.
DLSS, or Deep Learning Super Sampling, uses AI to reconstruct high-resolution images from lower-resolution inputs, reducing the processing demands on streaming infrastructure without a visible drop in image quality.
Alongside the VR update, GeForce NOW is adding Crimson Desert, the open-world action game from Pearl Abyss, the South Korean developer, to its cloud library with performance equivalent to a local RTX 5080 graphics card.
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The title has accumulated more than 3 million wishlist additions on Steam ahead of its release, making it one of the more anticipated additions to the service's catalogue.
Several titles currently available to all members will move behind the Premium subscription tier as part of the accompanying library update.
The recap
- GeForce NOW streams VR at 90 frames-per-second for Ultimate members
- Crimson Desert arrives with GeForce RTX 5080-class cloud performance
- App update starts rolling out to members today
