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Valve Reveals Requirements for Steam Frame Game Certification

Valve has finally revealed a few key requirements games should aim for if they plan on running on the upcoming Steam Frame headset—at least if they want the coveted 'Steam Frame Verified' badge. The News In Valve's 'Steam Hardware' talk at...

Niantic’s WebAR Creation Platform ‘8th Wall’ Goes Open Source as Hosted Services Go Offline

Niantic Spatial has now made its WebAR creation platform '8th Wall' free and open source, which also comes alongside a shutdown of hosted services. Previously a paid service, 8th Wall allows users to create Web-based XR content for a variety...

Meta Faces Lawsuit Claiming Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Sent Private Footage to Overseas Reviewers

Meta is facing a class action lawsuit in the US over privacy concerns tied to its Ray-Ban smart glasses. The company is accused of sending private camera footage to a Kenya-based subcontractor for manual review to train its AI...

Valve Confirms Steam Frame is Still Coming This Year, Now Marked as “coming soon”

Valve's upcoming standalone VR headset Steam Frame is still shipping sometime this year, the company says, as it is now marked as "coming soon" on the Steam backend. In a hardware news update last month, Valve announced that Steam Frame, Steam Machine,...

XR’s “Must-go” Conference Expands Gaming & LBE Focus for 2026

AWE USA 2026 is returning to the Long Beach, CA on June 15–18. As the most important annual XR event on our calendar, we're excited to once again be able to offer an exclusive 20% discount on tickets as...

VR Pioneer nDreams Announces Studio Closures & Layoffs Amid “challenging” Games Market

nDreams, one of VR's most senior game studios, announced plans to close two internal studios responsible for some of its most forward-thinking VR projects, which could also include a sizable number of layoffs. While nDreams hasn't officially shuttered Near Light...

Upcoming ‘Project Helix’ Xbox Will “Play Xbox and PC Games,” But PC VR Support is Unconfirmed

Microsoft today announced the codename of its next Xbox gaming console: Project Helix. Details are very light, but the company says Project Helix will "play your Xbox and PC games." Naturally that's got us curious about whether or not...

This Company Wants to Refresh Workers by Sticking Them in Tiny Pods With VR Headsets

South Korea-based XR company NP Inc showed off a unique solution to combat employee fatigue at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona this week, combining a small pod with a VR headset. The News NP, developer of the MUA app for Quest, unveiled MUA’H...

‘Resident Evil Requiem’ Already Has a VR Mod, But You Should Probably Wait

Resident Evil Requiem (2026) hasn't been out for more than a week, and there's already a basic PC VR mod waiting in the wings. While Capcom may have "no plans" for VR support, VR modder 'Praydog' has released a Resident Evil...

Meta CTO: VR Gaming “gravy train” Has Stopped, Customer Acquisition Now the Real Problem

Meta CTO and Reality Labs chief Andrew Bosworth detailed why he thinks he might have failed VR gaming fans, and why some people are angry, noting that it's probably because the "gravy train has come to a stop." The News Bosworth...

Meta Finally Brings ‘Beat Saber’ to Horizon Plus, Keeps DLC Behind Paywall

Meta has finally brought VR's favorite block-slashing rhythm game to its Horizon+ subscription service. If you were hoping to jump into Beat Saber's (2019) massive swath of DLC content though, you'll still need to toss out a few bucks. The News Horizon+...

‘Zombie Army VR’ to Close Co-op Online Servers Less Than a Year After Launch

Rebellion announced that Zombie Army VR (2025) is soon losing online co-op, as the studio chalks its up to a change made by the Unity to its underlying game engine. Publisher and co-developer Rebellion Games says in an announcement that Zombie Army VR will be...

Pico Unveils OS 6, Teases MicroOLED ‘Project Swan’ XR Headset Ahead of GDC 2026

Pico today unveiled Pico OS 6, something the ByteDance-owned company calls its "most significant operating system update to date." Additionally, the company teased a few new bits of info about its upcoming 'Project Swan' XR headset ahead of its...

XR Glasses Maker VITURE Raises Another $100M, Marking $200M Raised in Less Than 6 Months

XR glasses company VITURE announced it’s secured an additional $100 million financing round following its $100 million Series B secured in September 2025. The latest round was led by Legend Capital, a Beijing-based investment arm affiliated with Lenovo. The round also featured a group...

‘Evangelion’ VR Game Will Primarily Use Hand-tracking, Increasing Ease-of-use at Cost of Interaction Fidelity

At the Neon Genesis Evangelion 30th Anniversary event in Tokyo this weekend, Pixelity showed off its upcoming XR game EVANGELION: Δ CROSS REFLECTIONS, revealing it's going all-in on hand-tracking. The News On stage at the event, game director MK Choi gave a quick overview of...
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