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Lynx Secures $4M in Series A Funding, Aims to Become “European Champion of Mixed Reality”

Lynx, the French XR hardware startup known for crowdfunding the Lynx R-1 mixed reality headset, today announced it's secured $4 million in its Series A round, led by social VR platform Somnium Space. Alongside Somnium Space, participants in the latest funding...

Pico Neo 3 Link Releases for €450 in Europe with Hopes of Competing with Quest 2

Pico Interactive primarily targets enterprise users outside of China, however now the company has taken a significant step into European consumer market, as it's officially launched its new Neo 3 variant there, Pico Neo 3 Link, which features both standalone...

Meta Research Explores a New Solution to One of VR’s Biggest Display Challenges

New research from Kent State University and Meta Reality Labs has demonstrated large dynamic focus liquid crystal lenses which could be used to create varifocal VR headsets. Vergence-Accommodation Conflict in a Nutshell In the VR R&D space, one of the hot...

Niantic Launches City-scale Visual Positioning System for Location-based, Multi-user AR

Niantic today launched its Lightship Visual Positioning System at its first developer summit. The system aims to form an underlying 3D map of the world so that AR devices can share the same frame of reference even on massive...

Magic Leap is Selling Its First AR Headset for Just $550

It looks like Magic Leap is holding a barn burner of a sale on its first AR headset, Magic Leap 1, as the one-time $2,300 device can now be had for $550. As first reported by GMW3, Magic Leap appears to...
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Catch Road to VR Co-founder Ben Lang on the Between Realities Podcast

Road to VR co-founder Ben Lang recently joined the crew of the Between Realities podcast. Bringing more than a decade of experience in the XR industry as co-founder of Road to VR, Ben Lang joined hosts Alex VR and Skeeva on...

VR Roguelike ‘OUTLIER’ Cancelled Due to “overestimated demand”

Joy Way, the studio behind VR titles Stride and Against, announced it's abandoning development on its most recent PC VR title, Outlier, which hit early access on Steam in March. The studio released a statement on Friday detailing the decision...

Qualcomm’s Latest AR Glasses Reference Design Drops the Tether, Keeps the Compute

Qualcomm has revealed its latest AR glasses reference design, which it offers up to other companies as a blueprint for building their own AR devices. The reference design, which gives us a strong hint at the specs and capabilities...

VR Attraction Zero Latency Ditches Backpack PCs in Favor of Vive Focus 3 & Wireless Rendering

Zero Latency, one of the longest running VR attractions in the out-of-home VR space, is dropping the backpack PCs that were once the backbone of the platform. Now the company says it's moving to standalone Vive Focus 3 headsets...

Sense Arena Secures $3M to Expand Ice Hockey VR Training Tools, Add New Sports

VR ice hockey training company Sense Arena announced that it's closed a $3 million investment round, something the startup says will be used to support continued development on its ice hockey training platform as well as expand to new...

Team-based Combat Game ‘World of Mechs’ Coming Exclusively to Quest 2 May 26th

A new squad-based online battle game called World of Mechs is coming exclusively to Meta Quest 2 on May 26th, and it's promising a bevy of mechs to pilot. Developed by Studio 369 and funded by Meta's Grant Program, World of...

Report Details Apple MR Headset Design Challenges & Internal Hurdles

Apple is a notorious black box when it comes to internal projects, although sometimes details based on supply chain rumors shed a sliver of light on what might be happening with the company's AR/VR headset behind closed doors. Much...

‘The Last Clockwinder’ Coming to Quest 2 & PC VR Next Month, New Gameplay Trailer Here

Fixing up an old tower without tools sounds like hard work, but much less so when you have an army of robotic clones at your disposal. That's the idea at least behind The Last Clockwinder, a VR automation-puzzle game from...

Preview: ‘Shores of Loci’ is a Gorgeous 3D Puzzler Coming to Quest 2 & SteamVR Next...

First time VR studio MikeTeevee is soon to release Shores of Loci, a 3D puzzle game backed by gorgeous and fantastical visuals. The game is set for an Early Access release on Quest 2 via App Lab and SteamVR on...

Latest Quest 2 Update Brings Encrypted Messenger, Parental App Locks & More

Meta rolled out a new Quest update that brings to the headset some previously revealed stuff, such as app-based locks and tracking support for more keyboards, but also some new features too which the company hopes will instill more...
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