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‘Oasis’ WMR Driver Expected Later This Month, Bringing New Life to Microsoft’s PC VR Headsets

Microsoft stopped supporting its WMR platform on Windows 11 last year, essentially putting an end to its first foray into PC VR headsets. However, an unofficial SteamVR driver called 'Oasis' aims to bridge the gap when it releases later this month. According...

Red Bull’s ‘Touching the Sky’ is an Hour-long Immersive Documentary on Wingsuit Flying and More, Now...

Red Bull and Jonathan Griffith Productions have released Touching the Sky on Quest, now letting you follow wingsuit base jumpers in the European Alps and a paragliding team across the Himalayas in Pakistan in an hour-long immersive documentary. Captured using...

Samsung Confirms ‘Project Moohan’ XR Headset is Still Coming This Year

Samsung didn't highlight its upcoming mixed reality headset at Unpacked last month, nor at Google I/O the month prior—but no fear, the South Korean tech giant confirmed its Android XR-based headset is still coming this year. In a recent earnings...

Brilliant Labs Unveils All-day Smart Glasses with Color Display, Pre-orders Launch at $300

Brilliant Labs unveiled Halo, its next-gen smart glasses that pack in a full-color micro OLED display, bone conduction speakers, and real-time voice-based AI assistant—priced at a surprisingly reasonable $300. Weighing in at just over 40 grams, Halo builds on the...

‘Star Citizen’ Claims Testing of VR Support Will Begin Soon, More Than 10 Years After Promising...

Star Citizen promised to include VR support as a core feature more than a decade ago—long before it scope-creeped its way into becoming the MMO of today. Now, Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) says they're actually going to put VR support...

Meta Avatars Get a Major Makeover With New Body Types, Poses & AI-driven Clothing Styles

Meta is giving its Avatars another big upgrade, offering users finer control over things like face shape, body part sizes, hair, makeup and more. Avatars are integrated across the gamut of Meta's platforms, including Horizon Worlds, Home and Workrooms on...

‘Spotify’ Finally Comes to Quest, Letting You Listen to Music in the Background

Spotify finally has its own Quest web app, letting you listen to music in the background as you go about your virtual ways. The new Spotify app for Quest isn't an app in the traditional sense, but rather a progressive...

Meta & Stanford Reveal Ultra-Thin Holographic XR Display the Size of Glasses

Researchers at Meta Reality Labs and Stanford University have unveiled a new holographic display that could deliver virtual and mixed reality experiences in a form factor the size of standard glasses. In a paper published in Nature Photonics, Stanford electrical...

Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses Revenue Triples, Fueling Meta’s $3.5 Billion Bet on EssilorLuxottica

EssilorLuxottica released its second quarter earnings report, revealing that Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses have tripled in revenue year-over-year. Released in 2023, Ray-Ban Meta is the companies' second-gen smart glasses, serving up music, photo/video capture, and Internet searches via Meta AI. Starting...

Meta Admits There’s a “Goldilocks Zone” for VR Session Length Due to Form Factor Concerns

It's been the same basic story for more than a decade now: wearing a VR headset is easy, but not as easy as simply looking at a monitor. While a lot has changed since the early days, Meta admits...

‘Blade & Sorcery’ Studio Confirms Next “modder-friendly’ VR Game Isn’t a Sequel

Warpfrog, the studio behind Blade & Sorcery (2024), announced they're working on their next VR title. While the studio say it won't be a sequel, it will be "super modder-friendly" and share "a lot of DNA" with the hit...

VRMMO ‘Eldramoor: Haven in the Mist’ Kickstarter Concludes with $170,000

The Kickstarter campaign for Eldramoor: Haven in the Mist has come to an end, nabbing developer Resolute Games over $170,000 to bring its ambitious VR MMORPG to life. The one-month campaign celebrated early success when it launched on June 24th, quickly garnering...

Brilliant Labs to Launch Next-gen Smart Glasses on July 31st

Brilliant Labs announced it's getting ready to launch its next generation of smart glasses at the end of the month, making it the company's third device since it was founded in 2019. In 2023, Brilliant Labs released Monocle, a developer...
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Hand-tracking Rhythm Game ‘BEATABLE’ Leaves Early Access on Quest with Massive Update

XR Games today announced its hand-tracked rhythm game BEATABLE has left early access on Quest, bringing with it a rash of new features and content to keep you smacking your desk to the beat. Using a table as a VR...

VR Games Showcase Returns in August, Promising Major New Game Reveals & Updates

VR Games Showcase returns for its Summer 2025 event next month, promising a load of major XR game reveals and updates. The show kicks off on August 12th at 8:40 AM PT (local time here) with a special edition of...
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