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Bigscreen Reveals New Halo Strap Design for ‘Beyond 2’ PC VR Headset, Shipping Starts in June

Bigscreen has revealed a major redesign to Bigscreen Beyond 2's long-promised halo headstrap mount, which the company says will begin shipping out starting in June. After months of waiting, Bigscreen has finally shown off the long-awaited Halo Mount for Beyond...

Monkeys Navigate Virtual Worlds Using Thought Alone in New BCI Study

University researchers at KU Leuven in Belgium have shown that monkeys can navigate complex virtual environments using a brain-computer interface (BCI) setup, which remarkably involves relatively little user training. As reported in New Scientist, three rhesus macaques were implanted with...

Meta is Raising Quest 3 and Quest 3S Prices Amid Memory Cost Surge

Meta announced it's hiking prices for both Quest 3 and Quest 3S headsets, which includes both new and refurbished units, as the company cites the global surge in the price of memory as a main factor. Starting on April 19th,...

Snap Confirms Mass Layoffs Ahead of Next-gen ‘Specs’ AR Glasses Rollout

Snap is laying off around 1,000 employees, the Snapchat parent confirmed today. Specs Inc., its recently formed AR glasses subsidiary, is reportedly not being affected, however, as the cuts are aimed at further insulating the traditional Snapchat business from...

Meta’s Reported Plan to Add Facial Recognition to Smart Glasses Slammed by ACLU-led Coalition

An ACLU-led coalition representing more than 70 civil liberties advocacy groups are pushing back against Meta's reported plans to bring facial recognition to its smart glasses. The New York Times initially reported in February that Meta is currently exploring who...

Blackmagic Unveils VR Camera for Live Immersive Broadcasts, Coming Later This Year for $26K

Blackmagic Design unveiled its next VR camera, the URSA Cine Immersive 100G, which is targeting live immersive video production specially for Apple Vision Pro. The new VR camera system pairs dual 8K×8K RGBW sensors with a 100G Ethernet interface, which...

One of VR’s Most Modular Headsets Gets a Little Less Modular Following Key Component Switch

Pimax recently announced it was being forced to change a key component in all Crystal Super PC VR headsets and display accessories moving forward, effectively making one of VR's most modular headsets decidedly less so. The News Crystal Super is renowned...

What Makes AWE USA the ‘Must-go’ Event For the XR Industry

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 a 20% discount on tickets to AWE USA...

Apple Reportedly Preparing Several Styles of Smart Glasses with Distinct Camera Lens

Apple is ostensibly gearing up to release its first pair of smart glasses next year. A new report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman however maintains the Cupertino tech giant is now evaluating several styles and color combinations, as well as...

Snap & Qualcomm Announce Long-term Partnership, Affirm 2026 Launch for ‘Specs’ Consumer AR Glasses

Snap's new XR subsidiary Specs Inc and Qualcomm announced a multi-year partnership for Snap's upcoming AR glasses, with Qualcomm pledging Snapdragon chips for future iterations. The companies also reaffirmed that Snap's next-gen Specs are coming "later this year." Specs Inc,...

Android XR Update Adds Deep Enterprise Support, Auto-3D Conversion & More

Samsung and Google announced a major software update to Galaxy XR, the Android XR-based headset, which includes deep enterprise support, automatic 3D conversion of photos and videos, and more. One of the biggest bits in the update, now available on Samsung...

‘Project Hail Mary’ is Getting a Mixed Reality Game for Quest & Pico This Year

Maze Theory, the XR studio behind Peaky Blinders: The King’s Ransom and Doctor Who: The Edge of Time, announced it's working on a mixed reality game based on Andy Weir's novel and recent film, Project Hail Mary (2026). Developed in partnership...

Meta Extends Commitment to Making XR Development First-class Citizen in Unity Game Engine

Meta and game engine creator Unity announced they're extending multi‑year platform support and an enterprise agreement that aims to deepen the companies’ VR partnership. The News The companies' collaboration dates back to the early Oculus Rift era of the mid-2010s, when...

‘Synth Riders’ Studio Confirms Major Layoffs Affecting 50 Percent of Staff

Kluge Interactive, the developer behind popular VR rhythm game Synth Riders (2018), confirmed the studio has suffered a "major round of layoffs" earlier this year. Kluge Interactive has been busy creating games for Horizon Worlds, Roblox, and bringing Synth Riders to new non-VR platforms,...

Valve Releases Steam Link Beta for Vision Pro, But VR Games Aren’t Supported Yet

Valve announced its wireless PC VR streaming software, Steam Link, is getting additional support for Apple Vision Pro, although VR game support is still on the to-do list. The News Valve announced in a Steam community post that it's releasing a native Steam Link...
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