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Despite Years of Reports to the Contrary, PC VR Just Won’t Die—In fact, It’s Growing
The XR landscape has changed significantly over the last five years with the flourishing of standalone headsets and new entrants like Apple and (soon) Google. Despite all of that, the PC VR platform has continued a slow but steady...
New Trailer Offers First Look at ‘Star Wars: Beyond Victory’ Mixed Reality Game Heading to Quest...
ILM and Lucasfilm today revealed gameplay of their upcoming Quest 3 game, Star Wars: Beyond Victory - A Mixed Reality Playset, which offers up both virtual and mixed reality gameplay.
In partnership with Meta, the studios served up a first hands-on with...
Sphericam 2 is a Tiny 360 Camera Sporting 4K Resolution, Kickstarter Nears Funding Goal
Sphericam 2 is a 360-degree camera offering 4K video capture in a very small package, and aims to deliver immersive video specifically targeted at VR headsets.
The Czech Republic based team calls their geometric crystalline camera "no bigger than a tennis ball,"...
New Apple Patent Shows XR Controllers Aren’t off the Table
Apple Vision Pro may not ship with controllers, but a newly published patent application shows that controllers are still being actively investigated by the company.
Spotted by Patently Apple, an Apple patent application published today reveals the company is still...
‘Thrill of the Fight 2’ Exits Early Access on Quest, Bringing Single and Multiplayer Boxing Action
Halfbrick Studios and series creator Ian Fitz just released The Thrill of the Fight 2 out of early access on Quest, bringing with it a new single player campaign.
First released in early access on Quest in late 2024, The...
The VirtualLink Single-cable Headset Connection Standard Has Been Abandoned
VirtualLink was an open standard that defined a USB-C based connection protocol that was “developed to meet the connectivity requirements of current and next-generation VR headsets,” and backed by major VR industry players. The goal was to make a...
Report: Google is Developing a Standalone AR Headset to Rival HoloLens
Google is allegedly developing a standalone augmented reality headset that aims to offer users a tethereless AR experience, German tech publication WinFuture reports.
WinFuture maintains they've obtained documents proving the existence of the Google AR headset project, which internally carries the code name...
First-gen HoloLens to No Longer Receive Major OS Updates
Microsoft's first-gen HoloLens, a device initially launched to developers in early 2016, has received its last major OS update, moving on to its Long Term Servicing (LTS) state.
The original HoloLens will continue to receive monthly servicing updates, although the...
Vive Pro Headset Pre-orders Open at $800 for April 5th Launch, Original Vive Drops to $500
HTC today announced that the Vive Pro headset only (without controllers or base stations) will cost $800 and launch on April 5th; the headset is now available for pre-order. Meanwhile, the original Vive is getting a price cut of $100,...
GameFace “Guarantees” Latency Equal to Gear VR, Mark 6 Prototype Field of View Impresses
We recently got our hands on the latest 'Mark 6' mobile VR headset prototype from GameFace Labs. The 'Head Mounted Console' as the company calls it, features a 2560x1440 OLED display and an on-board processor, making the device a...
Vive Focus 2.0 Update Brings Bevy of New Features: Phone Mirroring, Pass-through Video & More
HTC launched the Vive Focus System Update 2.0 this week to add quite a few extra features to the headset. A new companion app for HTC smartphones also brings smartphone-to-headset functions to the Vive Focus.
HTC shared a slew of...
ARKit Recreation of ‘The Ring’ TV Scene Foretells AR’s Inevitable Weirdness
Let's face it, when augmented reality headsets and glasses become commonplace, the world is going to get weird in a lot of unexpected ways. In the meantime, we can get a little sneak peek into that weirdness yet to...
Xiaomi Unveils Consumer Smart Glasses with 50 MP Camera & Micro OLED Display
Chinese tech giant Xiaomi today unveiled a pair of smart glasses that the company is positioning as an addition to an active lifestyle, targeting consumers at 2,499 yuan (~$370).
Called Mijia Glasses Camera, the Google Glass-style device features a single...
Pico Reveals ‘Pico 4 Ultra’ Headset, Launching in China Next Month
Pico has unveiled its next XR headset, the Pico 4 Ultra, which is slated to launch in China next month starting at around $600.
It was reported early this year that Pico was preparing some sort of XR headset based...
‘Concrete Genie’ to Launch with 2 PSVR Modes This Year
Pixelopus announced their next game, Concrete Genie, way back at Paris Games Week in 2017. Now, the studio says two separate PSVR modes are coming to the PlayStation exclusive game at launch, which is set for later this fall.
Concrete Genie promises...




















