Hands-on: XREAL Aura AR Glasses with Android XR and a 70-degree Field-of-view, Launching Next Year
Set to launch in 2026, XREAL Aura is the first pair of see-through AR glasses to run Android XR. Here are the impressions from my first hands-on.
Apple Design Lead Heads to Meta, Hopefully to Fix Longstanding Quest UX Issues
Apple’s Vice President of Human Interface design, Alan Dye, is leaving the company to lead a new studio within Meta’s Reality Labs division. The move appears to be aimed at raising the bar on the user experience of Meta’s glasses and headsets.
‘Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow’ Review – So Close to Stealing My Heart
Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow does a respectable job of bringing the storied series to VR for the first time, all the while offering up one of the best stealth games currently in the medium. Some stumbling blocks keep it from being the end-all VR stealth game of my dreams, and it’s painful to know how surprisingly close it actually got.
Valve: Steam Frame Doesn’t Support Stereoscopic Rendering of Flat Games but the Feature is “on our list”
Valve says that Steam Frame won’t be able to display traditional (‘flat’) games in stereoscopic 3D at launch, but they are looking into the feature for future development.
Alibaba Launches Smart Glasses to Rival Meta Ray-Ban Display
Alibaba released a pair of display-clad smart glasses, ostensibly looking to go toe-to-toe with Meta Ray-Ban Display, which launched in the US for $800 back in September.
Valve Says Steam Frame Development Started Even Before Index Was Released
In March 2019, Valve surprised the VR industry with the tease of ‘Index’, its first self-made VR headset. Index would go on to launch later in May 2019 and be seen as the enthusiasts’ choice in PC VR headsets for many years to come. Unbeknownst to the world, by the time Index was released, the company had already been working on aspects of what would become its second VR headset, Steam Frame. But Frame’s development wouldn’t conclude for another six years.
$300 PSVR 2 Black Friday Sale Runs Until December 19th
PSVR 2’s Black Friday sale is here to stay until December 19th. The headset has dropped to its lowest price yet for the 2025 holiday deal season.
‘Township Tale’ Studio’s New VR Extraction Dungeon Crawler Launches Open Playtests This Week
Alta, the studio behind A Township Tale (2021), is getting ready to launch open playtesting for its upcoming dungeon-crawler extraction game REAVE.
FluxPose VR Tracker Raises $2M on Kickstarter, Promising Compact 6DOF Body Tracking
FluxPose is a 6DOF tracking solution for full-body tracking that seems to be picking up speed on Kickstarter, having now garnered over $2 million in crowdfunding since its initial launch on November 29th.
Meta Quest 3S Reaches Its Lowest Price Yet in Black Friday Sale
Meta Quest 3S is already getting Black Friday 2025 sales and Costco is offering the headset at its cheapest price yet.
The Best Black Friday VR Deals: Quest 3S, PSVR 2, Ray-Ban Meta & More on Deep Discount
Black Friday 2025 is a great time to grab some of the best deals on VR gear, including deep discounts on Meta Quest 3S, PSVR 2, Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, VR games and more.
Pico Reportedly Releasing Vision Pro Competitor in 2026 with Self-developed Chip
Zhenyuan Yang, Vice President of Technology at Pico parent company ByteDance, reportedly revealed plans for Pico’s next XR headset, which is said to sport a self-developed display chip and 4,000 PPI microOLED display.
New Apple Immersive Content Coming Soon to Vision Pro From Real Madrid and Red Bull
Apple announced the next slate of immersive content is on its way to Vision Pro, this time bringing an immersive documentary from Real Madrid and some extreme sports from Red Bull.
