Sleeper Hit ‘UG’ Has Become One of Quest’s Most Popular and Top Earning Games in Less Than 6 Months

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Ben Lang
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While a flurry of VR studio cuts and closures in the last 12 months has painted a picture of a deeply struggling landscape for VR developers, modern Quest success stories have largely flown under the radar. The free-to-play title UG, for instance, has exploded in both popularity and earnings, matching top titles like Gorilla Tag and Beat Saber in mere months. In an interview with Road to VR, the creators of UG have shared a rare look inside the success of Quest’s latest hit.

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VITURE Calls XREAL Lawsuit “patent-troll-style” in Escalating AR Glasses IP Battle

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Scott Hayden
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AR glasses maker XREAL is taking its competitor VITURE to court over a patent dispute, claiming that it’s selling and/or importing units into the US that infringe on its intellectual property. Viture claims however that Xreal is using the suit as a weapon to unfairly compete in the market rather than as a legitimate defense of innovation.

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Oculus Founder on Meta Cuts: “The ‘Meta abandoning VR narrative’ is obviously false”

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In light of Reality Labs’ reorganization, which has seen recent internal studio closures and layoffs, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey calls the doomer narrative “obviously false.”

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‘Cyberpunk 2077’ VR Mod Taken Down Following Legal Complaint, But There May Still Be Hope

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Scott Hayden
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Luke Ross, the prolific VR modder, has been forced to remove his popular Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod, citing legal concerns from CD PROJEKT.

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XR Year in Review: The Most Important Stories of 2025 and What They Mean for 2026

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Ben Lang
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The launch of Android XR, a newly announced headset from Valve, and major strategic shifts at Meta are just the start of what made 2025 a significant year for the XR industry at large. 2026 will mark the 15th year that we’ve been following this XR journey here at Road to VR. With the context that comes with that long-term perspective, it’s once again time to reflect on the biggest stories of the last year and to talk about what’s on the horizon.

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Google’s Leading AR Glasses Partner XREAL Files Patent Lawsuit Against VITURE

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Scott Hayden
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AR glasses maker XREAL has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States against affiliates of VITURE, its direct competitor.

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‘Batman: Arkham VR’ Sequel Cancelled Amid Meta XR Studio Closures

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Scott Hayden
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Meta’s recent rash of studio closures means that the planned sequel to Batman: Arkham Shadow has also officially been cancelled.

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Meta is Deleting ‘Horizon Workrooms’ Next Month as Metaverse Ambitions Cool

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Scott Hayden
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Meta announced it’s discontinuing Horizon Workrooms next month, its productivity-focused VR platform, marking another step in the company’s ongoing restructuring of its VR and metaverse strategy.

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Meta Aims to Double, Possibly Even Triple Smart Glasses Production This Year

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Scott Hayden
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Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 (left),Oakley Meta Vanguard (right) | Image courtesy Meta

Meta and EssilorLuxottica are potentially set to double the expected production target for their smart glasses, according to a recent Bloomberg report.

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Harry Potter VR Game Reportedly Cancelled Amid Meta Budget Cuts

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Meta has closed at least three of its XR studios, and seems to have also drastically reduced its budget for third-party Quest content too, reportedly including a now-cancelled Harry Potter VR title.

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Meta Reportedly Closes Three First-party Studios Behind Some of Its Biggest VR Games

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Against the backdrop of a broader shuffling of its Reality Labs division, Meta is reportedly closing Armature Studio, Twisted Pixel, and Sanzaru Games, three studios that Meta had previously acquired. The studios were behind some of the company’s biggest first-party VR games, including Deadpool VR, Asgard’s Wrath, and the Resident Evil 4 Quest port.

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Meta Reportedly Laying Off 10 Percent of Reality Labs, Shifting Focus from VR & Horizon Worlds

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Meta is slated to layoff around 10 percent of staff at its Reality Labs XR division, a New York Times report maintains, as the company appears to be shifting focus to AI and smart glasses.

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Google’s Leading AR Glasses Partner XREAL Raises $100M

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XREAL, the Beijing-based AR glasses maker, announced it has raised $100 million in a recent funding round.

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Steam Reveals Most Played PC VR Games of 2025

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Steam has unveiled its mega list of the most played PC VR games of 2025. And it looks to be another year of ‘old reliables’, as the top 50 only features a single game released that year.

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Meta Waveguide Provider Claims “world’s first” 70° FoV Waveguide

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Ben Lang
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Lumus, the company that developed the waveguide optic used in Meta’s Ray-Ban Display smart glasses, says it has achieved a 70° field-of-view in a new design revealed this week at CES 2026. This conveniently matches the 70° field-of-view that Meta achieved in its ‘Orion’ prototype, but only with the use of novel materials.

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