Valve Confirms Steam Frame is Still Coming This Year, Now Marked as “coming soon”

Valve's upcoming standalone VR headset Steam Frame is still shipping sometime this year, the company says, as it is now marked as "coming soon" on the Steam backend. In a hardware news update last month, Valve announced that Steam Frame, Steam Machine,...

XR’s “Must-go” Conference Expands Gaming & LBE Focus for 2026

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 an exclusive 20% discount on tickets as...

VR Pioneer nDreams Announces Studio Closures & Layoffs Amid “challenging” Games Market

nDreams, one of VR's most senior game studios, announced plans to close two internal studios responsible for some of its most forward-thinking VR projects, which could also include a sizable number of layoffs. While nDreams hasn't officially shuttered Near Light...

Upcoming ‘Project Helix’ Xbox Will “Play Xbox and PC Games,” But PC VR Support is Unconfirmed

Microsoft today announced the codename of its next Xbox gaming console: Project Helix. Details are very light, but the company says Project Helix will "play your Xbox and PC games." Naturally that's got us curious about whether or not...

This Company Wants to Refresh Workers by Sticking Them in Tiny Pods With VR Headsets

South Korea-based XR company NP Inc showed off a unique solution to combat employee fatigue at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona this week, combining a small pod with a VR headset. The News NP, developer of the MUA app for Quest, unveiled MUA’H...

‘Resident Evil Requiem’ Already Has a VR Mod, But You Should Probably Wait

Resident Evil Requiem (2026) hasn't been out for more than a week, and there's already a basic PC VR mod waiting in the wings. While Capcom may have "no plans" for VR support, VR modder 'Praydog' has released a Resident Evil...

Meta CTO: VR Gaming “gravy train” Has Stopped, Customer Acquisition Now the Real Problem

Meta CTO and Reality Labs chief Andrew Bosworth detailed why he thinks he might have failed VR gaming fans, and why some people are angry, noting that it's probably because the "gravy train has come to a stop." The News Bosworth...

Meta Finally Brings ‘Beat Saber’ to Horizon Plus, Keeps DLC Behind Paywall

Meta has finally brought VR's favorite block-slashing rhythm game to its Horizon+ subscription service. If you were hoping to jump into Beat Saber's (2019) massive swath of DLC content though, you'll still need to toss out a few bucks. The News Horizon+...

‘Zombie Army VR’ to Close Co-op Online Servers Less Than a Year After Launch

Rebellion announced that Zombie Army VR (2025) is soon losing online co-op, as the studio chalks its up to a change made by the Unity to its underlying game engine. Publisher and co-developer Rebellion Games says in an announcement that Zombie Army VR will be...

Pico Unveils OS 6, Teases MicroOLED ‘Project Swan’ XR Headset Ahead of GDC 2026

Pico today unveiled Pico OS 6, something the ByteDance-owned company calls its "most significant operating system update to date." Additionally, the company teased a few new bits of info about its upcoming 'Project Swan' XR headset ahead of its...