‘Batman: Arkham VR’ Sequel Cancelled Amid Meta XR Studio Closures
Meta's recent rash of studio closures means that the planned sequel to Batman: Arkham Shadow has also officially been cancelled.
Batman: Arkham Shadow (2024) was developed by Camouflaj, released exclusively on Quest 3 in late 2024, coming just one week after...
Meta is Deleting ‘Horizon Workrooms’ Next Month as Metaverse Ambitions Cool
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.
Originally launched in 2021 on Quest 2, Workrooms was not only the company's answer to remote...
Meta Aims to Double, Possibly Even Triple Smart Glasses Production This Year
Meta and EssilorLuxottica are potentially set to double the expected production target for their smart glasses, according to a recent Bloomberg report.
Citing people familiar with the matter, the report maintains Meta has suggested increasing annual capacity to 20 million units...
Harry Potter VR Game Reportedly Cancelled Amid Meta Budget Cuts
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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In his latest video, YouTuber 'Gamertag VR'...
Meta Reportedly Closes Three First-party Studios Behind Some of Its Biggest VR Games
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...
Meta Reportedly Laying Off 10 Percent of Reality Labs, Shifting Focus from VR & Horizon Worlds
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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According to three people...
Google’s Leading AR Glasses Partner XREAL Raises $100M
XREAL, the Beijing-based AR glasses maker, announced it has raised $100 million in a recent funding round.
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Xreal co-founder and CEO Chi Xu broke the news on Bloomberg Television, noting the company secured funding from “supply chain partners” in addition...
Steam Reveals Most Played PC VR Games of 2025
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.
Valve released its...
Meta Waveguide Provider Claims “world’s first” 70° FoV Waveguide
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’s Language Learning App for Quest Combines Mixed Reality and AI
Meta released an open source language learning app for Quest 3 that combines mixed reality passthrough and AI-powered object recognition.
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Called Spatial Lingo: Language Practice, the app not only aims to help users practice their English or Spanish using...
