Rec Room is shutting down in June. Meta's Horizon Worlds is searching for greener pastures on mobile. Now, VRChat co-founders say there's no need to worry about the social VR platform's future. "In case you were wondering, VRChat is not going anywhere," studio...

Social VR platform Rec Room, once valued at $3.5 billion, announced earlier this week that it will be shutting down in June. The studio says it never quite figured out how to turn a profit, though top avatar creator blueasis...

Polyarc, the studio behind VR puzzle-platformer series Moss, announced it's significantly reducing the size of the company, marking another VR pioneer currently experiencing existential turmoil. The studio released word via a LinkedIn post on Tuesday, noting that layoffs come amid an "unsuccessful...

Meta announced it's pushing an update to Ray-Ban and Oakley Meta smart glasses that's slated to make nutrition tracking easier by letting Meta AI visually suss out food before you eat it. The News Over time, the company says that a...

CD Projekt Red announced it's working with Zero Latency VR to bring Cyberpunk 2077 to out-of-home VR destinations. Zero Latency VR calls the forthcoming experience "based on the world of Cyberpunk 2077," but built specifically for the company's untethered, free-roam technology. What's more,...

Meta and eyewear partner EssilorLuxottica announced two new "optical-forward" pairs of Ray-Ban Meta glasses, which are said to support nearly all prescriptions. Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta smart glasses can already be paired with prescription lenses, although the latest pairs...

Meta and EssilorLuxottica appear to be preparing two new Ray-Ban smart glasses for launch, according to US Federal Communication Commission (FCC) filings from earlier this month. As first reported by Janko Roettgers in his Lowpass newsletter, Meta hardware partner EssilorLuxottica has...

The next edition of the VR Games Showcase is nearly here, bringing another heaping dose from VR’s leading Direct-style digital showcase dedicated to revealing high-quality VR games and showing updates on some of your most anticipated projects. We’ve lined up...

Meta announced it's tapped six external teams to receive a research grant in order to advance work on its surface electromyography (sEMG) based wristband controller. Meta revealed in a blog post it's launched a research funding initiative focused on improving how...

The company behind Lynx has entered liquidation proceedings ahead of launch of its upcoming Lynx-R2 XR headset, which is targeted at both consumers and enterprise. According to French court documents, SL Process, the company behind Lynx, has officially entered judicial liquidation...

Niantic Spatial has now made its WebAR creation platform '8th Wall' free and open source, which also comes alongside a shutdown of hosted services. Previously a paid service, 8th Wall allows users to create Web-based XR content for a variety...

Meta is facing a class action lawsuit in the US over privacy concerns tied to its Ray-Ban smart glasses. The company is accused of sending private camera footage to a Kenya-based subcontractor for manual review to train its AI...

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...

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...

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...