XR Industry News
The latest news on the XR industry. Covering AR, VR, MR, spatial computing, and the most important companies and platforms in the field.
Valve’s Standalone XR Headset ‘Deckard’ Reportedly Launching This Year at $1,200, Leaker Claims
Valve's rumored standalone XR headset, codenamed 'Deckard', is practically the stuff of legend at this point, with speculation brewing since data miners first discovered mention of the alleged device in January 2021. Now, leaker and data miner 'Gabe Follower'...
‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’ is Getting an Official XR Game with First Installment Coming in 2026
Korea-based studio Pixelity announced it's currently developing an XR game based on the hit '90s anime Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995).
Pixelity says in a blogpost it's signed an official licensing agreement with Studio Khara in Japan to make the XR game. Planned...
Meta Announces $50M ‘Horizon Worlds’ Content Fund as Some VR Studios Struggle to Make Ends Meet
Meta today announced a $50 million fund to incentivize the creation of new and improved content in Horizon Worlds, the company's first-party social gaming platform. The move comes as many seasoned studios that build self-contained VR apps for the...
‘Pokémon Go’ Maker Niantic Reportedly Selling Gaming Division, Shifting Focus to AR & Mapping Tech
Niantic, the company behind Pokémon Go (2016), is reportedly in talks with Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely to sell its gaming division.
According to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the talks, the report maintains the companies are currently discussing a $3.5...
‘Max Mustard’ Studio Lays Off Majority of Staff & Closes Office, Vows to Continue Work on...
Toast Interactive, VR veteran studio behind Richie's Plank Experience (2017) and Max Mustard (2024), announced it's closing office and laying off a majority of staff.
The Gold Coast, Australia-based studio revealed the news in an X post (seen below), noting that...
AWE 2025 Speakers Include Oculus Founder, Meta’s VP of Metaverse Experiences, & ILM Immersive VP
AWE USA 2025 is set to include speakers from some of the biggest names in the XR industry, including Oculus & Anduril founder Palmer Luckey, along with Jason Rubin—one of the only remaining early Oculus executives—who is presently Meta's...
VR Treadmill Omni One Adds New Games to Lineup, Including ‘Arizona Sunshine’ Series and ‘Into the...
Virtuix, the company known for its line of VR treadmills, announced it's adding nine more VR games to its lineup of titles supported by its Omni One all-in-one system.
The company says Omni One now supports over 55 titles, with its most...
Google Confirms Android XR Allows Passthrough Camera Access: an Important Tool for MR Devs
Developers of mixed reality games have been clamoring for passthrough camera access on Quest for a while now, something now-departed Meta VP of XR Mark Rabkin said would come with the release of a new camera Passthrough API sometime...
PSVR 2 Holiday Sales Volume Grew Massively Year-over-year on Amazon
A big sale on PSVR 2 pushed the headset's holiday sales volume on Amazon US higher than might have been expected, selling nearly five times more than last year.
PSVR 2's Black Friday and holiday sale brought a huge 42%...
Oculus Founder’s Defense Company is Taking Over Microsoft’s Military AR Headset Project
Palmer Luckey's defense company Anduril is taking over Microsoft's beleaguered Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program, which seeks to produce battlefield AR headsets for the United States Army.
Although couched as a “partnership" of sorts, Anduril says the deal—still pending Department of Defense...
Veteran VR Studio nDreams Condenses Two Studios into One, With Layoffs for Some
Veteran VR developer and publisher nDreams announced it's opened an internal studio, called 'Compass', after having closed both its nDreams Studio Orbital and nDreams Studio in September.
The studio announced back in September it had laid off 17.5% of the company...
Meta CTO: 2025 is a ‘Make or Break’ Year for Meta’s XR Ambitions, Internal Memo Reveals
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth released an internal memo to employees, stating 2025 is going to be "the most critical year" for the company's XR efforts yet, Business Insider reports.
Titled "2025: The Year of Greatness", the memo (seen below) largely takes...
Meta’s VP of XR is Departing the Company Citing Family Health Concerns
Meta's VP of XR, Mark Rabkin, is departing the company after leading its XR efforts for more than four years. Rabkin cites family health issues as the primary driver for his departure.
Today Mark Rabkin announced his plan to leave...
‘Metro Awakening’ Studio Vertigo Games Sells Off VR Arcade Content Platform SpringboardVR
Vertigo Games, the studio behind the Arizona Sunshine series and Metro Awakening (2024), announced it's sold off SpringboardVR, the location-based entertainment (LBE) VR content distribution platform.
Vertigo Games acquired SpringboardVR in 2021, announcing at the time it was looking forward to "leading SpringboardVR into...
Mindshow Unveils Enterprise Virtual Production Suite for XR Animation, Former Hulu Executive Signs on as COO
Mindshow, the real-time CG animation company, unveiled its virtual production platform for enterprise partners looking to use XR headsets to speed up the animating process. The company additionally announced the appointment of David Baron as Chief Operating Officer, a...




















