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.

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.

Immersive Web Company Infinite Reality Raises $3 Billion From a Private Investor

Infinite Reality, a company building an engine for creating immersive web content underpinned with WebXR support, announced it has raised a whopping $3 billion to continue building the company's "vision for the next generation of the internet." Not only...

Scientists Build an Itty-bitty VR Headset to Better Study Mice

Researchers at Cornell University have developed 'MouseGoggles', a miniature VR headset with eye-tracking for mice, which was used to study complex behaviors during neural recordings. Traditional small-animal VR systems have been limited by their size, immersivity, and lack of advanced...

Sony Announces ‘XYN’ Standalone MR Headset Prototype for Creatives, Release Date & Pricing Still to Be...

Sony announced a new prototype version of its previously revealed XR standalone for enterprise. Codenamed 'XYN', the company says it's targeting creators looking to make spatial content. Update (January 9th, 2025): A previous version of this article reported that XYN...

Pimax Reveals Dream Air Prototypes and Answers Key Questions

With the reveal of Pimax's upcoming Dream Air headset, the VR community at large had plenty of questions. We put those questions straight to the company, and also got a glimpse of early prototypes, a full list of specs,...

Pimax Announces Dream Air, a Compact VR Headset With One Totally Unique Feature

The Pimax Dream Air headset represents a new area of focus for the company. While most of its headsets up to this point have been necessarily bulky to achieve their signature large field-of-view, the Dream Air aims to make...

‘Vail VR’ Studio Reveals $5.5M in Revenue as It Opens Crowd-investment Campaign

AEXLAB, the studio behind VR shooter Vail (2024), announced it's opened a crowd-investment campaign to support ongoing development of the game. Additionally, the studio revealed the multiplayer shooter has generated over $5.5 million in revenue to date, owing to its...

Google & Pico Adoption Further Cements OpenXR as Industry Standard, With One Major Holdout

OpenXR is an open standard made to improve compatibility between XR software and XR headsets. Google—one of the biggest tech companies in the world—is adopting the standard right out of the gate, joining other major firms like Meta and...

Lynx Confirms Android XR For Next Headset, Sony & XREAL Also On-board for Google’s OS

Although Android XR isn't properly open-source for the time being, Google hopes the OS will run on multiple partner headsets. While Samsung is said to be the first to launch an Android XR headset, Sony, Lynx, and XREAL are...

Blackmagic’s New 8K Camera for Apple Immersive Video is Pre-ordering Now for $30,000

Blackmagic Design has revealed full specs and details for its new URSA Cine Immersive camera, specially designed to shoot 8K VR180 footage for the Apple Immersive Video format. Pre-orders for the $30,000 camera are open now, with shipping planned...

Android XR Creates a Major Dilemma That Will Make or Break Meta’s XR Ambitions

Meta has publicly stated that it wants to be "the Android of XR." But you know who else wants to be the Android of XR? Android XR, of course. Beyond debates about specs or features, one major factor is likely...

‘Job Simulator’ & ‘Demeo’ Among First to Support Android XR Ahead of Samsung Headset Launch

Owlchemy Labs and Resolution Games announced they're adopting support for Android XR, bringing some of their most popular titles to Google's upcoming XR operating system. Android XR is set to make its debut on Samsung's 'Project Moohan' mixed reality headset,...

Samsung’s Android XR Headset Will Have First-party Motion Controllers & Support PC VR Streaming

Samsung isn't sharing a lot of details on its newly announced Android XR headset, but it has confirmed two key things that existing VR enthusiasts and developers are sure to be happy about. Samsung's 'Project Moohan' headset will be the...

Hands-on: Samsung‘s Android XR Headset is a Curious Combo of Quest & Vision Pro, With One...

Samsung is the first partner to formally announce a new MR headset based on the newly announced Android XR. The device, codenamed "Project Moohan," is planned for consumer release in 2025. We went hands on with an early version. Note:...

Google Announces Android XR Operating System Alongside Samsung MR Headset

Google today announced Android XR, a new core branch of Android, designed as a spatial operating system for XR headsets and glasses. The company is pitching this as a comprehensive spatial computing platform, and hopes to establish its own...

Unity Promises Day-one Support for Android XR, Including Easy Ports for Existing Quest Content

Meta Quest developers looking to port their Unity-based apps to Google's newly unveiled Android XR operating system shouldn't have a tough time of it, Unity says, as the game engine creator today released all of the tools devs need...
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