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.
‘Drop Dead’ & ‘Warhammer 40K: Battle Sister’ Developer Soul Assembly Lays Off 15% of Staff
Soul Assembly, the studio behind the Drop Dead VR shooter franchise, announced it's laying off 15% of its team, maintaining the reduction is required for the success of upcoming projects.
The UK-based VR developer and publisher announced the news following in...
Vision Pro Knock-off Gets High Praise From Former Quest Engineer
Wait, Apple Vision Pro doesn't come in black, does it? Nope, but Play For Dream MR does. And with what some are calling the 'Android Vision Pro', owing to its Android-based OS, Play For Dream seems to have turned...
Sony’s Enterprise MR Headset Set to Release Next Month, Priced at $4,750
We haven't heard much about Sony's SRH-S1 standalone MR headset over the past year, which the company revealed at CES 2024. Now, the enterprise-focused device has an official launch date and price.
Released in collaboration with Siemens, the soberly-named Sony SRH-S1 is set...
Sony Shows Off ‘The Last of Us’ Immersive Attraction Concept That Should Be VR, But Sadly...
Sony unveiled a new location-based entertainment (LBE) concept based on The Last of Us game and TV franchise. While it looks ripe for VR arcades, it appears to be skipping VR headsets altogether for an array of large format LED...
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,...




















