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.
BigScreen is Making Virtual LAN Parties Real, Beta Signups Now Open
BigScreen is a new VR application which brings you and your computer into a shared virtual space with your friends. The company is today leaving stealth to announce the closing of a seed round and that former Convrge creator Hayden...
Leap Motion’s ‘Planetarium’ Gives you the Power to Grab Constellations
In a new technical demo from Leap Motion's labs, you can use your hands to soar through space and manipulate entire constellations with mere gestures. The Planetarium aims to illustrate ideas in virtual reality user interfaces and demonstrate the...
Oculus Shares Optimization Tips for Unity-based Gear VR Projects
Chris Pruett, Oculus' head of developer relations and co-founder of Robot Invader, has recently released somewhat of a technical quick-start guide targeting potential Gear VR devs looking to get that extra mile out of their game or experience.
The blog post, Squeezing Performance...
Spacetop Launches Windows App to Turn Laptops into Large AR Workspaces
Late last year, Sightful announced it was cancelling its unique laptop with built-in AR glasses, instead pivoting to build a version of its AR workspace software for Windows. Now the company has released Spacetop for Windows, which lets you...
Presence Capital’s $10 Million AR/VR Fund Counts HTC’s Phil Chen Among Founders
Presence Capital today announced they've raised a $10 million fund to invest in VR/AR companies through the new VC firm. Among other heads of the fund is HTC's Phil Chen, the purported "founder" of the HTC Vive project at HTC.
Presence...
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...
Quest Black Friday Sales Volume on Amazon May Have Fallen Short of 2023
Data from Amazon US suggests that Quest headsets didn't sell as well over Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2024 as compared to 2023.
Based on data from Amazon US, in 2023 about 170,000 Quest headsets had sold in the 30...
New Valve Data Gives Fresh Insight into Number of VR Headsets Used on Steam
During Melbourne Games Week this week, Valve revealed a fresh set of official figures about it's user population on Steam. Mashing up the figures with Valve's monthly Steam Survey data gives us fresh insight into the number of VR...
Google Reportedly to Invest $100M in Smart Glasses Partner Gentle Monster
Ahead of Google's planned rollout of Android XR-equipped smart glasses, the company is reportedly making a $100 million investment in hardware partner Gentle Monster, the South Korean fashion eyewear brand.
According to a Korean Economic Daily report, Google is slated to sign...
AR Specialist Zappar Nets $3.75m in Funding, Aims to “Democratize Augmented Reality”
Zappar, a London-based developer in the Augmented Reality space, is announcing the closing of its Series A funding round. The $3.75m investment will accelerate the development of several new products along with increased support for ZapWorks, their flagship content...
Magic Leap to Partner with NBA to Bring Basketball to AR, Shaq’s Massive Head Fits in...
Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz took the stage at the Code Media conference last night to talk a little bit more about the company's upcoming AR headset, Magic Leap One. While we now know the headset will probably cost the...
XR Year in Review: The Most Important Stories of 2025 and What They Mean for 2026
The launch of Android XR, a newly announced headset from Valve, and major strategic shifts at Meta are just the start of what made 2025 a significant year for the XR industry at large. 2026 will mark the 15th year...
VRC Raises $23M to “Build the First Great VR Content Studio”
The Virtual Reality Company, lead by two-time Academy Award-winning director Robert Stromberg and entertainment industry executive Guy Primus, have announced $23M in venture funding to build original virtual reality content and position the firm as "premiere VR storyteller and...
VR Launchpad Applications Now Open – Pitch in the Heart of Silicon Valley
VR Launchpad, presented by SVVR and Road to VR, is the startup showcase for virtual reality companies. Applications for startups and entrepreneurs are now available. Apply today for an invitation to pitch before a crowd of press and investors.
VR Launchpad...
Cambridge & Meta Study Raises the Bar for ‘Retinal Resolution’ in XR
It's been a long-held assumption that the human eye is capable of detecting a maximum of 60 pixels per degree (PPD), which is commonly called 'retinal' resolution. Any more than that, and you'd be wasting pixels. Now, a recent...



















