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.

LG Shakes Up XR Division, Reportedly Putting Meta Headset Partnership on Ice

Korean media last month alleged that the Meta/LG partnership to create a high-end XR headset wasn't going so well, suggesting either outright cancellation or a delay pushing release of a prospective Apple Vision Pro competitor to 2027. While this hasn't...

Canon to Launch a More Affordable Stereo Wide-angle Lens for Spatial Video Capture

Leading camera maker Canon today announced its next big entry into its dual-optic lens category, which allows its line of high-end EOS R7 cameras to take spatial video and photos. Called the RF-S3.9mm F3.5 STM Dual Fisheye lens, Canon says...

HTC Announces ‘Vive XR Elite Deluxe Pack’, Including 4 Free Accessories for Its Flagship Quest Competitor

HTC Vive announced it's offering a new hardware bundle for its Vive XR Elite headset that brings some handy new accessories to users for free, which are designed to enhance the headset's ergonomics and increase user comfort. Called the Vive...

Veteran XR Studio Behind One of VR’s Most Recognizable Early Experiences Raises $3.5M

Wevr, the veteran XR studio behind one of VR's earliest and most recognizable VR demo, announced it's now secured $3.5 million in new funding from HTC Corp. and Epic Games. It's been almost a decade since VR enthusiasts first got...

Oculus Rift Creator Palmer Luckey is Developing a New XR Headset

Palmer Luckey, Oculus founder and creator behind the original Oculus Rift, teased an upcoming announcement that he's working on a new XR headset. Luckey says in a post on X that he'll be talking more about the device at Augmented World...

Google Partners With Magic Leap to Secure Key Tech for AR Headsets

Google and Magic Leap today announced a "strategic technology partnership." The move shows Google seeking to gain ground to keep up with the likes of Meta, Apple, and others in a race to control the AR headset market. While consume...

Sightful Unveils ‘Spacetop G1’ Headless AR Workstation, Aiming to Best the Rest in Battery Life

Fresh out of stealth last year, AR workstation startup Sightful today unveiled Spacetop G1, which promises to let you work in AR for up to seven hours before needing a recharge. Initially revealed last year alongside the announcement the company...

Varjo to Shutter XR Cloud Streaming Platform ‘Reality Cloud’ Next Month

Varjo, the Finland-based creator of high-end XR headsets, says its pulling the plug on its cloud XR streaming platform ‘Reality Cloud’, which lets professionals stream and share immersive 3D content rendered on cloud-based GPUs. It was only a month ago...
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6 Years On, ‘Beat Saber’ Shows No Signs of Stopping with New Free Music Pack

Beat Saber is the VR rhythm game behemoth that can't be stopped. Just two months after dropping the Daft Punk music pack, Beat Games is teasing its next music pack, the free OST 7 pack. Beat Saber launched as a little-known...

The Number of Discoverable Quest Apps Has More Than Tripled With the Merging of App Lab

Meta has begun the process of merging 'unlisted' App Lab apps into the main Quest store, more than tripling the number of discoverable apps. App Lab, as many of you know, is the holding zone for apps that didn't get...

‘Swordsman’ Studio Secures $2.5M to Create New Free-to-Play VR Combat Game

Sinn Studio, the Toronto-based indie behind VR sword-fighting game Swordsman (2020), has secured $2.5 million in a funding round, which is slated to propel the studio as it develops a new free-to-play combat game for VR. The funding round was led by...

Meta and LG Partnership Reportedly in Question as Korean Tech Giant Now “controlling its pace”

Meta announced in February it was partnering with South Korean tech giant LG to create an XR headset that was reportedly set to compete with Apple Vision Pro. Recent reports from Korean media however maintain that partnership is in...

This $1,000 App is Now the Most Expensive on Quest—At Least There’s a 20 Minute Free...

With previously hidden 'App Lab' apps now discoverable on the main Quest store, the $1,000 WeldVR is the most expensive app you can find on Meta's VR app store. But fret not, you can get a free trial... for 20...

AR Content is Coming to Google Maps, But It Won’t Matter Until There’s a Headset to...

Google today announced it's starting a pilot program that will soon allow select partners to create AR content and display it within Google Maps. While it seems like an important step for Google on the way to owning a...

Official Vision Pro Schematics Will Accelerate Development of Headstraps & Third-party Accessories

Apple has released detailed schematics of Vision Pro and its various parts, which will likely lead to an acceleration of third-party accessories like headstraps and protective cases for the device. Vision Pro was announced nearly a year ago and started...
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