Pokémon GO developer Niantic announced it's releasing a new visual editor and "powerful web gaming engine" called Niantic Studio, which aims to let creatives build immersive XR, 3D experiences, and casual web games. Niantic Studio is essentially the company's evolution of...

Over the last decade I've reported on and tested many different VR styluses, but none of them have actually caught on. But the new MX Ink stylus for Quest stands a real chance at legitimizing the VR stylus as...

We've know that Apple planned to support WebXR for quite some time, but with VisionOS 2, the company is enabling the feature for all users. WebXR allows developers to deliver cross-platform XR experiences directly from the web, with no...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

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, 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...

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...

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...

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 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...