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.
VR Treadmill Omni One Adds New Games to Lineup, Including ‘Arizona Sunshine’ Series and ‘Into the...
Virtuix, the company known for its line of VR treadmills, announced it's adding nine more VR games to its lineup of titles supported by its Omni One all-in-one system.
The company says Omni One now supports over 55 titles, with its most...
Company Raises $30M to Make Programing Industrial Robots Easier With the Help of SteamVR Tracking
In an interesting bit of news which shows Valve's SteamVR Tracking technology used in a non-VR application, robotics company Wandelbots has raised a $30 million Series B investment around their TracePen tool, a motion-tracked stylus which makes it easy...
Pimax Secures $30M Series C1 Funding to Expand & Support Rollout of Crystal & Portal VR...
Pimax, the China-based creator known for its wide field of view (FOV) VR headsets, announced it's secured a $30 million series C1 financing round, something the company says will aid in the rollout of its new portfolio of VR...
2018 Ends With a Record Number of VR Headsets on Steam
According to latest set of data from Valve’s monthly Steam Hardware & Software survey, the number of VR headsets on Steam has reached a new record. Meanwhile, the Vive Pro and Windows VR headsets have reached new peaks in...
Snap’s Top AR Exec Quits Ahead of Specs Consumer Debut
Scott Myers, Snap's top executive in charge of Specs, has left the company ahead of the planned release of its consumer AR glasses.
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Myers reportedly left his six-year tenure at the company due to a dispute with Snap CEO...
Meta’s PC VR Dominance Continues as Quest 2 Passes New Milestone
Quest 2 quickly rose to become the most-used VR headset on Steam, but last month it crossed a new milestone as the majority of headsets used on the platform.
Quest 2's aggressive price point and ability to be used as...
Meta Extends Ray-Ban Partnership into 2030 to Make Smartglasses Fashionable
Meta and eyewear conglomerate EssilorLuxottica announced they're expanding their smartglasses partnership into 2030, which promises to see further development of "multi-generational smart eyewear products" from the companies.
Working together since 2019, Meta and EssilorLuxottica released the first-gen Facebook Ray-Ban Stories...
Psytec Games and Windlands Team Join Forces
Two up-and-coming VR development teams behind two extremely promising made-for-VR games have relvealed they are to team up. Psytec Games, makers of Crystal Rift, has announced that the duo behind Windlands, a first person VR grappling hook action title, are to...
OpenXR Standard Ratified, Microsoft, Oculus, & Others to Release First Implementations
OpenXR is a royalty-free standard for cross-platform VR and AR development. It's backed by many of the biggest names in the VR and AR industries and has been in development by the consortium for two years now, organized by...
Meta Reveals Next-Gen Ray-Ban & New Oakley Vanguard Smart Glasses
Undoubtedly the smart glasses headliner of Meta Connect this year was the new $800 Meta Ray-Ban Display Glasses, which pack in a single display into a familiar Wayfarer-style package. Alongside it though, Meta showed off two new smart glasses:...
Newly Announced ‘Neuromancer’ TV Show Could Be Another Big Moment for VR to Make an Impact
Apple announced that it's bringing a new show to Apple TV+ based on William Gibson's award-winning cyberpunk novel Neuromancer (1984), offering another big moment for VR to take the limelight.
According to Apple, the upcoming 10-episode drama series is slated to...
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...
FTC Sues Facebook Over Alleged Monopolization – What it Could Mean for Oculus
The United States Federal Trade Commission today announced it has filed an amended complaint with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, renewing its effort to sue Facebook over alleged anticompetitive practices. The initial lawsuit was filed in...
Google’s New ‘Cardboard Design Lab’ App Uses VR to Teach You About VR Design
Google has just released the Cardboard Design Lab app for Android which puts users inside of a VR environment and teaches them fundamentals of VR design. The app demonstrates each of its lessons quickly in impressively effective ways.
As Google further...
‘Warhammer 40K: Space Marine VR’ Experience Coming to VR Attractions Next Week, Trailer Here
Revealed back in May, the first official Warhammer VR game for out-of-home VR attractions is now set to launch next week, coming to Zero Latency locations worldwide.
Update (September 16th, 2024): Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine VR – Warriors of Avarax is officially...



















