Saudi Arabia has recently injected more than half a billion dollars into augmented reality company Magic Leap, which it hopes will rival Apple's Vision Pro mixed reality headset. Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund gained majority share of the US-based Magic Leap...

A decade ago Zuckerberg made a $2 billion bet. XR was the future of computing, he wagered, and in buying a little known startup called Oculus, Meta would beat Apple to the punch. An Unexpected Acquisition You can critique Meta CEO...

Google is reorganizing a number of its hardware teams, which will see layoffs affecting a few hundred roles across its Devices & Services units. As reported by 9to5Google, Google's first-party AR hardware team is taking the brunt of the blow. Hardware teams...

HTC today announced the launch of a new Full Face Tracker accessory for Vive XR Elite. The device attaches to headset to capture eye and mouth movements which developers can use for a variety of purposes. HTC says the Face-tracking...

China-based XR company Xreal (previously Nreal) announced its newest pair of glasses at CES 2024, marking the company's return to augmented reality right as Apple is prepping its $3,500 Vision Pro for its upcoming launch. Called Air 2 Ultra, the...

Today at CES Sony revealed a new standalone MR headset equipped with "4K" OLED displays. The headset is yet-unnamed, but the company says it's aimed at creatives building 3D content and will launch this year. Sony's unnamed standalone MR headset...

The Wi-Fi Alliance announced today that Wi-Fi 7 Certified products are ready to hit the market. The latest version of the Wi-Fi standard promises the possibility of "near-zero" latency for real-time applications like wireless VR streaming. The Wi-Fi Alliance (the...

Archiact, the veteran studio known for a host of VR titles, announced it's laying off a portion of its staff. The number of staff affected by the layoff hasn't been confirmed. The studio says however in an X post that it's...

Alongside the announcement of the new Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chip, Qualcomm also revealed its latest reference headset, a mixed reality device that's likely the foundation of Samsung's upcoming headset. Samsung announced last year that it's working with both Google...

Qualcomm today announced its latest Snapdragon XR chip, the XR2+ Gen 2, a more capable variant of the chip that powers Quest 3. The company also hints that it will be used in the upcoming Samsung-Google headset. Qualcomm is at...

Somehow another year has come and gone. 2024 will mark the 13th year that we've been following this XR journey here at Road to VR. With an eye on that long-term perspective, it's once again time to reflect on...

Microsoft announced this week that it plans to remove support for its entire WMR platform on Windows, which could make Windows VR headsets inoperable. A Good Start Microsoft was surprisingly quick to jump into the VR sphere back in 2017 when...

Meta and Microsoft today made good on their word to bring Xbox Cloud Gaming and the Game Pass library to Quest. With a subscription to Game Pass Ultimate and a supported gamepad, Quest can now be used to play...

According to a report from The Information, ByteDance subsidiary Pico Interactive is pulling the release of its next consumer-focused standalone headset in effort to no longer compete directly with Meta Quest, instead positioning its next device to compete with...

Although Quest 3 is Meta's hot new headset release, an attractive holiday deal looks like it'll make Quest 2 the company's best selling headset this year. Looking at the stock available directly from Meta shows that Quest 3 availability...