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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.

Creator of Indie Breakout ‘Braid’ Building Roomscale VR Game With ‘no concessions for stationary play’

Jonathan Blow, the creator of one of indie gaming's fomative successes, Braid, has begun hiring a team to develop his first VR game. Before Fez (2012), before Limbo (2010), and before Minecraft (2009), Braid (2008) was one of the breakout successes...

Valve Launches ‘Steam Link’ on Quest for a Direct Connection to SteamVR

Valve today released its first-ever application on one of Meta's VR platforms. Steam Link allows users to quickly and easily connect their Quest headset wirelessly to SteamVR to play PC VR or flatscreen PC content. Oculus Link / Air Link...

Varjo XR-4 Will Get a SteamVR Tracking Variant and Sell Direct to Prosumers

Varjo just announced its latest headset, the XR-4, and while the company is primarily continuing to target high-end enterprise use-cases, this is the first headset in their 'XR' series that they will sell directly to consumers and without a...

Quest 2 is Vastly Outselling Quest 3 so Far This Holiday on Amazon

With such an alluring price point on Quest 2 during the Black Friday period, it makes sense the headset would sell more than Quest 3. But what will it mean for the company's effort to make mixed reality the...

Vrgineers Secures $6M to Accelerate Wide-FOV VR for Enterprise

Vrgineers, the US-Czech company known for its wide-FOV PC VR headsets for enterprise, announced it's secured a $6 million Series A investment. The funding round was led by Taiwania Capital, a venture capital firm based in Taipei, Taiwan. Returning investors include...

HTC Launches Inside-out ‘Vive Ultimate Tracker’ for $200

First revealed at GDC 2023 earlier this year, HTC has now launched its long-awaited inside-out tracking accessory, which is now dubbed the Vive Ultimate Tracker. Unlike previous Vive Trackers, Vive Ultimate Tracker makes use of inside-out optical tracking instead of...

Varjo Reveals XR-4 Headset, Claiming Mixed Realty Visuals “indistinguishable from natural sight”

Varjo has announced its latest high-end enterprise headset, the XR-4. The company is going all out on the headset's mixed reality capabilities, saying that the view of the outside world as seen through the headset is "indistinguishable" from how...

Samsung Files XR ‘Glasses’ Trademark in the UK

Samsung has secured a trademark with the UK's Intellectual Property Office for 'Samsung Glasses', which could mean we're finally seeing some movement from the South Korean tech giant to release an XR headset. Filed in August and later entered into registry...

VR Veteran Studio nDreams Acquired by Aonic for $110M

nDreams, the veteran VR studio, today announced it was acquired by video gaming group Aonic for $110 million. The Farnborough, UK-based nDreams has changed a fair bit since its founding in 2006. Having taken up VR game development full-time in...

Varjo Teaser Strongly Suggests New XR-4 Headset Reveal

High-end enterprise headset maker Varjo is teasing an online "special event" where it says viewers will "discover the future of VR/XR." The tease heavily points in the direction of the company's next headset, likely the XR-4. Varjo has been steadily...

Valve is “still working on VR and still pushing forward on it”

Valve unveiled its Steam Deck OLED late last week, offering up a hardware refresh for the first time since the company launched the handheld gaming device last year. While the company has been full steam ahead on handhelds and...

‘Tokyo Chronos’ Studio MyDearest Secures $7.8M to Further Expand IP on Quest & PSVR 2

MyDearest, the Japan-based VR studio behind the Chronos adventure game franchise, announced it's secured $7.8 million (1.2 billion yen), something the studio says it will use to expand its existing IP for VR headsets, such as Meta Quest and...

Magic Leap 2 Update Claims Vastly Improved Hand-tracking, Biometric ID, & More

A major update to Magic Leap 2 claims to improve many of the device's core capabilities. With all that's happened in the XR space recently, it's hard to believe that Magic Leap 2 has hardly been out for more than...

Report: Pico to Layoff “hundreds” as Company Shifts Focus to Hardware

There were rumors circulating late last month that TikTok parent company ByteDance was set to spin down its China-based VR headset company, Pico Interactive. While the company dismissed those rumors, a new Reuters report maintains Pico is soon set to...

‘Arizona Sunshine’ Studio Working on Unannounced “AAA VR game” Based on a Global Franchise

According to a recent job offer posted by Amsterdam-based developer Vertigo Games, pre-production has begun on a "high-profile, multiplatform AAA VR game," which is said to be based on a globally recognized franchise. Posted earlier this month, the studio is looking...
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