The latest version of the SteamVR Beta automatically installs the third-party 'Oasis' driver, enabling compatibility with Windows VR headsets after Microsoft discontinued their support in the latest versions of Windows 11. For years Valve has sought to support as many...

Pimax announced Dream Air last December, aiming to take on the emerging segment of compact high-end PC VR headsets, such as Bigscreen Beyond and Shiftall MaganeX Superlight 8K. Initially planned for launch in May, the headset was delayed until Q3...

Rokid, the China and US-based AR startup, launched a Kickstarter campaign last week for Rokid Glasses, frontrunning the competition with a pair of smart glasses housing green monochrome displays. Now, the crowdfunding campaign has surpasses $1 million, doubling the...

Meta's smart glasses with display, codenamed 'Hypernova', are reportedly slated to cost less than initially expected, with Meta allegedly slashing price expectations from the rumored $1,000 - $1,400 range to $800. Now, respected supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says...

Chinese AR startup Rokid launched a Kickstarter campaign yesterday for Rokid Glasses, a new version of the company's smart glasses with green monochrome displays which previously launched in China. Now, after 24 hours, the project has already garnered over...

Samsung's upcoming mixed reality headset Project Moohan has largely been out of the spotlight since its unveiling late last year. According to South Korean outlet Newsworks (Korean), the headset's launch could be right around the corner. Citing industry sources, Project Moohan is reportedly...

Varjo, the Finland-based maker of high-end XR headsets, announced it's secured a €5 million (~$5.8 million) minority investment from THEON, the Greece-based manufacturer of military imaging systems. Structured as a convertible loan, the €5 million investment also includes the option...

HTC is joining Meta and others in the rapidly heating smartglasses space with its newest product, the VIVE Eagle. Like other smartglasses, the Eagle lacks any kind of display, being positioned instead as a vehicle for AI voice assistance...

Australian immersive training technology company xReality Group announced its subsidiary Operator XR has secured a contract with the Texas Department of Public Safety (Texas DPS) worth up to AUD $5.71 million (~$3.7 million USD), which will see the rollout...

Samsung didn't highlight its upcoming mixed reality headset at Unpacked last month, nor at Google I/O the month prior—but no fear, the South Korean tech giant confirmed its Android XR-based headset is still coming this year. In a recent earnings...

Brilliant Labs unveiled Halo, its next-gen smart glasses that pack in a full-color micro OLED display, bone conduction speakers, and real-time voice-based AI assistant—priced at a surprisingly reasonable $300. Weighing in at just over 40 grams, Halo builds on the...

Researchers at Meta Reality Labs and Stanford University have unveiled a new holographic display that could deliver virtual and mixed reality experiences in a form factor the size of standard glasses. In a paper published in Nature Photonics, Stanford electrical...

EssilorLuxottica released its second quarter earnings report, revealing that Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses have tripled in revenue year-over-year. Released in 2023, Ray-Ban Meta is the companies' second-gen smart glasses, serving up music, photo/video capture, and Internet searches via Meta AI. Starting...

Brilliant Labs announced it's getting ready to launch its next generation of smart glasses at the end of the month, making it the company's third device since it was founded in 2019. In 2023, Brilliant Labs released Monocle, a developer...

Sharp announced it's releasing a prototype VR haptic controller in Japan, which aims to reproduce the sense of touch in VR while serving a familiar button layout. Japan-based Sharp says its VR haptic controllers can let users sense texture thanks to...