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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.

Sulon Q AR / VR Headset Specs and High-res Images, Launches “Late Spring”

AMD's Capsaicin GDC event is over and we now have official high resolution images and technical specifications for the new Sulon and AMD powered augmented and virtual reality headset the Sulon Q. Billed by Sulon as the world’s first and only...
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‘Neos Core’ Enables a World of Multi-User, Multi-device VR Collaboration

Tomáš 'Frooxius' Mariančík, the man behind the Sightline series has reached what he calls a "major milestone" with his continuing creation and education platform Neos. Today he unveiled a breakthrough framework which allows multiple users to gaze into and collaborate...
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VR Games Showcase Starts at 12PM ET with 30+ Mins of VR Game Trailers & Updates...

The next show from friends at VR Games Showcase is here, with more than 30 minutes of trailers and info on upcoming VR games and updates for Quest, PSVR 2, and PC VR. Catch the action right here at...

‘Pokémon Go’ Maker Niantic Reportedly Selling Gaming Division, Shifting Focus to AR & Mapping Tech

Niantic, the company behind Pokémon Go (2016), is reportedly in talks with Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely to sell its gaming division. According to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the talks, the report maintains the companies are currently discussing a $3.5...

nDreams Raises £2.7M to Further Develop VR Games, Signs Deal to Bring Exclusive Content to VR...

nDreams, creators of The Assembly and publishers of the upcoming brawler Bloody Zombies, have completed an additional £2 million investment with Mercia Technologies, and £700,000 from private investors to create more VR games. In addition, nDreams has signed a deal to bring exclusive new...

Maker of the Taser Acquires VR Studio to Bolster VR Police Training

Axon, the company best known for its Taser stun guns, has announced the acquisition of VR studio Foundry 45 which it says will bolster its VR training offerings. Founded in 1993, Axon is the company behind the well known Taser...

Pico Confirms Acquisition by TikTok Parent Company, Rumored $775 Million Purchase Price

Following rumors that it was poised to be acquired by TikTok parent company ByteDance, VR headset maker Pico has confirmed the purchase, according to reporting by Chinese VR publication Nweon. The acquisition price hasn't been officially announced but is rumored...

GTC 2016 Highlight: Oculus to Detail the Creation of ‘Quill’ VR Illustration Tool

At Sundance earlier this year, Oculus Story Studio revealed Quill, an in-house production tool that uses the company's Touch controllers to create VR illustrations. At GTC 2016 next week the studio will explore the technical challenges faced while creating the program. Quill...

Konami Aims to Develop ‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’ for VR After Successful Prototype Demo

Yu-Gi-Oh! doesn't have an official VR game yet, but after demoing a VR proof-of-concept of the card battler at the franchise's 25th anniversary event in Tokyo, Japan, Konami says we may see more in the future. Last weekend at the...

HTC & Shenzhen Government Team Up for $160 Million Investment Fund

Between HTC's Vive X accelerator and the VRVCA investor consortium that it heads, the company is already very active in the VR investment space. But today the company announced a brand new investment fund of some $160 million in...

Qualcomm Announces More Powerful Version of Quest 3’s XR Chip

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...

XR Glasses Maker VITURE Raises Another $100M, Marking $200M Raised in Less Than 6 Months

XR glasses company VITURE announced it’s secured an additional $100 million financing round following its $100 million Series B secured in September 2025. The latest round was led by Legend Capital, a Beijing-based investment arm affiliated with Lenovo. The round also featured a group...

The 20 Best Rated & Most Popular Quest Games & Apps – February 2021

While Oculus doesn’t offer much publicly in the way of understanding how well individual apps are performing across its VR storefronts, it’s possible to glean some insight by looking at apps relative to each other. Here’s a snapshot of...

FluxPose VR Tracker Raises $2M on Kickstarter, Promising Compact 6DOF Body Tracking

FluxPose is a 6DOF tracking solution for full-body tracking that seems to be picking up speed on Kickstarter, having now garnered over $2 million in crowdfunding since its initial launch on November 29th. The News FluxPose is a full-body tracking system...

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...
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