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.
VirtualGrasp Aims to Finally Deliver Realistic Hand Interactions in VR
Swedish robotics specialists are working on a system to allow game developers to deliver realistic, realtime and dynamic interaction animations, so that your VR hands can finally grasp in-game objects convincingly.
By the end of this year, every major virtual reality...
Google Bringing VR to iPhone, Cardboard App Now Available on iOS with New Demos
Ready or not, Apple, here comes virtual reality on the iPhone courtesy of Google. The search giant has now released the official Cardboard app for iOS with a few brand new demos. What's more, the Cardboard SDK is compatible...
More Optimization Tips from Oculus for Unity-based Gear VR Projects
Chris Pruett, Oculus’ head of developer relations and co-founder of Robot Invader, elucidates more about the technical knacks for optimizing Unity-based works intended for the Samsung Gear VR mobile platform.
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Dev Tool Uses Quest Hand-tracking to Quickly Model Realistic Hand Poses for VR
Grabbing objects in VR may be one of the medium's most fundamental interactions, but making it work well isn't as easy as you might think. Developers often need to spend time hand animating the hand model so that it...
Galaxy XR is the Headset the Industry Needs to Take Its Next Major Step
Samsung's Galaxy XR is finally here, and with it, a perfect middle-ground of price and features to simultaneously turn up the competitive pressure on both Meta and Apple.
Over many years I had been patiently waiting for Apple to launch...
‘Sightline’ Dev Wants You to Build the Metaverse with ‘NEOS’, First Gameplay Video Revealed
Tomáš Mariančík, aka Frooxius, is the developer of Sightline: The Chair, one of the most accomplished VR experiences out there. So , news that the developers and his company Solirax are building a metaverse crafting experience that allows you...
Oculus Sample Framework Provides Valuable Guidance in VR Design
Oculus has recently released an intuitive learning tool for developers and designers looking to get into the medium. While it can be useful in wrapping your head around the do's and don'ts of VR design, Oculus maintains that the info...
Bigscreen Beyond 2 Sold the Equivalent of 6 Months of Beyond 1 Sales in First 24...
Bigscreen Beyond 2 orders flooded in last Thursday at a surprising pace. Now, the PC VR headset maker notes that its next slim and light headset outsold the original in 24 hours by an impressive margin, making its first...
Google’s Chief Game Designer to Talk Tango at GDC, Augmenting Virtual Reality with the Real World
Google will be demoing some of their new sensor-assisted virtual reality technology at this year's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, which promises to "enable Holodeck-like experiences with less than $100 add-on cost" to mobile devices. While not explicitly named,...
Samsung to Launch Project Moohan XR Headset at Galaxy Event on October 21st
Samsung announced it's holding a Galaxy Event on October 21st, which will feature Project Moohan, the company's long-awaited Apple Vision Pro competitor.
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The livestream event is slated to take place on October 21st at 10PM ET (local time here),...
Magic Leap Releases Toolkit With Pre-built Components for Easier AR Development
Magic Leap has released a new set of development components in a 'Magic Leap Toolkit' (MLTK) which includes a slew of pre-built tools which aim to make it easier for creators to bring their AR vision to life without...
VR Attraction Sandbox VR Announces Major Expansion With 25 New Locations in the Coming Years
Sandbox VR, the location-based VR attraction, announced it's opening 25 new locations as a result of a partnership with Apparel Group, the United Arab Emirates-based fashion and lifestyle company.
The partnership is described as a "massive franchise deal" with Apparel...
Virtual Tours of Real Estate Units with uForis VR
Dora Cheng is one of the co-founders of uForis VR, which is a VR company that is focused on creating pragmatic applications of virtual reality. One of their first big VR projects was to create virtual tours for the...
Meta Pauses International Release of Meta Ray-Ban Display Glasses
Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses seem to be selling too well, as the company announced it's delaying the international rollout of its first display-clad smart glasses.
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Initially released in the US back in September, Meta said it was hoping to...
24 VR Startup Pitches, Launch Partner Presentations, Vive Demos and More, Tomorrow at VR Launchpad
VR Launchpad, the VR startup showcase, is upon us. Tomorrow the halls of the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA will be filled with a diverse group of hand-picked VR startups alongside investors, media, and VR influencers. And it's...



















