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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.

Snap Inc. & Niantic’s New Partnership Could be a Big Moment for City-scale AR Positioning and...

Snap Inc., the company behind the Snapchat social app and Spectacles AR glasses, has teamed up with Niantic Spatial to bring accurate geospatial capabilities to the Snapchat and Spectacles platforms. The partnership could be mutually beneficial as Snap's platforms...

Meta Reveals Oakley Smart Glasses, Promising Better Video Capture & Longer Battery Life at $400

Meta today revealed its next smart glasses built in collaboration with EssilorLuxottica— Oakley Meta Glasses. As a part of the extended collaboration, Meta and EssilorLuxottica today unveiled Oakley Meta HSTN (pronounced HOW-stuhn), the companies' next smart glasses following the release of...

Japan’s TDK Acquires Smart Glasses Maker SoftEye to Advance Wearable AI Tech

TDK, the Japan-based electronic component and software company, announced it's acquired SoftEye, the US-based smart glasses hardware and software maker. TDK calls the acquisition of SoftEye a "key milestone in the development of TDK’s contribution to the entire AI ecosystem...

Meta-owned Dev Team of ‘Onward’ is Being Dismantled Following Major Game Update

Onward (2020), the tactical mil-sim shooter from Meta-owned Downpour Interactive, got its big 2.0 update in March, bringing improved visuals and a host of new content to the game. Now, Downpour Interactive announced that Meta is shutting down the...

Vision Pro’s New Personas Are a Big Improvement, But How Will They Scale to Smaller Headsets?

Apple is bringing a huge visual upgrade to its Persona avatars on Vision Pro in VisionOS 26. After seeing the new system first-hand, it's hard not to be impressed. But a major question remains—how will Apple overcome the challenge...

Vuzix Secures $5M Investment as Veteran Smart Glasses Maker Sets Sights on Consumers

Vuzix, the veteran smart glasses maker, announced it's secured a $5 million investment from Quanta Computer, the Taiwan-based ODM and major Apple assembler. The latest investment was the second tranche following an initial $10 million investment made by Quanta in September...

What We Know So Far About Anduril’s ‘Eagle Eye’ Military XR Headset and Founder’s Reunion With...

Palmer Luckey’s military tech company Anduril recently announced a partnership with Meta to build “the world’s best AR and VR systems for the US military.” In two recent public conversations, Luckey offered up some details on the XR helmet his...

Meta Teases Oakley Partnership for Sportier Smart Glasses, Reportedly Releasing This Year

Meta officially confirmed the expansion of its EssilorLuxottica partnership to include a pair of Oakley smart glasses—possibly arriving soon. Update (June 17th, 2025): An official Oakley Meta Instagram page now claims "he next evolution is coming on June 20." Earlier this year, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman...

Google’s First ‘Beam’ Videoconferencing Device is ‘HP Dimension’, Coming Late 2025 at $25,000

HP announced last year it was going to be the first to offer hardware based on Google Beam (formerly 'Project Starline'), the light field-based 3D videoconferencing platform. Now, HP unveiled 'Dimension', which is being pitched to enterprise at $25,000...

Report: Samsung’s Project Moohan XR Headset May Get a Launch Date at Unpacked Next Month

Samsung Unpacked is expected to kick off next month with the usual slate of hardware announcements, which this year could include the company's latest foldable smartphones, Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Fold 7, and its latest Galaxy Watch 8....

Snap Plans to Launch New Consumer ‘Specs’ AR Glasses Next Year

Snap, the company behind Snapchat, today announced it's working on the next iteration of its Spectacles AR glasses (aka ‘Specs’), which are slated to release publicly sometime next year. Snap first released its fifth generation of Specs (Spectacles '24) exclusively...

‘Stranger Things’ Multiplayer VR Experience is Coming to Sandbox VR Destinations Later This Year

Sandbox VR, the location-based VR destination, is working with Netflix to create a multiplayer VR experience based on the hit TV show Stranger Things. Coinciding with the fifth and final season of the show, the upcoming VR experience Stranger Things:...

Vision Pro Will Allow ‘Optional’ and ‘Required’ Designations for Apps Using Motion Controllers

One of the biggest pieces of Vision Pro news from today's WWDC is that the headset will be getting support for PSVR 2 motion controllers and a Logitech motion stylus with the release of visionOS 26. Now we're learning...

Apple Reveals Major Vision Pro Updates Coming in VisionOS 26, Developer Beta Available Starting Today

VisionOS 26 is Apple's next major update to Vision Pro. Expected to be released to the public later this year, Apple says developers will be able to start testing the new version starting today. The update adds some major...

Vision Pro is Getting a Major Visual Upgrade to Its ‘Persona’ Avatars

Apple 'Personas' on Vision Pro are already the most likelife real-time avatars you can find on any headset today, but in the next version of visionOS, they're taking another step forward. Apple today announced that its Persona avatars for Vision...
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