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.
Meta CTO Says Quest 3 Announcement Timing Had ‘Nothing to do with Vision Pro’
Meta CTO Andrew "Boz" Bosworth said this week that the announcement of Quest 3, which came just days ahead of Vision Pro reveal, had nothing to do with the timing of Apple's first public foray into XR.
"People won't believe...
SHVR Vive Jam Dev Log: Opening Day
To keep you connected to the action at this weekend's SHVR Vive Jam in Shanghai we're reporting directly from the event. On day one we take a look at the setup and structure of this weekend long dev session.
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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...
Volkswagen Group to Train 10,000 Employees in VR This Year
Volkswagen Group and VR studio Innoactive revealed the global, multi-brand automotive company is planning to train 10,000 employees this year alone using virtual reality.
Volkswagen Group first deployed its Volkswagen Digital Reality Hub Group last year, a VR platform designed to help the company’s employees...
Epic Releases Unreal Engine 5 But Its Headlining Features Aren’t Ready for VR
This week Epic Games released the latest version of its next-gen game engine, Unreal Engine 5. Though the new version brings improvements in many areas, its most notable features are Lumen (global illumination) and Nanite (micro-polygon geometry), which could...
Quest is Outselling Nintendo Switch 2 on Amazon (and every other game console)
Despite being released more than a year ago, Meta's Quest 3-series headsets are outselling Nintendo's new Switch 2 console on Amazon, which was released just this Summer.
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In the last 30 days (which includes the whole of the Black...
Oculus Releases PC SDK 0.8 with “Improved Support for Windows 10”
As the company drives toward releasing SDK 1.0 alongside the consumer Oculus Rift they've now released SDK 0.8 with "Improved Support for Windows 10."
Until SDK 0.7, the Oculus Rift didn't officially support Windows 10. With SDK 0.8, the company...
Varjo Secures $6.7M Investment, First Batch of “Human Eye-Resolution” VR Prototypes Shipping to Partners Soon
At Slush 2017, Helsinki-based Varjo Technologies today announced an additional investment of $6.7 million from the Finnish business development group Tekes to continue development on their "human eye-resolution" display for VR headsets. The company also announced they'll be shipping their first Alpha Prototype...
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),...
Felix & Paul Studios Secures Multi-Million Dollar Financing for Next Location-based VR Experience
Felix & Paul Studios, the Emmy Award-winning XR studio, announced it has secured funding for its next location-based VR (LBVR) experience based on what it says will be a brand-new IP.
The studio hasn't released the exact figure of the...
‘Freeaim’ Motorized Shoes Give Your Feet Tiny VR Treadmills, Kickstarter Now Fully Funded
UK-based startup Freeaim kicked off a new Kickstarter campaign yesterday to support the release of a pair of motorized shoes designed to enable natural walking in VR, essentially giving your feet two independent treadmills to walk on.
VR treadmills are...
Immersive Social Platform ‘VRChat’ Raises $10 Million in Venture Capital
VRChat announced today that it has closed a $10 million Series C investment to continue expanding its immersive social platform which is steeped in user-generated content.
VRChat is an immersive social platform that allows VR and non-VR users to socialize...
Meta Explains Why It Sees Wide Field-of-View Headsets as a ‘bad tradeoff’
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth revealed last week a mysterious wide field-of-view (FOV) headset prototyped in the Redmond, Washington-based Reality Labs offices. Bosworth now reveals the research prototype had something close to a 210-degree FOV, however wide FOV displays are a...
Apple CEO: VR Has “Lower Commercial Interest” than AR, New Hires from Magic Leap & Oculus
Apple CEO Tim Cook has stated that in his view, augmented reality and not virtual reality holds the ticket for commercial success in immersive technologies in the future.
On the subject of virtual and augmented reality Apple is still largely...
Audi Co-founded VR Entertainment Startup Holoride Files for Bankruptcy
Holoride, the Germany-based startup bringing XR entertainment to car passengers, has filed for bankruptcy, citing the inability to secure its latest investment round.
In a LinkedIn post, Holoride CEO & co-founder Nils Wollny reveals the company's latest investment round "appeared secure," however...


















