Google has released its second Developer Preview of the Android XR software development kit (SDK) following its initial release late last year, introducing new features and improvements including wider support for immersive video, better adaptive UI layouts, hand-tracking in...

Google today announced that it is working with eyewear makers Warby Parker and Gentle Monster to bring the first Android XR smartglasses to market. The move mirrors Meta's early partnership with EssilorLuxottica, the dominant eyewear maker that's behind Meta's Ray-Ban...

Today at its annual I/O developer conference, Google affirmed plans to bring its Project Starline immersive videoconferencing platform to market with HP. While this partnership was confirmed last year, the product is now officially called Google Beam, with more...

It appears Valve has been developing a standalone XR headset, codenamed 'Deckard', for some time. Now, an industry insider has apparently gotten a peek at the headset's design, calling it "quite amazing," further noting it's potentially arriving sometime next...

Google may be getting ready to unveil a pair of smart glasses at its Google I/O developer conference next week, ostensibly hoping to take on Ray-Ban Meta Glasses. In a promo for Google I/O, Android Ecosystem President Sameer Samat showed...

Apple has set the bar for UX on a standalone headset. As soon as the company can get the same experience into a smaller and cheaper package, it's going to become significantly more appealing to a wider range of...

Impact Reality, parent company of Flat2VR Studios, has opened a new publishing wing dedicated exclusively to bringing VR natives to market. Impact Reality announced in March 2024 it was forming Flat2VR Studios, a team led by VR modders dedicated to...

Late last year, Sightful announced it was cancelling its unique laptop with built-in AR glasses, instead pivoting to build a version of its AR workspace software for Windows. Now the company has released Spacetop for Windows, which lets you...

While Meta's Quest has always relied heavily on cameras for tracking location of the headset, controllers, and the world around the user, developers haven't had the same privileged access to the headset's cameras. Earlier this year Meta gave developers...

Google released the schedule for its upcoming I/O developer conference, which includes developer-focused sessions promising to deliver more insight into its upcoming Android XR operating system. At least from the schedule, it doesn't seem Google is getting that vocal...

The CEO of Snap Inc, the company behind Snapchat and the Spectacles AR glasses, will take the stage at AWE 2025 in June to highlight the company's latest developments in AR. The prominent placement on the event's schedule comes...

PresenZ is a professional-grade tool for converting cinema-quality CGI content for 6DOF viewing in VR. With the recently updated Immersix app for PC VR headsets, you can demo the tech with a fresh batch of newly released content. A streaming...

Varjo, creator of high-end enterprise MR headsets, dipped its toes into the consumer VR market with the release of the Aero headset back in 2021. But now the company says its focus is narrowing on training sims and deeper...

Efficient text entry without an actual keyboard remains an industry-wide challenge for unlocking productivity use-cases in XR headsets. Researchers have created a comprehensive catalog of existing text entry techniques to codify different methods and analyze their pros and cons....

Last month at the annual Game Developers Conference, Meta offered an update to the state of the Quest marketplace. Included in that update was mention that content on the Quest store has earned "over $2 billion." If that figure...