DeepMind, Google’s AI research lab, announced Genie 3 last August, showing off an AI system capable of generating interactive virtual environments in real-time. Now, Google has released an experimental prototype that Google AI subscribers can try today. Granted, you can't...

VR treadmill creator Virtuix is going public, as its Class A ordinary shares will start trading today on the Global Market tier of the Nasdaq. The company's stock market debut comes as consumer VR investment and first-party content spending...

In light of Reality Labs' reorganization, which has seen recent internal studio closures and layoffs, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey calls the doomer narrative "obviously false." The News Luckey literally kickstarted consumer VR more than a decade ago with the founding of...

Google announced a multiyear extension to its partnership with AR glasses maker XREAL, positioning it as a lead hardware partner for the Android XR ecosystem. The News XREAL Project Aura is an Android XR-based pair of AR glasses which is due...

Meta may be pushing back the release of an upcoming XR headset that tethers to a pocketable compute puck. Meanwhile, the company says its next-gen Quest will be a "large upgrade" over the current generation. The News Meta supposedly planned to...

Mojo Vision announced it's secured a $75 million Series B Prime investment round, which the company says will support the commercialization of its powerful and flexible micro-LED platform for XR glasses. The round was led by Vanedge Capital, and included...

Australian immersive training technology company xReality Group announced its subsidiary Operator XR has secured a contract with the Texas Department of Public Safety (Texas DPS) worth up to AUD $5.71 million (~$3.7 million USD), which will see the rollout...

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...

As a leading social media company, it seemed like Meta would be in the best position to create a rich social experience on its XR headsets. But after almost a decade of building XR platforms, interacting with friends on...

Meta Connect 2023 has wrapped up, bringing with it a deluge of info from one of the XR industry's biggest players. Here's a look at the biggest announcements from Connect 2023, but more importantly, what it all means for...

One of the biggest names in social gaming is now officially on the official Quest Store, launching out of App Lab starting today. Roblox is home to tens of millions of daily users and user-generated experiences, casting a clear shadow on...

Leaked documents relating to Microsoft's business strategy for Xbox show the company eyeing XR technology but continuing to keep it at arm's length. While Microsoft has previously taken considerable steps into XR with both HoloLens and the Windows Mixed Reality...

The standalone VR market is continuing to grow, and with it, we're increasingly seeing platform competition for quality content. Pico made its biggest push into consumer VR so far with the launch of the Pico 4 last year, and...

Meta's latest quarterly results show its Reality Labs XR division is again reporting an operating loss just south of $4 billion. Now, for its Q2 2023 results, the company says Reality Labs' revenue was down by 39% due to...

Valve's Index VR headset is now more than four years old. Despite its age, the headset continued to sell at a surprising rate over the years—but as they say, nothing lasts forever. Valve launched Index with the goal of setting...