2023 Sections
XR Glasses Maker VITURE Raises Another $100M, Marking $200M Raised in Less Than 6 Months
XR glasses company VITURE announced it’s secured an additional $100 million financing round following its $100 million Series B secured in September 2025.
The latest round was led by Legend Capital, a Beijing-based investment arm affiliated with Lenovo. The round also featured a group...
Meta Ray-Ban Display Repairablity is Predictably Bad, But Less Than You Might Think
iFixit got their hands on a pair of Meta Ray-Ban Display smart glasses, so we finally get to see what's inside. Is it repairable? Not really. But if you can somehow find replacement parts, you could at least potentially...
Steam Frame vs. Valve Index Specs: Wireless VR Gameplay That’s Generations Ahead
Valve announced Steam Frame today, but what's the difference between the company's first VR headset, Valve Index? Read on to find out.
Index is a tethered PC VR headset that uses the company's SteamVR tracking standard, requiring laser-emitting basestations that...
‘VRChat’ Breaks All-Time Concurrent User Record with Japanese Anime Concert
VRChat announced it just topped its all-time user peak, bringing in over 150,000 concurrent users to attend a Japanese language concert.
VRChat Community Head 'Tupper' confirmed on X that the social VR platform hit a new all-time high of 156,716 concurrent...
Quest ‘Fall Frights’ Sale Brings up to 50% Off Some of VR’s Most Horrifying Games
Meta kicked off its latest Quest games sale, this time bringing up to 50% off some pretty spook-tacular titles to get your blood pumping this Halloween season.
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There are a ton of games currently discounted for Meta’s big ‘Fall...
Omni One VR Treadmill Joins ‘Made for Meta’ Program, Opening Door to Quest Compatibility
Virtuix announced it's joined the Made for Meta program, which opens the door to bring official Quest compatibility to the company's Omni One VR treadmill.
Made for Meta is a hardware partnership that certifies that accessories not only work with...
5 Lessons from Building ‘Bootstrap Island’: Best Practices for Creating Truly Immersive VR Worlds
Every game is the result of thousands of choices. Some of these choices are creative, some technical, and some concern the scope and budget. After pouring sweat and tears into a project, there is nothing more heartbreaking for a...
XREAL Rolls out Automatic Real-time 3D Conversion Feature for Its AR Glasses
XREAL has rolled out a real-time 3D conversion feature to its flagship AR glasses, which the company says converts any 2D content to 3D.
Xreal initially launched its 'Real 3D' software on Xreal 1S AR glasses earlier this month, however now...
Valve Says Steam Frame Development Started Even Before Index Was Released
In March 2019, Valve surprised the VR industry with the tease of 'Index', its first self-made VR headset. Index would go on to launch later in May 2019 and be seen as the enthusiasts' choice in PC VR headsets...
Watch The VR Games Showcase Right Here at 9AM PT
The next edition of the VR Games Showcase is nearly here, bringing another heaping dose from VR’s leading Direct-style digital showcase dedicated to revealing high-quality VR games and showing updates on some of your most anticipated projects.
We’ve lined up...
‘Thrill of the Fight 2’ Exits Early Access on Quest, Bringing Single and Multiplayer Boxing Action
Halfbrick Studios and series creator Ian Fitz just released The Thrill of the Fight 2 out of early access on Quest, bringing with it a new single player campaign.
First released in early access on Quest in late 2024, The...
NVIDIA’s Cloud Gaming Now Supports up to 90 FPS on Quest, Vision Pro & Pico Headsets
Nvidia announced back at GDC earlier this month that it was upping framerate on its GeForce NOW cloud gaming service for VR headset streaming. Now the company has pushed the official update, which supports a host of popular standalone...
‘Moss’ Developer Polyarc Lays Off Two-Thirds of Studio Following “major project” Cancellation
Polyarc, the studio behind VR puzzle-platformer series Moss, announced it's significantly reducing the size of the company, marking another VR pioneer currently experiencing existential turmoil.
The studio released word via a LinkedIn post on Tuesday, noting that layoffs come amid an "unsuccessful...
New Vision Pro App Bets on Apple’s Persona Avatars to Form Genuine Connections
AuraTap is an upcoming social network for Vision Pro users, which hopes to get members forming genuine connections by putting Apple's realistic Persona avatars at the heart of every interaction.
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AuraTap isn't an XR social platform in the traditional...
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...



















