SCHOTT—a global leader in advanced optics and specialty glass—working with waveguide partner Lumus, is almost certainly the manufacturer of the waveguide optics in Meta's Ray-Ban Display glasses. While the Ray-Ban Display glasses offer only a static 20° field-of-view, the...

It's been a long-held assumption that the human eye is capable of detecting a maximum of 60 pixels per degree (PPD), which is commonly called 'retinal' resolution. Any more than that, and you'd be wasting pixels. Now, a recent...

Snap's new XR subsidiary Specs Inc and Qualcomm announced a multi-year partnership for Snap's upcoming AR glasses, with Qualcomm pledging Snapdragon chips for future iterations. The companies also reaffirmed that Snap's next-gen Specs are coming "later this year." Specs Inc,...

Thief pioneered the stealth-action genre starting in the late '90s, and now the storied franchise is finally coming to all major headsets in its first made-for-VR game. I had a chance to go hands-on with the latest build of Thief VR:...

Panoptic (2020) is an innovative 'PC vs. VR' game that plays out like a game of 1v1 hide-and-seek, with one VR player seeking out a flatscreen PC player who tries to blend into the crowd. Now the studio behind...

HTC is donating over 110 HTC Vive systems to California and Nevada libraries through its new Vive Libraries Program, an effort to seed local communities with premium VR. In a blogpost announcing the program, HTC's Chris Chin, Executive Director of Education...

BattleCrafter is all about restoring the weapons and armor of old, letting you get a closer look at everything from ancient swords to modern rifles, and learn about them too. Developed by VR Factory Games, the studio known for Bartender...

A Chinese company which mass produces many of the best known headsets in the industry has shared a new compact MR headset reference design which sets expectations for 2026. Goertek is a little-known but massively important player in the XR...

OrbusVR, the indie VR MMORPG, is now on Oculus Home, allowing for crossplay between it and the Steam version which launched last month. The Steam version of OrbusVR has had support for both Vive and Rift when it started out in...

AR glasses maker XREAL has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States against affiliates of VITURE, its direct competitor. Filed in the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, the suit alleges that Eden Future HK Limited...

Valve has finally unveiled its long-awaited standalone VR headset, Steam Frame (aka 'Deckard'). While pricing and release date are still pending, the company says we're due to learn more "in early 2026" following the release of developer kits. Steam Frame...

Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) added experimental PC VR support to Star Citizen late last year, taking a first step in fulfilling a more than decade-old promise. Things are getting increasingly serious though after the release of its second post-VR update. Update...

Quest 3S is on sale starting at $250 for Amazon's October 'Big Deals' Prime sale, which ends October 8th. The News Released in late 2024, Quest 3S is Meta’s most affordable current-gen VR headset, which includes color mixed reality capabilities in...

Meta released a new update for Quest that brings a host of new features, including a new 'Surface Keyboard' that lets you type on any flat surface. Meta has already started rolling out Quest's v85 update on the public test...

Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses seem to be selling too well, as the company announced it's delaying the international rollout of its first display-clad smart glasses. The News Initially released in the US back in September, Meta said it was hoping to...