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Apple’s Next Vision Pro with New M5 Chip Launches on October 22nd, Starting at $3,500

Apple today unveiled its hardware refresh of Vision Pro, which includes its latest M5 chip and a new Dual Knit Band. The News Apple has unveiled the new Vision Pro featuring the M5 chip, which is said to  deliver major improvements...

Google is Rolling out Photorealistic ‘Likeness’ Avatars on Android XR to Compete with Apple’s ‘Personas’

Google is starting to roll out new photorealistic avatars which they call "Likeness". Similar to Apple's Personas, Likeness avatars are generated by scanning a user's face, then animated it with input from the sensors on a headset. The avatars...

XR Startup Lynx Appears to Enter Liquidation Proceedings Ahead of R2 Headset Launch

The company behind Lynx has entered liquidation proceedings ahead of launch of its upcoming Lynx-R2 XR headset, which is targeted at both consumers and enterprise. According to French court documents, SL Process, the company behind Lynx, has officially entered judicial liquidation...

Monkeys Navigate Virtual Worlds Using Thought Alone in New BCI Study

University researchers at KU Leuven in Belgium have shown that monkeys can navigate complex virtual environments using a brain-computer interface (BCI) setup, which remarkably involves relatively little user training. As reported in New Scientist, three rhesus macaques were implanted with...
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‘Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow’ Comes to All Major VR Headsets in December, New Gameplay Here

Thief's first ground-up VR game finally has a release date, bringing its immersive stealth-action to all major VR headsets on December 4th. Developed by Maze Theory and published by Vertigo Games, Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow arms you with a bow, a black...

Studio Behind VR Hit ‘Walkabout Mini Golf’ Lays Off 25% of Staff, Raises DLC Price Moving...

Mighty Coconut, the indie studio behind Walkabout Mini Golf (2020), announced it's reduced headcount by 25% n addition to raising future DLC prices to offset costs. Might Coconut founder Lucas Martell published a blogpost explaining some of the difficulties the studio is...
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‘Laser Limbo AR Battles’ Launches for Multiplayer Mixed Reality Mayhem

Laser Limbo AR Battles is now out of early access on Quest, bringing with it a host of mixed reality mini-games sure to get you and a buddy up and moving with guns, laser swords, and more. Laser Limbo is...

Former Magic Leap Engineers Launch No-code AR Creation Platform, Aiming to Be ‘Canva of AR’

Trace, a startup founded by former Magic Leap engineers, today announced the launch of a new augmented reality creation platform the company hopes will become the "Canva of AR". The News Trace says it's targeting everyone from global brands to independent...

Valve Plans to Offer Steam Frame Dev Kits to VR Developers

It's been multiple years coming, but Valve has finally unveiled Steam Frame, a standalone VR headset capable of streaming flatscreen and PC VR games wirelessly, and playing them natively thanks to its onboard Snadragon SoC. But before you pull...
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Bandai Namco’s Hit Puzzle Platformer Series ‘Little Nightmares’ Comes to VR in April, Trailer Here

Bandai Namco announced that its hit puzzle-platformer franchise Little Nightmares is coming to VR in April. Little Nightmares VR: Altered Echoes is slated to land on Quest, PC VR headsets, and PSVR 2 on April 24th. Little Nightmares VR is set to connect with both...

Meta to Open Second Permanent Store in Preparation for Next Wave of Smart Glasses

Meta announced its LA-based pop-up store is returning as a flagship retail location, which is slated to arrive alongside more Meta branded pop-ups in New York and Las Vegas. The News The company opened its first retail store in Burlingame, California...

Meta is Deleting ‘Horizon Workrooms’ Next Month as Metaverse Ambitions Cool

Meta announced it's discontinuing Horizon Workrooms next month, its productivity-focused VR platform, marking another step in the company’s ongoing restructuring of its VR and metaverse strategy. Originally launched in 2021 on Quest 2, Workrooms was not only the company's answer to remote...

Google’s XR Studio Releases ‘Job Simulator’ Style MR Experience Exclusive to Android XR

Owlchemy Labs, the Google-owned XR studio, released a new mixed reality title exclusively for Android XR which expands the Job Simulator universe. The News Owlchemy Labs, the studio behind VR games Job Simulator (2016) and Vacation Simulator (2019), released both games on Android XR's...

Meta is Releasing 2 New Ray-Ban Smart Glasses for Prescription Wearers, Starting at $500

Meta and eyewear partner EssilorLuxottica announced two new "optical-forward" pairs of Ray-Ban Meta glasses, which are said to support nearly all prescriptions. Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta smart glasses can already be paired with prescription lenses, although the latest pairs...

Valve Expands ‘Steam Link’ PC VR Streaming to More Headsets and Opens the Door to Android...

Valve today announced that it's bringing its wireless PC VR streaming software, Steam Link, to five more headsets from PICO and HTC. The company also plans to make it easier for headset makers to bring Steam Link to even more...
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