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Snap Forms ‘Specs Inc’ to Insulate AR Business Ahead of AR Glasses Launch
Snapchat maker Snap announced it's formed a new business dedicated to its upcoming AR glasses.
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Called Specs Inc, the...
‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’ VR Game is Still Coming, Demo Debuting at 30th Anniversary Next Month
Indie studio Pixelity confirmed that its previously announced VR game based on the hit ’90s anime Neon Genesis Evangelion...
Virtuix Goes Public During a Turbulent Moment for Consumer VR
VR treadmill creator Virtuix is going public, as its Class A ordinary shares will start trading today on the...
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...
Meta CTO: Metaverse Efforts Led to a “lack of focus” on Quest “at expense of user...
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth offered the first bit of insight into the company’s recent Reality Labs shakeup, publicly acknowledging...
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...
Perennial VR Classic ‘Job Simulator’ Hits 6 Million Installs, Averaging 600,000 Units Annually
Google-owned XR studio Owlchemy Labs announced that its breakout VR hit Job Simulator (2016) has now surpassed six million installs.
Job Simulator...
HEADLINES
Snap Forms ‘Specs Inc’ to Insulate AR Business Ahead of AR Glasses Launch
Snapchat maker Snap announced it's formed a new business dedicated to its upcoming AR glasses.
The News
Called Specs Inc, the...
‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’ VR Game is Still Coming, Demo Debuting at 30th Anniversary Next Month
Indie studio Pixelity confirmed that its previously announced VR game based on the hit ’90s anime Neon Genesis Evangelion...
Virtuix Goes Public During a Turbulent Moment for Consumer VR
VR treadmill creator Virtuix is going public, as its Class A ordinary shares will start trading today on the...
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...
Meta CTO: Metaverse Efforts Led to a “lack of focus” on Quest “at expense of user...
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth offered the first bit of insight into the company’s recent Reality Labs shakeup, publicly acknowledging...
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...
Perennial VR Classic ‘Job Simulator’ Hits 6 Million Installs, Averaging 600,000 Units Annually
Google-owned XR studio Owlchemy Labs announced that its breakout VR hit Job Simulator (2016) has now surpassed six million installs.
Job Simulator...
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Sleeper Hit ‘UG’ Has Become One of Quest’s Most Popular and Top Earning Games in Less...
While a flurry of VR studio cuts and closures in the last 12 months has painted a picture of...
VITURE Calls XREAL Lawsuit “patent-troll-style” in Escalating AR Glasses IP Battle
AR glasses maker XREAL is taking its competitor VITURE to court over a patent dispute, claiming that it's selling...
Oculus Founder on Meta Cuts: “The ‘Meta abandoning VR narrative’ is obviously false”
In light of Reality Labs' reorganization, which has seen recent internal studio closures and layoffs, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey...
‘Cyberpunk 2077’ VR Mod Taken Down Following Legal Complaint, But There May Still Be Hope
Luke Ross, the prolific VR modder, has been forced to remove his popular Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod, citing legal...
XR Year in Review: The Most Important Stories of 2025 and What They Mean for 2026
The launch of Android XR, a newly announced headset from Valve, and major strategic shifts at Meta are just...
Google’s Leading AR Glasses Partner XREAL Files Patent Lawsuit Against VITURE
AR glasses maker XREAL has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States against affiliates of VITURE, its...
‘Batman: Arkham VR’ Sequel Cancelled Amid Meta XR Studio Closures
Meta's recent rash of studio closures means that the planned sequel to Batman: Arkham Shadow has also officially been...
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VR Modder Luke Ross Removes All Mods Following ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ DMCA Takedown
Luke Ross, the prolific VR modder, was recently involved in a DMCA takedown issued by CD Projekt for his...
Lynx-R2 Headset Revealed With Surprisingly Wide Field-of-View in a Tiny Package
Lynx has unveiled the Lynx-R2, a significant upgrade over its original R1 mixed reality standalone which aims to capture...
Distance Technologies Reveals Military AR Goggles for Battlefield Awareness
Distance Technologies has unveiled the Field Operator HUD (FOH), an AI-enhanced AR system designed for military vehicles ranging from...
Sleeper Hit ‘UG’ Has Become One of Quest’s Most Popular and Top Earning Games in Less...
While a flurry of VR studio cuts and closures in the last 12 months has painted a picture of...
VITURE Calls XREAL Lawsuit “patent-troll-style” in Escalating AR Glasses IP Battle
AR glasses maker XREAL is taking its competitor VITURE to court over a patent dispute, claiming that it's selling...
Oculus Founder on Meta Cuts: “The ‘Meta abandoning VR narrative’ is obviously false”
In light of Reality Labs' reorganization, which has seen recent internal studio closures and layoffs, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey...
‘Cyberpunk 2077’ VR Mod Taken Down Following Legal Complaint, But There May Still Be Hope
Luke Ross, the prolific VR modder, has been forced to remove his popular Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod, citing legal...
XR Year in Review: The Most Important Stories of 2025 and What They Mean for 2026
The launch of Android XR, a newly announced headset from Valve, and major strategic shifts at Meta are just...
Google’s Leading AR Glasses Partner XREAL Files Patent Lawsuit Against VITURE
AR glasses maker XREAL has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States against affiliates of VITURE, its...
‘Batman: Arkham VR’ Sequel Cancelled Amid Meta XR Studio Closures
Meta's recent rash of studio closures means that the planned sequel to Batman: Arkham Shadow has also officially been...
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VR Modder Luke Ross Removes All Mods Following ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ DMCA Takedown
Luke Ross, the prolific VR modder, was recently involved in a DMCA takedown issued by CD Projekt for his...
Lynx-R2 Headset Revealed With Surprisingly Wide Field-of-View in a Tiny Package
Lynx has unveiled the Lynx-R2, a significant upgrade over its original R1 mixed reality standalone which aims to capture...
Distance Technologies Reveals Military AR Goggles for Battlefield Awareness
Distance Technologies has unveiled the Field Operator HUD (FOH), an AI-enhanced AR system designed for military vehicles ranging from...
Sleeper Hit ‘UG’ Has Become One of Quest’s Most Popular and Top Earning Games in Less...
While a flurry of VR studio cuts and closures in the last 12 months has painted a picture of...
VITURE Calls XREAL Lawsuit “patent-troll-style” in Escalating AR Glasses IP Battle
AR glasses maker XREAL is taking its competitor VITURE to court over a patent dispute, claiming that it's selling...
Oculus Founder on Meta Cuts: “The ‘Meta abandoning VR narrative’ is obviously false”
In light of Reality Labs' reorganization, which has seen recent internal studio closures and layoffs, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey...
‘Cyberpunk 2077’ VR Mod Taken Down Following Legal Complaint, But There May Still Be Hope
Luke Ross, the prolific VR modder, has been forced to remove his popular Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod, citing legal...
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...
Meta Aims to Double, Possibly Even Triple Smart Glasses Production This Year
Meta and EssilorLuxottica are potentially set to double the expected production target for their smart glasses, according to a...
Harry Potter VR Game Reportedly Cancelled Amid Meta Budget Cuts
Meta has closed at least three of its XR studios, and seems to have also drastically reduced its budget...
Meta Reportedly Closes Three First-party Studios Behind Some of Its Biggest VR Games
Against the backdrop of a broader shuffling of its Reality Labs division, Meta is reportedly closing Armature Studio, Twisted...
Meta Reportedly Laying Off 10 Percent of Reality Labs, Shifting Focus from VR & Horizon Worlds
Meta is slated to layoff around 10 percent of staff at its Reality Labs XR division, a New York...
Google’s Leading AR Glasses Partner XREAL Raises $100M
XREAL, the Beijing-based AR glasses maker, announced it has raised $100 million in a recent funding round.
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Xreal co-founder...
Steam Reveals Most Played PC VR Games of 2025
Steam has unveiled its mega list of the most played PC VR games of 2025. And it looks to...
Meta Waveguide Provider Claims “world’s first” 70° FoV Waveguide
Lumus, the company that developed the waveguide optic used in Meta's Ray-Ban Display smart glasses, says it has achieved...
Meta’s Language Learning App for Quest Combines Mixed Reality and AI
Meta released an open source language learning app for Quest 3 that combines mixed reality passthrough and AI-powered object...
New Reference Design From Key Manufacturer Shows What to Expect From MR Headsets in 2026
A Chinese company which mass produces many of the best known headsets in the industry has shared a new...
‘UNDERDOGS’ PSVR 2 Port Won’t Get Multiplayer Due to Low Player Numbers
UNDERDOGS (2024) landed on PSVR 2 back in March 2025, making the popular physics-based mech brawler available across all major...
Panasonic Ends Collaboration with Shiftall on MeganeX Series VR Headsets
Shiftall, the Japan-based VR hardware startup, is no longer working with Panasonic on its MeganeX series of thin and...
Meta Pauses International Release of Meta Ray-Ban Display Glasses
Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses seem to be selling too well, as the company announced it's delaying the international rollout...
Google Extends Hardware Partnership with XREAL, Positioning AR Glasses Maker as Android XR Leader
Google announced a multiyear extension to its partnership with AR glasses maker XREAL, positioning it as a lead hardware...
Pimax Dream Air Begins Shipping in “small batches” With Temporary Headstrap
After multiple delays, Pimax has finally begun shipping its next PC VR headset, albeit in "small batches," which arrive...
One of VR’s Most Senior and Successful Studios is Laying Off 70% of Staff
Cloudhead Games, the veteran VR studio behind hit rhythm shooter Pistol Whip (2019), announced that it's laying off 70% of staff,...