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‘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...
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...
HEADLINES
‘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...
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...
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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,...
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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,...
MORE HEADLINES
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...
NBA Announces Full Schedule for Immersive Lakers Games on Apple Vision Pro
Apple Vision Pro users are getting a good slate of immersive Lakers games this season starting this month, captured...
After Ditching Meta Headset Plans, Asus Partners with XREAL on ROG AR Glasses with 240Hz Display
While the long-awaited Quest-style VR headset from Asus has been put on ice, the Taiwanese tech giant announced it...
Asymmetric PC vs. VR Game ‘Panoptic’ is Getting a Sequel with 1v4 Multiplayer and Quest Support
Panoptic (2020) is an innovative 'PC vs. VR' game that plays out like a game of 1v1 hide-and-seek, with...
Magic Leap Signs Deal with Taiwan’s Pegatron, Strengthening AR Manufacturing Position
Magic Leap announced a manufacturing partnership with Pegatron, a major global electronics manufacturer, to scale production of AR glasses...
‘VRChat’ Breaks Concurrent User Record on New Year’s Eve
VRChat's head of community says the popular social VR platform set a new concurrent user record over the New...
‘Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ is Getting an Unofficial VR Mod with Full Motion Controller Support
The emulated version of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) is getting an unofficial mod this week...
Quest is Outselling Nintendo Switch 2 on Amazon (and every other game console)
Despite being released more than a year ago, Meta's Quest 3-series headsets are outselling Nintendo's new Switch 2 console...
The Best VR Games of 2025 – Our Game of the Year Picks
Nearly a decade after consumer VR took its first real steps—driven by headsets like the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive,...
Capcom Has “No Plans” for a VR Mode in ‘Resident Evil Requiem’
Don't get your hopes up for a VR adaptation of Resident Evil Requiem, the next survival horror from Capcom. The studio...
Last Minute Quest 3S Sale Drops Effective Price to an Unprecedented $91
What's likely to be the best sale on Quest 3S this holiday season comes bundled with enough goodies to...
Netflix Acquires XR Avatar Startup Ready Player Me
Netflix announced it’s acquiring Ready Player Me, the avatar creation platform, which the streaming giant hopes to leverage soon...
‘Bartender VR’ Studio Releases Weapon Restoration Sim ‘BattleCrafter’ on Quest
BattleCrafter is all about restoring the weapons and armor of old, letting you get a closer look at everything...
Quest Gets Disney+ App With Downloads for Offline Viewing, But No 3D Movies Like Vision Pro
The Disney+ video streaming service is finally available on Quest. While better late than never, it's actually missing out...
Meta “Pauses” Third-party Headset Program, Effectively Cancelling Horizon OS Headsets from Asus & Lenovo
Meta has "paused" its initiative to bring third-party Horizon OS headsets to the market. The company says it has...
New Quest Update Brings Big Upgrades to Hand-tracking
Meta has rolled out a new update to Quest that aims to drastically improve hand-tracking performance and reliability.
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VR Design Unpacked: The Best Shotguns in VR (and what makes them feel great)
Our series Inside XR Design highlights examples of great XR design. Today we’re looking at shotguns in several different...