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Meta Reportedly Laying Off 10 Percent of Reality Labs, Shifting Focus from VR & Horizon Worlds
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (1595+ words) Meta is slated to layoff around 10 percent of staff at its Reality Labs XR division, a New York Times report maintains, as the company appears to be shifting focus to AI and smart glasses. According to three people with knowledge…...
Google Extends Hardware Partnership with XREAL, Positioning AR Glasses Maker as Android XR Leader
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (771+ words) Google announced a multiyear extension to its partnership with AR glasses maker XREAL, positioning it as a lead hardware partner for the Android XR ecosystem. XREAL Project Aura is an Android XR-based pair of AR glasses which is due to…...
Asymmetric PC vs. VR Game 'Panoptic' is Getting a Sequel with 1v4 Multiplayer and Quest Support
1+ week, 2+ day ago (524+ words) 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 the game has…...
Meta "Pauses" Third-party Headset Program, Effectively Cancelling Horizon OS Headsets from Asus & Lenovo
4+ week, 20+ hour ago (645+ words) Meta has "paused" its initiative to bring third-party Horizon OS headsets to the market. The company says it has shifted focus to "building the world-class first-party hardware and software needed to advance the VR market." A little over a year…...
Valve Says Steam Frame Development Started Even Before Index Was Released
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1830+ words) During a visit to Valve's headquarters, engineers who worked on both Index and Frame told me that development of some of Frame's core aspects began at least as far back as 2019, even before Index was revealed to the world. Specifically,…...
Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 1) Smart Glasses Get 20% Price Drop Ahead of Black Friday
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (458+ words) Meta is tossing out a limited time 20% discount off all Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 1) smart glasses, which you can nab from now until December 1st. The second gen version released earlier this year, starting at $380, bringing with it better battery life, higher-quality…...
Valve Plans to Offer Steam Frame Dev Kits to VR Developers
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (470+ words) 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 out…...
Meta Discounts Certified Refurbished Quest 3S to $216 Ahead of Black Friday
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (405+ words) There's no telling how low Meta will discount Quest 3S this Black Friday. If you're looking to get your hands on one before the holiday spending rush, you might consider a certified refurbished unit, now discounted to only $216. When new, Meta's…...
Sharp is Crowdfunding a Slim & Light PC VR Headset in Japan That Feels Positively Retro
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (620+ words) Sharp announced it's launching a crowdfunding campaign for a slim and light PC VR headset in Japan, called Xrostella VR1. Sharp first showed off a PC VR headset prototype at CES 2023, which was supposedly meant to ship sometime in 2024. It's been…...
One of the Best Single-player VR Games This Year Finally Comes to Quest
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (253+ words) Originally released on PSVR 2 and PC VR earlier this year,Arken Age (2025)is now available on Quest 3, bringing some of the most immersive and engaging single-player action we've experienced in 2025. Back in August, developerVitruviusVRannounced the single-player, combat-focused adventure was coming…...
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