Microsoft and Meta unveil the $399 Meta Quest 3S Xbox Edition, a bundle with the $299 Meta Quest 3S in a new color, available in “extremely limited” quantities
and after months of cloud gaming, I'd choose it over an actual Xbox Ian Hamilton / UploadVR : Quest 3S Xbox Limited Edition Available For $400 Hamish Hector / TechRadar : Move over ROG Xbox Ally, the ...
Apple announces visionOS 26 with spatial widgets, including Clock, Weather, Music, and Photos, all-new Personas, Spatial scenes powered by AI, and more
visionOS 26 sets the stage for killer smart glasses Ben Lang / Road to VR : Vision Pro Will Allow ‘Optional’ and ‘Required’ Designations for Apps Using Motion Controllers David Heaney / UploadVR : vis...
Google unveils Android XR, a mixed reality OS for headsets and smart glasses, with Gemini built in, and plans a 2025 debut with Samsung's Project Moohan headset
I'm way more excited about Android XR in smart glasses Andrew Nusca / Fortune : Data Sheet: We don't judge Rebekah Carter / XR Today : Microsoft XR and Windows Mixed Reality: Could the HoloLens Make a...
Meta won't hold its F8 developer conference in 2022, instead holding Conversations, a “business messaging event” on May 19, and an AR/VR event “later this year”
Similar to years past, we are taking a brief break in programming … Scott Hayden / Road to VR : Meta Cancels F8 Developer Conference This Year to “build the metaverse” Oliver Haslam / iMore : There wi...
Facebook unveils Horizon Home social VR spaces, Messenger VR calls, fitness VR, Quest for Business, including Work Accounts support on Quest 2, and more
Facebook's metaverse could be the successor to the modern internet … Devindra Hardawar / Engadget : Facebook says it doesn't want to own the metaverse, just jumpstart it Lisa Brown Jaloza / Facebook T...
iOS 13 GM and latest iOS 13.1 beta reference stereo AR headsets and apps, suggesting support for a face-mounted AR experience similar to Google's Daydream
The biggest AR Apple news came … Michael Tsai : Apple's Fall Release Schedule Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat : iOS 13 reveals iPhone-tethered Apple AR glasses with a controller Janko Roettgers / Variety...
Sandbox VR, which offers VR experiences at seven public locations like malls in US, Canada, and Asia, raises $68M Series A to expand to new locations
The vast ecosystem of moving pictures … Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE : Holodecks for real? Andreessen Horowitz bets $68M on Sandbox VR Lucas Matney / TechCrunch : 5 years after its Oculus investment, A16...
Dell offers $200 off the Oculus Rift when purchased with an Oculus Ready PC; bundles start at $1600
and get it before May Adi Robertson / The Verge : How long will ‘VR Ready’ PCs actually be VR ready? Rob Thubron / TechSpot : Alienware reveals money-saving Oculus bundle and world's first OLED gaming...
In Reddit AMA, Oculus' Palmer Luckey admits screwing up Rift price-point messaging, says Oculus is selling the Rift at cost
Luckey Autumn Kelly / iDigitalTimes.com : Oculus Rift Founder Palmer Luckey Reminds Reddit AMA VR Is More Than Games Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing : Oculus Rift VR headset turns out pricier than expecte...