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Net of Tax, Valve's Steam Frame Price List Runs From $982 in Poland to $1,101 in Canada

Valve priced the Steam Frame in six currencies on September 14. Stripped of VAT and converted at that day's ECB reference rates, the 256GB kit costs less before tax in Poland, the UK, Germany and Australia than its $1,059 US price, and the reservation terms say more about supply than any figure Valve released.

Sam WhitfieldSep 15

Steam Frame Launches at $1,059, With the Power Supply Sold Separately

Valve priced the Steam Frame at $1,059 for 256GB and $1,299 for 1TB, with controllers, a wireless adapter and Half-Life: Alyx in the box. The charger is a $29 add-on, and color passthrough comes from a third-party camera.

Alex ReevesSep 14

How to Sign Up for a Steam Frame Before Thursday's 10 AM Cutoff

Steam Frame signups close Thursday, September 17 at 10 AM Pacific. Who qualifies, how the shuffle and 72-hour purchase window work, and what to decide before checkout.

Nina CastilloSep 14

Half-Life: Alyx Runs on Steam Frame With No PC in the Room

Valve spent more than a year porting Half-Life: Alyx to run standalone on the Steam Frame, Workshop mods included, and it comes free with the headset.

Evan MarcusSep 14

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Snap Showcases SPECS AR Glasses and Announces SPECS Intelligence AI Service

In Augmented Reality News What’s the story? Snap has showcased its SPECS augmented reality glasses at an event in LA this week and announced SPECS Intelligence, an AI service that ... continue...

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AR Insidersoftware

Specs Launch in L.A. with an AI Twist

During Specs official launch, the big reveal was Specs Intelligence – a layer that brings AI capabilities to Specs, enabling smart agents for face-worn ambient computing. This post appeared first on...

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Gizmodohardware

Do Snap’s Beefy AR Glasses Actually Bend Your Ears?

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The Ghost Howlssoftware

Snap unveils new details about Specs: Use cases, AI assistant, enterprise support, cellular connectivity

After having unveiled its Specs glasses at AWE, today Snap has officially launched its glasses. And it has done that by unveiling new details about them, with a strong focus on the use cases of the...

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Gizmodohardware

Snap’s AR Glasses Let You Take Snapchat Pics by Snapping Your Fingers

And a cellular charging case so you don't have to rely on Wi-Fi.

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Gizmodohardware

Snap Specs Hands-On: Dorky, Fun, and Potentially Too Ambitious

AR glasses are as exciting as ever, but even the best pair out there might have a few kinks to iron out.

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Android Authorityar

Snap’s powerful Specs smart glasses make the case for AR going mainstream

TL;DR Snap is launching Specs, a $2,195 pair of AR smart glasses. The glasses will be able to tap into Specs Intelligence, the company’s own new AI platform. Shoppers will also be able to pick up a...

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Road to VRhardware

Snap Announces New “anticipatory” AI Service & Apps for First Consumer ‘Specs’ AR Glasses

Snap today announced new experiences, services and partnerships for SPECS, the company’s upcoming pair of consumer AR glasses. Snap’s big Specs livestream today wasn’t technically a launch...

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Engadgethardware

Snap Specs hands on: Standalone AR glasses are here

The glasses come with AR apps that actually feel useful, but is that enough to get people excited for the $2,195 device?

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Engadgethardware

Snap introduces a standalone AI assistant, Specs Intelligence

The new assistant works with the company's new AR glasses, but will also have its own mobile and desktop apps.

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The Vergehardware

I wore Snap’s $2,200 smart glasses

My favorite part of wearing the Specs, Snap's new augmented reality glasses, was playing dominoes. Sitting across the table from a Snap employee wearing the same pair of chunky glasses, I could...

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Road to VRhardware

Steam Frame Review – Power-user’s Playground

Steam Frame is finally here. It’s Valve’s second-ever VR headset, and a radically different product than its first. Did Valve pull off the vision? And, if so, who is Steam Frame for? Read on in our...

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Mashablesoftware

Would you buy Meta’s smart glasses without a camera?

What if your smart glasses let you talk to an AI assistant but couldn’t film anyone? Meta is reportedly working on just such a pair, according to a Sept. 15 report by The Information. The report...

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UploadVRhardware

Kacey Musgraves' Quest Concert Shows How Good Immersive Music Can Be

I had to stop myself from applauding.Kacey Musgraves had just finished a cover of George Strait's "All My Ex's Live in Texas," and for a split second my brain apparently forgot that I was sitting...

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Ars Technicagaming

Not just Proton: Getting to know Valve's new SteamOS compatibility layers

Since the release of the Steam Deck, Valve fans have gotten very familiar with the idea of the Proton compatibility layer that allows games written for Windows to run capably on the Linux-based...

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It’s a Long Shot, but Here’s How the Steam Frame Could Save VR

As shipments for VR headsets dry up, there’s one thing that the Steam Frame has that nobody else does.

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AppleInsidergaming

First developer betas of iOS 27.2, macOS 27.2 are out for testing

Following the launch of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, tvOS 27, and macOS 27, Apple has started the beta process again, but unexpectedly for the 27.2 versions.iOS 27 on an iPhoneAfter reaching the end of the...

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Gizmodohardware

Meta’s Next Pair of Smart Glasses May Drastically Tone Down the Creep Factor

A new generation of 'Luna' smart glasses could be a different take on Meta's existing lineup.

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MacRumorssoftware

Apple Releases First watchOS 27.2, tvOS 27.2 and visionOS 27.2 Betas

Alongside new betas of iOS 27.2, iPadOS 27.2, and macOS Golden Gate 27.2, Apple has released the first betas of watchOS 27.2, tvOS 27.2, and visionOS 27.2. The betas come two days after the 27.0...

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Meta Newsroomsoftware

Canadian Start-up smartARM Uses AI to Create Intuitive Bionic Prosthetics

People and companies are using AI hardware and software to make life easier and more accessible for everyone. That’s the case with smartARM, a Toronto-based startup developing a vision-first bionic...

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Mashablehardware

Get your game on with $80 off the Viture Pro 2 XR/AR glasses

SAVE $80 WITH ON-PAGE COUPON: As of Sep. 16, get the Viture Pro 2 XR/AR glasses for $299 at Amazon, down from their usual price of $379 with the on-page coupon. That's a discount of 21%. Opens in a...

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Engadgethardware

Snap Specs launch 2026: Live updates from CEO Evan Spiegel's keynote

More details on the company's chunky smart glasses are expected today.

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Road to VRgaming

‘Great on Frame’ Page Now Boasts 130+ Games & Apps Optimized for Steam Frame

Valve’s ‘Great on Frame’ page highlights games specifically optimized for Steam Frame, and it’s now grown to over 130 titles. ‘Great on Frame’ initially kicked off in July with a half-dozen titles...

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Transformers: Beyond Reality Redux Transforms $20 Into Disappointment

Transformers: Beyond Reality Redux is the new Quest port of Transformers: Beyond Reality, an arcade-style on-rails VR shooter that debuted on PlayStation VR in 2022 before making a surprise...

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Mashablesoftware

Home Depot just slashed up to 57% off DeWalt, Milwaukee, and Ryobi power tools

The best cordless power tool deals at a glance: Best DeWalt deal DeWalt 20V MAX XR Cordless Oscillating Multi-Tool Kit $99 (save $120) Get Deal Best Ryobi deal Ryobi ONE+ 18V Cordless 4-Tool Combo...

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Rock Paper Shotgungaming

"We're trying to make it easier": Valve confirm the Steam Frame is just the start of plans to get Steam games working on compatibility-challenged ARM PCs

The Steam Frame, unfortunately RAM shortage-ravaged as it is, is unique among virtual reality headsets for its ability to run Steam games - VR or 'flat' alike - entirely on its own, internal compute...

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Road to VRenterprise

Meta Reportedly Building Smart Glasses without Cameras Following Public Backlash

Meta is reportedly preparing a new slate of smart glasses that are ditching those pesky cameras. The News Zuckerberg previously teased a pair of smart glasses in May alongside the official...

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Meta Reportedly Unveiling Next-gen MR Headset at Connect, Hologram-like Call Experience

Meta isn’t only rumored to unveil its next-gen mixed reality headset next week, but also a photorealistic “hologram-like” call function using its latest avatars. Images of Meta’s upcoming Project...

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Valve Explains Why Steam Frame Uses Half-Life: Alyx Instead of a New VR Game

<p>The sci-fi FPS is included with the Steam Frame kit and can be played standalone on the device.</p>

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AR Insidersoftware

EA Sports Gets in the Game with TikTok Effects

To embody its history in its promotional efforts for the U.S. Open, the USTA looked to AR. With a set of lenses across social AR platforms, it reached 8 million impressions. What are the lessons and...

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PC Gamerhardware

Full body tracking could come to Steam Frame courtesy of this supercharged Base Station-like device that doesn't require headset support

The Steam Frame uses inside-out tracking to map your movements in virtual reality. That means it no longer requires any external setup to get you into VR. Great, right? But what if, instead of just...

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Android Authoritygaming

Meta’s next smart glasses might not attract perverts, or anyone else

TL;DR Meta might be planning to launch a pair of camera-free smart glasses. They could have six microphones for talking to Meta AI and Muse. The smart glasses could be announced at the Meta Connect...

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Engadgethardware

Meta is reportedly gearing up to launch new smart glasses without a camera

Meta will soon unveil new camera-free smart glasses, according to The Information.

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UploadVRhardware

I Am Your Beast VR Review-In-Progress: I Am A Speedrunning Badass

I Am Your Beast VR is a thrilling, time-limited series of micro-sandbox combat scenarios that tests your patience and reflexes in equal measure. This comes with some VR-specific sacrifices that may...

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Toss a project at your printer: vibe coded tool allows developer to throw stuff at his 3D printer in VR to begin printing

I trust AI about as far as I can throw it—and I'm definitely not strong enough to lift up a data centre server rack. Flinging a facsimile of the OpenAI logo around VR is a little more realistic for...

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Windows Centralgaming

Steam Deck 2 handheld plans haven't been affected by the RAM crisis, even if Valve's Steam Machine PC and Steam Frame VR were more expensive than planned.

Valve's popular Steam Deck handheld pushed handheld gaming PCs into the mainstream with its affordable, Linux-based console, and its potential successor seemingly aims to make the same impact....

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Eurogamergaming

Steam Deck 2 plans aren't affected by ongoing component crisis, Valve maintains, as Steam Frame arrives later and more expensive than expected

Valve is in the news again thanks to the impending launch of its Steam Frame VR headset. The developer recently opened up pre-order registration for the £889 / $1,059 standalone headset...

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Bomb The Hill Early Access Review: Bring The Skater Rush To Your Room In VR

Bomb the Hill combines adrenaline-fueled VR gameplay with a storyline inspired by real-life skateboarding culture to deliver a thrilling and poignant look at the early days of the sport.Gaming and...

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Rock Paper Shotgungaming

Valve considered making a new VR game for the Steam Frame, before tackling the "ludicrous" task of getting Half-Life: Alyx running standalone

Valve have sometimes - if perhaps not often enough to call it a grand old tradition - massaged interest in their hardware by pairing the kit with a new game. For the Steam Deck it was Aperture Desk...

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Engineering the Future of Immersive Computing, Part 2

Lak Vijayaraghavan is an XR systems engineer whose career spans Magic Leap to TikTok Effect House. What are his biggest learnings and insights from that journey so far, and where does he see spatial...

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VR Slapstick Combat Card Game Primal Rumble Beta Is Open Now

Primal Rumble, a slapstick comedy card battler coming soon to Quest, launched a limited beta. Publisher Impact Inked and developer Play XD have announced a beta for their comedic card battle game...

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9to5Googlesoftware

Samsung’s taking a ‘More is More’ approach to foldable competition

Good morning. Today I’m wondering if I should revisit Diablo IV in light of the Diablo V announcement, what I would possibly do with a Steam Frame if I could justify its $1,059 price, and whether I...

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The Steam Deck 2 has 'not really' been impacted by the memory supply crisis, with Valve still focused on a 'very delineated performance improvement' for its next handheld

With the release of the new Steam Controller, the Steam Machine, and now the Steam Frame VR headset, this year has been chock-full of Valve hardware releases. So, what could possibly be next—the...

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ENGO Announces engo3 Cyclist AR Smart Glasses for Road and Gravel Cyclists

In Augmented Reality News What’s the story? ENGO has announced the engo3 Cyclist, a cycling version of its engo3 heads-up display glasses that places training data in the rider’s field ... continue...

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Arcturus Vision Camera Adds Color Passthrough & 3D Video Capture To Steam Frame

The $149 Arcturus Vision Camera, weighing just 10 grams, adds 6 megapixel per eye color passthrough to Steam Frame and captures tracked 3D HDR video.If you missed it: Valve announced the price of...

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✎VR.org Originalhardware

Net of Tax, Valve's Steam Frame Price List Runs From $982 in Poland to $1,101 in Canada

Valve priced the Steam Frame in six currencies on September 14. Stripped of VAT and converted at that day's ECB reference rates, the 256GB kit costs less before tax in Poland, the UK, Germany and Australia than its $1,059 US price, and the reservation terms say more about supply than any figure Valve released.

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Steam Frame Will Launch With Half-Life: Alyx & At Least 70 Verified Games

Valve opened Steam Frame reservations today and VR developers have spent the last few weeks getting their games ready. We have compiled the current list of VR games that Valve has certified to run...

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Game Developergaming

Valve's Steam Frame pricing starts at $1,059

Valve is also rolling out a developer kit for VR developers targeting its new headset.

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Rock Paper Shotgungaming

Valve decided that cutting the Steam Frame’s specs to avoid price rises wasn't "the right product choice" for the VR headset

Surprising no-one, Valve’s Steam Frame VR headset is launching with higher-than-expected prices, following the Steam Machine in having its budget-friendly intentions foiled by the memory shortage...

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Tom's Hardwarehardware

Valve engineers discuss the duality of the Steam Frame and pricing — Valve's newest VR headset pivots SteamOS to Arm

I spoke with Valve software developers Pierre-Loup Griffais and Jeff Leinbaugh about the Steam Frame launch, why the company is taking a two-pronged strategy with streaming and standalone support,...

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Tom's Hardwarehardware

Valve Steam Frame interview — why it costs up to $1,300, Snapdragon power, and 10x foveated streaming

Prior to the official launch of the Steam Frame, Tom's Hardware Premium had a chance to talk with Valve software developers Jeff Leinbaugh and Pierre-Loup Griffais. We discussed the development...

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✎VR.org Originalhardware

Steam Frame Launches at $1,059, With the Power Supply Sold Separately

Valve priced the Steam Frame at $1,059 for 256GB and $1,299 for 1TB, with controllers, a wireless adapter and Half-Life: Alyx in the box. The charger is a $29 add-on, and color passthrough comes from a third-party camera.

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✎VR.org Originalhardware

How to Sign Up for a Steam Frame Before Thursday's 10 AM Cutoff

Steam Frame signups close Thursday, September 17 at 10 AM Pacific. Who qualifies, how the shuffle and 72-hour purchase window work, and what to decide before checkout.

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✎VR.org Originalgaming

Half-Life: Alyx Runs on Steam Frame With No PC in the Room

Valve spent more than a year porting Half-Life: Alyx to run standalone on the Steam Frame, Workshop mods included, and it comes free with the headset.

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✎VR.org Originalxr

Steam Frame Leaves Color Passthrough to a $149 Arcturus Camera That Valve's Developer Docs Never Mention

Valve's launch-day accessory list puts full color passthrough in a $149 Arcturus Vision Camera under a new Steam Frame Compatible mark, while its Steamworks engine guides say nothing about passthrough at all.

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✎VR.org Originalar

The NameTag Complaint Cites a Meta Patent Whose Title Argues the Other Way

A 66-page class action filed September 4 in the Northern District of Illinois builds part of its facial recognition case on a Meta patent application published in May. The patent is real, and its own title cuts against the reading the plaintiffs give it.

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✎VR.org Originalgaming

Polyarc Shipped a Free Co-Op Update on September 3 and Said Goodbye on September 11

Polyarc wound down on September 11 after nearly twelve years. Eight days earlier it shipped a free local co-op update for Moss: The Forgotten Relic, and two days earlier it posted a discount. The dates are worth reading in order.

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✎VR.org Originalsoftware

SteamVR 2.17 Registers a 32-Bit OpenXR Runtime, and That Is the Line Worth Reading

SteamVR 2.17 went stable on September 10. Buried under OpenXR is 32-bit runtime support, which matters because Windows sends 32-bit apps to a different registry branch than the one your 64-bit runtime is registered in.

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✎VR.org Originalsoftware

The Steam Frame's Second Tier Has 23 Games in It, and Most Failed on Text Input

Below Great on Frame sits a Playable tier with 23 games in it, and the result tokens say why each one missed. Eleven failed because they never ask the system for the on-screen keyboard, and sixteen of the 23 are Steam Deck Verified.

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✎VR.org Originalsoftware

52 of the Steam Frame's 130 Certified Games Run Through Valve's Android Layer

Valve now names a runtime for every Great on Frame title, and 52 of the 130 point at lepton-stable, its Android layer, rather than Proton. Three of them are Steam pages with no PC build at all.

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✎VR.org Originalenterprise

Counterpoint Puts Q2 VR Shipments Down 18 Percent, With Enterprise and Robotics the Named Exceptions

Counterpoint Research updated its quarterly XR shipment tracker on September 8. VR headsets fell 18 percent year over year in Q2 2026 and AR devices rose 138 percent, but the paragraph worth reading is the one naming enterprise buyers and robotics teams as the demand that held.

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✎VR.org Originalhardware

Two Waveguide Deals in Eight Days, and Both Partners Are Lumus Investors

Lumus named Zhejiang Crystal-Optech as a third manufacturer for its geometric waveguides on September 9, eight days after licensing its next-generation thin waveguides to Quanta Computer. Both partners are also investors in the company.

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✎VR.org Originalgaming

No Man's Sky Cosmos Adds Foveated Rendering to PC VR, and a Fix for PlayStation Move

Hello Games shipped No Man's Sky Cosmos, update 7.0, on September 9. The rendering section adds foveated rendering on PC VR, the bug fix section still has time for a PSVR Move controller binding, and the spacewalk rework raises a comfort question nobody can answer yet.

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✎VR.org Originalgaming

Detective VR Was Designed Around Your Living Room. On Wednesday It Moves to PSVR2.

A hand-tracked mixed reality investigation game reaches PlayStation VR2 and SteamVR on September 9, nineteen months after its Quest launch and two seasons after the promised spring window. Nobody has explained how the mixed reality survives the trip.

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✎VR.org Originalhardware

Pico Certified a Headset With No Wi-Fi and a Puck That Carries All of It

Two FCC grants landed under Pico's grantee code on September 1. The head-mounted half is authorized for one radio band, 2402 to 2480 MHz. The tethered unit carries 5 GHz, 6 GHz and Bluetooth. The puck is not just a battery pack.

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✎VR.org Originalxr

Meta Put a Kacey Musgraves Concert on Quest Thirteen Days After Apple Cut the Unit That Makes Its Version

Meta announced Kacey Musgraves Middle of Nowhere: An Immersive Experience on September 3, filmed at Billy Bob's Texas and shot for 3D VR 180. The announcement quantifies nothing, which leaves commissioning behavior as the only readable signal in a category both platform holders are treating differently.

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✎VR.org Originalsoftware

A Live VRChat Show Won the Emerging Media Emmy Over Blumhouse and Fallout

Uncanny Alley: A New Day, a live theatre production performed inside VRChat for six people at a time, took Outstanding Emerging Media Program at the Creative Arts Emmys.

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✎VR.org Originalhardware

Valve Revised Two Steam Frame Packages on September 3, the First Change in 121 Days

SteamDB shows two of the Steam Frame's seven backend packages changed on September 3 after sitting untouched since May 5, and Brad Lynch says a reservation system for two SKUs went live alongside them. The Steam Machine's packages moved six days before its lottery opened.

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✎VR.org Originalgaming

Three Games on Sony's August PS VR2 Chart Shipped the Day the Headset Did

Sony's August 2026 PS VR2 download chart puts Job Simulator, Pavlov and Moss VR back in the top ten, all three dated February 22, 2023. Bootstrap Island reached number three in nineteen days on sale, and nothing from 2025 charted at all.

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✎VR.org Originalgaming

Puzzling Places Sorted Its Fifth Birthday Update by Storefront, and One Heading Says Steam Frame

Realities.io shipped a five year birthday update for Puzzling Places on September 3. The feature list is filed under three platform headings instead of by feature, the three biggest additions are Quest only, and the passthrough slider is listed for a Valve headset that has not shipped yet.

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