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Somnium Space, the adult-only social VR platform, was delisted from Steam during Valve’s crypto games purge in 2021. Now, the platform is slated to return to Steam next month. We first learned that...

Snap has validated a consumer market for paid AR experiences. The Lens+ subscription gives consumers access to premium AR experiences, and it has gradually ratcheted up in user traction and revenue....

In XR News What’s the story? Google announces Genie 4, a world model for real-time interactive simulation where users can set an event in motion and Genie 4 simulates what ... continue reading Source

I’ve gotta hand it to Snap. Making Robert Downey Jr., A.K.A. Tony Stark/Iron Man, the honorary Chief Customer Experience Officer for its sixth-generation Specs AR glasses, is a stroke of genius. The...

A software update will tell users if they're affected and direct them to Meta's customer support for a full replacement.

Meta is starting to sell 3D films too.

Disney is bringing more than 60 3D movies to the Disney Plus app on Meta Quest. The movies will be available to Disney Plus subscribers as part of an updated Disney Plus app that's rolling out today....

I’ve been super busy the past week because of two small projects I’m delivering (I’ll probably tell you more about them in the upcoming weeks). Plus, I’ve also written a new guest post about the...

Credit: Andy Boxall / Android Authority TL;DR The latest update to the Galaxy Wearable app adds pairing support for Samsung’s upcoming smart glasses. The app also includes several asset images of...

Years after being retired from the platform, Somnium Space is returning to Steam in December. Somnium Space, which was originally built around cryptocurrency and the buying and selling of virtual...

Just a bunch of QR codes in reality.Sony has begun advertising PS5 hardware and accessories directly through the console's PS Store via a new Hardware tab at the end of its horizontal scroller.The...

Screens, the remote desktop app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro, is adding two highly-requested features. Version 5.10 introduces remote Mac audio and automatic desktop resizing through...

Meta may soon rebrand Horizon+, its VR game subscription service for Quest, to ‘Meta VR+’, as the company appears to be bundling a number of 3D films to better appeal to Meta VR Glasses owners....

A limited selection of 3D movies has begun appearing in the TV app on Quest headsets, and datamining suggests that 3D movies may become a benefit of the Meta Horizon+ subscription service.At Meta...

To celebrate its 60th birthday and new confetti cake cookie, Chips Ahoy looked to AR marketing. Its TikTok Branded Effect let users catch falling cookies on a virtual plate by moving their heads back...

A new update released for the Disney+ app on Quest 3 and 3S brings 3D content and immersive environments to Meta's headsets.The update adds 60 3D movies, including films from the Marvel and Star Wars...

Chinese outlet VRAR World says Pico Space Pro launches December 2, a date Pico has not confirmed. US reseller Knoxlabs took its $2,899 listing offline at Pico's request and now says the release is targeted for December.

IMAX's own release on November 10 confirms the certification Meta announced in September and adds an IMAX app with a virtual theater for the glasses' spring 2027 debut. It names no films, no streaming partner for VR and no price.

SteamOS 0.5.8, a Steam Frame beta posted November 6, lets streamed PC VR games blend in camera passthrough through OpenXR's alpha blend mode. It is the first of the Frame's 15 update posts to mention passthrough. What changed, and how to try it.

TheFreeMike's free F.E.A.R. VR mod is on its 24th release, with slow-mo on a wrist meter, weapon-by-weapon reloads and the slide kick on a stick flick. It needs your own Steam or GOG copy. Here is how to install it safely.

In a couple of days, MatchXR, one of the most important XR-related events in the Nordics, will take place in Helsinki. You know how much I love going to Finland, and I’ve always enjoyed going to...

The developers of Payday: Aces High have unveiled a roadmap, pushed an update to add a "Restart Heist" and "Abandon Heist" option, and announced that all future heists will be released for free....

Apple has updated its third-party accessories lineup ahead of the holidays. The refreshed lineup includes products for gaming, iPhone filmmaking, charging, and more. Among the most interesting...

In the inaugural episode of VR Spotlight, UploadVR spoke with Bit Planet Games CEO Christopher Stockman about the studio's twelve-year journey in virtual reality, the newly launched Quest 3 remasters...

Meta Horizon+ is rumored to be changing its name to Meta VR+ and may start including movies in addition to games with the subscription price. more…

Home services is a massive category of the local economy that can benefit from the guided-workflow advantages that industrial enterprises have validated. Is the rise of AI glasses well-timed to cover...

South Korean eyewear giant Gentle Monster announced its long-awaited Android XR smart glasses are on their way this December, which are built in collaboration with Samsung and Google. And Joaquin...

Talemann's Dead Space VR puts the 2008 original in a PC VR headset, with stasis in your palm, an inventory on your wrist and three builds in three days. It is free and needs your own Steam or GOG copy. The installer is unsigned.

Gentle Monster's teaser for a Jonathan Glazer short film carries the first launch month anyone selling Samsung's Android XR glasses has stated, and its storefront carries the same November 12 preorder date Warby Parker's earnings release let slip. Google and Samsung have confirmed neither.

Metro Exodus VR's first public beta puts the main campaign in a PC VR headset, with manual reloads and your gear on your body. It needs the Steam Standard Edition. Here is what it runs and how to install it.

A leaked Meta screen labels a row of 3D films "Meta VR Plus," with titles from Disney, Sony and Amazon MGM. Meta has confirmed nothing, and Horizon+ still costs $7.99 a month.

Fabula Rasa, the award-winning interactive medieval VR experience from veteran developer Arvore Immersive, comes to Quest on December 3. Arvore is best known for the Pixel Ripped trilogy and also...

Arvore's improv game puts you in a cage and has you talk nine AI-driven townsfolk out of feeding you to a monster. It now reaches Quest on December 3, and the store listing says it needs an internet connection.

VR StrideS launched on Steam on November 5, a $12.99 PC app that turns jogging in place into stick movement in Half-Life: Alyx, Blade & Sorcery and VRChat. Smooth movement makes me queasy and I teleport everywhere, so I went looking for whether it can help.

Following a pre-order date announcement earlier this week, Google’s other Android XR launch partner has now confirmed a December release date for this first batch of glasses. more…

AI Stocks fall precipitously following the midterm elections, while the Android XR-powered Xreal Aura officially arrives on the market. We have these and other items from AI and XR realms through the...

Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses attempt to curb the controversy by removing the cameras, and while they’re still an excellent product, the price makes them harder to recommend. more…

PAYDAY finally got its first VR-native entry into the storied franchise. While it’s not the royal flush I was hoping for, it certainly wasn’t offsuit seven-deuces either. Developer: Fast Travel...

The Horizon OS 2.10 (v210) system software update recently started rolling out in the PTC (Public Test Channel). What Is the Public Test Channel (PTC)? The Public Test Channel (PTC) is Meta Quest's...

Meta gave the Quest 2 a final update and a long goodbye, while PS VR2 quietly vanished from Sony's US store with no statement. PAYDAY: Aces High launched to split reviews, a UK minister floated limiting who can buy smart glasses, and VRChat turned down an AI content label that 95 percent of surveyed users wanted.

Two Varjo releases dated October 29 land in the same place: a counter-UAS training pilot with the Finnish Defence Forces Innovation Unit, and a move of all XR-4 Series assembly to the company's own Espoo plant from January 2027. Neither release discloses a budget or a production volume.

Jesse Schell confirmed the studio cut about 40% of its staff in a LinkedIn post on October 31, ten weeks after the first layoffs in its history. No official headcount has been published; press estimates put the remaining team near 75.

Join up with three other heisters and get revenge on the billionaire who sent you to jail in the first place in Payday Aces High, now available on Meta Quest, SteamVR, and Steam Frame. more…

The release date for Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars has been revealed, and it's very soon.Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars, a mixed reality experience that expands the story of...

80s Mixtape: Vice Wave is Synth Riders' latest DLC pack with eight tracks from multiple artists including Duran Duran, Cutting Crew, & Bryan Adams.The new pack is available now for $13.99....

Warby Parker announced today that the first Android XR audio glasses will be available for pre-order on November 12. more…

When Darts VR2 launched, developer Gamitronics was open about its esports ambitions for the competitive darts sequel. Today, the promised League Play starts with weekly qualifiers running until...

Cargo Master is a new game mode for Bootstrap Island where you loot and deliver increasingly difficult cargo for rewards and placement on the global leaderboards. The new update is available now for...

The plan was simple: hack a code, crack a vault, lift a priceless quantum computer and get it to the helipad for extraction. We knew the route, we knew our roles. It should've been a cakewalk. But...

Finally, it’s over. After like 10 months, I can use the Meta Quest Link for PCVR again because NVIDIA fixed the issue with its drivers. And if you had the same issue, you probably can too! Meta Quest...

Steam Frame has only been out for a little over a month now, and is still heavily backordered. Still, Valve’s latest Steam Hardware Survey shows the headset is already off to a strong start. The News...

Which spatial segments are attracting the most investment? This is the topic of a recent report from ARtillery Intelligence. It joins our excerpt series, continuing in this edition with a drill-down...

Entry points hidden within recent updates to the YouTube app on Quest reveal that Google is working on a major overhaul of the app's immersive view, bringing it closer to the experience on the...

Combat Waffle Studios has announced the end of PVPVE open-world action survival game Silent North.Silent North launched in Early Access for Quest and PC VR in April 2025. Set in a post-apocalyptic...

In Virtual Reality and VR Gaming News What’s the story? The House of the Dead horror arcade series returns as a VR attraction, as SEGA Amusements International announces House of ... continue reading...

Warby Parker's third-quarter release, filed with the SEC on November 5, says preorders for its first Intelligent Eyewear collection, the Samsung-built Android XR audio glasses, open November 12 with delivery during the holiday season. It names no price, countries or ship date, and Samsung has not announced preorders itself.

In a Westminster Hall debate on November 4, Home Office minister Satvir Kaur said the government is looking at restricting smart glasses in certain settings and limiting their sale to certain users, work she said is happening "at pace." No measure or timetable was set, and a petition for an outright sales ban still awaits a government response.

NVIDIA's October 21 driver fixes a Meta Horizon Link freeze over USB that Meta traces to driver 595.71, released March 2, though Meta's help page still recommends rolling back. Valve's SteamVR 2.19.1 beta, out November 2, raises Steam Link's default render resolution and gives the Steam Frame a larger encode.

Siege of Heaven, the wave-based tower defense game mode in VR roguelite In Death: Unchained, will be released as a separate standalone game for Quest. Superbright CEO Wojtek Podgorski made the...

Valve has released a SteamVR beta update that brings improvements to streamed image quality to all supported standalone headsets. Steam Link is SteamVR’s dedicated streaming app, letting you play...

Amidst other declines in device sales, XR is seeing a bright spot: location-based entertainment. How will social and collaborative XR experiences elevate LBE, and vice versa? This post appeared first...

In Augmented Reality News What’s the story? Raven Resonance has opened pre-orders for Raven Prism, a standalone Linux computer built into eyewear, after first showing the device publicly at Augmented...

What’s the story? Varjo and the Finnish Defence Forces are piloting virtual counter-drone training on Varjo’s XR-4 Series mixed reality headsets, aimed at improving soldiers’ readiness against drone...

PlayStation Direct has pulled the PS VR2 product page in the US and Japan, with the old purchase link returning a 404 and removals traced to mid October. The UK and EU still sell it at list, Best Buy's third party price has fallen to about $750, and Sony's Black Friday sale starting November 4 still discounts PS VR2 games.

Three-Live compiles AI-written Three.js into GLB and USDZ inside a sandbox, so the generated script never runs in front of your users. Google announced it on November 3 under Apache-2.0, and the project has already shipped five versions past the one the post introduces.

November 2026 brings heavy hitters to Meta's Horizon+ subscription, including Assassin's Creed Nexus VR and the brand-new Payday: Aces High.On top of those great additions, the mind-bending adventure...

Meta announced it’s finally sunsetting Quest 2 and Quest Pro, which are slated to receive their final OS update early next year. Meta VR Glasses is coming next spring, so the company announced it’s...

XR device unit sales are projected to reach 52.9 million in 2030. This factors in a projected inflection in 2028 as smart glasses blitz the market from Apple, Samsung, and others. How will this all...

Meta says Horizon OS v2.13 is the last feature release for Quest 2 and Quest Pro, on every headset by March 2027, with security patches through December 2027. The Store stays open, nothing gets pulled, Link keeps working and new games can ship until the end, a far gentler exit than the Quest 1 got.

Google's Android XR docs now open Play distribution to audio glasses through the ordinary mobile release track, with a Differentiated for Glasses badge and strict camera rules. The libraries behind that badge are still alpha, and ChosunBiz has Samsung's first pair selling in mid-December.