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It's been quite a week over on Tom's Hardware Premium: let's go through all of the articles that we've published throughout this week so far. Kicking things off with a bang, Valve officially released...

Meta could demo its Project Phoenix headset at Connect 2026 alongside "a full-body, photorealistic hologram call experience" leveraging Codec Avatars, The Information reports.Multiple reputable...

Within hours of Valve's reservation emails, eBay sellers were asking $1,750 for a 256GB Steam Frame reservation and $2,000 or more for the 1TB. Valve's program terms say the right to buy cannot be transferred, and European buyers have a second scam to watch for once units ship.

Asgard's Wrath 2 came free with the Quest 3 in 2023 and Batman: Arkham Shadow with the Quest 3S in 2024. Meta has since closed Sanzaru and Twisted Pixel, Camouflaj no longer makes VR games, and the Connect 2026 agenda does not list a single Quest game.

Flat2VR Spark's port of Strange Scaffold's revenge shooter reached Steam on September 17 at $22.99. The no-reload gunplay made the jump to VR. The tree climbing and the story interludes did not, and without its rank gates the campaign runs under an hour.

Just when you thought all was quiet on the VR headset front, here comes the Steam Frame from Valve.Steam Frame was initially announced by Valve, the parent company of the popular Steam gaming...

The first smart glasses were Google Glass, launched way back in 2014. The product failed for a number of reasons, but the biggest of these was privacy concerns around video recording capabilities,...

Flow Chaser is a new spatial rhythm game for Apple Vision Pro that launched alongside the recently released visionOS 27. Developed around Apple's new on-device music intelligence, Flow Chaser...

After a five-month Early Access period, Innerspace's time-warping secret agent adventure Spymaster gets its full release on Steam and Quest on October 15. Spymaster is the latest project from...

Unseen Reality took to Kickstarter last month to fund its monitor-replacing mixed reality glasses, URXR One. Now concluded, the campaign has officially garnered over $1.2 million. URXR One aren’t...

Valve has just released its Lepton tool as an open-source resource for bringing Android-native games to Linux and, in turn, Steam. more…

If you signed up for a Steam Frame, it's time to check your inbox for an email from Valve. The company has run its 'one-time randomisation' to decide who gets a unit from the first batch and who is...

I don’t know about you, but when I tuned into this week’s episode of The Full Nerd I was mostly just excited to hear about the Steam Frame. I haven’t bought a VR headset since the Quest 2 but I’m...

This week, Snap held a launch event for Specs, the $2,195 augmented reality glasses coming later this fall, and revealed a lot more about the glasses' features.But when Snap first announced Specs...

Specs are showcased and met with strong reviews, Steam Frame finally releases, and AI gets pressure to both slow down and speed up. We have these and other events from AI and XR worlds through the...

Apple launched visionOS 27 for Vision Pro headsets this week.visionOS 27 is the fourth major operating system version for Apple Vision Pro headsets.Despite the relative lack of fanfare, visionOS 27...

Sony's US store lists PlayStation VR2 at $399 and "Currently Unavailable." Best Buy's only new units are Marketplace bundles from $855.20, Walmart shows pre-owned headsets, and Sony's UK store still sells it at £399.99. Sony has not said why.

Valve ran the Steam Frame draw and a community tracker has fewer than half of respondents reserved, eBay filled up with fake reservation screenshots, Snap gave Specs a Verizon bundle but no ship date, visionOS 27 shipped the same Monday as the Frame, and Connect is Wednesday.

Snap's September 16 enterprise post names Salesforce, AWS, NVIDIA, Trifork and Hololight, but no customer, no enterprise price and no device management vendor. The firmer commitment went to Verizon: a $2,395 cellular bundle with 36-month financing.

As Valve sends out emails to potential Steam Frame buyers and disappoints scores of potential buyers by putting them on a waiting list, outrageously marked-up Frame listings have been popping up on...

Gaussian splats are like dimensional photographs, capturing places you can explore from different positions and angles. They’re interesting on a screen, but VR makes them feel more like somewhere you...

Survival shooter Into the Radius 2's PlayStation VR2 release has been pushed back from September 24 to October 8, citing an issue with certification for Sony's platform. Here is the exact wording...

Large-scale PvP FPS Forefront adds fighter jets to its arsenal of combat vehicles alongside a new map in a free update. Developer Triangle Factory referred to the jets as an 'experimental vehicle'...

Singular Perception's upcoming co-op action roguelike is a lot to take in at first. But once you get your bearings, you are left with a promising foundation that the game's developers will surely...

You can play my most anticipated game of 2027 with the Dream Hackers VR demo released today. When the developers of Dream Hackers VR sent me a preview build of their upcoming game back in August, I...

A new goalkeeping soccer game has arrived on Quest today. Incisiv, the developers of CleanSheet Soccer 2, have released their goaltending arcade game on Meta Quest today. The game had previously been...

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...

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...

Zuckerberg and Bosworth are reportedly set to demo a hologram-like call on Project Phoenix at Connect. The Hologram Calling framework already landed in Horizon OS, which is the part that decides whether developers ever get to call it.

The Information reports Meta will unveil camera-free smart glasses codenamed Luna at Connect on September 23, with six microphones, a Meta AI button and slimmer arms. It is the first Meta hardware that concedes the privacy argument instead of defending the camera.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

Valve just announced the price of the Steam Frame. It costs $1,059/€1,049 for the standard 256GB version and $1,299/€1,279 for the 1TB version. The two versions are identical, they just have...

Valve today opened pre-orders for Steam Frame, its long-awaited standalone VR headset, which finally reveals pricing info, official accessories, and release date. Steam Frame is set launch at the...

It’s a strange time to be selling a new VR headset, and maybe an even stranger time to be buying one. The supply of original virtual reality games has slowed to a dribble, and just as with Valve’s...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.