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The latest in VR and AR hardware, from headset launches and spec breakdowns to controller innovations and display technology. We track every major device release and provide in-depth coverage of the hardware shaping spatial computing. Whether it's a new Quest update, a PSVR2 accessory, or a prototype nobody saw coming, you'll find it here first.
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VR.org OriginalarBy Alex Reeves
Meta Just Locked Down the Privacy Light. Its Next Glasses Reportedly Will Not Use One.
Meta shipped a mandatory update that bricks the camera if the capture LED is tampered with, then the Financial Times reported its prototype always-on glasses would not light the LED at all. New York banned smart glasses from all 1,240 of its courthouses the same week.
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VR.org OriginalarBy Alex Reeves
While Everyone Fights Over AR Glasses, Two Companies Are Building the Display for What Comes Next: Contact Lenses.
XPANCEO and JBD have moved to the next phase of co-developing a microLED display small enough to sit inside a smart contact lens. The specs are borderline absurd, and the real story is that they are now focused on manufacturing it.
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VR.org OriginalarBy Sam Whitfield
Even Realities Hit $1 Billion by Leaving the Camera Off. The Smart Glasses Market Is Splitting in Two.
While Meta sells millions of camera-equipped smart glasses and absorbs the privacy backlash, a startup founded by ex-Apple engineers just raised $150 million at a $1 billion valuation for glasses that deliberately have no camera at all. That is a real signal about where part of this market is going.
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VR.org OriginalxrBy Jordan Kuo
Galaxy Unpacked July 22 Is the Real Android XR Glasses Moment. Here Is What Developers Should Watch For.
Samsung has confirmed July 22 in London for Galaxy Unpacked, and the Galaxy Glasses reveal is the moment Android XR stops being a headset story and becomes a wearable one. Here is what to actually watch for on the SDK side.
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VR.org OriginalxrBy Sam Whitfield
This Week in VR: AURA Undercuts Snap, Discord Lands on Quest, and Apple Loses Its Spatial Hardware Chief
The first week of the year's second half brought a cheaper path into AR glasses, a long-awaited app finally arriving on Quest, another Apple spatial departure, and a controversial new subscription. Here is what mattered.
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VR.org OriginalhardwareBy Alex Reeves
OpenAI Just Poached the Executive Running Apple's Vision Pro and Glasses Hardware. That Cuts Both Ways.
Paul Meade, the Apple VP in charge of Vision Pro and the company's smart glasses hardware, is leaving to join OpenAI's device unit. It is another blow to Apple's spatial ambitions and a loud signal about how serious OpenAI is getting about hardware.
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VR.org OriginalgamingBy Evan Marcus
A 'Made for Meta' VR Treadmill Just Launched at $2,595. I Want to Believe.
Virtuix just launched Omni One for Quest, the first VR treadmill ever to earn Meta's official 'Made for Meta' certification. At $2,595 it is not the device that fixes VR locomotion at scale, but it is the moment a critical door for VR peripherals finally opened.
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VR.org OriginalhardwareBy Alex Reeves
Forget the Headset Drama for a Second. Qualcomm Just Set the Spec Ceiling for Every 2027 XR Device.
Valve's price reveal and Meta's Quest 4 delay got the headlines, but the most consequential VR hardware news of the month was a chip. Qualcomm's Snapdragon Reality Elite is 60 percent faster on graphics, runs 12 degrees cooler, and runs AI models on-device, and nearly every headset and glasses maker builds on top of it.
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