Editor's PickMeta Quest 3 (512GB)
$599The full-featured standalone Quest and the best all-around VR headset you can buy without a PC.
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The latest in VR and AR hardware, from headset launches and spec breakdowns to controllers, displays and the accessories that ship around them. We track every major device, from Meta's Quest line and PlayStation VR2 to Valve's Steam Frame, Apple Vision Pro and Samsung's Galaxy XR, along with the prototypes and FCC filings that surface before the launch events do.
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- 1Meta Quest 3Best standalone
- 2PlayStation VR2Best value
- 3Bigscreen Beyond 2Lightest PC VR
- 4Apple Vision ProPremium spatial
- 5Meta Quest 3SEntry level
- 6Samsung Galaxy XRAndroid XR flagship
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Best VR ValuePlayStation VR2
$399OLED, eye tracking, and adaptive-trigger controllers. Unbeatable value if you already own a PS5.
PremiumBigscreen Beyond 2
$1,019107 grams of custom-fit, razor-sharp PC VR. The enthusiast's headset.
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VR.org OriginalhardwareBy Alex Reeves
Valve's First Steam Frame Update Makes the Headset Charge Faster While It Sleeps
SteamOS 0.3.0 is the Steam Frame's first public update since the September 14 launch. Twelve lines, led by substantially faster charging while the headset sleeps, a fix for the garbled microphone bug, and a Playable tier rule that no longer demands 1440p.
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VR.org OriginalsoftwareBy Jordan Kuo
Mixed Reality Link Now Puts Your Meta Avatar in the Windows Camera List
Mixed Reality Link 26.9105.9070.0 gives Windows three new capture devices from a Quest 3 or 3S: the headset microphone, a passthrough camera, and a Meta avatar camera that Horizon OS already offered its own Android apps. It lands as support for the last Windows Mixed Reality headsets runs out in November.
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VR.org OriginalhardwareBy Sam Whitfield
Every Meta Connect Promise Since 2023, Checked Against What Shipped
Meta's Connect 2026 keynote is Wednesday. A line-by-line check of the last three keynotes: five products with a price and a date all shipped on schedule, Augments is three years late, and the Ray-Ban Display expansion Meta promised four countries never happened.
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VR.org OriginalhardwareBy Alex Reeves
Steam Frame Reservations Are on eBay for Up to $2,000, and Valve's Terms Void Any That Change Hands
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.
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VR.org OriginalgamingBy Evan Marcus
Meta Put a Free Game in the Quest Box Two Years Straight. Who Is Left to Make the Next One?
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.
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VR.org OriginalhardwareBy Alex Reeves
PS VR2 Is Out of Stock in the US, and Best Buy's Only New Units Cost $855
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.
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VR.org OriginalxrBy Evan Marcus
This Week in VR: Frame Launch Week, From the $1,059 Price to the Waitlist Email
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.
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VR.org OriginalenterpriseBy Sam Whitfield
How Much of Snap's Enterprise Pitch for Specs Ships This Fall?
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.
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Valve Steam Frame
Launched September 14 at $1,059. Specs, price, and the reservation lottery.
Steam Frame vs Quest 3
Valve's PC-first headset against Meta's $599 standalone.
Upcoming VR Headsets 2026
What has just launched and what is still on the horizon.
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