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.
Most Popular VR & AR HardwareAll gear we recommend →
- 1Meta Quest 3Best standalone
- 2PlayStation VR2Best for PS5
- 3Bigscreen Beyond 2Lightest PC VR
- 4Apple Vision ProPremium spatial
- 5Meta Quest 3SEntry level
- 6Valve Steam FrameBest for Steam
Editor's Pick
Best for PS5PlayStation VR2
$399OLED, eye tracking, and adaptive-trigger controllers for PS5 owners. New US stock has been out since mid-September.
PremiumBigscreen Beyond 2
$959107 grams of custom-fit, razor-sharp PC VR. The enthusiast's headset.
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VR.org OriginalgamingBy Evan Marcus
Sega's New House of the Dead Is an 85-Inch Front Door With Two VR Headsets Behind It
Sega's teaser says nothing, and the product page the specs came from now shows one line. What Attractions Magazine reported from it: a gothic manor facade with an 85-inch front door, two 43-inch windows, haptic recoil guns and two VR headsets, debuting at IAAPA in Orlando. Every screen on it faces the people who have not paid yet.
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VR.org OriginalarBy Alex Reeves
Gen 3 Costs 44,300 Rupees in India, 14,400 More Than Meta's First Pair
Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 3) reached India on October 1 at 44,300 rupees, against 29,900 for the first pair in May 2025 and 39,900 for Gen 2 last December. In dollars the climb is 31 percent, not 48. Muse and the camera-free Audio pair are both listed as coming later, neither with a date.
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VR.org OriginalxrBy Evan Marcus
This Week in VR: Samsung Gets a Month, Felix & Paul's Court File Opens, and the Steam Frame Gains 12 Percent
Samsung's Android XR glasses cleared the FCC ahead of a November launch, California's recording-light bill was vetoed, Felix & Paul's bankruptcy file shows a $350,000 sale, Mighty Coconut cut ten more jobs, Titanfall 2 got a free VR mod, and a Steam Frame update added up to 12 percent battery.
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VR.org OriginalgamingBy Evan Marcus
The Steam Frame's First Halloween: 189 Certified Games, and None of Our Ten Scariest
Valve rates Phasmophobia Unsupported on Steam Frame, on a build that no longer ships. Seven more of our ten scariest VR games have no rating at all. What is certified for a PC-less Frame this October: Little Nightmares VR, Ravenholm in Half-Life 2: VR Mod, Deadly Delivery, and the Jeff chapter in the box.
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VR.org OriginalarBy Jordan Kuo
California's Capture-Indicator Mandate Died on the Governor's Desk, Weeks Before Samsung's Glasses Are Due
Newsom vetoed SB 1130 on September 30, ending the first state attempt to require a recording indicator on smart glasses by law. The clause that mattered to hardware makers was a January 1, 2028 deadline for an indicator prominent enough to alert a reasonable person nearby.
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VR.org OriginalhardwareBy Alex Reeves
Samsung's November Glasses Cleared the FCC With Eleven Frame Models and a 6 GHz Radio
A Samsung official told The Korea Herald the Android XR glasses launch in November. The FCC grants issued September 27 cover eleven frame models under two FCC IDs, Wi-Fi 6E with a very low power 6 GHz mode, and a left temple engraved Made in Vietnam.
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VR.org OriginalsoftwareBy Nina Castillo
Five Days After the Steam Frame Shipped, Its SteamOS Was Booting on Android Handhelds
Two hobby projects repackage the Steam Frame's SteamOS for Snapdragon handhelds like the AYN Odin 2 and KONKR Pocket FIT, Google Play included. The services they had to switch off show which parts of the image belong to the headset.
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VR.org OriginalgamingBy Evan Marcus
Mighty Coconut Is Cutting 10 More Jobs as New Walkabout Mini Golf Players Thin Out
Mighty Coconut will lose 10 more people over the coming months, its second round of cuts this year. Lucas Martell blames the shrinking flow of new players, and Walkabout Mini Golf's own Steam review history shows the slide.
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