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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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Meta Quest 3 (512GB)Editor's Pick

Meta Quest 3 (512GB)

$599

The full-featured standalone Quest and the best all-around VR headset you can buy without a PC.

PlayStation VR2Best VR Value

PlayStation VR2

$399

OLED, eye tracking, and adaptive-trigger controllers. Unbeatable value if you already own a PS5.

Bigscreen Beyond 2Premium

Bigscreen Beyond 2

$1,019

107 grams of custom-fit, razor-sharp PC VR. The enthusiast's headset.

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VR.org OriginalhardwareBy Alex Reeves
Arm's Patent for Killing VR Motion Sickness Fires 5MHz Ultrasound Into Your Inner Ear
A granted Arm patent drives ultrasonic transducers at the wearer's semicircular canals whenever displayed motion and head motion disagree. Arm licenses silicon IP and ships no headsets, and the last company to try this was Samsung in 2016.
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VR.org OriginalarBy Jordan Kuo
XREAL Sold 2,000 AURA Founder Passes in 36 Hours and Still Has Not Named a Price
XREAL says AURA has passed 10,000 reservations since June. Two of its three deposit tiers are sold out, the price cap now applies only to the base model, and Canada has quietly dropped off the launch region list.
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VR.org OriginalarBy Jordan Kuo
33 Grams and 78 Grams: RayNeo Is Selling Both Halves of the Glasses Argument on September 4
RayNeo announced a 33-gram camera-free waveguide HUD and a 78-gram 59-degree personal cinema, put both on sale for September 4, and priced neither. The largest seller of consumer AR glasses has decided one device cannot do both jobs.
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VR.org OriginalgamingBy Evan Marcus
The Last Thing Funktronic Labs Put Into The Light Brigade Was Support for a Headset You Cannot Buy Yet
Update 5.0 renames the game The Light Brigade: Definitive Edition and closes out three and a half years of support. The first line of its changelog adds Steam Frame compatibility. The studio's next game is flatscreen.
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VR.org OriginalhardwareBy Alex Reeves
Apple Cut About 100 Vision Pro Jobs Seven Days Before Its First Live Immersive Baseball Game
Bloomberg reports Apple eliminated more than 200 roles on Friday, about 100 of them inside the Vision Products Group. The headset's gaming team is largely gone and the immersive video unit was cut back, one week before Apple streams live baseball to Vision Pro.
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VR.org OriginalarBy Jordan Kuo
If Camera Glasses Cost $99.99, What Is a Meta Glasses Ban Actually Banning?
Rollme's AuraView and ProView put a Sony 12MP sensor on your face for $99.99, and the company's own store pages list a price, a color, and no specifications at all. Every glasses rule written this year names Meta, and none of them reach a brand nobody has heard of.
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VR.org OriginalxrBy Evan Marcus
This Week in VR: Valve Leaks Its Own Unboxing, ICE Bans the Glasses, and a Free Mod Goes Commercial
Eight Steam Frame setup videos fell out of the Steam client, Gunman Contracts set its paid launch for the day the Frame ships, ICE banned Meta glasses by name, and the NHS put £40 million of immersive training out to tender.
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VR.org OriginalhardwareBy Alex Reeves
Pico Will Show Its 4,000 PPI Headset on September 2, Three Weeks Before Meta Connect
Project Swan is now Pico Space Pro, debuting in Beijing on September 2. The claimed sheet reads 4,000 PPI micro-OLED, dual-chip compute at 12ms perception latency, and 270 grams. Nobody outside Pico has seen the hardware yet.
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