https://vr.org/articles/beat-saber-8th-anniversary-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/7Kbngech6N0/maxresdefault.jpg Beat Saber Turns 8. As a Composer, I Think It Is Still the Most Important Game in VR. Beat Saber just hit its eighth anniversary with three free new tracks, including an original in-house song. Eight years and nearly 10 million copies later, it is still the game I hand a headset to first. Here is why it works, from someone who makes music for a living. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7Kbngech6N0 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/the-boys-trigger-warning-psvr2-june-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/cGR5TrIUT7E/maxresdefault.jpg The Boys Hits PSVR2 on June 9, and the PS5 Pro Version Is the One I've Been Waiting For The Boys: Trigger Warning lands on PSVR2 on June 9 as a PS5 Pro Enhanced build with community-requested improvements. After playing the Quest version, I think the PlayStation one is the one to wait for. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cGR5TrIUT7E 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/virtual-hunter-psvr2-quest-launch-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/8kY2vQ4rW9c/maxresdefault.jpg Virtual Hunter Just Hit PSVR2 and Quest. Is VR Finally Getting a Real Hunting Sim? Korpi Games brought its realistic hunting simulator to PSVR2 and Meta Quest on May 27 at $24.99, with 64 square kilometer open worlds, six-player co-op, and platform-specific features that lean hard on each headset's hardware. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8kY2vQ4rW9c 2026-05-31T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/may-2026-vr-games-delivered-month-recap https://img.youtube.com/vi/vvsiycIwNxA/maxresdefault.jpg May Is Almost Over. Here Is What Actually Landed in VR This Month. Three weeks ago I previewed a stacked May release calendar. The month is nearly done, so here is the honest accounting: what hit, what slipped, what surprised me, and what you should be playing this weekend. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vvsiycIwNxA 2026-05-30T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/virtuix-air-force-afwerx-virtual-terrain-walk-defense-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Zi8rjwtZ_cs/maxresdefault.jpg Virtuix Just Won an Air Force Contract. The VR Treadmill Company Found Its Real Customer in Defense. Virtuix landed a U.S. Air Force AFWERX Phase I award for its Virtual Terrain Walk mission-rehearsal platform. After years selling VR treadmills to gamers, the company found the customer whose problem its hardware actually solves. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Zi8rjwtZ_cs 2026-05-29T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/bigscreen-beyond-2-backlog-cleared-vive-pro-marketshare-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/F9z3rN5OYkY/maxresdefault.jpg Bigscreen Beyond 2 Cleared Its Entire Backlog and Is Now Outselling the Vive Pro Bigscreen has shipped tens of thousands of Beyond 2 headsets, cleared its preorder backlog, and crossed 1% of Steam VR users, passing the HTC Vive Pro. For a boutique PCVR headset that costs over a thousand dollars, that is a remarkable result. https://www.youtube.com/embed/F9z3rN5OYkY 2026-05-28T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/meta-connect-2026-date-september-glasses-tease https://img.youtube.com/vi/o6xiitRf3Gk/maxresdefault.jpg Meta Just Set Connect 2026 for September 23. The Glasses Tease Is the Part That Matters. Meta locked in Connect 2026 for September 23 to 24 and teased a new pair of smart glasses in the same breath. The product it chose to dangle tells you exactly where Reality Labs is spending its attention this year. https://www.youtube.com/embed/o6xiitRf3Gk 2026-05-28T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/meta-ray-ban-display-developer-sdk-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/xG3CjMfnJDQ/maxresdefault.jpg Meta Just Opened Ray-Ban Display Glasses to Third-Party Developers. Here Is How It Works. Meta launched a developer preview for Ray-Ban Display with two SDK paths: a native mobile toolkit for iOS and Android, and a new Web Apps route using standard HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Developers can now push content directly into the in-lens display for the first time. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xG3CjMfnJDQ 2026-05-27T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/godot-openxr-vendors-plugin-v5-1-android-xr-may-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/uh6bFdpnqVc/maxresdefault.jpg Godot's Android XR Story Just Got Real. The OpenXR Vendors Plugin v5.1 Is the Update That Closes the Gap. Godot just shipped v5.1 of its OpenXR Vendors plugin with trackables, dynamic resolution, unbounded reference space, and a Direct Preview workflow upgrade. Android XR development on the open-source engine just caught up to Quest. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uh6bFdpnqVc 2026-05-27T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/compass-vr-flight-adventure-may-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/aVVzg7pkXTU/maxresdefault.jpg Compass Launches Wednesday and It Might Be the VR Flight Game I Have Been Waiting For Trebuchet's open-world VR flight adventure Compass drops May 28 on Quest 3 and SteamVR. You pilot a cargo ship through pastel skies, leave the cockpit to grapple across floating landscapes, and scout for an airborne caravan. I am very into this. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aVVzg7pkXTU 2026-05-26T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/fnaf-secret-of-the-mimic-pc-vr-launch-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/0O3b6qwzTYk/maxresdefault.jpg FNAF: Secret of the Mimic Just Hit PC VR. The Franchise Always Belonged in This Headset. Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic is now on Steam VR after April's PSVR2 launch. It is the first FNAF built ground-up for a headset, and the design choices say a lot about where Steel Wool thinks the franchise belongs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0O3b6qwzTYk 2026-05-26T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/android-xr-sdk-developer-preview-4 https://img.youtube.com/vi/kMIBAKX1oOE/maxresdefault.jpg Android XR SDK Developer Preview 4 Adds Unreal, Godot, and a Tool That Changes the Workflow Google shipped Developer Preview 4 of the Android XR SDK with official Unreal Engine and Godot support, a new Engine Hub that bridges all three major game engines, and core libraries moving to beta. The platform just got serious for game developers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kMIBAKX1oOE 2026-05-25T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/snap-specs-true-ar-2500-fall-2026-beats-android-xr https://img.youtube.com/vi/EgfHIbfIaO4/maxresdefault.jpg Snap Will Ship True AR Glasses Before Google's HUD. The $2,500 Price Is Not a Mistake. Alex Heath reports that Snap Specs ship this fall at roughly $2,500. That puts true binocular AR glasses on the market before Google's $799 Android XR Warby Parker frames, before Meta's next-generation Hypernova, and at a price that says Snap is not pretending to compete with either of them. https://www.youtube.com/embed/EgfHIbfIaO4 2026-05-22T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/apple-vision-pro-wheelchair-control-eye-tracking-accessibility-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Btf4mN37OsU/maxresdefault.jpg Apple Just Made Vision Pro Drive a Power Wheelchair With Your Eyes. It Is the Strongest Use Case They Have Shipped. Apple announced Tuesday that visionOS will let users drive Tolt and LUCI power wheelchairs using Vision Pro's eye tracking, with Bluetooth and wired connection paths and a US launch. It is a quiet announcement on the surface and a very loud one on the second read. While the analyst class spent the week arguing about whether Apple has given up on the headset, Apple shipped the most concrete answer it has put together yet to the question of what Vision Pro is actually for. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Btf4mN37OsU 2026-05-20T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/psvr2-best-deal-after-meta-price-hike-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vvsiycIwNxA/maxresdefault.jpg A Month After Meta's Price Hike, PSVR2 Is Quietly the Best Deal in VR. Nobody Is Saying It Out Loud. Meta raised every Quest it sells on April 19 over the memory shortage. PSVR2 did not move, because it is not a standalone computer. One month later the value column reads strangely, and the day Myst and Riven land on the headset is a good time to re-run it. Here is the math, and the catch. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vvsiycIwNxA 2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/everything-riding-on-steam-frame-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/2UK6VDUOtXo/maxresdefault.jpg Everything Riding on Steam Frame Valve's upcoming headset is not just another VR product launch. It is a bet that PC VR gaming can go mainstream without sacrificing what made it special. Here is why Steam Frame matters more than anything else in VR right now. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2UK6VDUOtXo 2026-05-16T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/samsung-galaxy-xr-enterprise https://img.youtube.com/vi/5RGOFnlxnqo/maxresdefault.jpg Samsung Galaxy XR Just Became an Enterprise Device. Here Is What Changed. Samsung's latest Galaxy XR firmware update adds full Android Enterprise support, Knox security, and a five-year update commitment. The headset just crossed the threshold from consumer gadget to corporate IT asset. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5RGOFnlxnqo 2026-05-15T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/this-week-in-vr-2026-05-15 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Iv9xNVvZMvc/maxresdefault.jpg This Week in VR: Android XR Goes Big, Steam Frame Hits a Wall, and Myst Returns Google revealed its full Android XR strategy, Valve's Steam Frame ran into supply chain problems, and two of the most beloved puzzle games in history arrived on PSVR2. Here is everything that happened this week. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Iv9xNVvZMvc 2026-05-15T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/visionos-27-wwdc-2026-enterprise-preview https://img.youtube.com/vi/Btf4mN37OsU/maxresdefault.jpg visionOS 27 Is Looking Like a Maintenance Release. For Vision Pro Enterprise Buyers, That Is Good News. Apple will reveal visionOS 27 at WWDC on June 8, and reports out this week say it will be a refinement release rather than a feature reveal. That sounds like a letdown, but it is exactly what the small but real Vision Pro enterprise base has been asking for. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Btf4mN37OsU 2026-05-15T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/apple-vision-pro-2-years-away-gurman-2028-timeline https://img.youtube.com/vi/Btf4mN37OsU/maxresdefault.jpg Apple's Vision Pro 2 Is at Least Two Years Away. The New Timeline Tells the Whole Story. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman just confirmed Apple's next Vision Pro is at least two years away, with the planned N100 successor shelved. Here is what that timeline means for Meta, Valve, Samsung, and the rest of the headset market. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Btf4mN37OsU 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/myst-riven-remakes-psvr2-may-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vvsiycIwNxA/maxresdefault.jpg Myst and Riven Remakes Launch on PSVR2 This Monday. Here Is Why That Matters. Cyan Worlds brings both iconic puzzle adventures to PlayStation VR2 on May 19 with PS5 Pro enhancements, ray tracing, and full flatscreen support. PSVR2 just got two of its strongest arguments. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vvsiycIwNxA 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/google-io-2026-xr-developer-preview https://img.youtube.com/vi/Iv9xNVvZMvc/maxresdefault.jpg What XR Developers Should Actually Watch for at Google I/O Next Week Google I/O kicks off May 19 with hands-on XR glasses demos and two dedicated spatial computing sessions. Here is what developers building on Android XR need to pay attention to. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Iv9xNVvZMvc 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/steam-frame-ai-ram-crisis-delay-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/TmTvmKxl20U/maxresdefault.jpg The AI Boom Is Eating the RAM That Steam Frame Needs. Here Is What That Means for Valve's Launch. Valve's most anticipated VR headset is caught in an industry-wide memory shortage driven by AI demand. The Steam Frame is marked 'coming soon' on Steam, but the road to launch just got more complicated. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TmTvmKxl20U 2026-05-13T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/retrocade-tetris-apple-vision-pro-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/oo6ml4PcxDw/maxresdefault.jpg The Original 1984 Tetris Just Landed on Apple Vision Pro, and It Looks Exactly Right Resolution Games added the original Elektronika 60 Tetris to Retrocade on Apple Vision Pro, complete with a faithfully recreated Japanese arcade environment from the mid-1980s. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oo6ml4PcxDw 2026-05-13T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/android-show-2026-xr-glasses-recap https://img.youtube.com/vi/2DO8Td9F0VY/maxresdefault.jpg Everything XR Google Just Announced at The Android Show Galaxy XR headset updates, a two-tier smart glasses strategy, and fashion house partnerships. Here is what Google revealed about XR at today's Android Show. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2DO8Td9F0VY 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/google-meta-apple-smart-glasses-race-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/3Cc1WUb7XQ8/maxresdefault.jpg Google, Meta, and Apple Are All Building Smart Glasses. Only One of Them Scares Me. The Android Show confirmed that Google is going all in on smart glasses. Apple is testing four frame designs. Meta already owns the market. As a VR gamer, I have thoughts on where this leaves us. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3Cc1WUb7XQ8 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/flatout-4-vr-total-insanity-early-access-impressions https://img.youtube.com/vi/_1LvQaala0Y/maxresdefault.jpg FlatOut 4 VR Is Unhinged Vehicular Carnage. I Cannot Stop Playing It. FlatOut 4: Total Insanity VR hit SteamVR Early Access on May 7, and after a weekend of playing it I am here to report that arcade racing finally has the VR adaptation it deserves. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_1LvQaala0Y 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/creature-feature-showcase-2026-recap https://img.youtube.com/vi/ifeEDlxRJNo/maxresdefault.jpg The Creature Feature Showcase Reminded Me Why I Love VR Gaming Creature's May 2026 showcase delivered a lineup that had Quest gamers saying their will to live is back. From an open-world flight adventure to a singing sock puppet, here is everything worth knowing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ifeEDlxRJNo 2026-05-11T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/roboquest-vr-quest-launch-co-op https://img.youtube.com/vi/yhkhPsGZqJ8/maxresdefault.jpg Roboquest VR Brings Its Roguelite Chaos to Meta Quest on May 21 With Full Co-Op Flat2VR Studios' acclaimed roguelite FPS lands on Meta Quest with same-day co-op support across all platforms. Here is what to expect from one of VR's fastest shooters. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yhkhPsGZqJ8 2026-05-11T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/galaxy-xr-memory-leak-fix-shipped-android-xr-may-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/J-FOSKnpu2Q/maxresdefault.jpg Google's Galaxy XR Memory Leak Fix Is Finally Live. Here Is What It Patches, and What Still Slips Through. Three weeks after Google promised a hotfix was top priority, update vI610UEU2AZD8 is rolling out to Galaxy XR headsets. The memory leak is patched. A few smaller bugs are not. https://www.youtube.com/embed/J-FOSKnpu2Q 2026-05-11T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/android-show-may-12-2026-xr-glasses-preview https://img.youtube.com/vi/BhqFHAhP7LU/maxresdefault.jpg The Android Show Is Tomorrow. Here Is What Google Will Reveal About XR Glasses. Google split its developer event into two acts this year: The Android Show on May 12 and I/O on May 19. Tomorrow's show at 10 AM PT is expected to feature Android XR glasses updates, Google's own Gemini-powered smart glasses, partner hardware from Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, and Android 17. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BhqFHAhP7LU 2026-05-10T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/smart-glasses-wars-vr-gamer-perspective-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fPFCUotNmww/maxresdefault.jpg The Smart Glasses Wars Are Here. What Does That Mean for People Who Actually Play VR Games? This week Samsung, Apple, and Google all made major smart glasses moves. IDC data confirmed glasses outsell VR headsets 3:1. As a VR gamer watching the industry pivot, I have thoughts about what the glasses era means for people who love putting on a headset and disappearing into another world. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fPFCUotNmww 2026-05-09T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/h3vr2-hot-dogs-horseshoes-hand-grenades-2-quest-steam https://img.youtube.com/vi/w-4xSUQHVno/maxresdefault.jpg H3VR Is Getting a Sequel. It Is Coming to Quest. I Need a Minute. Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades 2 was announced at the Creature Feature Showcase for Quest 3/3S and Steam. It is a full extraction shooter with procedurally generated environments and the best gun simulation in VR. This is not a port. Meta backed the development. I am losing it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/w-4xSUQHVno 2026-05-08T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/this-week-in-vr-2026-05-08 https://img.youtube.com/vi/fPFCUotNmww/maxresdefault.jpg This Week in VR: Smart Glasses Took Over, H3VR2 Stole the Show, and Developers Got New Tools The week of May 2-8, 2026 delivered one of the most packed news cycles in recent VR and XR history. Samsung Galaxy Glasses leaked, Apple revealed four smart glasses designs, IDC data showed glasses outselling headsets 3:1, H3VR2 was announced for Quest and Steam, and both Google and Meta shipped major developer tools. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fPFCUotNmww 2026-05-08T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/big-tech-quit-enterprise-xr-pico-vuzix-realwear-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/Btf4mN37OsU/maxresdefault.jpg Apple, Meta, and Microsoft Are All Out of Enterprise XR Hardware. The Vendors Picking Up the Slack Were Built for This Work. Apple just disbanded the Vision Pro team. Microsoft killed HoloLens. Meta shut down Horizon Workrooms. The vendors picking up enterprise XR contracts were built for this work all along. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Btf4mN37OsU 2026-05-08T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/android-xr-sdk-developer-preview-3-glasses-development https://img.youtube.com/vi/J0XcS1fv194/maxresdefault.jpg Google Just Opened Android XR Glasses Development to Everyone. Here Is What Developers Get. Android XR SDK Developer Preview 3 is live with the first official tools for building AI glasses apps. Jetpack Compose Glimmer handles UI for transparent displays. Jetpack Projected lets phones push XR experiences to glasses. A new AI Glasses emulator in Android Studio means you can test without hardware. https://www.youtube.com/embed/J0XcS1fv194 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/bosworth-quest-4-roadmap-learn-from-steam-frame-may-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/B9iCp1yVrgE/maxresdefault.jpg Meta CTO Pushes Back on the 'Quest 4 Is Dead' Story, Says the Company Will Learn from Steam Frame Andrew Bosworth used a sit-down with Alex Heath this week to confirm two new Meta headsets are still on the roadmap, and to acknowledge that Valve's Steam Frame is going to influence what comes next. https://www.youtube.com/embed/B9iCp1yVrgE 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/may-2026-vr-games-preview-what-to-play-this-month https://img.youtube.com/vi/KvoHjKtzbRw/maxresdefault.jpg Every VR Game Worth Watching in May 2026. Here Is What to Play This Month. May 2026 has a stacked lineup of VR releases across Quest, PSVR2, and PC VR. Spymaster brings time-bending espionage from the A Fisherman's Tale devs. Evil Inside VR rebuilds a horror classic for VR from the ground up. Roboquest VR finally adds co-op. Here is everything hitting headsets this month. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KvoHjKtzbRw 2026-05-06T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/meta-haptics-studio-sdk-open-source-mit-license-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/oafaIzdrj_Y/maxresdefault.jpg Meta Just Open-Sourced Its Haptics Stack Under MIT. The Best Tool for VR Touch Design Is Now Yours to Fork. Meta Haptics Studio and the Haptics SDK are now both on GitHub under the MIT license, with native Wwise support shipping alongside it. Open source XR tooling just took another big step forward. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oafaIzdrj_Y 2026-05-06T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/webgpu-baseline-2026-three-js-webxr-default https://img.youtube.com/vi/7we9mqIOKyw/maxresdefault.jpg WebGPU Just Hit Baseline in Every Major Browser. Three.js Is Already Shipping It and WebXR Is the Real Winner. WebGPU is now shipping by default in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari. Three.js made it production-ready with zero config. The 15-year WebGL era is over, and immersive web apps are the biggest beneficiary. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7we9mqIOKyw 2026-05-06T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/survios-shutdown-vr-pioneer-collapse-may-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/y_tKCSFnrsQ/maxresdefault.jpg Survios Just Got Wiped Out. I've Been Playing Their Games Since 2016 and This One Hurts. Survios, the studio behind Raw Data, Sprint Vector, Creed: Rise to Glory, and Alien: Rogue Incursion, has reportedly laid off the bulk of its development team. The Alien sequel is gone with them, and so is a chunk of VR's first generation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/y_tKCSFnrsQ 2026-05-05T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/smart-glasses-outselling-vr-headsets-xr-market-2025-data https://img.youtube.com/vi/fPFCUotNmww/maxresdefault.jpg Smart Glasses Are Now Outselling VR Headsets 3 to 1. The Numbers Tell the Whole Story. IDC data confirms what the industry already suspected: global XR shipments grew 44.4% in 2025, but smart glasses drove nearly all of that growth. VR and MR headsets actually declined 14% in the first half. Meta Quest shipments fell 42.3% year-over-year. The market has spoken, and it wants glasses. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fPFCUotNmww 2026-05-04T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/apple-smart-glasses-four-designs-2026-ai-first https://img.youtube.com/vi/PZQ7JyJkKEQ/maxresdefault.jpg Apple Is Testing Four Smart Glasses Designs. None of Them Have a Display. Bloomberg reports Apple is testing four distinct frame styles for AI smart glasses made from premium acetate, with a vertical oval camera system, hand gesture recognition, and deep Siri integration. No display. No AR overlays. An unveil at the iPhone 18 event in September looks likely, with sales starting in 2027. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PZQ7JyJkKEQ 2026-05-04T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/valve-steam-controller-sold-out-launch-day-may-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/a55UIaiTE-A/maxresdefault.jpg Valve's New Steam Controller Sold Out in Under an Hour. There Is No Restock Date Yet. Valve's $99 Steam Controller went on sale at 10 AM Pacific today and sold out before noon. No restock date, no Amazon listing, no retail partner to fall back on. Resellers are already listing units on eBay for double and triple the price. https://www.youtube.com/embed/a55UIaiTE-A 2026-05-04T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/steam-controller-sellout-demand-signal-steam-frame https://img.youtube.com/vi/OmKrKTwtukE/maxresdefault.jpg The Steam Controller Sellout Is the Most Useful Demand Signal We Have for Steam Frame The Steam Controller selling out in an hour is being read as a scarcity story. The more interesting reading is what it says about appetite for Valve hardware in 2026, and what that appetite means when the Steam Frame eventually opens preorders. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OmKrKTwtukE 2026-05-04T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/samsung-galaxy-glasses-leak-jinju-haean-one-ui-android-xr https://img.youtube.com/vi/LCIbGnKuHsM/maxresdefault.jpg Samsung Galaxy Glasses Just Leaked Through a Software Update. Here Is Everything We Know. Samsung accidentally revealed its Android XR smart glasses through a Nearby Device Scanning app update. Two models are in development: Jinju, a display-less AI-first pair at $379-$499, and Haean, a premium micro-LED display variant for 2027. A July Galaxy Unpacked unveil looks likely. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LCIbGnKuHsM 2026-05-04T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/niantic-peridot-mobile-sunset-ar-pivot-glasses https://img.youtube.com/vi/KFPaWNjZ9uY/maxresdefault.jpg Niantic Is Killing Its Flagship AR Mobile Game. That's the Loudest Signal Yet That the Phone Lost. Niantic Spatial is sunsetting Peridot, its flagship mobile AR pet game, after three years. The franchise lives on, but only on AR glasses. That tells you everything about where the platform is going. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KFPaWNjZ9uY 2026-05-04T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/gucci-warby-parker-google-fashion-ar-glasses-race https://img.youtube.com/vi/Vy4E4pJJfHs/maxresdefault.jpg Gucci, Warby Parker, and Gentle Monster Are All Making Google Smart Glasses. Fashion Just Entered the AR Race. Google is not building its own smart glasses this time. It is powering everyone else's. Gucci confirmed Android XR glasses for 2027. Warby Parker is targeting 2026 with $150 million in Google backing. Gentle Monster is in too. The strategy is clear: make AR glasses a fashion category, not a tech gadget. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Vy4E4pJJfHs 2026-05-03T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/original-steam-controller-2015-retrospective-2026-launch https://img.youtube.com/vi/MpJB7LTs5_s/maxresdefault.jpg I Bought the Original Steam Controller in 2015. Here's Why I'm Setting an Alarm for Monday. I owned the first Steam Controller for four years before Valve quietly discontinued it. The 2026 version corrects every mistake the original made, without abandoning the one weird idea that made it interesting in the first place. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MpJB7LTs5_s 2026-05-02T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/valve-steam-controller-launches-may-4-99-dollars https://img.youtube.com/vi/a55UIaiTE-A/maxresdefault.jpg Valve's Steam Controller Launches May 4 for $99. It Solved Stick Drift and Early Reviews Are Glowing. The new Steam Controller ships this Sunday. $99, Steam store exclusive, 35+ hour battery, TMR magnetic thumbsticks that eliminate stick drift, dual trackpads with haptics, 6-axis gyro, and Grip Sense. Reviews from early access units call it 'a massive improvement over the flawed original.' https://www.youtube.com/embed/a55UIaiTE-A 2026-05-01T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/google-io-2026-android-xr-biggest-ar-event-of-year https://img.youtube.com/vi/BhqFHAhP7LU/maxresdefault.jpg Google I/O Is in 18 Days. Android XR Is About to Have Its Biggest Moment Yet. Google I/O runs May 19-20 in Mountain View. Android XR is expected to dominate the keynote with new hardware partners, Gemini integration updates, and at least five devices launching this year. Here is everything to watch for. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BhqFHAhP7LU 2026-05-01T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/vision-pro-cataract-surgery-sightmd-enterprise-medical-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/IGlxIdH1SCc/maxresdefault.jpg Apple Killed the Vision Pro for Consumers. Surgeons Just Found What It's Actually For. On the same week Apple reportedly shelved Vision Pro development, a Long Island surgeon disclosed he has performed hundreds of cataract operations wearing one. The enterprise medical case for spatial computing is real, even if the consumer one isn't. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IGlxIdH1SCc 2026-05-01T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/pico-project-swan-4000-ppi-vision-pro-competitor-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/gXo2qzEEDgQ/maxresdefault.jpg Pico's Project Swan Has Better Specs Than Vision Pro at Potentially Half the Price ByteDance's Pico just detailed its next flagship headset. Project Swan features 4000 PPI micro-OLED displays, a dual-chip architecture, 270 grams, and a visionOS-style spatial operating system. It launches later this year. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gXo2qzEEDgQ 2026-04-30T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/memory-crisis-reshaping-vr-hardware-ai-dram-shortage-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/VBuw1rhTq2Q/maxresdefault.jpg AI Is Eating VR's Supply Chain. Every Headset Maker Is Feeling It. DRAM prices have surged over 200% since early 2025. Meta hiked Quest prices by up to $100. Sony cut PSVR2 production. HTC delayed the Vive XR Elite refresh. Valve cannot keep the Steam Deck OLED in stock. The common thread is AI data centers consuming the world's memory supply. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VBuw1rhTq2Q 2026-04-30T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/microsoft-flight-simulator-psvr2-biggest-vr-game-on-playstation https://img.youtube.com/vi/QMYWyPhoOSk/maxresdefault.jpg Flight Simulator on PSVR2 Is the Biggest Thing to Happen to PlayStation VR in a Year Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 just got free PSVR2 support with Sim Update 5. All 125 aircraft. Custom Sense controller interactions. Foveated rendering. This is the system seller PSVR2 needed. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QMYWyPhoOSk 2026-04-29T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/april-2026-vr-games-delivered-what-to-play https://img.youtube.com/vi/5U0lIaTOhqg/maxresdefault.jpg April Delivered. Here Are the VR Games Worth Your Time Right Now. Two weeks ago I said April might be the best month for VR games in years. The month is almost over. Here is what actually landed, what surprised me, and what you should be playing tonight. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5U0lIaTOhqg 2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/snap-fires-1000-protects-ar-glasses-activist-pressure https://img.youtube.com/vi/EgfHIbfIaO4/maxresdefault.jpg Snap Just Fired 1,000 People. The AR Glasses Team Got a Hiring Boost Instead. Snap cut 16% of its workforce and killed 300 open roles. But Specs, the AR glasses subsidiary that has burned $3.5 billion, is actually adding headcount. Activist investor Irenic Capital wanted Snap to shut Specs down entirely. Spiegel said no. https://www.youtube.com/embed/EgfHIbfIaO4 2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/one-more-delve-launch-solo-student-vr-dungeon-crawler https://img.youtube.com/vi/NDtClr-VjL0/maxresdefault.jpg One Student. Three-Player Co-Op. Real Physics. 'One More Delve' Just Embarrassed Half the Big-Studio VR Releases This Year. One More Delve hit Quest 3 and SteamVR yesterday. It is a physics-based three-player dungeon crawler shipped by a single student developer, and after a few hours with it, I am genuinely stunned at what one person pulled off. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NDtClr-VjL0 2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/samsung-galaxy-glasses-leak-android-xr-ray-ban-rival https://img.youtube.com/vi/ITXJquX9FqM/maxresdefault.jpg Samsung's Galaxy Glasses Just Leaked, and Ray-Ban Meta Finally Has a Real Android Rival The first marketing renders of Samsung's display-less Galaxy Glasses surfaced today. They run Android XR, weigh 50 grams, start at $379, and Meta should be paying attention. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ITXJquX9FqM 2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/steam-frame-verified-90fps-stricter-than-quest-pico https://img.youtube.com/vi/OmKrKTwtukE/maxresdefault.jpg Valve's Steam Frame Verified Label Requires 90 FPS. That's Stricter Than Quest and Pico. Valve revealed the technical requirements for the Steam Frame Verified badge at GDC 2026. Standalone VR games must hit 90 FPS. Meta and Pico accept 72Hz. For developers targeting a mobile chip, that gap is enormous. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OmKrKTwtukE 2026-04-25T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/valve-steam-machine-controller-store-pages-live-april-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/OmKrKTwtukE/maxresdefault.jpg Valve's Steam Machine and Steam Controller Store Pages Just Went Live. The Rollout Is Starting. Komodo Station, Valve's official Asian distributor, listed the Steam Machine, Steam Controller, and Steam Frame on its store this week. No prices yet, but the signal is clear: Valve is getting ready to ship. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OmKrKTwtukE 2026-04-25T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/tmnt-empire-city-vr-first-turtles-game-april-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vY1EenBOtHY/maxresdefault.jpg The First Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles VR Game Launches Next Week and I Am Not Okay Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City drops April 30 on Quest, Steam VR, and Pico. Four-player co-op, signature weapons, first-person turtle combat. This is the VR game I have been waiting for since I was eight years old. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vY1EenBOtHY 2026-04-24T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/apple-vision-pro-creator-mike-rockwell-considering-leaving https://img.youtube.com/vi/XVvUOjoiQN4/maxresdefault.jpg The Person Who Built Vision Pro Is Thinking About Walking Away From Apple Mike Rockwell, the Apple executive who created Vision Pro and now leads the Siri overhaul, has reportedly considered leaving the company. The story behind the story is about what happens when a flagship bet underperforms and the person who championed it gets reassigned. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XVvUOjoiQN4 2026-04-24T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/viture-beast-xr-glasses-review-april-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/vapEMtp7WZI/maxresdefault.jpg The VITURE Beast Ships Next Week at $549. Here's Why XR Glasses Are Quietly Winning. VITURE's Beast XR glasses pack a 174-inch display, switchable AR/VR modes, and Sony micro-OLED panels into an 88-gram frame for $549. They ship April 27 and work with everything from PS5 to Steam Deck. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vapEMtp7WZI 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/owlchemy-labs-dimensional-double-shift-sporelando https://img.youtube.com/vi/X5qyeFBFFPQ/maxresdefault.jpg The Job Simulator Studio Just Dropped a Swamp-Themed VR Expansion and It's Exactly as Weird as You'd Hope Owlchemy Labs launched Sporelando, a new Dimension Pack for Dimensional Double Shift, today on Quest and Android XR. Sentient mushrooms, golf carts with a pulse, and the best $4.99 you'll spend in VR this week. https://www.youtube.com/embed/X5qyeFBFFPQ 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/android-xr-galaxy-memory-leak-hotfix https://img.youtube.com/vi/vKxDa6c4-W0/maxresdefault.jpg Android XR's First Big Update Broke the Galaxy XR. Google Says the Fix Is Top Priority. The April Android XR update shipped auto-spatialization and a memory leak. Galaxy XR owners are rebooting every 30 minutes, and Google just confirmed the hotfix is top priority. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vKxDa6c4-W0 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/bigscreen-beyond-2-review-107g-pcvr https://img.youtube.com/vi/OSoaen6yzVM/maxresdefault.jpg Bigscreen Beyond 2 Is a 107-Gram Argument That PC VR Is Not Dead Bigscreen Beyond 2 weighs 107 grams, pushes 2560x2560 per eye through micro-OLED panels, adds eye tracking, and costs $1019. In a market that has mostly given up on enthusiast PC VR, that spec sheet is a statement. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OSoaen6yzVM 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/godot-46-xr-engine-meta-funding https://img.youtube.com/vi/uh6bFdpnqVc/maxresdefault.jpg Godot 4.6 Is Quietly Becoming the Best Open Source XR Engine, and Meta Is Helping Pay for It Godot 4.6 ships with OpenXR 1.1, frame synthesis, a universal APK for every OpenXR headset, and full Spatial Entities support. Meta has been funding the maintainers. Indie XR devs should be paying attention. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uh6bFdpnqVc 2026-04-22T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/forefront-32-player-vr-combat-april-23 https://img.youtube.com/vi/e4Rxtib6lHE/maxresdefault.jpg 32-Player VR Combat Finally Ships This Week. I Have Questions. Forefront hits 1.0 on Quest, SteamVR, and Pico this Thursday with 32-player lobbies, cross-platform progression, and vehicles on land, sea, and air. I have been burned before, but this one actually looks like the thing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/e4Rxtib6lHE 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/rokid-glasses-open-ai-ecosystem-beats-meta-display https://img.youtube.com/vi/aVBupCoK0xY/maxresdefault.jpg Rokid's 49-Gram Glasses Are Outselling Meta's Display Category. The Open AI Playbook Is Why. Rokid's 49-gram AR glasses just took the global lead in display AI smart glasses sales, and a March software update put Gemini on the product before Google's own glasses have even shipped. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aVBupCoK0xY 2026-04-20T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/into-the-radius-2-full-release-april-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/HCgrQfJF5dI/maxresdefault.jpg Into the Radius 2 Leaves Early Access on Wednesday. If You Like Survival Shooters, Pay Attention. CM Games' Stalker-inspired VR survival shooter hits 1.0 on April 23 with a full story campaign, new weapons, night vision goggles, and 4-player co-op on the way. This is one of the best hardcore VR games most people have never heard of. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HCgrQfJF5dI 2026-04-18T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/little-nightmares-vr-altered-echoes-april-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/EFZy_mVsPqo/maxresdefault.jpg Little Nightmares in VR Sounds Terrifying. I Cannot Wait. Bandai Namco and Iconik are bringing Little Nightmares to VR on April 24 with Altered Echoes. You play as Dark Six in first person across Quest, PSVR2, and SteamVR. This is the kind of franchise that was always meant for a headset. https://www.youtube.com/embed/EFZy_mVsPqo 2026-04-18T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/meta-ray-ban-blayzer-scriber-prescription-smart-glasses https://img.youtube.com/vi/1R4p_8v2LL0/maxresdefault.jpg Meta Just Solved Smart Glasses' Biggest Problem. The Ray-Ban Blayzer and Scriber Ship With Prescriptions Built In. Meta launched two new Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses designed from the ground up for prescription wearers. The Blayzer Optics and Scriber Optics start at $499, ship to optical retailers, and come with AI nutrition tracking and neural handwriting input. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1R4p_8v2LL0 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/ai-agents-webxr-development-meta-iwsdk-google-vibe-coding https://img.youtube.com/vi/nknCzIxHHzw/maxresdefault.jpg AI Agents Can Now Build, Test, and Debug WebXR Apps Without You Meta's Immersive Web SDK now ships with AI-assisted tooling that lets agents write, test, and debug full VR experiences autonomously, while Google's Vibe Coding XR turns plain-English prompts into WebXR apps in under a minute. The barrier to building for VR has never been lower. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nknCzIxHHzw 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/project-hail-mary-vr-game-andy-weir https://img.youtube.com/vi/Uqs2XKQHnQk/maxresdefault.jpg Project Hail Mary is Getting a VR Game, and Andy Weir Wrote a New Story for It Maze Theory is bringing Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary to VR with an original story written by Weir himself. You play as Ryland Grace during an untold chapter of the Hail Mary mission, cooperating with Rocky in mixed reality. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Uqs2XKQHnQk 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/android-xr-auto-spatialization-2d-to-3d https://img.youtube.com/vi/UJRzIAc_agw/maxresdefault.jpg Google Just Made Every 2D App Work in 3D. Here's How Android XR Auto-Spatialization Changes Everything. Google's April Android XR update introduces auto-spatialization, converting any 2D app into a 3D spatial experience with one button press. Combined with Android Enterprise support and five years of guaranteed updates, this is Google's clearest signal yet that spatial computing is ready for mainstream adoption. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UJRzIAc_agw 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/niantic-spatial-3d-mapping-platform-vps https://img.youtube.com/vi/fUnbASMz4BM/maxresdefault.jpg The Company Behind Pokemon GO Just Launched the Infrastructure Layer for AR Niantic Spatial launched Scaniverse and VPS 2.0, a 3D mapping platform built on 30 billion images collected through Pokemon GO. The technology enables centimeter-accurate positioning anywhere GPS fails, targeting enterprise AR, robotics, and autonomous navigation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fUnbASMz4BM 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/meta-unity-partnership-extension-vr-development https://img.youtube.com/vi/dwj8fAwxXsw/maxresdefault.jpg Meta and Unity Just Extended Their VR Partnership. Here's What It Means for Developers. Meta and Unity have extended their multi-year partnership to deepen VR development tools for Quest. With Unity powering over 60% of VR content, the deal reinforces the engine's dominance and gives developers stability at a time when the industry needs it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dwj8fAwxXsw 2026-04-14T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/valve-steam-frame-update-april-2026 https://img.youtube.com/vi/M6xoyUxheg4/maxresdefault.jpg Steam Frame Is Still Coming. Here's Everything New Since the Announcement. Valve's standalone VR headset is still on track for 2026 despite component delays. GDC brought new details on verification standards, and the spec sheet keeps looking better the more we learn. https://www.youtube.com/embed/M6xoyUxheg4 2026-04-14T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/enterprise-vr-training-219-percent-roi https://img.youtube.com/vi/xTvTv5CU8XE/maxresdefault.jpg Enterprise VR Training Now Returns 219% ROI. The Business Case Is Over. A Forrester study commissioned by Meta shows enterprise VR training delivers 219% ROI with payback in under six months. With 91% of enterprises now using or planning VR training, the question is no longer whether it works but how fast companies can deploy it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xTvTv5CU8XE 2026-04-14T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/vr-fitness-reality-check-beat-saber-supernatural https://img.youtube.com/vi/gV1sw4lfwFw/maxresdefault.jpg I Tried to Replace the Gym With VR. Here's What Actually Happened. Meta spent $400 million on Supernatural and then abandoned it. Beat Saber burns as many calories as tennis. VR fitness works, but not the way anyone predicted. A personal look at what stuck, what failed, and what the science actually says. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gV1sw4lfwFw 2026-04-14T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/april-2026-vr-games-stacked https://img.youtube.com/vi/QQhvyFRlYcs/maxresdefault.jpg April 2026 Might Be the Best Month for VR Games in Years From a 32-player Battlefield-style shooter to a Stalker-inspired survival epic to Little Nightmares in VR, April 2026 is delivering one of the most stacked release months VR gaming has ever seen. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QQhvyFRlYcs 2026-04-14T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/webxr-adoption-surge-2026-browsers-vs-apps https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ecof8sUQZYg/maxresdefault.jpg WebXR Adoption Just Jumped 40%. The Browser is Coming for Native Apps. WebXR adoption surged 40% in 2026 as browser-based immersive experiences eliminate the friction of app store downloads. With Safari, Chrome, and Quest Browser all supporting the standard, the browser might be the most important XR platform nobody talks about. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ecof8sUQZYg 2026-04-13T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/cyberpunk-2077-location-based-vr https://img.youtube.com/vi/UnA7tepsc7s/maxresdefault.jpg You Can Walk Through Night City in VR This Year Zero Latency and CD Projekt Red are bringing Cyberpunk 2077 to free-roam, location-based VR venues worldwide. Walk through Night City with your friends, physically. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UnA7tepsc7s 2026-04-04T00:00:00.000Z yes no https://vr.org/articles/vr-games-showcase-march-2026-biggest-reveals https://img.youtube.com/vi/u5xivpwPKE8/maxresdefault.jpg The VR Games Showcase Just Dropped Nearly Two Dozen Reveals. Here Are the Ones That Matter. Payday in VR, The Boys in VR, a new open-world flying game, and a pile of release dates. The March 2026 VR Games Showcase was stacked. Here's what stood out. https://www.youtube.com/embed/u5xivpwPKE8 2026-03-30T00:00:00.000Z yes no