NewSamsung Galaxy XR
$1,799Google and Samsung's flagship Android XR headset, with eye tracking, hand tracking, and Gemini-powered spatial AI.
XR / Extended Reality
Extended reality encompasses VR, AR, and everything in between. Platform launches, industry analysis, developer ecosystems, and the convergence of immersive technologies. Android XR, WebXR, mixed reality headsets, and cross-platform frameworks all fall under this umbrella.
Most Popular XR Headsets & GlassesFull headset buyer's guide →
- 1Samsung Galaxy XRAndroid XR flagship
- 2Apple Vision ProPremium spatial
- 3Meta Quest 3Best all-around
- 4HTC Vive XR EliteCompact hybrid
- 5Snap SpecsTrue AR glasses
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PremiumApple Vision Pro (M5)
$3,499The most advanced spatial computer, now faster with the M5 chip and the visionOS ecosystem.
Editor's PickMeta Quest 3 (512GB)
$599The standalone mixed reality headset most people should buy. Great passthrough and the deepest content library.
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VR.org OriginalxrBy Jordan Kuo
A Spotify Teardown Just Showed Us How Apps Will Actually Work on Android XR Glasses.
Code found inside a recent Spotify build reveals a deep Gemini integration built specifically for Android XR smart glasses, including music chosen from what the camera sees. The features are interesting. The architecture underneath them is the real story.
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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 OriginalgamingBy Evan Marcus
A Tomb Raider VR Game Existed. We Only Found Out Because It Leaked.
A leaked archive reveals Vertigo Games spent over a year building a Tomb Raider VR title for Quest 3, PSVR2, and PC before it was cancelled in January. It reportedly passed its vertical slice. That is the part that hurts.
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VR.org OriginalsoftwareBy Nina Castillo
Godot 4.7 Quietly Became the Most Complete Open-Source XR Engine Yet. Steam Frame and Android XR Are Now First-Class Targets.
Godot 4.7 ships production-ready support for Valve's Steam Frame and Android XR, subsampled foveated rendering that finally saves memory, simplified action maps, and a stable Android build environment. The free engine's XR story just got hard to ignore.
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VR.org OriginalgamingBy Evan Marcus
H3VR Just Left Early Access After 10 Years. This Is What Dedication Looks Like in VR.
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades hit its 1.0 release over the weekend, a full decade after entering Early Access. As someone who has watched this game grow the entire time, I need to talk about what it represents.
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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 Jordan Kuo
Mixed Reality's Biggest Limitation Is That It Is Lonely. VirtualGo Is Building the Fix.
Mixed reality's best trick, turning your real room into the game, has always been a solo experience. VirtualGo is building a system that lets remote friends join your scanned space as VR players, and the idea is bigger than the horror game it started in.
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VR.org OriginalgamingBy Evan Marcus
One Headset, a Full House: The VR Games to Play With Your Family This Fourth of July
It is the Fourth of July, the family is over, and there is a VR headset in the house. Here is how to turn that into the highlight of the gathering, with the games that work when you have one headset and a room full of people who have never tried VR.
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