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In XR News What’s the story? Dark Slope, a studio specializing in virtual production, animation and real-time filmmaking, is opening a new virtual production stage at North Shore Studios in ......

Jensen Huang resigns as the memes fly and the AI world shakes. Meanwhile, Android XR's Intelligent Eyewear finally sees the light of day, and Xreal Aura ships. We have these and other items from AI...

TL;DR Google’s been getting ready to introduce a new “Hey Gemini” wake word for years, and it’s now arriving with Intelligent Eyewear. The smart glasses will support “Hey Gemini” in addition to the...

Gesture controls will allow existing wearable owners to manipulate the company's 'intelligent eyewear' without touching them or using their voice.

When Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars was announced in April, I was pretty stoked.I own a signed copy of The Martian, and I'd breezed through the Project Hail Mary novel in just a few days....

Google is finally getting serious about smart glasses, and this week the first Intelligent Eyewear collections go up for pre-order thanks to a collaboration involving Gentle Monster, Warby Parker,...

Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades 2 retains all the irreverent charm and quirkiness of its predecessor and, for the right player, justifies its hefty (for VR) price tag.I mention the price tag...

Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades 2 is here, bringing a heaping dose of the shooting range fun and gun realism you’re used to from the original. Now you can also take on an extraction-based...

Google’s first collection of Intelligent Eyewear has arrived and, oh boy, the prices are not cheap. While this first batch starts at $395, you’ll be paying a fair bit more for a pair of Android XR...

Android XR glasses get their own control wearable, but you might already own it. Google says the Fitbit Air and Pixel Watch will be able to control Android XR glasses. more…

Google's Gemini-powered smart glasses are here.On Thursday morning, Google lifted the veil off the specs it announced in collaboration with Samsung over the summer. The glasses, which come in several...

Meta says in-app purchases have now surpassed paid app sales as the largest source of revenue on Quest's Meta Horizon store.This statistic is for overall revenue from January 2026 to September 2026....

As rumors of Apple Glass smart glasses persist, preorders are now live for Google's iPhone-supporting Intelligent Eyewear collection, with prices starting at around the same price as an Apple...

From the makers of Augmented World Expo – the XR world's defining trade show – comes Physical AI World. Co-located with AWE in Long Beach, June 14- 17, it's all about AI's opportunity as it breaks...

Google is finally introducing a “Hey Gemini” hotword for its AI assistant, but it’s only on Android XR glasses to start. more…

Google’s Intelligent Eyewear push with the first Android XR glasses from Warby Parker and Gentle Monster are forced into an unfortunate uphill battle. The “perv glasses” stigma is very real because,...

Google today announced Android XR audio glasses called Intelligent Eyewear that notably support iOS with Made for iPhone certification. more…

While I acknowledge Meta’s role in bringing smart glasses to a mainstream audience, it has proven to be an irresponsible steward. Its “growth at all costs” mindset has actively poisoned people’s...

TL;DR Samsung and Google’s Intelligent Eyewear supports select Galaxy, Pixel, and iPhone models at launch. Motorola, OnePlus, Xiaomi, OPPO, HONOR, and other Android brands are missing from the...

TL;DR Samsung’s Intelligent Eyewear, made in collaboration with Google, is finally ready for pre-ordering. These smart glasses, powered by Android XR, are made by luxury eyewear manufacturers Gentle...

Over 12 years after the consumer misfire of Google Glass, Google is officially back in the smart eyewear game. The breakout success of Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses proved people will wear...

Yes, it's a bit attention-seeking, but some of these policies are genuinely good.

Google's first run of intelligent eyewear has a lot to offer.

After years of development, Google is launching its second foray into smart glasses with Intelligent Eyewear that supports Android and iOS. Pre-orders start today at Gentle Monster and Warby Parker,...

Eyewear giants Gentle Monster and Warby Parker are set to launch their first Android XR smart glasses next month, built in collaboration with Samsung and Google. Pre-orders are now open for both...

All available 3D movies are included with your Disney+ subscription and come with extras you can only experience in VR. more…

Meta's director of games says in-app purchases passed premium app sales as the Meta Store's largest revenue source from January to September 2026, and that each of the top 50 apps earned over $1 million after store fees.

Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades 2 launched today on Quest 3 and 3S at $39.99, with the PC VR version due in the second half of 2027. Anton Hand calls it a pseudo-live service: free gun and Facility updates, paid DLC for modes and licensed content.

Warby Parker frames start at $395 and Gentle Monster's run $449 to $489, both on general sale December 10. The companion app supports only Pixel 7 and later, Galaxy S and Z phones, and iPhones with 6GB of RAM.

Entering Formula 1® Racing takes you behind the scenes of the team’s journey to its F1 debut. Now available for free on the Fovii app, this approximately 13 minute immersive sports documentary is...

Apple's long-rumored smart glasses and AirPods with cameras are still on the way, according to one Chinese supplier's earnings report.Apple wants thin and light smart glasses.While companies tend to...

‘Siege of Heaven’ was a DLC for VR bowshooter In Death: Unchained (2020), but starting today, it’s getting its own game. Called In Death: Siege of Heaven, the single-player game essentially replaces...

Somnium Space, the adult-only social VR platform, was delisted from Steam during Valve’s crypto games purge in 2021. Now, the platform is slated to return to Steam next month. We first learned that...

Snap has validated a consumer market for paid AR experiences. The Lens+ subscription gives consumers access to premium AR experiences, and it has gradually ratcheted up in user traction and revenue....

In XR News What’s the story? Google announces Genie 4, a world model for real-time interactive simulation where users can set an event in motion and Genie 4 simulates what ... continue reading Source

Somnium Space has a Steam page again, five years after Valve's crypto rules took it off the store, with a free Early Access release listed for December. Its own documentation marks the Stripe-powered Tip Jar as not available on Steam.

Fast Travel Games says every future PAYDAY: Aces High heist will be free, with the first one, Coup De Grâce, dated December 14. The $24.99 game also shipped with five paid store items at $2.99 each.

Superbright spun In Death: Unchained's free wave defense mode out into an $11.99 Quest app with Mobile HDR, 90Hz and a reset leaderboard. The DLC stays free inside the old game. The studio says almost nobody on Quest knew the mode was there.

I’ve been super busy the past week because of two small projects I’m delivering (I’ll probably tell you more about them in the upcoming weeks). Plus, I’ve also written a new guest post about the...

Years after being retired from the platform, Somnium Space is returning to Steam in December. Somnium Space, which was originally built around cryptocurrency and the buying and selling of virtual...

Screens, the remote desktop app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro, is adding two highly-requested features. Version 5.10 introduces remote Mac audio and automatic desktop resizing through...

Meta may soon rebrand Horizon+, its VR game subscription service for Quest, to ‘Meta VR+’, as the company appears to be bundling a number of 3D films to better appeal to Meta VR Glasses owners....

A limited selection of 3D movies has begun appearing in the TV app on Quest headsets, and datamining suggests that 3D movies may become a benefit of the Meta Horizon+ subscription service.At Meta...

To celebrate its 60th birthday and new confetti cake cookie, Chips Ahoy looked to AR marketing. Its TikTok Branded Effect let users catch falling cookies on a virtual plate by moving their heads back...

A new update released for the Disney+ app on Quest 3 and 3S brings 3D content and immersive environments to Meta's headsets.The update adds 60 3D movies, including films from the Marvel and Star Wars...

Chinese outlet VRAR World says Pico Space Pro launches December 2, a date Pico has not confirmed. US reseller Knoxlabs took its $2,899 listing offline at Pico's request and now says the release is targeted for December.

IMAX's own release on November 10 confirms the certification Meta announced in September and adds an IMAX app with a virtual theater for the glasses' spring 2027 debut. It names no films, no streaming partner for VR and no price.

SteamOS 0.5.8, a Steam Frame beta posted November 6, lets streamed PC VR games blend in camera passthrough through OpenXR's alpha blend mode. It is the first of the Frame's 15 update posts to mention passthrough. What changed, and how to try it.

TheFreeMike's free F.E.A.R. VR mod is on its 24th release, with slow-mo on a wrist meter, weapon-by-weapon reloads and the slide kick on a stick flick. It needs your own Steam or GOG copy. Here is how to install it safely.

In a couple of days, MatchXR, one of the most important XR-related events in the Nordics, will take place in Helsinki. You know how much I love going to Finland, and I’ve always enjoyed going to...

The developers of Payday: Aces High have unveiled a roadmap, pushed an update to add a "Restart Heist" and "Abandon Heist" option, and announced that all future heists will be released for free....

In the inaugural episode of VR Spotlight, UploadVR spoke with Bit Planet Games CEO Christopher Stockman about the studio's twelve-year journey in virtual reality, the newly launched Quest 3 remasters...

Meta Horizon+ is rumored to be changing its name to Meta VR+ and may start including movies in addition to games with the subscription price. more…

Home services is a massive category of the local economy that can benefit from the guided-workflow advantages that industrial enterprises have validated. Is the rise of AI glasses well-timed to cover...

South Korean eyewear giant Gentle Monster announced its long-awaited Android XR smart glasses are on their way this December, which are built in collaboration with Samsung and Google. And Joaquin...

Talemann's Dead Space VR puts the 2008 original in a PC VR headset, with stasis in your palm, an inventory on your wrist and three builds in three days. It is free and needs your own Steam or GOG copy. The installer is unsigned.

Gentle Monster's teaser for a Jonathan Glazer short film carries the first launch month anyone selling Samsung's Android XR glasses has stated, and its storefront carries the same November 12 preorder date Warby Parker's earnings release let slip. Google and Samsung have confirmed neither.

Metro Exodus VR's first public beta puts the main campaign in a PC VR headset, with manual reloads and your gear on your body. It needs the Steam Standard Edition. Here is what it runs and how to install it.

A leaked Meta screen labels a row of 3D films "Meta VR Plus," with titles from Disney, Sony and Amazon MGM. Meta has confirmed nothing, and Horizon+ still costs $7.99 a month.

Fabula Rasa, the award-winning interactive medieval VR experience from veteran developer Arvore Immersive, comes to Quest on December 3. Arvore is best known for the Pixel Ripped trilogy and also...

Arvore's improv game puts you in a cage and has you talk nine AI-driven townsfolk out of feeding you to a monster. It now reaches Quest on December 3, and the store listing says it needs an internet connection.

VR StrideS launched on Steam on November 5, a $12.99 PC app that turns jogging in place into stick movement in Half-Life: Alyx, Blade & Sorcery and VRChat. Smooth movement makes me queasy and I teleport everywhere, so I went looking for whether it can help.

Following a pre-order date announcement earlier this week, Google’s other Android XR launch partner has now confirmed a December release date for this first batch of glasses. more…

AI Stocks fall precipitously following the midterm elections, while the Android XR-powered Xreal Aura officially arrives on the market. We have these and other items from AI and XR realms through the...

Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses attempt to curb the controversy by removing the cameras, and while they’re still an excellent product, the price makes them harder to recommend. more…

PAYDAY finally got its first VR-native entry into the storied franchise. While it’s not the royal flush I was hoping for, it certainly wasn’t offsuit seven-deuces either. Developer: Fast Travel...

Meta gave the Quest 2 a final update and a long goodbye, while PS VR2 quietly vanished from Sony's US store with no statement. PAYDAY: Aces High launched to split reviews, a UK minister floated limiting who can buy smart glasses, and VRChat turned down an AI content label that 95 percent of surveyed users wanted.

Two Varjo releases dated October 29 land in the same place: a counter-UAS training pilot with the Finnish Defence Forces Innovation Unit, and a move of all XR-4 Series assembly to the company's own Espoo plant from January 2027. Neither release discloses a budget or a production volume.

Jesse Schell confirmed the studio cut about 40% of its staff in a LinkedIn post on October 31, ten weeks after the first layoffs in its history. No official headcount has been published; press estimates put the remaining team near 75.

Warby Parker's third-quarter release, filed with the SEC on November 5, says preorders for its first Intelligent Eyewear collection, the Samsung-built Android XR audio glasses, open November 12 with delivery during the holiday season. It names no price, countries or ship date, and Samsung has not announced preorders itself.