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Following its Early Access release on Quest in September, co-op space exploration adventure Sol Protocol comes to PC VR on November 11 with crossplay support. A demo is available this week as part of...

The new independent version of VR fitness app Supernatural launched in Early Access on Meta Quest.The team of 15 people behind the re-launch of Supernatural includes all of the fitness coaches who...

Supernatural, the VR fitness app, has launched—or rather, re-launched—into early access on Quest today following a spin-out from Meta earlier this summer. Supernatural is a subscription-based fitness...

It's in early access and subscriptions cost $20 per month or $200 each year.

Supernatural made a name for itself as the de facto workout app through the COVID era and beyond, and is coming back from the grave as an independent app, starting today. more…

Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Gran Turismo 3 has been unofficially ported to Android, Linux, MacOS, Windows, and Meta Quest devices. This recompiled game offers a variety of options...

Gears of War: E-Day (2026) has only been out for a little over two weeks now, and there’s already a PC VR mod in the works to get you up close and personal with the Locust Horde. A free mod being...

Traffix XR: Cities of Tomorrow is a roadway management puzzler in mixed and virtual reality that's equal parts relaxing and confounding. I love puzzle games, especially in VR, where the ability to...

PlayStation VR2 players won't have to wait too much longer for Zero Caliber 2. XReal Games announced a November 5 release date with enhancements to take advantage of the features of Sony's headset.As...

Embark on a new adventure with PlayStation Store’s latest promotion, Planet of the Deals, which is live now. Players can browse hundreds of PS5 and PS4 games featured in the deals and which are...

Meta has been behaving differently – from its product reveals to its stage setup, to body language and Zuckerberg’s custom T-shirts. Nothing is accidental, and the story that Meta is trying to tell...

Snap announced that actor and producer Robert Downey Jr. will work alongside the company’s augmented reality team to develop original content, Lens experiences, hardware collaborations, and more for...

Samsung and Google, along with partners Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, have a problem with the upcoming Android XR smart glasses — or ‘intelligent eyewear’ as they’re often called. It’s not about...

A modder called rockonthehill showed an early build of a free PC VR mod for Gears of War: E-Day on October 18, with full-body IK, manual reloads and a lever-started Lancer chainsaw across the whole campaign. There is no download yet, the Xbox app version is untested, and the Steam build runs Easy Anti-Cheat.

Meta's VR Layout SDK, out since Connect on September 24, lets Jetpack Compose and React Native apps open spatial windows beside their main one and fall back cleanly on phones. Its Gaze SDK sibling is early access only: Meta says Horizon Store submissions that bundle it will be rejected until a stable release.

Supernatural's independent version opened in Early Access on October 21 at $20 a month or $200 a year, on Quest 2, 3, 3S and Pro in the US and Canada. Imported points and start dates show up right away; streaks, favorites, badges and workout history follow over the coming weeks, and transfers close December 3.

In my last newsletter, I mentioned to you the Alibaba N1 Pro smartglasses that have just been launched in China. I think these glasses have a couple of features that deserve more attention than a...

Payday’s first full-VR game is on the cusp of release, but you don’t have to wait! Join the playtest now and get exclusive rewards when the full game releases on November 5. more…

Co-op exo suit-fueled action-adventure Titan Isles has added a fifth suit in its latest update. This is the first new suit since the game launched in 2025.Titan Isles launched in September 2025 with...

During Meta Connect 2026, Meta announced several new SDKs and features designed to enhance spatial apps. These announcements come as the company expands its focus on broader computing use cases ahead...

It was just a few days ago that I was unboxing the new ASUS ROG XBOX Ally X20, which went on sale just five days ago on October 15th, and now both the handheld ($1,299) and the $2,499 bundle...

In Robotics and XR News October 20, 2026 – Skyworth XR, a manufacturer of virtual reality (VR) and extended reality (XR) hardware, has today announced that it will exhibit its ... continue reading...

Snap Specs are available for pre-order now, and actor Robert Downey Jr. is joining the team after he said he “was absolutely sold on Specs within 40 seconds.” more…

Sony sold over 400 XR patents to Meta, which is bad news for the future of VR gaming on PlayStation. It will become a problem for Apple Vision Pro gamers.PS VR2 controllers with an Apple Vision...

I made a Steam Frame screensaver from r/SteamFrameAs a PlayStation VR2 player previously, I've been admiring the wireless ways of Valve's Stream Frame from afar ever since it launched back in...

Steam Next Fest is live, going from now until October 26th and serving up gads of PC VR demos to play. We’ve counted 42 VR game demos currently available for download, and among the bunch are a...

What's the spatial computing revenue outlook? And how does that break down by subsegments from VR to AI glasses? Our latest Behind the Numbers installment highlights original market-sizing data from...

Popular graphics post-processing injector software ReShade, commonly used to mod DLSS 5 into unsupported games, now has a foveated imaging add-on, including another standalone project that doesn't...

OpenXR is an open, royalty-free standard which provides a single, unified interface for developing VR and AR applications. Most XR platforms support it—excluding Apple, which uses its own APIs for...

Fast Travel Games dated PAYDAY: Aces High for November 5 on Meta Quest, SteamVR and Steam Frame at $24.99. Its final playtest runs through October 26: on Steam it is the free Next Fest demo, and on Quest 3 and 3S it is an open playtest build.

XR_EXT_spatial_container and its self-rendering companion give OpenXR a bounded window mode the system positions for you. Khronos announced them on October 19, but both landed in the 1.1.63 spec on September 1.

With spooky season upon us, we've rounded up a selection of Halloween-themed updates for games you may already have in your catalog.This is another in our series of spooky season articles this month....

The first release candidates for iOS 27.2, iPadOS 27.2, visionOS 27.2, watchOS 27.2, tvOS 27.2, and macOS 27.2 have arrived for testing.iOS 27 on an iPhoneThe first release candidates for iOS 27.2,...

Co-op heist shooter Payday: Aces High launches November 5 for Quest and PC VR. A limited-time playtest demo is available on both platforms until October 26.Developer Fast Travel Games confirmed the...

The final Steam Next Fest of 2026 has kicked off and we've got the full list of new PC VR demos right here. The event runs through October 26.Next Fest is a chance for players to go hands-on with...

PAYDAY: Aces High, the VR game set in the Payday universe, is officially set to launch across Quest, PC VR headsets, and Steam Frame next month. Payday: Aces High is an upcoming VR co-op heist game...

Gears of War: E-Day has come and gone, and the game appears to have been a success. At least, that’s what the reports suggest, and ot’s hard to deny that people are genuinely enjoying it.Critics and...

It hasn’t been a bad week for AR/VR in general, and in this roundup you’ll find something interesting to read about. But the online debate has been, as usual, mostly about AI. Especially because Tim...

XR has proven useful for industrial training, assembly, and maintenance, yet adoption remains limited. Can AI breathe new life into the technology by finally fulfilling the promise of intelligent and...

Virtuix's October 13 release made it an official Meta reseller and repeated a 3X orders figure it first published in September. Orders are not revenue: its last 10-Q put quarterly Omni One sales at $522,391, and the first full quarter of the Quest version reports by November 16.

XREAL's 1 Pro+ raises peak brightness from 700 nits to 1,200 and keeps the X1 chip, the 57 degree field of view and the 1080p panels at the same $599. The company's own release calls it a wearable display, and everything platform-shaped in the lineup still sits one rung up in AURA.

Solo-developed arcade toy car racer Loony Laps is coming to Quest on December 15. Created by solo developer Paulo Cunha, Loony Laps is an upcoming toy car racing game that brings the magic of...

Good Morning [Employee Name] VR is an upcoming psychological job sim set in an unsettling office space. Shababeek Labs, a small game studio based in Abu Dhabi, recently announced their upcoming VR...

As an official Meta reseller, Virtuix now offers bundles which pair their Omni One full-body VR system with a Quest 3 or 3S headset.The collaboration between Virtuix and Meta expands on the...

Sci-fi cooperative extraction shooter Drifters: Blackout Crew has dropped its PC VR demo in anticipation of next week's Steam Next Fest.Blackout Crew is the latest project from Salmi Games (Sweet...

Fabula Rasa, the award-winning interactive medieval VR experience from veteran developer Arvore Immersive, comes to Quest on November 12. Arvore is best known for the Pixel Ripped trilogy and also...

Flat2VR has announced a free update for I Am Your Beast VR, Support Group, that adds an epilogue story expansion to the revenge thriller FPS with nine brand new levels. The new levels are played from...

In Virtual Reality News What’s the story? Sandbox VR will open its 100th location, and its first in New York City, on October 23 at 777 7th Avenue in Times ... continue reading Source

Real VR Fishing's October update lets Quest 3 and 3S owners scan a room, choose which parts flood, and keep the TV in view. The game also runs on Galaxy XR and Steam, and the developer says the mode is Quest only for now.

Valve stopped making the Index this week. Mine has been on my desk since the 2020 Alyx rush and still works. Valve is now building a Steam Frame strap with BMR drivers to match the Index's speakers, and the Frame's optional hand straps copy the Index design.

Sandbox VR calls its first New York venue its 100th, and the headline act is Deadwood Origins, from a zombie series whose first three games sold 2.66 million of the company's 6 million-plus tickets. The release says it opens October 23. Sandbox VR's own site now says October 30.

In Augmented Reality News What’s the story? XREAL launches XREAL 1 Pro+, an updated version of its One Pro augmented reality glasses with a display reaching up to 1,200 nits, ... continue reading...

I expected something a bit different when I first booted up Convrgence for the first time; for a game selling itself as an extraction shooter, with vibes bringing to mind S.T.A.L.K.E.R., I expected a...

This year's free annual spooky update for Synth Riders brings Apashe's Lord & Master, a dark, cinematic track built for the Halloween season. In addition to the new song, the spooky update also...

Supernatural announced it will soon be launching with new features in Early Access on the Quest store, as the newly independent team of 15 people continue to build out the full experience. According...

Spymaster, the latest project from A Fisherman's Tale developer Innerspace, leaves Early Access after five months with the full release adding four new missions to conclude the story campaign. We...

Payne's Valley, the first public course designed by world-famous golfer Tiger Woods, is the latest addition to the GOLF+ catalog. The recently added Immersive Putting mode will also be spun off to...

Xreal launches 1 Pro+ with brighter displays, while XR bids to accelerate world models, and once-high-flying Character.ai shuts down. We have these and other items from AI and XR worlds through the...

Valve put the last Index headsets on sale at $399.20 without the parts that make one work, gave Steam Frame reservations a by December or 2027 answer, published the Frame's port pinout and left a 3,552 by 3,840 panel in its kernel code. Meta called its glasses recording bug resolved, Supernatural changed its answer on Favorites, and Ultimechs goes offline Tuesday.

Meta says the Ray-Ban Meta bug that saved conversations without a wake word is resolved and points owners to their voice logs. Its own AI Glasses Voice Privacy Notice lets UK, Irish and German owners switch voice storage off. The US version stores recordings by default, unintended ones included.

The third Steam Next Fest of 2026 kicks off on October 19 with multiple PC VR demos already popping up on Steam. Read on for a list of the ones that stood out to us.We will have a full list of every...

From the director of The House of the Devil, X, Pearl, MaXXXine, Apple Immersive’s first horror film, Remnants, is available in the Apple TV app starting at 6pm PT today.The approximately 24-minute...

Valve's kernel source describes a 3,552 by 3,840 per-eye panel codenamed Plano. The one mode switched on sends 1,776 by 1,920 and lets the panel scale it up, fewer pixels than the LCD Steam Frame on sale now. Full resolution needs an overclocked display link, and 120Hz is marked as not working.

Remnants, written and directed by Ti West, arrives Friday in the Apple TV app on Vision Pro, at 27 minutes and rated PG-13. It is Apple's first horror film in Apple Immersive Video, and it lands eight weeks after Bloomberg reported that Apple was shrinking the team that makes those films.

Valve's Index page is now headed “Valve Index Sunset.” The headset is $399.20, down from $499, and the only other items left are a left controller and a tether. No base stations, no right controller, no full kit.

SideQuest 1.4.0 added x86_64 and aarch64 Flatpak builds and dropped the USB cable from Quest setup. It shipped on October 6, a week before this week's coverage, and 1.4.1 followed six hours later to patch the wireless path.

Andrew Eiche told Game Developer that studios cutting staff ignored data pointing at social games like Gorilla Tag. The single-player closures fit that. Rec Room, A Township Tale and Ultimechs do not, and Owlchemy's own players asked for controllers and a solo mode.

Valve's October 9 update gives Steam Frame reservation holders one of two windows, by December or in 2027, with 72 hours to buy once the email lands. The waitlist gets no date at all, and it only moves when a region's reservation queue is finished.

Valve released the Steam Frame's CAD files and the electrical document for its front expansion port on October 9. The pinout shows the PCIe lane is shared with the left camera's pins, the port can draw 6 watts, and anything unapproved plugged into it voids the warranty.

Google tagged XR Blocks v0.22.0 on October 10, its first release in more than six weeks. THREE.WebGPURenderer now runs in the desktop simulator, the notes state plainly that the spatial UI does not, and the on-device AI samples ship without a single performance number.