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SAVE $59.80: The RayNeo Air 4 Pro AR/XR Glasses are on sale for $239.20 at Amazon, down from $299. That's a 20% discount or $59.80 in savings. Opens in a new window Credit: Amazon RayNeo Air 4 Pro...

Meta is expanding its AI hardware ambitions with the launch of a new line of smart glasses that significantly lowers the barrier to entry for consumers, introducing an in-house range starting at $299...

The new charging stand provides an alternative to the on-the-go Meta Glasses charging case. | Image: Meta Meta launched a stand accessory that lets you display the company's smart glasses on your...

The best Prime Day tech deals: Day one Best overall Bose QuietComfort Noise-Cancelling Headphones $179.99 at Amazon (save $179.01) Get Deal Best Kindle deal Amazon Kindle Paperwhite $124.99 at Amazon...

VR treadmill manufacturer Virtuix has announced the Omni One for Quest as part of Meta's certified 'Made For Meta' program. This new partnership adds native support for multiple Meta Quest standalone...

Meta has launched smart glasses under its own brand for the first time, pricing the Adventurer and Fury models at $299 each. The glasses match the hardware specifications of the Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2,...

Meta today announced it’s releasing Meta Glasses, the company’s first slate of smart glasses that don’t feature any EssilorLuxottica styles or branding. The News While Meta is still working with...

The latest beta of Apple's Reality Composer Pro 3, the content creation tool used to build spatial experiences for Apple Vision Pro, appears to contain traces of "The Machinery," an ambitious game...

TL;DR Meta has announced three new pairs of smart glasses, its first without legacy eyewear branding partnerships. The glasses start at $299, undercutting the second-generation Ray-Ban Meta glasses....

Meta today unveiled its first smart glasses sold under its own brand rather than Ray-Ban or Oakley, undercutting its existing lineup on price as it works to expand its lead in the category before...

As the smart glasses era gets its proper start, Meta is expanding on its offering with a new lineup of “Meta Glasses” that ditch Ray-Ban branding and designs in pursuit of a more affordable price tag.

Meta has unveiled its first self-branded smart glasses, including a special Kylie Jenner edition and the debut of the company's new MuseSpark AI platform.

Glasses are the most exciting hardware category of the AI era — the ideal device to experience an all-day AI assistant that understands the world from your perspective. That’s why today, in...

There are three new styles of AI glasses in Meta's lineup and not one of them has "Ray-Ban" in the name.

Virtuix has finally brought native Quest support to Omni One, making it Quest’s first officially supported VR treadmill. As Virtuix’s consumer-focused VR treadmill, Omni One launched in 2024 with...

VidCon is back at the Anaheim Convention Center from June 25 to 27, and this year, the internet’s biggest creator convention turns 15.What started in 2010 as a YouTube-centered gathering by John and...

An Italian startup called Lorika just launched Ontop, brightly colored clip-on covers that make your Ray-Ban Meta glasses pop.

AWE wraps, while Anthropic is forced to pull back its latest models, and Meta employees get stuck in a greed prison. We have these and other items from AI and XR realms through the lens of Charlie...

SAVE $53: As of June 23, the Meta Quest 3S VR headset bundle is down to $296.79 at Amazon. That’s a 15% discount on a solid VR headset. Opens in a new window Credit: Meta Meta Quest 3S $296.79 at...

Amazon’s latest Prime Day sale is still a little way off, but the retailer’s gaming laptop deals are already dropping hard across various brands to save you more cash on top-tier models. Ahead of the...

In March we argued Android XR could be the most important platform launch since Android itself. We are now halfway through 2026. The hardware has shipped, the developer tools are real, and one big promise is still missing. Here is how the thesis is holding up.

Welcome to episode 37 of The Sideload, a 9to5Google podcast. This week, Will is joined by Andrew Romero to discuss the ongoing rise of smart glasses, what brands are nailing the basics, and what to...

Valve today announced that Steam Machine is now available for pre-orders, starting at $1,050, and will officially launch on June 29th. While the announcement doesn’t include any direct details about...

Credit: Valve TL;DR Valve has revealed that the Steam Machine will start at $1,049. The company is accepting reservation sign-ups until June 25 at 1:00PM ET. Those who sign up after June 25 will...

The Ray-Ban Meta Optics lineup adds a premium fit and a few extra features, but comes with a higher price.

The second round of developer betas for iOS 27, macOS 27, and the rest of Apple's upcoming operating systems has been issued. You may still want to hold off on installing them.The second developer...

Apple has just released a wave of beta 2 updates for its next major software versions, including tvOS 27, visionOS 27, and more.

At long last, Valve has revealed the price for its highly anticipated Steam Machine. The system will officially cost $1,049 for its 512GB version without a Steam Controller and it launches on June...

Snap Inc. has unveiled its long-awaited augmented reality glasses, Specs, and the market’s verdict was swift. The $2,195 wearable sent the company’s stock down more than five percent the day after...

GOLF+ expands its roster of real-world courses with the North Course at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa.GOLF+ has released a new DLC that offers players a chance to hit the greens at one of Southern...

The more interest in extended reality grows across the enterprise, the more businesses are starting to realize something: the launch wasn’t the hard part. People are more than happy to try out new...

Is XR growing up? It's no longer magic but settling into established devices and market traction – at least in smart glasses form. How was all of this reflected at this year's AWE? Charlie Fink gives...

Siri AI and system optimizations are the focus of iPadOS 27, but that's enough for iPad's usual in-between year. Power users will notice the changes the most.iPadOS 27 reviewThe iPad operating system...

EssilorLuxottica and Applied Materials have signed a long-term joint development agreement, which the companies say will accelerate the commercialization of next-gen optical systems for AR and...

I just went back from the United States, where I had a very hectic AWE. I will publish some interesting articles about it in the upcoming weeks, so stay tuned (Actually, I have already published...

Every Monday morning I scroll through the previous week's new games on Steam. I've always enjoyed doing this. It can surface niche gems I might otherwise not have found, and it's also useful for...

Samsung opened Galaxy XR preorders in the UK at £1,699 ahead of a July 8 ship date. The headline number is the price, but the £665 Explorer Pack bundle is where Android XR's actual strategy shows up.

Apple wants you to step into a virtual world, while Snap wants you to stay in the real one. Here's how their very different approaches to spatial computing compare.Apple Vision Pro [left] vs Snap...

The orchestra-conducting rhythm game Maestro arrived on PSVR2 on June 20 with a John Williams Star Wars track and a lightsaber baton. It is a delight. It is also only the third PSVR2 game to support hand tracking, which says a lot about a feature Sony shipped and the industry mostly ignored.

The Quest 4 is still unannounced, and the rumor mill has only gotten louder. Here is our continually updated tracker on the release window, the design and weight direction, the new OLED display reporting, and where the price is heading, with every claim labeled confirmed, reported, or rumor.

VR platforming was one of the genres that made early headsets feel like magic, and then it went quiet. Hyperstacks, a neon action-platformer with a built-in level editor, has its demo live at Steam Next Fest, and it is the one I am loading up first.

The Longest Day is now available free in both the Amplium and Theater apps for Apple Vision Pro. The 7 minute sports documentary follows triathlete Jules Wagner as he trains for an Ironman and aims...

Resolution Games celebrated its launch of Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked on Nintendo Switch 2 with the addition of a new hero: Gruda Razortusk the Orc Druid.This update along with March's...

Flow-based workouts have become one of VR fitness's most important categories. Supernatural helped popularize the format, while other VR fitness apps have introduced their own interpretations...

At AWE, I was able to go hands-on with the latest version of the bHaptics gloves. And I have to say that they have improved a lot compared to the last time… The video version of this article,...

visionOS 27 brings a variety of new features to Apple Vision Pro, with Siri AI being the single biggest upgrade. But there are two visionOS 27 features that owners of the original Vision Pro model...

PC VR fans were already swimming around in the strange yet oddly familiar depths of Proteus less than 24 hours after Subnautica 2‘s early access launch back in May. Now, you can even swim, dive,...

VR Games Showcase is set to return next week, bringing another lineup of new trailers and updates from this season’s most anticipated VR games. The Summer 2026 edition of the VR Games Showcase is...

Last month, Valve launched its Steam Controller and demand has far outweighed the supply. So much so that as of today, new orders for Steam Controller won't be fulfilled by Valve until 2027 at the...

AWE USA – the Super Bowl of the XR world – has wrapped in Long Beach. What were the show highlights? We've assembled some of the best parts, including day-by-day recaps from our partners at AWE, as...

Augmented World Expo dominated the week. Snap opened preorders for $2,195 AR glasses, Qualcomm reminded everyone it powers the whole category, an open-source metaverse browser engine arrived, and a startup showed the smartest battery idea of the show. Here is everything that mattered.

Snap and Google owned the AWE USA 2026 keynotes, but the Auggie Award enterprise winners, from steel fabrication to surgical guidance, map where extended reality is actually delivering measurable ROI.

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to try a private demo by Lumus, the company producing waveguides for smartglasses and AR glasses. And they finally showed me the path to 70° FOV AR glasses. The video...

The lines between AV and IT have never been blurrier – and according to Justin Watts, Global End User Services Lead and Brand Ambassador at AMD, that is very much a good thing. “Everything that I’ve...

When Subside first arrived on PlayStation VR2 and SteamVR, it quickly established itself as one of the most convincing underwater experiences available in virtual reality. Rather than focusing on...

Every few years, Silicon Valley announces the death of the desk. The laptop was supposed to free us. Then the smartphone, then the Metaverse. Now, with the breathless confidence that only the...

At Augmented World Expo (AWE) this week, digital imaging giant Canon showed off its latest advancements in XR tech, including a concept handheld mixed reality device, augmented reality waveguide...

While Snap unveiled $2,195 AR glasses with a four hour battery, a startup called Raven Resonance previewed Raven Prism: a sub 70 gram, eye controlled Linux computer in eyewear form with hot swappable batteries. It is the most quietly interesting hardware at AWE.

Valve still says summer 2026, but the evidence is getting loud. The Steam Frame controller FCC embargo lifted June 18, tens of tons of headsets cleared into US warehouses, and a leaked June 23 price reveal lines up with the timeline. Here is what is real and what still hangs on the DRAM crisis.

At AWE this week, RP1 and the Metaverse Standards Forum introduced Sneeze, the first browser engine built for spatial computing, released as open source under Apache 2.0. After a year of walled-garden metaverses collapsing, this is the opposite bet: an open foundation anyone can build on.

The WebXR Device API has reached Candidate Recommendation and is now a proposed Interop 2026 focus area, with Safari joining Chrome, Quest Browser, and Samsung Internet. Here is why a stabilizing spec plus a public cross-browser scoreboard finally makes the immersive web safe to build on.

At AWE this morning, Evan Spiegel unveiled the consumer version of Snap Specs and opened preorders. Fully standalone true AR glasses, a 51 degree field of view, 132 grams, dual Snapdragon chips, shipping this fall for $2,195. After years of buildup, Snap's AR bet is finally something you can buy.

The June 2026 Steam Next Fest is the biggest one ever, and buried in nearly 5,000 free demos is a stack of VR experiences. Here is why this week matters more to VR players than anyone else.

Augmented World Expo opens in Long Beach today under the theme 'Spatial AI.' The coverage will obsess over field of view, but the platform race is really being decided by the silicon and on-device AI inside the glasses.

Snap acquired spatial AR company Illumix to accelerate its Specs glasses, and the headline asset is not flashy. It is mapping technology. For AR glasses that have to understand the real world, that unglamorous capability is exactly what separates a demo from a product.

VR's summer showcase season kicked off with more than 30 announcements across Quest, PSVR2, and PC VR. I watched all of it. Here are the standouts, the trends, and what this lineup says about where VR gaming is headed into the back half of 2026.

Meta pulls Horizon Worlds out of VR on June 15, but social VR isn't going anywhere. The communities are already migrating to VRChat, Resonite, and a wave of open, self-hostable worlds Meta could never shut down.

On June 15, creators lose the ability to build, publish, or update Horizon Worlds content in VR. Meta's flagship social platform survives only as a phone app. After a public reversal in April, this is how the VR chapter actually ends.

More than a year after public testing began, Meta has finished rolling out Navigator, the biggest overhaul of Quest's system interface since the Oculus Go era. Here is what changed, and what still has not.

Muse Spark, the first model from Meta Superintelligence Labs, now powers Meta AI on Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses, replacing Llama 4. The benchmark numbers explain why Meta spent billions on new AI talent.