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It's here: Amazon's 2026 Prime Day sale in Australia is officially live, with thousands of deals on everything from coffee makers, robot vacuums and smart home devices to Apple products, smartwatches...

Apple Watch owners can now finally use the new-and-improved Siri AI, thanks to watchOS 27 beta 3.watchOS 27 beta 3 introduces a dedicated Siri app.At WWDC 2026, Apple's virtual assistant received a...

The Binary Mill has put its free-to-play multiplayer project Survive The Night on the shelf after teasing it at the Ruff Talk VR Showcase in May. The game was first teased by showcase hosts Damien...

Apple has released new betas today for its next major software updates, with developer beta 3 rolling out for iPadOS 27, tvOS 27, visionOS 27, and more.

Apple today provided developers with the third beta of an upcoming visionOS 27 update for testing purposes, with the beta coming two weeks after Apple released the second beta. visionOS 27 can be...

Apple today provided developers with the fourth betas of upcoming watchOS 26.6, tvOS 26.6, and visionOS 26.6 betas for testing purposes. The software comes a week after Apple seeded the third betas....

I’m just doing my job, but turns out, it feels lousy holding other people’s privacy in your hands. I've long argued that Hollywood has simultaneously set and ruined our expectations for smart...

After a decade in Early Access, sandbox FPS Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades goes to its 1.0 full release with Update 120 ahead of the highly anticipated sequel. Rust Ltd's Anton Hand thanked the...

Sony makes some of the best headphones on the market, and some of their recent models even include a myriad of sensors for spatial audio. These are standard gyroscopes and accelerometers capable of...

I’m finally back in Italy, and I can spend a few weeks here, recovering from all the long trips I had. It was really insightful going to China, the US, and Germany, and I think now I have a better...

Did you want to buy a Steam Machine at launch? Tough luck. Although a lucky few did manage to get orders in before they inevitably sold out, the rest of us have to wait for the potential restock—and...

Pico had a noticeable presence at AWE this year. It sponsored an entire gaming and LBE track and spoke on a few panels. One talk in particular contained new information about the upcoming Pico OS 6...

Even Realities, the China-based smart glasses company, has officially secured unicorn status with its most recent Pre-B financing round, bringing the company $150 million and a $1 billion valuation....

VR shooting simulator Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades (H3VR) launched its 1.0 release over the weekend, exiting early access after more than a decade on Steam. Veteran VR studio Rust Ltd has...

Smithsonian Starstruck lets visitors walk through the Big Bang, brush past the Sun, and gaze into a black hole, all without leaving Washington, D.C.

It’s time to see which PS5, PS4, PS VR2, and free-to-play games topped last month’s download charts. In June, Sports games (NBA 2k26 and EA SPORTS FC 26) and DAVE THE DIVER from South Korea studio...

While Meta sells millions of camera-equipped smart glasses and absorbs the privacy backlash, a startup founded by ex-Apple engineers just raised $150 million at a $1 billion valuation for glasses that deliberately have no camera at all. That is a real signal about where part of this market is going.

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.

Hot on the heels of its successful Steam Next Fest demo, we interviewed Bramblefort studio False Member to learn more about the survival horror’s roots and its stellar inspirations.Seemingly out of...

In 2025, Commodore was bought by retro YouTuber Chris "Peri Fractic" Simpson, who re-assembled some key execs and went into the hardware business. The main result so far has been the Commodore 64...

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.

A virtual reality experience that asks attendees to sign over their biometric data sounds like the start of an episode of Black Mirror. But it's actually the reality of the Black Mirror Experience,...

What’s the story? Virtuix has announced the deployment of its first Omni One system with the Air National Guard, purchased by a unit based in Horsham, Pennsylvania for military training ... continue...

The developer of Hauntify is building a system to let a remote player join your mixed reality game via a VR representation of your home.This system not only transforms the real-world objects in your...

The Castle is a dungeon-themed immersive VR experience built to teach electrical concepts through a series of escape-style challenges. I played through The Castle at the Augmented World Expo and...

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.

I played High Horns, an upcoming arm-based locomotion social hangout climbing game, at the Augmented World Expo (AWE) last month.While my twenty-minute demo didn't present anything new or special, I...

I had a chance to demo bHaptics' latest haptics gloves, the TactGlove DK3, at this year's Augmented World Expo.TactGlove is a haptic glove, meaning it provides the sensation of texture to your...

Code in the latest iOS 27 developer beta describes handling images from a pair of cameras, and hints that these are surely the expected AirPods with cameras.The current AirPods Pro in their charging...

MemoMind, a new AI hardware brand from projector manufacturer XGIMI, launched a crowdfunding campaign for its first smart glasses last week, the MemoMind One, which include dual displays,...

It’s time to see which PS5, PS4, PS VR2, and free-to-play games topped last month’s download charts. In June, creepy, empty spaces took over the charts as Escape the Backrooms topped the charts in...

After the announcement of the Snap Specs at AWE, I saw a lot of criticism around the latest glasses released by Snap, and this triggered me a bit. Let me rant with you a bit about that. The critics...

In response to player feedback, Darts VR2: Bullseye has added a new experience (XP) system with skill achievements and unlockable avatars, skinned darts, and other rewards.Developer Gamitronics added...

Extraction FPS Contractors Showdown: ExfilZone dropped a mid-season content update today with no wipe, meaning players keep their gear and seasonal progress while checking out DLC content and mission...

Discord is now available as a 2D app on Meta Quest headsets. It supports streaming and comes with a month of Nitro, but is currently in a rough technical state.Meta first announced that Discord was...

The first week of the year's second half brought a cheaper path into AR glasses, a long-awaited app finally arriving on Quest, another Apple spatial departure, and a controversial new subscription. Here is what mattered.

Thales Australia signed an MOU with Operator XR, an ASX-listed VR training startup already in service with more than 100 military and law enforcement agencies. The document is non-binding, but the structure of the deal is exactly what enterprise XR has been waiting for.

Benjamin and Chance react to the news from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman that Apple is accelerating the roadmap for the M7 series of Apple Silicon chips, somewhat at the expense of the as-yet-unreleased M6...

Hello from the World Cup! For our 10th wedding anniversary, my wife and I went to MetLife New York New Jersey stadium to see France play… Continue reading → Innovation Brief: Instagram TV, Ramaggedon...

Legendary Tales follows through on its promised roadmap to expand the action RPG dungeon crawler with a new sandbox mode and friendly fire feature. A roguelite mode is planned for a future...

Meta will charge glasses users $20/month for a new Meta One Premium subscription, and one of the first features to get locked down is “Conversation Focus.”

We haven’t been graced with too many Galaxy Glasses leaks until today. Samsung’s Android XR Galaxy Glasses surfaced in a couple of leaks, leaving little doubt about their design.

Credit: SamMobile TL;DR Samsung’s Galaxy Glasses leak reveals a familiar design that closely mirrors Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses. The glasses are expected to run Android XR with deep Gemini...

Launched alongside the splashier Reality Elite at AWE, Qualcomm’s START program lowers barriers to entry for the growing crop of eyewear brands angling to get… Continue reading → Snapdragon START...

What’s the story? Cintoo has unveiled Cintoo Workspace, a multi-user collaboration solution for viewing and inspecting reality capture data in real time. Why it matters Cintoo Workspace gives office...

Paul Meade, the Apple VP in charge of Vision Pro and the company's smart glasses hardware, is leaving to join OpenAI's device unit. It is another blow to Apple's spatial ambitions and a loud signal about how serious OpenAI is getting about hardware.

Gun Club VR and Dragon Fist are Meta's Horizon+ monthly titles for July, plus Phantom: Covert Ops joins the catalog. Meta has once again bolstered its Horizon+ subscription service with two new...

Lanesplit is a motorcycle urban street racing game that added VR support in a June 23 update. Unfortunately, it is plagued with baffling design choices that cripple the experience.Hybrid games...

Sony announced via a brief post on The PlayStation Blog that the brand will cease production of physical discs for new games in January 2028. Citing "consumer preferences" and the broader...

When Eric Mosinger returned home after visiting the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, he wished he could keep exploring. Time spent in the galleries hadn't been enough.It wasn't the first time he'd looked...

What’s the story? Flatirons Solutions has acquired Scope AR, bringing AI-powered technical content management, immersive 3D work instructions and remote expert support into one platform. Why it...

Modder Alex Le Tux has released the first public build of Perfect Dark VR, a fanmade port for Quest headsets and PC VR.Back in February we reported on a preview video showcasing a fan-made port of...

Apple’s longtime Vision Pro hardware chief, who was promoted last year to lead the company’s broader headsets and smart glasses hardware group, has left to join OpenAI.First reported by Bloomberg's...

After years of interminable waiting, Discord has officially released an app for Quest, which is now available for free on the Horizon Store. While Quest fans have been begging for an official Discord...

Most XR investment strategy decisions are made in the wrong room. A Chief Innovation Officer walks out of a vendor demo, presents a compelling pilot concept to the board, and secures budget on the...

Sony today announced it’s starting the clock on the production of physical discs, as the company is set to adopt a full digital marketplace at the start of 2028. All new games releasing on...

Another Axiom announced Gorilla Tag, Quest’s most popular game, is coming to mobile devices in a standalone game, titled Gorilla Tag: Monke Mayhem. The free-to-play sandbox game is slated to land on...

After years of clunky workarounds, Discord released an official native app for Meta Quest today, free on the Horizon Store. The headline feature is not voice or video. It is the ability to pin a Discord call in your playspace while you play anything else.

A-Frame 1.8.0 caught up to Three.js r184, retired the Oculus branding, dropped the last of WebVR, and quietly fixed a bug that was blocking WebXR Layers requests. It is a boring changelog, and that is exactly why it matters.

The first half of 2026 is officially in the books, and it was a genuinely strong six months to own a headset. From a PCVR survival masterpiece to two puzzle legends reborn on PSVR2, here are the VR games that earned my time, and yours.

Virtuix just launched Omni One for Quest, the first VR treadmill ever to earn Meta's official 'Made for Meta' certification. At $2,595 it is not the device that fixes VR locomotion at scale, but it is the moment a critical door for VR peripherals finally opened.

XREAL opened reservations for AURA, its Android XR display glasses, with a retail price capped at no more than $1,500 and a Fall 2026 launch. That is roughly $700 below Snap's Specs, and it makes AURA the most affordable serious entry into display AR yet. The catch is in the architecture.

Resolution Games quietly turned its tabletop dungeon crawler into the first XR title that runs across all six major headset platforms, and the Xreal Aura addition makes Android XR a first-class citizen in the lobby.

Valve's price reveal and Meta's Quest 4 delay got the headlines, but the most consequential VR hardware news of the month was a chip. Qualcomm's Snapdragon Reality Elite is 60 percent faster on graphics, runs 12 degrees cooler, and runs AI models on-device, and nearly every headset and glasses maker builds on top of it.

Horror is the one genre virtual reality does better than any medium ever invented, and 2026 is proving it. From the summer showcase reveals to the games that players literally cannot finish, here is why VR turns fear into something your body cannot argue with.

Apple raised the Vision Pro to $3,699 on June 25 even though it has no consumer successor coming and only about 5 percent of the XR market. A price hike on a product nobody buys is an enterprise signal, not a consumer one.

After last week's AWE frenzy, this week settled into substance: a strong VR Games Showcase, confirmed Steam Machine pricing that hints at the Steam Frame's launch, a clever performance update, and a mid-year reckoning for Android XR. Here is what mattered.

Valve confirmed the Steam Machine starts at $1,049 and ships June 30, with the pre-order lottery closing today. The number nobody loves tells us almost everything about what Steam Frame will cost.

Unity's latest Android XR update expands Application SpaceWarp support to include standard UI and text. It is a small line in a changelog that points at one of the most important performance tricks in mobile VR. Here is how SpaceWarp actually works, and why it matters.

Monado, the open source OpenXR runtime from Collabora, now sits under Android XR, NVIDIA CloudXR, Pico, and Snapdragon Spaces. Here is why the industry quietly standardized on it.