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Apple has updated its third-party accessories lineup ahead of the holidays. The refreshed lineup includes products for gaming, iPhone filmmaking, charging, and more. Among the most interesting...

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...

In the Japanese region at least.Sony has revealed two PS5 games that will be joining PS Plus Extra in the coming months. On the Japanese side of the PlayStation Blog, it's confirmed the following...

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...

Apple's Mike Rockwell is reportedly considering leaving at least his current role as head of Siri AI, perhaps prompting a shakeup of executive roles at the company.Apple ParkRockwell was behind the...

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.

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) just announced the new Bluetooth High Data Throughput (HDT) feature on November 4, allowing a maximum bandwidth of 7.5 Mbps, almost 4x that of the previous...

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…

TL;DR Pre-orders for Samsung’s Android XR glasses with frames from Warby Parker and Gentle Monster open next week, on November 12. Gentle Monster is sharing a teaser for a short film starring Joaquin...

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...

The Horizon OS 2.10 (v210) system software update recently started rolling out in the PTC (Public Test Channel). What Is the Public Test Channel (PTC)? The Public Test Channel (PTC) is Meta Quest's...

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.

Join up with three other heisters and get revenge on the billionaire who sent you to jail in the first place in Payday Aces High, now available on Meta Quest, SteamVR, and Steam Frame. more…

The release date for Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars has been revealed, and it's very soon.Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars, a mixed reality experience that expands the story of...

80s Mixtape: Vice Wave is Synth Riders' latest DLC pack with eight tracks from multiple artists including Duran Duran, Cutting Crew, & Bryan Adams.The new pack is available now for $13.99....

Warby Parker announced today that the first Android XR audio glasses will be available for pre-order on November 12. more…

When Darts VR2 launched, developer Gamitronics was open about its esports ambitions for the competitive darts sequel. Today, the promised League Play starts with weekly qualifiers running until...

Cargo Master is a new game mode for Bootstrap Island where you loot and deliver increasingly difficult cargo for rewards and placement on the global leaderboards. The new update is available now for...

The plan was simple: hack a code, crack a vault, lift a priceless quantum computer and get it to the helipad for extraction. We knew the route, we knew our roles. It should've been a cakewalk. But...

Finally, it’s over. After like 10 months, I can use the Meta Quest Link for PCVR again because NVIDIA fixed the issue with its drivers. And if you had the same issue, you probably can too! Meta Quest...

Steam Frame has only been out for a little over a month now, and is still heavily backordered. Still, Valve’s latest Steam Hardware Survey shows the headset is already off to a strong start. The News...

Which spatial segments are attracting the most investment? This is the topic of a recent report from ARtillery Intelligence. It joins our excerpt series, continuing in this edition with a drill-down...

Entry points hidden within recent updates to the YouTube app on Quest reveal that Google is working on a major overhaul of the app's immersive view, bringing it closer to the experience on the...

Combat Waffle Studios has announced the end of PVPVE open-world action survival game Silent North.Silent North launched in Early Access for Quest and PC VR in April 2025. Set in a post-apocalyptic...

In Virtual Reality and VR Gaming News What’s the story? The House of the Dead horror arcade series returns as a VR attraction, as SEGA Amusements International announces House of ... continue reading...

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.

In a Westminster Hall debate on November 4, Home Office minister Satvir Kaur said the government is looking at restricting smart glasses in certain settings and limiting their sale to certain users, work she said is happening "at pace." No measure or timetable was set, and a petition for an outright sales ban still awaits a government response.

NVIDIA's October 21 driver fixes a Meta Horizon Link freeze over USB that Meta traces to driver 595.71, released March 2, though Meta's help page still recommends rolling back. Valve's SteamVR 2.19.1 beta, out November 2, raises Steam Link's default render resolution and gives the Steam Frame a larger encode.

Siege of Heaven, the wave-based tower defense game mode in VR roguelite In Death: Unchained, will be released as a separate standalone game for Quest. Superbright CEO Wojtek Podgorski made the...

Valve has released a SteamVR beta update that brings improvements to streamed image quality to all supported standalone headsets. Steam Link is SteamVR’s dedicated streaming app, letting you play...

Amidst other declines in device sales, XR is seeing a bright spot: location-based entertainment. How will social and collaborative XR experiences elevate LBE, and vice versa? This post appeared first...

In Augmented Reality News What’s the story? Raven Resonance has opened pre-orders for Raven Prism, a standalone Linux computer built into eyewear, after first showing the device publicly at Augmented...

What’s the story? Varjo and the Finnish Defence Forces are piloting virtual counter-drone training on Varjo’s XR-4 Series mixed reality headsets, aimed at improving soldiers’ readiness against drone...

PlayStation Direct has pulled the PS VR2 product page in the US and Japan, with the old purchase link returning a 404 and removals traced to mid October. The UK and EU still sell it at list, Best Buy's third party price has fallen to about $750, and Sony's Black Friday sale starting November 4 still discounts PS VR2 games.

Three-Live compiles AI-written Three.js into GLB and USDZ inside a sandbox, so the generated script never runs in front of your users. Google announced it on November 3 under Apache-2.0, and the project has already shipped five versions past the one the post introduces.

November 2026 brings heavy hitters to Meta's Horizon+ subscription, including Assassin's Creed Nexus VR and the brand-new Payday: Aces High.On top of those great additions, the mind-bending adventure...

Meta announced it’s finally sunsetting Quest 2 and Quest Pro, which are slated to receive their final OS update early next year. Meta VR Glasses is coming next spring, so the company announced it’s...

XR device unit sales are projected to reach 52.9 million in 2030. This factors in a projected inflection in 2028 as smart glasses blitz the market from Apple, Samsung, and others. How will this all...

This year, PlayStation’s Black Friday Deals kick off early on PlayStation Store! Starting tomorrow, Wednesday November 4, you’ll find deep discounts up to 75% off*, across thousands of PS5, PS4 and...

Sony appears to be winding down PSVR 2 sales, as the company has removed its PS5-compatible VR headset from the PlayStation web store. The News PSVR 2 stock is drying up, as the headset has recently...

Meta says Horizon OS v2.13 is the last feature release for Quest 2 and Quest Pro, on every headset by March 2027, with security patches through December 2027. The Store stays open, nothing gets pulled, Link keeps working and new games can ship until the end, a far gentler exit than the Quest 1 got.

Meta has announced that Quest 2 and Quest Pro will begin transitioning to end-of-feature status from January 2027.Horizon OS 2.13 is the final OS release for Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro. It is...

The best-selling VR headset of all time (and its Pro-level cousin) will no longer receive OS updates after March 2027. more…

It has been a special week for me, because I have finally published my review of the KAT Walk C3 Ultra! It is incredible how I’ve been the first person to receive this product outside of KAT VR and...

Samsung smart glasses in Gentle Monster and Warby Parker styles may finally launch in South Korea and the US before Christmas. more…

Wondering what VR games are releasing in November that you can look forward to? Read our full roundup here.2026 is winding down, but the flow of new VR releases isn't slowing down as we enter the...

Schell Games, the veteran VR studio behind spy-themed puzzle series I Expect You to Die and Among Us 3D, confirmed it has laid off 40% of staff in effort to stay afloat. “We’re very sad to say that...

One of Specs' early enterprise partners is Hololight. It built an experience for enterprise front-line workers to receive line-of-sight guidance. And it's built around a streaming architecture. We...

VRChat is currently weathering a sizable backlash among users due to a controversial decision to not label AI-generated content. The News VRChat released a survey earlier this month asking users...

In Robotics News What’s the story? RoboParty has launched RP1, a full-stack open-source humanoid robot for embodied AI research, in a standard 24 degree-of-freedom version and a 30 degree-of-freedom...

Google's Android XR docs now open Play distribution to audio glasses through the ordinary mobile release track, with a Differentiated for Glasses badge and strict camera rules. The libraries behind that badge are still alpha, and ChosunBiz has Samsung's first pair selling in mid-December.

Valve's October survey puts the Steam Frame at 4.13 percent of VR headsets, about 1 in 24, in its first full month behind a reservation queue. Steam's overall VR share jumped too, but the Frame added only a sixth of that, and a 9.41-point fall in Simplified Chinese users appears to have done more.

Veteran VR studio Schell Games has announced another round of layoffs, its second in 2026.This news was first brought to our attention via a BlueSky post from Kyle Hilliard, the husband of one of the...

Dungeons of Eternity dropped a new update just in time for Halloween. The Monster Mash update brings the popular Stormgrave realm back permanently alongside new Halloween-themed content.Developer...

A 1990s arcade helmet with an hourly wipe-down rule, a scent mask that was technically a vaping device, Sega's too-realistic legend, Apple's ghost eyes and the Oculus founder's explosive headset. VR hardware has been scarier than VR games for decades, so I ranked it.

VRChat's Spookality 2026 winners are twelve player-made horror games, free to enter on a headset, a PC or a phone, with their in-app row up until 2pm PT on November 2. DEADLIGHT alone holds 61 percent of the group's 1.79 million visits, so we sorted all twelve by the kind of night you have.

Steam Scream V discounts end at 10am PT on November 2. VR.org read the store records for all 156 discounted VR horror titles, cut them to twelve that total $121.53 instead of $277.88, and checked each against Valve's Steam Frame ratings.

A letter dated October 28 asks Mark Zuckerberg for the human rights analysis Meta says preceded Ray-Ban Stories, its contractor and AI training arrangements for camera glasses footage, and whether captured bystanders can have their data deleted. Meta has until November 25, 2026 to answer.

A Valve employee said sorry to VR developers in Seoul over the Steam Frame's price, Meta tied new VR hardware to major breakthroughs, and XREAL cut AURA to $1,099 with refunds for anyone who paid more. Two senators gave Meta until November 25 to answer for its camera glasses, and the Titanfall 2 VR mod opened a multiplayer beta.

AURA went on sale October 28 at $1,099, $180 under the $1,279 XREAL set on October 7, as a launch offer running through December. Anyone who paid in full at the old price before October 28 gets the difference back, $180 or $200 by model, with refunds expected to start within 30 days.

At a private night for Korean indie studios in Seoul on October 27, Valve's Tom Giardino said a considerable number of Steam Frame owners use it as a screen for flat games, that memory prices kept the Frame's price higher than Valve wanted, and, in Inven's Korean report, that he was sorry to VR developers.