If you’re comfortable mucking around with a new open source project, you could be shopping on Amazon just by looking at an object with your Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are pretty useful out of the box, offering photo & video capture, calls, music playback, and your standard assortment of AI chatbot
The studio behind GOLF+ (2020) is aiming to expand the game this year in a bid to solve some of the most persistent problems in off-course golfing simulators: building real-world muscle memory in a virtual environment. Golf+ CEO Ryan Engle announced that the studio’s popular golf sim is getting “major product updates” this year, which is set to
Cortopia Studios and Beyond Frames Entertainment announced that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City is coming to Quest 3, SteamVR and Pico headsets this Spring. There’s no specific launch date yet beyond the spring release window, although the studios announced that players hoping to get an early hands-on will be able to get their first taste with a free
Steam Frame is still shipping sometime in the first half of 2026, although now Valve says the current component shortage has led the company to revise both price and release date of the standalone VR headset. Valve announced in a hardware news update that Steam Frame, Steam Machine, and Steam Controller are all being affected by
Meta released a new update for Quest that brings a host of new features, including a new ‘Surface Keyboard’ that lets you type on any flat surface. Meta has already started rolling out Quest’s v85 update on the public test channel (PTC), making it the first major update since the company revealed it was shaking
DeepMind, Google’s AI research lab, announced Genie 3 last August, showing off an AI system capable of generating interactive virtual environments in real-time. Now, Google has released an experimental prototype that Google AI subscribers can try today. Granted, you can’t generate VR world on the fly just yet, but we’re getting tantalizingly close. The News Project
XREAL has rolled out a real-time 3D conversion feature to its flagship AR glasses, which the company says converts any 2D content to 3D. Xreal initially launched its ‘Real 3D’ software on Xreal 1S AR glasses earlier this month, however now the company has rolled out an update to Xreal One and One Pro that brings
Snapchat maker Snap announced it’s formed a new business dedicated to its upcoming AR glasses. The News Called Specs Inc, the wholly-owned subsidiary within Snap is said to allow for “greater operational focus and alignment” ahead of the public launch of its latest AR glasses coming later this year. In addition to operating its AR
Indie studio Pixelity confirmed that its previously announced VR game based on the hit ’90s anime Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995) is still coming, as the studio just showed off its first teaser image. Normally a single image wouldn’t be cause for celebration, although we’ve seen a rash of game cancellations lately, including the planned Batman: Arkham
VR treadmill creator Virtuix is going public, as its Class A ordinary shares will start trading today on the Global Market tier of the Nasdaq. The company’s stock market debut comes as consumer VR investment and first-party content spending have slowed across the industry. The News Founded in 2013 by CEO Jan Goetgeluk, Virtuix initially started its