XREAL today announced XREAL 1 Pro+, a hardware refresh of its One Pro flagship AR glasses. Launching today at $599, Xreal 1 Pro+ includes a modest set of improvements over the original One Pro, which launched in early 2025. Principally, Xreal 1 Pro+ includes brighter displays, as well as improvements to spatial viewing and comfort.
Steam Frame’s default headstrap | Courtesy Valve If you were hoping for better audio and battery life from Valve’s recently released Steam Frame, the company has confirmed it’s creating a headstrap to solve just that. Valve confirmed with PC Gamer (via Skarred Ghost) that it’s working on a new headstrap with hot-swappable batteries and Balanced
The launch of Meta VR Glasses next year will mark the first time any of the company’s standalone headsets has featured expandable storage. Now, Meta and Sandisk have partnered to offer official ‘Made for Meta’ microSD and USB-C flash drive storage options. The News Sandisk is set to be the exclusive provider of flash storage
Index, Valve’s PC VR headset released in 2019, is officially on its way out. And to see it along, Valve has dropped the price of everything Index-related. The News Valve Index is no longer being produced, which means this could be your last chance to get new stock of the company’s landmark PC VR headset.
SideQuest has been the number one unofficial store for Quest games ever since its founding in 2019. Now, it just got a lot easier to download and get playing. Downloading SideQuest used to mean going through a cumbersome setup process, although now SideQuest CEO and co-founder Shane Harris says in a Reddit post the team
Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) Regulatory filings in Japan may have inadvertently leaked Pico’s next flagship headset in full—inside and out. As first spotted by UploadVR , images of Pico’s Vison Pro competitor ‘Space Pro’ have leaked ahead of its planned Q4 2026 launch. Filed under certification number 202-JWM032, the images are
Courtesy Valve Getting a Steam Frame for the holidays could be a bit dicey, as Valve says the order queue has now stretched into 2027. Valve says in a news update that customers hoping to get their hands on Steam Frame, the recently launched standalone VR headset, can now view their expected order window by
Valve just released a new update for Steam Frame that improves battery lifetime, steaming quality, connectivity issues, and more. Steam Frame launched last month, bringing with it the ability for users to not only stream PC and PC VR games to the headset, but also play those games locally, albeit at a lower quality since
I’m pleased to announced that longtime Editor Scott Hayden is stepping up to become Road to VR’s new Executive Editor. After starting with Road to VR as a freelancer in 2014, becoming a contributor in 2016, and then Editor in 2019, Scott Hayden is now the publication’s new Executive Editor. As such, Scott is responsible
Meta is partnering with ESPN to offer select live, 180-degree immersive college football games all season long via Quest’s TV app. When Meta VR Glasses release next spring, Meta says there are also 100+ live sporting events on the horizon. The News The first game kicks off October 10th with the Texas Longhorns taking on