Meta Quest & VR news
Updated hourlyHand-picked headlines from the VR press: UploadVR, Road to VR, The Ghost Howls and the official Meta Quest Blog. Every story links straight to the original publisher.
John Carmack Reminds Microsoft He’ll Guarantee $1 Million To Bring Team Beef’s Ports To VR
John Carmack reminded Microsoft that he’s “still willing” to put up a $1M guarantee to allow Team Beef to commercialize its VR ports of id Software’s classic games.
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XREAL’s First Budget AR Glasses Go on Sale Internationally, Priced at $300
AR glasses maker XREAL today announced its ‘X by Xreal’ sub-brand (xbx) is officially bringing its first pair of budget XR glasses outside of China. Xreal today released its xbx a01+ in the US for $300, available across xreal.com, Amazon, Best Buy, B&H, and Micro Center. You’ll…
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Former Oculus CTO John Carmack Puts up $1M for Official VR Ports of Id Software Titles
John Carmack, former Oculus CTO and co-founder of id Software, announced he’s still willing to put up $1 million of his personal money to help make VR versions of Id’s most famous retro titles-especially now that Microsoft has laid off a bulk of the studio’s employees. Having…
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Prehension lets you easily implement gestures in your VR games
In my AWE preview article, I told you about Prehension AI, a startup developing an SDK to help developers implement hand gestures in their MR/VR applications. At AWE US, I’ve been able to get hands-on with it quickly, and these are my impressions. Prehension AI Prehension is a…
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Lamborghini’s Apple Vision Pro App Reimagines the Showroom at Home
Lamborghini’s free Apple Vision Pro app brings four of its rare vehicles into living rooms with life-sized immersive showcases. You can sit inside and hear the engines rev.
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Meta Reaffirms "Multiple Next-Generation Headsets", Hints At Connect Announcement
Meta’s CTO reaffirmed that the company is still working on "multiple next-generation headsets", and perhaps hinted at a reveal at Connect in September.
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Meta Still Internally Debating Privacy Of Always-On AI Glasses
Meta is still internally debating how to handle the privacy LED on its upcoming glasses with always-on AI, The Financial Times reports.
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CONNECTOME: A Game Of Points & The Challenges Of Building For Apple Vision Pro
CONNECTTOME: A Game of Points is available on Apple Vision Pro, but as its developer explains, the road to get there was wrought with hurdles.
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VR/MR Puzzler Squingle Arcade Is Out Today On Meta Quest For Free
Squingle Arcade, a fast-paced VR/MR puzzle game with hand tracking support, is out free-to-play on Meta Quest today.
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Vertigo Games Amsterdam Was Allegedly Working On A Tomb Raider VR Game
A report surfaced that the now defunct Vertigo Games Amsterdam was working on a new VR game based on the Tomb Raider series. We dug into this, and here’s what we found out.
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‘Tomb Raider’ VR Reportedly Cancelled According to Leaked Images & Video
As reported by MP1st, a sizable leak from Vertigo Games reveals its now-defunct Amsterdam satellite studio was working on an official Tomb Raider VR title before the project was cancelled earlier this year. Vertigo Games Amsterdam was working on the unannounced Tomb Raider VR…
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Meta Is Improving Its Smart Glasses Privacy LED Tampering Detection
Meta says it’s improving the ability of its smart glasses to detect if the privacy LED has been tampered with and disable the camera, via a mandatory firmware update.
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‘Pistol Whip’ Studio Reportedly Developing “impossible to ignore” Multiplayer VR Game
Veteran VR studio Cloudhead Games, developer behind hit rhythm shooter Pistol Whip (2019), is ostensibly deep in development of their next title, which according to a recent job listing could be a multiplayer VR game that may also have a flatscreen mode. The studio’s listing for…
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Meta hints at VR announcements for Connect, but this won’t stop the Winter
Yesterday on X, I saw a video about Boz teasing some VR announcements at Connect. This made many people excited, but honestly, I think we shouldn’t expect too much from this piece of news. Meta teasing VR announcements at Connect During his latest AMA on Instagram, in response…
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Meta Closes Smart Glasses Privacy Loophole With New Camera-Killing Update
Meta is rolling out an update to its line of smart glasses that will disable the camera if the device’s capture LED has been tampered with or destroyed. Since the rollout of Meta’s second-gen Ray-Ban Glasses in 2024, physically covering the white capture LED on any of the…
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18Birdies & Arccos Make Meta Glasses Act As Your AI Golf Caddy
The 18Birdies and Arccos apps, now integrated in Meta AI on smart glasses in the US & Canada, can act as your personal AI golf caddy.
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VR Design Unpacked: Why ‘Embodiment’ is More Important Than ‘Immersion’
Our series Inside XR Design examines specific examples of great XR design. Today we’re looking at the game Synapse and exploring the concept of embodiment and what makes it important to VR games. Editor’s Note: Synapse was released three years ago this week, but its insights are…
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HTC’s Revenue Stabilizes as XR Pioneer Pins Hopes on AI, Smart Glasses and Enterprise
HTC has been attempting a second act as an XR and AI hardware company for a few years now with mixed results. And while the once-dominant smartphone company is still the midst of a protracted revenue decline, HTC seems to have stabilized. As reported by Taiwan’s Financial…
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Smart Contact Lenses Move Closer to Reality as XPANCEO Expands JBD Display Partnership
Dubai-based smart contact lenses startup XPANCEO announced it’s expanding a partnership with China’s JBD to co-develop a new micro-display designed specifically for smart contact lenses. Previously, the companies co-developed a printed circuit board with integrated…
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Subscription Now Required For Longer Access To Some Meta Glasses Features
A ’Meta One Premium’ subscription is now required for more hours of access to select advanced features of the company’s smart glasses, starting with Conversation Focus.
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Hellsplit: Labyrinth Is A Dark Fantasy Action RPG Coming To Quest In 2027
Action RPG Hellsplit: Labyrinth, the successor to 2019’s Hellsplit Arena, is coming to Quest headsets in Spring 2027.
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Survive The Night On ’Indefinite Hiatus’ Less Than 2 Months After Announcement
The Binary Mill has effectively canceled its free-to-play multiplayer VR game Survive The Night, less than 2 months after revealing it.
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Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades Leaves Early Access After 10 Years
Popular sandbox VR shooter Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades finally leaves Steam Early Access after ten years of updates.
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The XR Week Peek (2026.07.06): Samsung smartglasses leaked, Meta introduces a subscription for its glasses, and more!
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 view of what is happening in the XR ecosystem. But now my body needs some […] The…
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Smart Glasses Startup Even Realities Secures Unicorn Status with $150M Funding Round
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. The round, which was led by Meituan and Tencent, is said to be primarily…
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