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Report: Apple’s First Smart Glasses Slip to Late 2027, Cheaper Vision Headset Years Away
Image: Apple Apple's answer to Ray-Ban Meta may be further off than expected. The company's first smart glasses are now aimed at a launch in late 2027, according to Bloomberg's…
Google and Samsung Show Gemini Smart Glasses at I/O, With Audio Models Due This Fall
Image: Google Google used its I/O developer conference on Tuesday, May 19, to give the clearest picture yet of its return to smart glasses. Working with Samsung and Qualcomm, the…
ROG XREAL R1 Gaming Glasses Open for Preorder at $849.99 With 240Hz Micro-OLED Displays
Image: ASUS Republic of Gamers Asus's Republic of Gamers brand and XREAL are now taking orders for the ROG XREAL R1, a pair of display glasses built specifically for gaming.…
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades 2 Announced for SteamVR and Quest 3
Image: Rust Ltd (Steam store artwork) Ten years after a strangely named firearms sandbox became one of PC VR's most durable hits, its sequel is official. Rust Ltd has announced…
Meta Reality Labs Loses $4.03 Billion in Q1 2026, a Smaller Loss Than Wall Street Expected
Chart: Virtual Reality Times, from Meta's Q1 2026 Form 10-Q Meta's virtual and augmented reality division lost a little over $4 billion in the first three months of 2026. That…
Google Says Fixing Galaxy XR Slowdowns Is “Absolute Top Priority” After Android XR Update
Image: Samsung Newsroom Owners of Samsung's Galaxy XR headset have spent the past few weeks dealing with a problem that gets worse the longer they play. After installing April's Android…
Meta Raises Quest 3 and Quest 3S Prices, Blaming Soaring Memory Chip Costs
Image: Meta Buying into VR is about to get more expensive. Meta said on Thursday that it is raising the US prices of its Quest 3 and Quest 3S headsets,…
Valve Puts Steam Link on Apple Vision Pro in Beta, but VR Games Will Have to Wait
Image: Valve Apple Vision Pro owners can now stream their Steam libraries to the headset with an app made by Valve itself. The company has opened a native Steam Link…
Cyberpunk 2077 Is Coming to VR, but Only at Zero Latency Arcades
Image: CD Projekt Red Night City is getting an official virtual reality version, though nobody will be playing it in their living room. CD Projekt Red and location-based VR operator…
visionOS 26.4 Brings Foveated Streaming to Vision Pro, Opening a Door for PC and Cloud VR
Image: Apple Apple released visionOS on Tuesday, and for once the most interesting part of a point update is aimed squarely at VR enthusiasts. The release adds foveated streaming, a…