Apple laid off around 100 staff working on Vision Pro, including “largely shutting down” the spatial gaming team and downsizing the immersive video team, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported. Gurman reported the layoffs in a series of two reports near the end of August. In the second report, he said the layoffs also affected some people […]
Moss developer Polyarc Games announced it’s closing shop following a “major project” cancellation earlier this year. Polyarc announced the closure in a LinkedIn post (via Good Virtual Reality), marking the end of an 11-year stint in VR game development, most of which was spent creating its VR puzzle-platformer series Moss. You can read the full message […]
French XR startup Lynx found a buyer, but the fate of its second headset remains unclear. Lynx founder and CEO Stan Larroque confirmed in July that EssilorLuxottica acquired the company, including its intellectual property, assets and most of its team. The acquisition comes after Lynx entered compulsory liquidation in March. Lynx Has Entered Liquidation, Meaning […]
Threads arrived on Quest headsets and Meta Ray-Ban Display, alongside a swathe of other updates for Meta’s smart glasses. Threads Launched three years ago, Threads is Meta’s X competitor, launched in the aftermath of Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter. Threads now has almost as many active users as X, though still lacks much of the […]
Linus Tech Tips’ secondary channel ShortCircuit appears to have jumped the gun on publishing its first impressions and unboxing of Steam Frame, suggesting we’re truly now right around the corner from launch. Valve’s first standalone headset is coming very soon, it seems, as the LTT side channel ShortCircuit mistakenly released its unboxing and first impressions […]
Developer Polyarc Games, best known for the Moss series in VR, has closed its doors for good after nearly twelve years. A post on Polyarc’s LinkedIn account confirmed the news with the following statement: Today is the end of an era for Polyarc. After nearly 12 years riding the joyous rollercoaster of emotions that is […]
Apple’s new $1,999 iPhone Duo has two rear cameras, but seemingly can’t capture spatial photos or spatial video for viewing on Apple Vision Pro. Apple first introduced spatial video capture on iPhone 15 Pro in 2023, ahead of the launch of Vision Pro. The feature records simultaneously from the Main and Ultra Wide cameras, with […]
Valve has dropped a sizeable update to SteamVR, paving the way for what appears to be imminent launch of its long-awaited standalone VR headset, Steam Frame. Update (September 11th, 2026): Previously available only in beta, Valve has now released its 2.17 SteamVR update for all users. You can check out the full changelog here. Original […]
Real VR Fishing’s seventh anniversary event, kicking off on September 15 on Quest and PC VR, brings seven ancient sharks to hidden prehistoric locations for new and old anglers to hook. Apparently megalodons were not enough. Every now and then, the usually cozy realistic fishing simulator Real VR Fishing will veer off into some peculiar […]
Images of Meta’s ‘Project Phoenix’ mixed reality headset appear to have leaked ahead of its anticipated unveiling at Connect later this month. The News Serial leaker ‘Luna’ appears to have found video within Quest’s Horizon OS showing off the headset’s prescription lenses, which are apparently set to be released in partnership by Meta’s official prescription […]
