Meta’s “Phoenix” XR smart glasses might not be out yet, but if there’s one thing we already know, it’s that when they are, they’ll need a little assistance…
Read more Meta’s Holy Grail AR Smart Glasses Have One Big Puck-Shaped ProblemEarlier this month, Meta laid off 10% of the staff for Reality Labs, its virtual reality unit, reportedly cutting as many as 1,000 employees. Now, in a development…
Read more Meta burned $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won’t be any better | TechCrunchLeBron James looks taller in VR. That was the one thought that I kept returning to as I watched Apple’s big push into live sports. The “Spectrum Front…
Read more Apple’s Big Virtual Reality NBA Game Debut Demands More InteractivityOther Smart Glasses We’ve Tested We’ve tested several more pairs of smart glasses—some good and some bad. Even Realities G2 Photograph: Julian Chokkattu Even Realities G2 for $599:…
Read more Go Beyond 20/20 With These WIRED-Tested Smart GlassesIf you’ve been dreaming of getting into virtual reality but you’ve been holding out for a good deal, this may be your moment. I spotted a Meta Quest…
Read more This Quest 3S Bundle Is $50 Off and Includes a Game and Gift CardIt has been five years since Samsung and Google stopped supporting their respective mobile virtual reality headsets. For a second try, the companies have partnered up with a…
Read more Samsung’s Galaxy XR Mixed Reality Headset Undercuts Apple’s Vision Pro by $1,700At long last, Samsung has fully unveiled Project Moohan, its rebuttal to the Apple Vision Pro, which we can now officially call the Galaxy XR. The headset wasn’t…
Read more Samsung’s Vision Pro Killer Is Way Cheaper, but Still Very ExpensiveIf you’ve been eagerly anticipating Samsung’s Project Moohan VR headset, I’ve got good news and bad news. The good news is, we now (probably) know just about everything…
Read more How Does Samsung’s First VR Headset Compare to the Vision Pro? These Leaks May Tell Us EverythingWhen discussing the development of AR and AR devices back in 2016, he said that most people wouldn’t find it acceptable to be “enclosed in something … because…
Read more The Vision Pro Was An Expensive Misstep. Now Apple Has to Catch Up With Smart GlassesAlthough today’s Meta Connect developer conference was largely about new smart glasses, the social networking company did announce a handful of metaverse updates during Wednesday’s keynote. Of these,…
Read more Meta launches Hyperscape, technology to turn real-world spaces into VR | TechCrunchWell, ya’ll, it’s been a doozy. I’m back from Menlo Park with a lot to chew on and at least one new pair of smart glasses already in…
Read more Live Updates From Meta Connect 2025 🔴Despite spending billions of dollars to make it happen, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Oculus founder Palmer Luckey were never able to make virtual reality a profitable consumer…
Read more Dynamic Duo Zuckerberg and Palmer Luckey Reunite for Army Combat Goggles ContractWhistleblowers allege Meta has suppressed research on risks for young children involving virtual reality devices and apps, including information about child predators, according to a new report from…
Read more Meta Whistleblowers Allege Company Buried Info on Child SafetyI’m wearing a pair of thick-rimmed glasses on my face. They don’t feel heavy, but they feel chunky. I walk over to a poster of a painting—Girl With…
Read more Hands On With Googles Gemini-Powered Smart Glasses, Android XR, and Project Moohan Headset – GadgetNutzI’m a huge Taskmaster fan. The UK TV show pits five comedians (or funny-adjacent celebrities) against ridiculous tasks that are then arbitrarily scored by the titular taskmaster. Given…
Read more Taskmaster VR doesn’t quite deliver on the promise of the TV showReady at Dawn Studios, the game studio behind the Echo virtual reality series for the Meta Quest, has been shut down by its parent owner, Meta, effective immediately.…
Read more Meta shutters its first-party VR game studio Ready at DawnWhile the acronym AI continued to take up the most oxygen in the convention hall this summer in Denver, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies continue…
Read more Best of ISTE24: AR and VR Continue to Get RealThe Meta Quest 3 (8/10, WIRED Recommends) is a massive improvement over its predecessor in almost every category—save price. It has improved specs across the board—slightly higher resolution,…
Read more The Best VR Headsets and Games to Explore the MetaverseThe Apple Vision Pro was marketed primarily as a productivity machine, but as any active VR user can tell you, it’s the games that sell these devices. Apple’s…
Read more VR classics Job Simulator and Vacation Simulator come to Apple Vision ProThis has become a pattern: One minute he’s not wearing the headset, and the next he is. The transition would always happen unexpectedly—when I’d leave the room to…
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