Meta is making a significant push into brick-and-mortar retail by opening dedicated demo sections inside 50 Best Buy locations across the United States and Canada — and if you’ve been on the fence about jumping into VR or smart glasses,…
Valve’s long-anticipated entry into the standalone VR headset market appears to be finally materializing. Import records surfaced by XR analyst Brad Lynch show Valve shipping a substantial volume of “virtual reality devices” into US-based warehouses — units that can only…
Rhino Rock Studios has done something genuinely interesting with Outblast — they’ve taken the punishing, pattern-memorization DNA of classic side-scrolling shooters and transplanted it into a fully immersive VR environment, creating a game that feels simultaneously nostalgic and forward-looking. It’s…
Apple’s visionOS 27 marks a genuine inflection point for the Vision Pro platform — and frankly, for the broader spatial computing industry. By opening the door to third-party motion controllers and actively-tracked accessories (Apple is calling them “spatial accessories”), Apple…
The VR gaming industry absorbed another significant blow this week as Vertigo Games announced the closure of its Amsterdam development studio — the team responsible for Metro Awakening, one of the most ambitious VR titles of recent years. This isn’t…
Meta’s decision to spin out Supernatural into an independent company — just three years after a reported $400 million acquisition — is one of the most telling strategic pivots in recent VR history. It signals that Meta is doubling down…
The metaverse dream, at least as a consumer social playground, keeps shrinking. Spatial’s decision to shutter its Creator platform—killing free and pro tiers and ending 3D world hosting—is the latest and most telling signal that the open-ended social XR vision…
Microsoft is making a bold bet it hasn’t made in over a decade — an Arm-based Nvidia chip at the heart of a flagship Windows laptop. The Surface Laptop Ultra pairs Microsoft’s premium hardware design with Nvidia’s new RTX Spark…
Eight years in, Beat Saber remains the undisputed champion of VR rhythm gaming — a title that has introduced more people to virtual reality than almost any other experience on the market. To mark the occasion, Meta has dropped three…
Microsoft’s overhaul of 365 Copilot isn’t just a cosmetic refresh — it signals a meaningful shift in how AI-powered productivity tools are being engineered for speed, clarity, and real-world utility. The update, which rolls out across desktop and mobile, promises…
