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AI/XR Beats: Courtroom Drama & XR Earnings
The OpenAI trial produced a week of Silicon Valley psychodrama while XR leaders showed their cards for Q1, and cinematic AI keeps getting better. We have these and other items from AI and XR realms from Charlie Fink.
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TCL Shows Off New High PPI OLED and Micro-LED Displays for XR
TCL has revealed its latest OLED and micro-LED displays aimed at AR and VR headsets. The company claims to have achieved new benchmarks for pixel density. Shown off at the SID Display Week event, TCL’s new 2.24-inch display is claimed to be the “highest pixel density real RGB G-OLED display,” at 1,700 PPI (pixels per-inch), […]
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‘VRChat’ Reveals Key Stats, Claiming Significant Growth in Japanese Usership
Social VR platform VRChat revealed some new user stats in addition to new portal to attract more users. Hard data on VRChat user stats isn’t easy to come by, with third-party tools like SteamDB only telling a part of the story, as the game is available across Steam, Quest, and both iOS and Android. Still, every once […]
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Snap Q1 Earnings: The AR Highlight Reel
Snap announced Q1 earnings, including 12 percent year-over-year revenue growth. But how did mobile AR play a role in driving that growth, and what’s the outlook for Snap’s faceworn future? We highlight AR moments from the earnings call.
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‘Vertigo’ Developer is Working on Upcoming ‘Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades’ Sequel
Zach Tsiakalis-Brown, the one-man show behind PC VR action-adventure games Vertigo (2016) and Vertigo 2 (2023), revealed he’s working with Rust Ltd on their upcoming sequel to Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades (H3VR). Tsiakalis-Brown revealed in a new video he’s been working with Rust on H3VR2 since early 2024, officially taking on gameplay programming […]
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Everything Announced at Today Creature Feature & Friends VR Showcase
We got an eye-full of VR stuff during today’s Creature and VR Games Showcase livestream, which showed off a bevy of new VR games and updates coming to a headset near you. Here’s the full drop, frontloaded with a very obvious headliner: the upcoming sequel to Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades. Hot Dogs, Horseshoes […]
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Sequel to Acclaimed VR Shooter ‘Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades’ Coming to Quest & PC VR
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades (H3VR) is one of those silly, but surprisingly realistic PC VR shooters that kept on giving well after its release on Steam Early Access in 2016. Now, developer Rust Ltd announced a sequel is coming, and it’s a “full fledged” extraction shooter. Revealed during the Creature Feature & Friends 2026 […]
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Tackling the Unique Challenges of Moderating Social VR at Scale
Social VR pushes moderation challenges to the surface in ways that non-VR titles are often able to avoid. Voice, immersion, and highly social design raise the stakes while economic realities also create limitations around moderation coverage. The good news is that data-backed approaches show there is another path. Guest Article by Dr. George Ng George […]
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The 50 Best-selling Quest Games of All Time – 2026 Analysis
It’s been a little over a year since Meta revealed its top 50 best-selling games of all time. Here’s the rankings as they stand today, and why they haven’t really changed that much. Not a lot has changed in Quest’s top 50 best-selling games list, which is partially to be expected since Meta’s list ostensibly […]
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How Many XR Devices Did Meta Sell in Q1?
What do Meta’s Q1 earnings tell us about headset unit sales? And what does that in turn signal for aggregate demand and XR sector health? We do some financial reverse engineering.
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