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Apple Reportedly Accelerates Smart Glasses Development Amid Wider Push for AI Hardware
Apple is reportedly accelerating the development of smart glasses, as the company is ostensibly making a shift toward AI-centric hardware. According to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is ramping up development of its forthcoming smart glasses, which are slated to head into production as early as December 2026, with public release expected sometime in 2027. Apple’s […]
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XR Lessons: VR < AR… But It Isn’t Dead
One thing clear from Meta’s quarterly earnings throughout 2025 is that AR is outpacing VR in consumer markets. But the resulting hot take in the tech press is that VR is dead… which is misguided. We examine the evidence.
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Omni One VR Treadmill Joins ‘Made for Meta’ Program, Opening Door to Quest Compatibility
Virtuix announced it’s joined the Made for Meta program, which opens the door to bring official Quest compatibility to the company’s Omni One VR treadmill. Made for Meta is a hardware partnership that certifies that accessories not only work with Meta devices, but also meet the company’s quality standard. Since the 2023 launch of the […]
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VisionOS Update Gives Devs Improved Tools for VR Cloud Streaming
Apple Vision Pro just got a new update that brings Foveated Streaming to the headset, essentially the same bandwidth-saving feature Valve is bringing to its upcoming Steam Frame headset. The News As noted by VR supply chain analyst Brad Lynch, foveated streaming has arrived on Vision Pro via the latest visionOS 26.4 beta update, which landed […]
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Escape.ai Brings Neo Cinema to a Living Room Near You
Escape.ai, the AI-driven storytelling platform founded by Academy Award-winning visual effects designer John Gaeta, is moving from web and mobile screens into the living room. Can this be Neo Cinema’s inflection point?
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SlimeVR Launches Crowdfunding Campaign for Thinner & Lighter Full-Body Trackers
SlimeVR has launched its next crowdfunding campaign, this time looking to get backers excited about its next-gen ‘Butterfly’ body trackers, which promise to be thinner, lighter, and offer a longer-lasting battery. SlimeVR’s crowdfunding campaign for the new Butterfly Trackers quickly crossed its $180,000 funding goal when it went live on February 9th, now sitting at over $347,000 […]
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SlimeVR Launches Crowdfunding Campaign for Thinner & Lighter Full-Body Trackers
SlimeVR has launched its next crowdfunding campaign, this time looking to get backers excited about its next-gen ‘Butterfly’ body trackers, which promise to be thinner, lighter, and offer a longer-lasting battery. SlimeVR’s crowdfunding campaign for the new Butterfly Trackers quickly crossed its $180,000 funding goal when it went live on February 9th, now sitting at over $347,000 […]
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Spatial Beats: Ray-Ban Metas Go Big, T-Mobile Launches AI Translation
Ray Ban Metas become the hardware success story of the year and T-Mobile launches network-level AI translation. We have these and other items from XR and AI realms through the lens of Charlie Fink.
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‘VRChat’ Breaks All-Time Concurrent User Record with Japanese Anime Concert
VRChat announced it just topped its all-time user peak, bringing in over 150,000 concurrent users to attend a Japanese language concert. VRChat Community Head ‘Tupper’ confirmed on X that the social VR platform hit a new all-time high of 156,716 concurrent users over the weekend. The platform played host to Sanrio Virtual Festival, a music and anime […]
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From Novelty to Necessity: 4 Trends Driving AR Shopping
What started as a gimmick is now a a widely used utility. AR continues to bring dimension and consumer confidence to eCommerce – which will only grow as the technology evolves from handheld to headworn. What’s propelling it today?
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