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Sunny & Spatial: Hands-on with Specs
We go hands-on with Snap Specs, including a device review and analysis of its differentiators and market opportunity. Following our full written review, this latest hands-on take records our video analysis.
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Samsung FCC Approval Signals Gentle Monster & Warby Parker Smart Glasses Nearing Release
Samsung’s long-awaited smart glasses have cleared FCC testing, suggesting their release is right around the corner. The News Two distinct SM-O200P and SM-O200J have appeared in FCC filings, which is typically one of the last steps before commercialization. Those two product codes indicate Warby Parker and Gentle Monster frames, respectively, as they’ve been seen on […]
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Engineering the Future of Immersive Computing, Part 3
Lak Vijayaraghavan is an XR systems engineer whose career spans Magic Leap to TikTok Effect House. What are his biggest learnings and insights from that journey so far, and where does he see spatial computing moving next?
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‘Walkabout Mini Golf’ Studio Announces Another Round of Layoffs Following DLC Price Hike
Mighty Coconut, indie studio behind hit VR game Walkabout Mini Golf (2020), announced another round of layoffs affecting ~35% of staff. “This is an incredibly hard message to write, but I want to continue to be transparent with the Walkabout community,” writes Mighty Coconut CEO Lucas Martell in a company blog post. “Due to the […]
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Meta Plans VR Glasses Strap Accessory for Active VR Gaming
Meta VR Glasses can play all of the same games you might on Quest, whether it be through integrated hand-tracking or by pairing optional Touch Plus controllers. But if you’re planning on getting active, Meta says they’ll be selling an accessory for that. We haven’t seen any images yet, however at Connect 2026 last week […]
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What is Personal AI?: A Conversation with Qualcomm
A through line at Snapdragon Summit was Qualcomm’s latest initiative: personal AI. What does this entail and how will XR be a key piece of the puzzle? We had the chance to sit down with the company’s XR and personal AI lead to find out.
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Meta VR Glasses, Quest 3, and Steam Frame Compared
2026 is another big year in VR hardware, but which headset should you consider buying? The old reliable Quest 3? Valve’s Steam Frame? Or maybe you should wait for Meta VR Glasses? Read on to see the specs—and probably more importantly—their use cases compared. Skip to the conclusion, please. Here’s the quick and dirty conclusion […]
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Arcturus Vision Steam Frame Add-on Review – A Literal Night and Day Difference
Arcturus Vision Camera is an add-on module for Steam Frame which greatly enhances its passthrough camera quality. The obvious visual improvement, tiny size, and reasonable price make it easy to recommend. In the course of my decade plus of using VR headsets and various accessories, I can’t think of any that were as straightforwardly recommendable […]
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Thinner, Lighter, Better: Meta VR Glasses Review Roundup
Meta has switched things up with the new Meta VR Glasses unveiled last week. Not only are they branded differently – dropping the Quest convention first launched in 2019 – but it’s a fundamentally different approach to VR. We round up our favorite revi… AR Insider & AR Insider
Hands-on: Meta’s ‘Hologram’ Avatars Aim to Take on Apple Personas on VR Glasses
Meta’s long-promised photorealistic avatars are set to release in the next few months, which the company is calling ‘holograms’. I went hands-on the annual Connect developer conference to see just how Meta plans to take on Apple. Meta announced it’s finally rolling out its immersive avatars, and they’re coming first to its Meta Ray-Ban Display […]
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