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Meta is Deleting ‘Horizon Workrooms’ Next Month as Metaverse Ambitions Cool

Meta announced it’s discontinuing Horizon Workrooms next month, its productivity-focused VR platform, marking another step in the company’s ongoing restructuring of its VR and metaverse strategy. Originally launched in 2021 on Quest 2, Workrooms was not only the company’s answer to remote work following the COVID-19 pandemic, but also a first big push to make the Quest […]

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16. Januar 2026

Meta Aims to Double, Possibly Even Triple Smart Glasses Production This Year

Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 (left),Oakley Meta Vanguard (right) | Image courtesy Meta

Meta and EssilorLuxottica are potentially set to double the expected production target for their smart glasses, according to a recent Bloomberg report. Citing people familiar with the matter, the report maintains Meta has suggested increasing annual capacity to 20 million units by the end of 2026, as the company hopes to seize growing consumer interest in […]

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15. Januar 2026

Harry Potter VR Game Reportedly Cancelled Amid Meta Budget Cuts

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Meta has closed at least three of its XR studios, and seems to have also drastically reduced its budget for third-party Quest content too, reportedly including a now-cancelled Harry Potter VR title. The News In his latest video, YouTuber ‘Gamertag VR’ maintains Skydance Games, the makers of Skydance’s Behemoth (2024), was working on an official Harry […]

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Meta Reportedly Closes Three First-party Studios Behind Some of Its Biggest VR Games

Against the backdrop of a broader shuffling of its Reality Labs division, Meta is reportedly closing Armature Studio, Twisted Pixel, and Sanzaru Games, three studios that Meta had previously acquired. The studios were behind some of the company’s biggest first-party VR games, including Deadpool VR, Asgard’s Wrath, and the Resident Evil 4 Quest port. According to reports […]

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13. Januar 2026

Meta Reportedly Laying Off 10 Percent of Reality Labs, Shifting Focus from VR & Horizon Worlds

Meta is slated to layoff around 10 percent of staff at its Reality Labs XR division, a New York Times report maintains, as the company appears to be shifting focus to AI and smart glasses. The News According to three people with knowledge of internal discussions, cuts could come as early as today, and could […]

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Google’s Leading AR Glasses Partner XREAL Raises $100M

XREAL, the Beijing-based AR glasses maker, announced it has raised $100 million in a recent funding round. The News Xreal co-founder and CEO Chi Xu broke the news on Bloomberg Television, noting the company secured funding from “supply chain partners” in addition to other backers, which Xu declined to disclose. According to Crunchbase data, the company has […]

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12. Januar 2026

Google’s Leading AR Glasses Partner XREAL Raises $100M

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Steam Reveals Most Played PC VR Games of 2025

Steam has unveiled its mega list of the most played PC VR games of 2025. And it looks to be another year of ‘old reliables’, as the top 50 only features a single game released that year. Valve released its annual “best of” games list, again offering insight into what PC VR people are playing […]

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Meta Waveguide Provider Claims “world’s first” 70° FoV Waveguide

Lumus, the company that developed the waveguide optic used in Meta’s Ray-Ban Display smart glasses, says it has achieved a 70° field-of-view in a new design revealed this week at CES 2026. This conveniently matches the 70° field-of-view that Meta achieved in its ‘Orion’ prototype, but only with the use of novel materials. The News […]

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9. Januar 2026

Meta’s Language Learning App for Quest Combines Mixed Reality and AI

Meta released an open source language learning app for Quest 3 that combines mixed reality passthrough and AI-powered object recognition. The News Called Spatial Lingo: Language Practice, the app not only aims to help users practice their English or Spanish using objects in their own room, but also give developers a framework to make their […]

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