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bHaptics Reveals Revamped Lineup of Haptic Accessories for VR, Pre-orders Now Live

bHaptics, the South Korea-based VR haptics creator, announced it’s launching a refreshed lineup of its most popular haptics hardware, which are said to support over 270 titles across Quest, PSVR 2, and PC VR headsets. The company today announced pre-orders for three new accessories: TactSuit Pro, TactSuit Air and TactSleeve. It’s not Pre-orders for all […]

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Meta Opens First Ray-Ban Pop-up Store in Hopes of Making Smartglasses Fashionable

Ray-Ban Meta smartglasses are already pretty fashionable, as they look nearly identical to a few of EssilorLuxottica’s best-selling sunglasses, albeit with the inclusion of neatly integrated cameras, speakers, battery and onboard AI driven by a positively tiny Qualcomm Snapdragon AR1 Gen1 processor. With the launch of a new pop-up store in Los Angeles today, Meta […]

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Hands-on: Shiftall MeganeX Superlight Packs a Wishlist of Ergonomics Into a Tiny Package

Japan-based Shiftall is the latest company making an effort to deliver an ultra-compact VR headset for enthusiasts who are willing to spend big on maximizing their PC VR experience. Despite the tiny package, the MeganeX Superlight headset still manages to deliver the optical adjustments that should be standard for every headset. Though undoubtedly expensive, the […]

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Google Prepares Support for XR Headsets on Play Store, Marking The Next Chapter in XR Competition

Code discovered in a recent Google Play update indicates the company may soon roll out support for XR headsets on its Android app store, which would mark a decisive shift in the competitive landscape. As reported by Android Authority, code in version 43.3.32-31 of the Google Play app contains mention of “XR headset,” including a […]

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Nintendo Could Be Making a New Labo VR Add-on for Its Next Switch

Nintendo has published a new patent that could point to its next iteration of Labo VR for its long-awaited Switch successor. While news of the company’s next Switch console is expected “within this fiscal year,” Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa said in May, rumors however suggest the company has delayed release to early 2025, which has […]

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Canon Announces Pricing & November Release for New Spatial Video Lens

Canon today announced a more affordable lens option designed for social media creators and videographers interested in VR and 3D content creation. Back in June, Canon announced its RF-S3.9mm F3.5 STM Dual Fisheye lens, which was designed to allow its line of cameras to take spatial video and photos—priced at $1,099.00. Now the company is widening […]

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Orion & Quest 3S Signal a New Era for Meta, Here’s What it Means for the Industry at Large

Meta continues its reign as the XR industry’s dominant player, with its most recent moves signaling a shift into a new era for the company—and thus the industry at large. This year saw the introduction of the Meta Orion AR glasses prototype and the Quest 3S headset—two pieces of hardware that are not only crucial […]

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Meta Explains Why It Sees Wide Field-of-View Headsets as a ‘bad tradeoff’

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth revealed last week a mysterious wide field-of-view (FOV) headset prototyped in the Redmond, Washington-based Reality Labs offices. Bosworth now reveals the research prototype had something close to a 210-degree FOV, however wide FOV displays are a critical tradeoff the company isn’t ready to make. And if you were hoping this was the […]

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Top NFL QB Credits VR Training as a Big Part of His Success, Calling It a “flight simulator” for Football

The Washington Commanders’ offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury is all-in on VR training, something the team’s star quarterback Jayden Daniels credits for accelerating his development, the New York Times reports. A former quarterback for Texas Tech himself, the intense realism was clear to Kingsbury from the snap. “The first time I put [the VR headset] on, I […]

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U.S. Army Needs Microsoft AR Headset to Be “substantially less” Than Projected $80K Price Tag

Microsoft’s contract with the U.S. Army to build a combat-ready AR headset is worth up to $22 billion, but only if the company can deliver the goods at “substantially less than” the projected $80,000 per unit, the Army tells Bloomberg. Requirements also include definitively positive field testing, set to take place early next year. Based […]

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