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Meta Extends Ray-Ban Partnership into 2030 to Make Smartglasses Fashionable

Meta Ray-Ban Glasses, Image courtesy Meta, EssilorLuxottica

Meta and eyewear conglomerate EssilorLuxottica announced they’re expanding their smartglasses partnership into 2030, which promises to see further development of “multi-generational smart eyewear products” from the companies. Working together since 2019, Meta and EssilorLuxottica released the first-gen Facebook Ray-Ban Stories glasses back in 2021, later launching the follow-up Ray-Ban Meta Glasses in fall 2023, which […]

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19. September 2024

Catch VR Games Showcase’s ‘XR Indies & Friends’ Livestream @11AM ET Today Ahead of Meta Connect

The team behind the VR Games Showcase are putting on a new livestreamed games event today focusing on independent developers and studios “both big and small.” Just in time for what will certainly be a rush of XR news! Update (September 25th, 2024): You can catch the livestream here, happening at at 8 AM PT […]

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18. September 2024

Vive Focus Vision Announced with Mixed Reality & Eye-tracking, $1,000 Price & Pre-order Dates

HTC today revealed its next standalone XR headset, the Vive Focus Vision. The company appears to be appealing again to enterprise and prosumers, packing in a mishmash of specs from Vive Focus 3 and Vive Elite XR—priced at $1,000. HTC launched pre-orders today for its new MR headset, Vive Focus Vision. Pre-orders are available from […]

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Snapchat Reveals Latest Spectacles AR Glasses with Attractive Pricing for Developers

Today Snap Inc, the company behind Snapchat, announced the latest version of its Spectacles AR Glasses which the company is calling Spectacles ’24. The new device makes notable improvements to field-of-view, resolution, and hand-tracking, and overhauls its software stack. But it’s limited enough to remain targeted at developers. Spectacles ’24 is available starting today, and […]

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17. September 2024

Veteran VR Studio nDreams Announces Layoffs Amid “challenging VR games market”

nDreams, one of the most veteran VR studios, today announced it’s tightening the belt with a layoff round due to affect 17.5% of the company. The Farnborough, UK-based studio maintains in the LinkenIn announcement that layoffs are in response to “a challenging VR games market, situated within a tough gaming landscape more broadly.” The studio further notes […]

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Mixed Reality Flight Sims Are Accelerating F-16 Pilot Training in Ukraine

Flight simulator company Dogfight Boss, and Varjo, the high-end XR headset creator, announced they’ve shipped their first mixed reality F-16 simulator to the Ukrainian Air Force to help accelerate pilot training. And there’s likely more to come, as the country inevitably looks to scale training to keep pace with the influx of the American-built fighter […]

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11. September 2024

Sharp & Japan’s Largest Telecom Unveil Lightweight AR Glasses ‘MiZRA’

Sharp and Japan’s largest telecom NTT Docomo today announced a new pair of AR glasses called MiZRA, which is hitting the Japanese market sometime his Fall. It would be pretty tough to mistake Mizra for a normal pair of glasses, what with its chunky struts and rims, 6DOF tracking sensors, and center-mounted camera—not to mentions […]

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9. September 2024

VR Attraction Expects 280 New Franchise Locations Over Next Four Years

Sandbox VR, the location-based VR attraction, announced it’s planning to open up 280 new locations within the next four years. Having recently opened its 50th store, located on the Gold Coast in Australia, projections of rapid growth are thanks to the company’s franchising program, kicked off in 2019. The company notes that franchising has been […]

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6. September 2024

Pico 4 Ultra Aims to Compete with Meta in Europe & Asia Amid Suspected Quest 3S Launch

Pico is releasing Pico 4 Ultra starting this month, where it’s slated to take on Quest 3 across Europe and Asia—which could be right in time for Meta to unveil the allegedly cheaper Quest 3S. Pico is releasing pre-orders for Pico 4 Ultra in Europe from September 6th to September 19th, priced at £529 / €599, […]

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4. September 2024

ArborXR Secures $12M Funding to Scale Enterprise XR Device Management Platform

ArborXR, an XR device management company working in the enterprise space, announced it has secured $12 million in new funding. The company says it will use the funding to further scale its mobile device management (MDM) platform, which allows companies to manage fleets of XR devices and content. Led by Mercury Fund and Cortado Ventures, […]

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28. August 2024