In a 2025 XR market dominated by smart glasses releases, Steam Frame was perhaps the most impactful VR-based unveiling. What’s Valve’s VR play and how will it shake up the XR market as we know it in 2026?
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Is Steam Frame VR’s Wildcard in 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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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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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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Physical AI at CES: Ollobot Stands Out
At CES 2026, robotics fell into two categories: humanoids for factories and novelty toys. Standing out from the pack was Ollobot, designed to be more like a pet with expressive vibes and ability to automatically capture all the right family memories.
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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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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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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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CES Dispatch, Part 2: AI Everywhere, from Sublime to Strange
It came as no surprise that AI permeated CES. What did surprise was how innovative companies are at integrating it into everything from toys to cars. Charlie Fink reports from the show floor.
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