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Friday, July 10, 2026
UploadVR / Mike Johnson
Ghosts of Tabor: Legacy Returns The Shooter To Its 2024 Era Later This Month
â Combat Waffle Studios announces Ghost of Tabor: Legacy, a new title that restores the 2024 version of the game, for Meta Quest & PC VR.
UploadVR / Craig Storm
FitXR Adds 'Journey' Workout Recommendations, Profile Levels & More
â FitXR on Quest now has 'Journey', a personalized recommendation system designed to help you spend less time searching for workouts and more time exercising.
Road to VR / Scott Hayden
Apple Publishes Detailed Technical Specifications for Third-party Vision Pro Motion Controllers
â Following Appleâs announcement that VisionOS 27 will support third-party motion controllers for Vision Pro, the company has published a set of technical specifications and requirements for third-parti...
Road to VR / Scott Hayden
Valve is Getting Awfully Close to Steam Frame Release Following âGreat on Frameâ Store Page
â Valve hasnât mentioned the price or release date for its long-awaited Steam Frame standalone headset, although we seem to be getting suspiciously close. As spotted by hardware analyst Brady Lynch, Val...
UploadVR / James Tocchio
John Carmack Reminds Microsoft He'll Guarantee $1 Million To Bring Team Beefâs Ports To VR
â John Carmack reminded Microsoft that he's âstill willingâ to put up a $1M guarantee to allow Team Beef to commercialize its VR ports of id Softwareâs classic games.
MIXED / Alan Truly
Xreal's new $299 AR glasses bring the big-screen experience to more people
â Xreal's $299 a01+ AR glasses launch in the U.S. today, bringing a 147-inch virtual screen, 120Hz refresh rate, HDR10 Micro-OLED displays, and a lightweight 62-gram design to Xreal's new lower-cost X B...
Road to VR / Scott Hayden
XREALâs First Budget AR Glasses Go on Sale Internationally, Priced at $300
â AR glasses maker XREAL today announced its âX by Xrealâ sub-brand (xbx) is officially bringing its first pair of budget XR glasses outside of China. Xreal today released its xbx a01+ in the US for $30...
Road to VR / Scott Hayden
Former Oculus CTO John Carmack Puts up $1M for Official VR Ports of Id Software Titles
â John Carmack, former Oculus CTO and co-founder of id Software, announced heâs still willing to put up $1 million of his personal money to help make VR versions of Idâs most famous retro titlesâespecia...
SkarredGhost / Skarredghost
Prehension lets you easily implement gestures in your VR games
â In my AWE preview article, I told you about Prehension AI, a startup developing an SDK to help developers implement hand gestures in their MR/VR applications. At AWE US, Iâve been able to get hands-on...Thursday, July 9, 2026
UploadVR / Laura Mingail
Lamborghiniâs Apple Vision Pro App Reimagines the Showroom at Home
â Lamborghiniâs free Apple Vision Pro app brings four of its rare vehicles into living rooms with life-sized immersive showcases. You can sit inside and hear the engines rev.
UploadVR / David Heaney
Meta Reaffirms "Multiple Next-Generation Headsets", Hints At Connect Announcement
â Meta's CTO reaffirmed that the company is still working on "multiple next-generation headsets", and perhaps hinted at a reveal at Connect in September.
UploadVR / David Heaney
Meta Still Internally Debating Privacy Of Always-On AI Glasses
â Meta is still internally debating how to handle the privacy LED on its upcoming glasses with always-on AI, The Financial Times reports.
UploadVR / Mike Johnson
CONNECTOME: A Game Of Points & The Challenges Of Building For Apple Vision Pro
â CONNECTTOME: A Game of Points is available on Apple Vision Pro, but as its developer explains, the road to get there was wrought with hurdles.
UploadVR / Mike Johnson
VR/MR Puzzler Squingle Arcade Is Out Today On Meta Quest For Free
â Squingle Arcade, a fast-paced VR/MR puzzle game with hand tracking support, is out free-to-play on Meta Quest today.
UploadVR / Mike Johnson
Vertigo Games Amsterdam Was Allegedly Working On A Tomb Raider VR Game
â A report surfaced that the now defunct Vertigo Games Amsterdam was working on a new VR game based on the Tomb Raider series. We dug into this, and here's what we found out.
Road to VR / Scott Hayden
âTomb Raiderâ VR Reportedly Cancelled According to Leaked Images & Video
â As reported by MP1st, a sizable leak from Vertigo Games reveals its now-defunct Amsterdam satellite studio was working on an official Tomb Raider VR title before the project was cancelled earlier this...
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
UploadVR / David Heaney
Meta Is Improving Its Smart Glasses Privacy LED Tampering Detection
â Meta says it's improving the ability of its smart glasses to detect if the privacy LED has been tampered with and disable the camera, via a mandatory firmware update.
Road to VR / Scott Hayden
âPistol Whipâ Studio Reportedly Developing âimpossible to ignoreâ Multiplayer VR Game
â Veteran VR studio Cloudhead Games, developer behind hit rhythm shooter Pistol Whip (2019), is ostensibly deep in development of their next title, which according to a recent job listing could be a mul...
SkarredGhost / Skarredghost
Meta hints at VR announcements for Connect, but this wonât stop the Winter
â Yesterday on X, I saw a video about Boz teasing some VR announcements at Connect. This made many people excited, but honestly, I think we shouldnât expect too much from this piece of news. Meta teasin...Road to VR / Scott Hayden
Meta Closes Smart Glasses Privacy Loophole With New Camera-Killing Update
â Meta is rolling out an update to its line of smart glasses that will disable the camera if the deviceâs capture LED has been tampered with or destroyed. Since the rollout of Metaâs second-gen Ray-Ban ...
MIXED / Chris Steven
Chinese AI models are eating into OpenAI and Anthropicâs API business, but it's not a bad news for your business
â Chinese AI models are gaining real usage among U.S. companies, and the reason is simple: price. CNBC reports that Chinese models from companies such as DeepSeek and Z.ai have accounted for more than 3...
MIXED / Chris Steven
Claude Code bills can drop 70% with one strange PNG trick, and it's what you need for Fable or Mythos
â pxpipe is an open-source local proxy that tries to make Claude Code cheaper by turning large blocks of text into PNG images before the request reaches Claude. The idea sounds ridiculous until you look...
MIXED / Chris Steven
Sam Altman hits back at AI skeptics who called LLMs a dead end, as science-focused GPT 5.6 launch looms
â OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is still betting that large language models will keep improving with more scale, and he thinks many AI researchers underestimated the idea for too long. Speaking at Stanford, Alt...
Tuesday, July 7, 2026
UploadVR / David Heaney
18Birdies & Arccos Make Meta Glasses Act As Your AI Golf Caddy
â The 18Birdies and Arccos apps, now integrated in Meta AI on smart glasses in the US & Canada, can act as your personal AI golf caddy.
MIXED / Chris Steven
Chinaâs newest smart glasses unicorn is already fighting Meta in the US
â Even Realities has already hit a $1 billion valuation, but the more interesting part is where its smart glasses are finding traction. The Shenzhen-based company is backed largely by Chinese-origin inv...
MIXED / Chris Steven
HTCâs next comeback attempt is a pair of AI smart glasses
â HTCâs long decline appears to be slowing, but the companyâs future now depends on whether AI smart glasses, enterprise XR and VIVERSE can turn into a real business. HTC reported consolidated revenue o...
Road to VR / Ben Lang
VR Design Unpacked: Why âEmbodimentâ is More Important Than âImmersionâ
â Our series Inside XR Design examines specific examples of great XR design. Today weâre looking at the game Synapse and exploring the concept of embodiment and what makes it important to VR games. Edit...
Road to VR / Scott Hayden
HTCâs Revenue Stabilizes as XR Pioneer Pins Hopes on AI, Smart Glasses and Enterprise
â HTC has been attempting a second act as an XR and AI hardware company for a few years now with mixed results. And while the once-dominant smartphone company is still the midst of a protracted revenue ...
Road to VR / Scott Hayden
Smart Contact Lenses Move Closer to Reality as XPANCEO Expands JBD Display Partnership
â Dubai-based smart contact lenses startup XPANCEOÂ announced itâs expanding a partnership with Chinaâs JBD to co-develop a new micro-display designed specifically for smart contact lenses. Previously, t...
MIXED / Chris Steven
A camera-free smart glasses startup just hit $1 billion, and Meta should notice
â Even Realities has raised $150 million at a $1 billion valuation, giving the smart glasses market another serious player at a time when Meta, Snap, Samsung and Google are all trying to define what peo...
UploadVR / David Heaney
Subscription Now Required For Longer Access To Some Meta Glasses Features
â A 'Meta One Premium' subscription is now required for more hours of access to select advanced features of the company's smart glasses, starting with Conversation Focus.
Monday, July 6, 2026
MIXED / Chris Steven
AIâs $11 trillion compute boom may leave Wall Street holding a $7 trillion debt market
â The AI race is becoming too expensive to look like normal tech spending. The next phase is being built with GPUs, networking, storage, CPUs, data centers, power, cooling, land, construction contracts ...
UploadVR / Mike Johnson
Hellsplit: Labyrinth Is A Dark Fantasy Action RPG Coming To Quest In 2027
â Action RPG Hellsplit: Labyrinth, the successor to 2019's Hellsplit Arena, is coming to Quest headsets in Spring 2027.
UploadVR / Mike Johnson
Survive The Night On 'Indefinite Hiatus' Less Than 2 Months After Announcement
â The Binary Mill has effectively canceled its free-to-play multiplayer VR game Survive The Night, less than 2 months after revealing it.
UploadVR / Mike Johnson
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades Leaves Early Access After 10 Years
â Popular sandbox VR shooter Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades finally leaves Steam Early Access after ten years of updates.
SkarredGhost / Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2026.07.06): Samsung smartglasses leaked, Meta introduces a subscription for its glasses, and more!
â Iâm finally back in Italy, and I can spend a few weeks here, recovering from all the long trips I had. It was really insightful going to China, the US, and Germany, and I think now I have a better vie...Road to VR / Scott Hayden
Smart Glasses Startup Even Realities Secures Unicorn Status with $150M Funding Round
â Even Realities, the China-based smart glasses company, has officially secured unicorn status with its most recent Pre-B financing round, bringing the company $150 million and a $1 billion valuation. T...
Road to VR / Scott Hayden
Veteran VR Shooter âHot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenadesâ Finally Leaves Early Access
â VR shooting simulator Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades (H3VR) launched its 1.0 release over the weekend, exiting early access after more than a decade on Steam. Veteran VR studio Rust Ltd has fina...
Sunday, July 5, 2026
MIXED / Chris Steven
These movies and shows feel made for VR, and you wonât find them on Netflix
â When my mom, who is a bit reluctant to use new technology, asked me if there was a better use case for my beautiful Vision Pro beyond playing games, I told her she could watch a movie on it and get a ...
MIXED / Chris Steven
GPT-5.6 public launch may be days away, but OpenAI is still holding back
â OpenAI has already announced GPT-5.6, but most people still cannot use it. The new model family is currently in limited preview, and OpenAI has not confirmed an exact public launch date for ChatGPT, C...
UploadVR / Luis Aviles
Bramblefort Aspires To Be Equal Parts Survival Horror And Immersive Sim
â Hot on the heels of its Steam Next Fest demo, we interviewed studio False Member to learn how Bramblefort aspires to be equal parts survival horror and immersive sim.
MIXED / Chris Steven
New Meta Quest, SteamVR and PC VR games launching in July 2026
â July 2026 is not the busiest month for VR releases, but there are still a few interesting games coming to Meta Quest, SteamVR and PC VR. The list includes a tactical shooter, a physics puzzle classic ...
MIXED / Chris Steven
