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Sunday, January 11, 2026

UploadVR / Ian Hamilton

VR Game Developers Shocked By Shifting Platform Prioritization

— VR game developers face a new era in immersive hardware.

Friday, January 9, 2026

Road to VR / Ben Lang

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 conven...

UploadVR / K. Guillory

Hands-On: ArtQuest VR Explores What Makes A Good Museum

— ArtQuest VR takes you up close with detailed artworks.

Road to VR / Scott Hayden

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 ...

UploadVR / David Heaney

Meta Glasses Get 'Conversation Focus' Early Access

— Meta is rolling out the Conversation Focus accessibility feature to the Early Access program of its smart glasses in the US & Canada.

UploadVR / Ian Hamilton

How Flatpaks & Open Source Make Steam Frame A Linux Playground

— Valve's promise with Steam Frame begins with open source.

Thursday, January 8, 2026

Road to VR / Ben Lang

New Reference Design From Key Manufacturer Shows What to Expect From MR Headsets in 2026

— A Chinese company which mass produces many of the best known headsets in the industry has shared a new compact MR headset reference design which sets expectations for 2026. Goertek is a little-known b...

Road to VR / Scott Hayden

‘UNDERDOGS’ PSVR 2 Port Won’t Get Multiplayer Due to Low Player Numbers

— UNDERDOGS (2024) landed on PSVR 2 back in March 2025, making the popular physics-based mech brawler available across all major VR headsets. While the game is slated to get full multiplayer support on ...

Road to VR / Scott Hayden

Panasonic Ends Collaboration with Shiftall on MeganeX Series VR Headsets

— Shiftall, the Japan-based VR hardware startup, is no longer working with Panasonic on its MeganeX series of thin and light PC VR headsets. Initially acquired by Panasonic in 2018, Shiftall developed a...

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Road to VR / Scott Hayden

Meta Pauses International Release of Meta Ray-Ban Display Glasses

— Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses seem to be selling too well, as the company announced it’s delaying the international rollout of its first display-clad smart glasses. The News Initially released in the U...

Road to VR / Scott Hayden

Google Extends Hardware Partnership with XREAL, Positioning AR Glasses Maker as Android XR Leader

— Google announced a multiyear extension to its partnership with AR glasses maker XREAL, positioning it as a lead hardware partner for the Android XR ecosystem. The News XREAL Project Aura is an Android...

Road to VR / Scott Hayden

Pimax Dream Air Begins Shipping in “small batches” With Temporary Headstrap

— After multiple delays, Pimax has finally begun shipping its next PC VR headset, albeit in “small batches,” which arrive with a fabric headstrap—something of a temporary solution until the company can ...

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

SkarredGhost / Skarredghost

The XR Week Peek (2026.01.06): Best of 2025, and opensource headset, and more!

— Welcome to 2026 in XR! I wish this will be a wonderful year for you all! My health is still recovering, and this is why you did not see a news roundup last week, and this week, you’ll have a version ...

UploadVR / Ian Hamilton

Meta Rolls Out Neural Band Handwriting Recognition, Delays International Plan

— Meta paused the international rollout for Display glasses with Neural Band while handwriting recognition begins in the United States.

Road to VR / Scott Hayden

One of VR’s Most Senior and Successful Studios is Laying Off 70% of Staff

— Cloudhead Games, the veteran VR studio behind hit rhythm shooter Pistol Whip (2019), announced that it’s laying off 70% of staff, making for at least 37 affected employees. Cloudhead CEO Denny Unger r...

Road to VR / Scott Hayden

NBA Announces Full Schedule for Immersive Lakers Games on Apple Vision Pro

— Apple Vision Pro users are getting a good slate of immersive Lakers games this season starting this month, captured in 180 degree video. Six Lakers games will be broadcast live as a front-row immersiv...

Road to VR / Scott Hayden

After Ditching Meta Headset Plans, Asus Partners with XREAL on ROG AR Glasses with 240Hz Display

— While the long-awaited Quest-style VR headset from Asus has been put on ice, the Taiwanese tech giant announced it has now partnered with XREAL on a pair of AR glasses for traditional gaming, which bo...