Meta's new smart glasses skip the cameras, and the privacy backlash that came with them
Audio-only AI glasses arrive next month starting at $349, Meta VR glasses packing 5K micro-OLEDs launch next spring at $1,299
Valve open-sources Lepton, its Android compatibility layer for the Steam Frame
Developers can port Android games while tapping into SteamOS graphics and performance tools
Steam Frame reviews: Great VR hardware at a tough price
Valve's Steam Frame is earning praise for its comfortable design, standalone gaming, and excellent wireless PC streaming. Reviewers like its versatility and overall experience, but the high price, short battery life, and software issues make cheaper competing VR headsets hard to ignore.
Valve's Steam Frame launches at $1,059, and Half-Life: Alyx comes free
That's twice as much as the Quest 3
Valve's Steam Frame could launch any day now, and it might cost $1,200
The standalone headset features 2,160 x 2,160 LCD lenses and a 144Hz refresh rate
Meta's Reality Labs division lost $4.6 billion in Q2 2026, pushing total losses toward $88 billion
Horizon Worlds is now in maintenance mode, but the losses haven't stopped
Virtuix's full-body VR treadmill just got official Meta Quest support
Omni One $2,600 VR treadmill pairs with Meta Quest headsets for full-body VR movement
Game engines were built for video games, but Japan is finding more interesting things to do with them
Companies are using Unreal Engine and Unity to simulate floods, sell virtual kimonos, and redesign cities
Apple is giving up on the Vision Pro after weak sales and high return rates
Apple's spatial computing experiment is over
Researchers are using ultrasound to trigger smell directly in the brain for VR
Early prototype bypasses chemicals and stimulates the olfactory bulb directly, hinting at a new path for immersive VR
Gamer recycles VR roller coaster into fully motion-enabled Elite Dangerous cockpit
Taking immersion to the next level
Valve details performance targets for Steam Machine and Steam Frame
Steam Machine-verified games must maintain 30fps at 1080p
Sony's "soft pause" patent would let AI step in when players get distracted
Just an idea for now, but Sony is imagining a pause button that never fully pauses
SlimeVR's new trackers ditch cameras for affordable and lightweight full-body motion capture
Sub-$300 hardware promises 48-hour battery life and wide software compatibility
Meta Reality Labs posts worst quarter ever: losses hit $6 billion, pushing total to $80 billion
Meta is scaling back its metaverse ambitions and shifting focus to AI
Slow-Mo footage reveals how Nintendo's Virtual Boy actually worked
The mechanical illusion that powered Nintendo's Virtual Boy
Valve Steam Controller 2, new Steam Machine PC console, and Steam Frame VR coming in early 2026
Pricing yet to be announced, but Valve is focusing on affordability
Samsung's new Galaxy XR headset undercuts Apple Vision Pro by $1,700
Available now for $1,800
This $150 homemade VR headset shows how far open-source hardware has come
DIYers developers can adapt the design with different sensors, optics, or displays to create custom VR hardware
AMD hits record CPU share in latest Steam hardware survey – new top GPU and VR headset revealed
The Oculus Quest 2 loses its long-held crown
What just happened? Remember when the Steam survey's top GPU would remain unchanged for months or even years? In 2025, we've seen the number one graphics product change almost every month, and September was no different. Elsewhere, AMD has bounced back from a rare decline to reach its highest user share ever.
Whistleblowers tell US Senate that Meta ignored child safety in virtual reality
Lawmakers press Meta after ex-staff describe children's exposure to pornography and predators in VR
Meta's massive prototype headset could offer the most realistic VR experience yet
Will it come with a sore-neck warning?
30 years later, Virtual Boy games are finally playable in color
Color customization breathes new life into Virtual Boy titles on 3DS
Samsung's 20,000-nit micro-OLEDs push VR headsets toward daylight-level brightness
Next-gen OLED-on-silicon panels deliver massive brightness and pixel density gains
Half-Life 3 reportedly playable end-to-end, possibly launching this year
"HLX" project uses a new kind of procedural generation, future Steam hardware also discussed