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It looks as though Valve is actually gearing up to release Steam Frame, as user setup videos have leaked showing off unboxing and first-time user experience with Valve’s first standalone VR headset.As first reported by Steam Hardware Updates on X, the ARM Steam Client got an update this week that contained a number of videos, including an unboxing, sign-in, and setup video of Steam Frame.Although Valve immediately pulled the videos in a subsequent update, all three video has been reupload

XREAL today announced that XREAL AURA, the first AR glasses running Google’s Android XR operating system, has now surpassed 10,000 global reservations.Xreal says the reservation milestone for the company’s latest flagship AR glasses has shown “strong early demand across consumers, developers, and enterprise customers,” as the initial $99 reservation offer for a $199 launch credit has now sold out.That said, Aura still doesn’t have final pricing, which could affect

Pico’s Vision Pro competitor is set to debut at a special event in Beijing early next month, which is now officially named Pico Space Pro.As first reported by Chinese outlet Nweon, Pico Space Pro is suspected to be the company’s Project Swan standalone VR headset, which the company first teased in March.While Pico hasn’t revealed the full specs sheet yet for Project Swan/Space Pro, the company’s next flagship is slated to arrive with microOLED displays boasting 4,000 pix

CM Games announced its VR survival shooter Into the Radius 2 is officially leaving early access on Quest 3 and Quest 3S next week, bringing along with it a host of new (to Quest) content.First launched on PC VR headsets in late 2024, Into the Radius 2 actually already left early access on Steam back in April, bringing to the PC VR version a full campaign, new zones, anomalies, equipment, and four-payer co-op over the course of multiple updates.Now, CM Games announced it’s getting ready fo

Finding PC VR mods has always meant wading through a patchwork of Discord threads, news articles and GitHub repositories. Thanks to a new PCVR Central database though, you can now find it all in one place.The NewsReddit user ‘camracks’ launched the PCVR Central database last week, aiming to be the one searchable place for VR mods that let you play flatscreen PC games in VR.
And while you might not find every single last PC VR mod there right this second, the newly launched database

Announced during the VR Games Showcase, Flat2VR Studios revealed it’s collaborating with Squanch Games to again work its flatscreen-to-VR magic on the comedic sci-fi shooter, High on Life (2022).The official VR port is targeting Meta Quest, PSVR 2 and SteamVR headsets.In the announcement video (seen below), we get a behind-the-scenes look at some of the work Flat2VR is doing right now on High on Life, translating the game’s living guns, traversal, and NPC interactions into VR-native

The VR Games Showcase’s second anniversary event just wrapped up, delivering massive new game announcements.Missed the show? Fear not – we’ve wrapped up every announcement for you right here, including all trailers show in both the main and pre-show. Enjoy!VR Games Showcase Main Show Titles1. Total Chaos VR Revealed For Meta Quest & SteamVR
Game Name: Total Chaos VRDeveloper Name: Trigger Happy InteractivePublisher Name: Apogee EntertainmentPlatforms: SteamVR, Meta QuestRe

FarBridge, the Austin-based studio behind Quest strategy Homeworld: Vast Reaches (2024), has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help support the development of a flatsceen entry in the Job Simulator series.The NewsCalled Job Simulator: Human Relations, the officially licensed flatscreen co-op physics game is set to be developed in collaboration with Owlchemy Labs, the IP holder and Google-owned studio behind the original.The flatscreen sequel, which is slated to include four-pla

Breakout VR rhythm game Beat Saber has been priced at $30 ever since its 2019 launch, and has never once gone on sale since. In a surprising move, Meta has quietly slashed the price of Beat Saber to $20 on Quest, SteamVR, and PSVR 2.The NewsBeat Saber is one of the best selling VR games of all time, accumulating more than $200 million in sales as of early 2025, and surely plenty more since then. Its breakout success was so notable that it prompted Meta to acquire the game’s developer less

Crementif released the ‘BetterVR’ mod for Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) last December, bringing full 6DOF support and motion controls to the game on PC VR headsets. Now, nearing the mod’s 1.0 launch, not only has BetterVR gotten even better, but Crementif teased a Mario Kat 8 (2014) VR mod is also now in the works.BetterVR is a flatscreen-to-VR conversion mod for BotW, which is available for free on the project’s GitHub, including 20 upd

Apple and Major League Baseball (MLB) announced they’re bringing a handful of live baseball games to Vision Pro, with livestreamed games starting on August 28th.
When Apple initially announced the number of games it had licensed in the August baseball schedule, it wasn’t clear whether Apple TV subscribers would get any immersive games to round out the 2026 season.
Now, Apple announced it’s bringing four live ‘Friday Night Baseball’ games leading up to September 18t

China-based projector manufacturer XGIMI launched a crowdfunding campaign in June for its first smart glasses, MemoMind One, which is banking on consumer interest in display-clad smart glasses that don’t contain cameras. Now the campaign has reached $1 million, giving the segment anther early vote of confidence.The NewsMemoMind One quickly surpassed its lowball fund goal of $80,000 HKD (~$10,000 USD) when the Kickstarter launched on June 28th, going on to secure $500,000 in less than

Valve quietly changed the requirements for games aiming to run natively on Steam Frame, the company’s long-awaited standalone headset.The NewsValve first announced at Game Developers Conference (GDC) earlier this year that developers would need to hit two specific stats if they hoped to get the coveted ‘Steam Frame Verified’ badge, meaning their game natively runs well on Frame.
Apps needed to hit a minimum of 90 fps, which is higher than Frame’s minimum variable 72

VR Games Showcase is turning two years old soon, and this time around VR’s biggest gaming showcase is promising another slate of VR game reveals and updates from this year’s most anticipated titles.Mark your calendars for August 13th at 11AM PT (local time here) for what VRGS is calling their “biggest show yet,” as VRGS co-founder Jamie Feltham reveals we’ll be getting an eye-full of new reveals and updates from over 25 titles.Games are said to include new titles f

VITURE today launched its latest AR glasses, VITURE Pro 2, which the company calls its thinnest, lightest and comfortable yet. Alongside it, Viture also unveiled a new, more pocketable USB-C dock which lets you connect to a wider range of devices, such as Nintendo Switch 2.Viture Pro 2 – $300Like many of the company’s AR glasses, Viture Pro 2 is mostly meant for traditional gaming and computing, albeit on a virtual screen projected in front of you thanks to its see-through AR birdba

Unseen Reality’s crowdfunding campaign for URXR One surpassed $500,000 within 24 hours of launch yesterday, showing clear demand for the company’s first slim and light mixed reality glasses.
URXR One was only asking for $50,000 as its initial funding goal when it launched yesterday—admittedly low for an XR hardware project—although it handily blew past in the opening minutes of the crowdfunding campaign. Now, just 24 hours later, and URXR One has garnered over $590,000 w

Beyond Frames Entertainment is the main publisher behind many of Combat Waffle Studios’ VR titles, including Ghosts of Tabor (2024), Silent North (2025), and GRIM (2025). Now the VR games publisher announced it’s selling off publishing rights of all three titles for a total of $1 million.The company’s press statement doesn’t specify the games’ new publisher, which isn’t a legal requirement in the EU. It does however note the purchase price for all three title

While Apple’s first-gen smart glasses aren’t expected to include fitness tracking, although a recent report suggests the company ultimately hopes to put fitness at the center of its next big product segment.The NewsAccording to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is working to turn its future smart glasses and XR headsets into health and fitness devices.As noted by Gurman, Apple initially hoped to include fitness tech in Vision Pro, which could have seen Apple Fitness

Valve’s ‘Great on Frame’ page highlights games specifically optimized for Steam Frame, and it’s now grown to over 50 titles.‘Great on Frame’ initially kicked off last month with a half-dozen titles guaranteed to be optimized for Steam Frame, which wasn’t exactly encouraging, although now the curated portal—similar to Great on Deck—features 50+ games and apps.Notably, a majority of the ‘Great on Frame’ titles are native VR games (

Unseen Reality announced its upcoming display-replacing XR glasses, URXR One, is set to launch a Kickstarter on August 4th.URXR are essentially made for users specifically looking for a display replacement. Focused on displaying traditional content, like flatscreen games, film and spreadsheets, the MR glasses boast long-term user comfort thanks to 6DOF and 3DOF modes, the former of which is handled by a dual-camera SLAM tracking system.Weighing in at 93g, URXR One is a pair of of lightweight mi

Snap announced it’s hosting an event dedicated to Specs, the company’s next-gen AR glasses, on September 16th in Los Angeles, California.At the event, Snap co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel is said to share “the first in-depth look at SPECS, demonstrating how they bring AI assistance, work tools, entertainment, and shared experiences into the world around us, helping people create, connect, learn, and get things done while staying present,” the company says.Courtesy SnapWh

Meta Horizon Link and Air Link allows you to use your Quest headset to play PC VR games, opening up a world of high quality content that you simply won’t find on the Quest Store. Here’s a breakdown of the Link and Air Link recommended system requirements and hardware specs, and what you’ll need to use everything from the original Quest to Quest 3S to play Rift and SteamVR games on your PC.
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The launch of Steam Frame has grown tantalizing close following the publication of documents from the FCC showing the headset has cleared required regulatory certification.
We still don’t have an exact release date for Steam Frame, but now we know it’s one huge step closer to actually launching: regulatory documentation and approvals from the FCC were published in the last 24 hours.The FCC is tasked with certifying products with electromagnetic emissions to be safe and compatible wi

The team behind SideQuest, Quest’s alternative app library, announced it’s bringing Microsoft’s social VR platform AltspaceVR (2015) back from the dead.The NewsInitially released in 2015 and then acquired by 2017 by Microsoft, Altspace was one of the first successful social VR platforms, launching across PC VR headsets, Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Go, and both Quest and Quest 2.In early 2023 however, Microsoft announced it was shuttering Altspace in a bid to shuttle resources to i

Social VR platform Somnium Space is rolling out its biggest update yet, which aims to bring major improvements across the entire platform ahead of its planned release on Steam Frame and Apple Vision Pro.The NewsSomnium Space’s v3.1.6 update is slated to rollout today, bringing to the social VR platform a number of quality of life features that could put it more on par with its main competitor, VRChat.Arguably the most important feature to the update is how it handles World Instances,

A user setup video has reportedly surfaced of Meta’s long-rumored thin and light VR headset, suggesting we may see its official unveiling at Connect in September.The NewsThe images below reveal a blurry look at what is unmistakably Meta’s upcoming puck-tethered VR headset, which has been referred by number of internal codenames over the years: Puffin, Loma, and now Phoenix.
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A user setup video has reportedly surfaced of Meta’s long-rumored thin and light VR headset, suggesting we may see its official unveiling at Connect in September.The NewsThe images below reveal a blurry look at what is unmistakably Meta’s upcoming puck-tethered VR headset, which has been referred by number of internal codenames over the years: Puffin, Loma, and now Phoenix.
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Besides being the world’s biggest smartphone chipmaker, Qualcomm is also the number one supplier of processors for nearly all standalone VR headsets on the market today. According to a Bloomberg report, those chips could be getting a lot more expensive.The NewsAccording to email seen by Bloomberg sent to customer on Friday, Qualcomm is slated to raise chip prices by a percentage in the double digits, set to take effect September 1st, 2026.Qualcomm explained in the letter that, despite its

XR startup Immersed announced it’s nearing launch of its long-promised work-focused standalone VR headset, Visor.The NewsImmersed sent out an email (courtesy Reddit user ‘aline-works’) to pre-order customers over the weekend announcing that the company is locking in shipping timelines.Next month, the company says we can expect an update that will “cover where we are on the production ramp and what to expect next for your pre-order.”The company says that due to the