<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Virtual & Augmented Reality - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Virtual & Augmented Reality news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening!]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:20:00 +0100</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Confirms Lower Quest Sales, Says New VR Headsets Must Deliver “major breakthroughs”]]></title><description><![CDATA[According to Meta’s recent quarterly earnings report, Quest headset sales are declining, however AI glasses are growing fast enough to partially offset a slump in Reality Labs revenue. And moving forward, the company says only the “major” VR breakthroughs will warrant productization.The News“Within our Reality Labs segment, Q3 revenue was $443 million, down 6% due to lower Quest headset sales, which were partially offset by continued strong growth in AI glasses revenue,” Meta CFO Susa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/meta-confirms-lower-quest-sales-says-new-vr-headsets-must-deliver-major-breakthroughs/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/meta-confirms-lower-quest-sales-says-new-vr-headsets-must-deliver-major-breakthroughs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breaking Into China’s XR Market: A Starter Guide for Developers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guest Article By Antony ‘SkarredGhost’ Vitillo<br />
Antony ‘SkarredGhost’ Vitillo is an AR/VR entrepreneur, developer, and blogger. Most people know him for his blog The Ghost Howls, which he uses to inform the community about the latest in AR/VR. Vitillo is mainly considers himself an XR software architect though, with 12 years experience working on projects such as Jean-Michel Jarre’s New Year’s Eve concert in VRChat and HitMotion: Reloaded, the first commercial mixed reality game for a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/breaking-into-chinas-xr-market-a-starter-guide-for-developers/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/breaking-into-chinas-xr-market-a-starter-guide-for-developers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google VR Studio Behind ‘Job Simulator’ Unveils ‘Hyper Visor’ Arcade Blaster for XREAL Aura]]></title><description><![CDATA[Owlchemy Labs, the Google-owned XR studio behind smash hit VR games Job Simulator and Vacation Simulator, today revealed Hyper Visor, a new arcade blaster arriving as a launch title for XREAL AURA.As Google’s official AR hardware partner, Xreal Aura is the first pair of see-through AR glasses to run Android XR. Those are priced at $1,279 for the 256GB version with 12GB RAM, and $1,499 for the 512GB version with 16GB RAM.Owlchemy Labs, which was acquired by Google in 2017, has also pledged to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/google-vr-studio-behind-job-simulator-unveils-hyper-visor-arcade-blaster-for-xreal-aura/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/google-vr-studio-behind-job-simulator-unveils-hyper-visor-arcade-blaster-for-xreal-aura/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[VRMMO ‘Zenith’ is Finally Pulling the Plug on Servers in December]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s been nearly two years since Ramen VR, the studio behind Zenith: The Last City (2022), announced it was ceasing development on the VR MMORPG due to difficulties in keeping users. Now the studio announced it’s finally pulling the plug in December.Despite attracting hundreds of thousands of players over the years and securing tens of millions in funding, Zenith struggled to retain its audience, ultimately becoming financially unsustainable despite Ramen VR’s efforts to revive it with a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/vrmmo-zenith-is-finally-pulling-the-plug-on-servers-in-december/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/vrmmo-zenith-is-finally-pulling-the-plug-on-servers-in-december/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[VR Fitness App ‘Supernatural’ Re-launches into Early Access on Quest Following Meta Spin-out]]></title><description><![CDATA[Supernatural, the VR fitness app, has launched&mdash;or rather, re-launched&mdash;into early access on Quest today following a spin-out from Meta earlier this summer.<br />
Supernatural is a subscription-based fitness app that&rsquo;s all about dodging, squatting, batting (and punching) orbs to the beat&mdash;and burning some serious calories in the process. And Supernatural Health, the 15-person independent team behind the app, have now launched it in early access on Quest.Early access is said to al]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/vr-fitness-app-supernatural-re-launches-into-early-access-on-quest-following-meta-spin-out/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/vr-fitness-app-supernatural-re-launches-into-early-access-on-quest-following-meta-spin-out/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Gears of War: E-Day’ PC VR Mod is Coming with Support for Full Campaign]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gears of War: E-Day (2026) has only been out for a little over two weeks now, and there&rsquo;s already a PC VR mod in the works to get you up close and personal with the Locust Horde.A free mod being created by &lsquo;rockonthehill&lsquo; is set to bring full VR support for the entire campaign.<br />
Items already crossed off the list include full stereo rendering, full-body IK, manual reloads, manual weapon switching, two-handed aiming, the ability to fight from cover, and take on the gunner positi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/gears-of-war-e-day-pc-vr-mod-is-coming-with-support-for-full-campaign/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/gears-of-war-e-day-pc-vr-mod-is-coming-with-support-for-full-campaign/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snap Enlists Iron Man Star Robert Downey Jr. to Develop SPECS Experiences]]></title><description><![CDATA[Snap announced that actor and producer Robert Downey Jr. will work alongside the company&rsquo;s augmented reality team to develop original content, Lens experiences, hardware collaborations, and more for its SPECS AR glasses.The NewsRobert Downey Jr. has joined the company&rsquo;s Specs team as honorary Chief Customer Experience Officer (CCEO), which the company says will help &ldquo;guide customers to understand and imagine what&rsquo;s possible with SPECS.&rdquo;<br />
The company says the Iron Ma]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/snap-enlists-iron-man-star-robert-downey-jr-to-develop-specs-experiences/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/snap-enlists-iron-man-star-robert-downey-jr-to-develop-specs-experiences/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steam Next Fest Hosts 40+ PC VR Game Demos Until October 26th]]></title><description><![CDATA[Steam Next Fest is live, going from now until October 26th and serving up gads of PC VR demos to play.<br />
We&rsquo;ve counted 42 VR game demos currently available for download, and among the bunch are a surprising number of greats.If you&rsquo;re not sure where to start first though, you should definitely check out VR co-op heist game PAYDAY: Aces High from Fast Travel Games, town-builder strategy game Outlanders VR from Mucho Games, and co-op extraction game DRIFTERS: Blackout Crew from Salmi Gam]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/steam-next-fest-hosts-40-pc-vr-game-demos-until-october-26th/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/steam-next-fest-hosts-40-pc-vr-game-demos-until-october-26th/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenXR Takes a Page From Apple With New Cross-Platform Spatial Multitasking API]]></title><description><![CDATA[OpenXR is an open, royalty-free standard which provides a single, unified interface for developing VR and AR applications. Most XR platforms support it&mdash;excluding Apple, which uses its own APIs for Vision Pro. While that hasn&rsquo;t changed, OpenXR seems to have taken a page out of Apple&rsquo;s playbook with a new multitasking spatial app framework.The Khronos Group, which leads development on OpenXR, announced it&rsquo;s set to roll out a set of extensions soon that include new &ldquo;s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/openxr-takes-a-page-from-apple-with-new-cross-platform-spatial-multitasking-api/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/openxr-takes-a-page-from-apple-with-new-cross-platform-spatial-multitasking-api/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘PAYDAY: Aces High’ Releases November 5th on Quest, Steam Frame &amp; PC VR, Playtest Now Open]]></title><description><![CDATA[PAYDAY: Aces High, the VR game set in the Payday universe, is officially set to launch across Quest, PC VR headsets, and Steam Frame next month.Payday: Aces High is an upcoming VR co-op heist game from Fast Travel Games which lets up to four players take on some pretty classic heisting: infiltrating banks, museums, and even a luxury penthouse apartment.Like all Payday games, you can also build out your own unique loadout—weapons, gadgets and special skills—as your team decides to go in hard]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/payday-aces-high-releases-november-5th-on-quest-steam-frame-amp-pc-vr-playtest-now-open/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/payday-aces-high-releases-november-5th-on-quest-steam-frame-amp-pc-vr-playtest-now-open/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[&lsquo;PAYDAY: Aces High&rsquo; Releases November 5th on Quest, Steam Frame &amp; PC VR, Playtests Now Open]]></title><description><![CDATA[PAYDAY: Aces High, the VR game set in the Payday universe, is officially set to launch across Quest, PC VR headsets, and Steam Frame next month.Payday: Aces High is an upcoming VR co-op heist game from Fast Travel Games which lets up to four players take on some pretty classic heisting: infiltrating banks, museums, and even a luxury penthouse apartment.Like all Payday games, you can also build out your own unique loadout&mdash;weapons, gadgets and special skills&mdash;as your team decides to go]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/lsquopayday-aces-highrsquo-releases-november-5th-on-quest-steam-frame-amp-pc-vr-playtests-now-open/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/lsquopayday-aces-highrsquo-releases-november-5th-on-quest-steam-frame-amp-pc-vr-playtests-now-open/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[&lsquo;PAYDAY: Aces High&rsquo; Releases November 5th on Quest, Steam Frame &amp; PC VR, Playtest Now Open]]></title><description><![CDATA[PAYDAY: Aces High, the VR game set in the Payday universe, is officially set to launch across Quest, PC VR headsets, and Steam Frame next month.Payday: Aces High is an upcoming VR co-op heist game from Fast Travel Games which lets up to four players take on some pretty classic heisting: infiltrating banks, museums, and even a luxury penthouse apartment.Like all Payday games, you can also build out your own unique loadout&mdash;weapons, gadgets and special skills&mdash;as your team decides to go]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/lsquopayday-aces-highrsquo-releases-november-5th-on-quest-steam-frame-amp-pc-vr-playtest-now-open/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/lsquopayday-aces-highrsquo-releases-november-5th-on-quest-steam-frame-amp-pc-vr-playtest-now-open/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steam Frame OLED Version Surfaces in Source Code, Suggesting a Possible Hardware Refresh]]></title><description><![CDATA[Valve&rsquo;s Steam Frame is barely out the door, but now data mining has reportedly surfaced that an OLED version may already in the works.The NewsAs reported by Steam Frame Hub, Valve may be working on a new version of Steam Frame, which much like Steam Deck, may include OLED panels instead of LCD.The codename &lsquo;Plano&rsquo; has appeared in Valve&rsquo;s publicly released Steam Frame kernel source code, describing a &lsquo;Deckard&rsquo; (codename for Steam Frame) with a 3,552 &times; 3,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/steam-frame-oled-version-surfaces-in-source-code-suggesting-a-possible-hardware-refresh/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/steam-frame-oled-version-surfaces-in-source-code-suggesting-a-possible-hardware-refresh/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[XREAL Announces &lsquo;1 Pro+&rsquo; Flagship AR Glasses, Now Available &amp; Priced at $599]]></title><description><![CDATA[XREAL today announced XREAL 1 Pro+, a hardware refresh of its One Pro flagship AR glasses.Launching today at $599, Xreal 1 Pro+ includes a modest set of improvements over the original One Pro, which launched in early 2025. Principally, Xreal 1 Pro+ includes brighter displays, as well as improvements to spatial viewing and comfort.Like One Pro, the new model includes XREAL&rsquo;s X1 spatial computing chip, three degrees of freedom (3DOF), 57-degree field of view (FOV), and the same 1,920 &times]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/xreal-announces-lsquo1-prorsquo-flagship-ar-glasses-now-available-amp-priced-at-599/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/xreal-announces-lsquo1-prorsquo-flagship-ar-glasses-now-available-amp-priced-at-599/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[XREAL Announces ‘1 Pro+’ Hardware Refresh of Flagship AR Glasses]]></title><description><![CDATA[XREAL today announced XREAL 1 Pro+, a hardware refresh of its One Pro flagship AR glasses.Launching today at $599, Xreal 1 Pro+ includes a modest set of improvements over the original One Pro, which launched in early 2025. Principally, Xreal 1 Pro+ includes brighter displays, as well as improvements to spatial viewing and comfort.Like One Pro, the new model includes XREAL&rsquo;s X1 spatial computing chip, three degrees of freedom (3DOF), 57-degree field of view (FOV), and the same 1,920 &times]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/xreal-announces-1-pro-hardware-refresh-of-flagship-ar-glasses/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/xreal-announces-1-pro-hardware-refresh-of-flagship-ar-glasses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[XREAL Announces ‘1 Pro+’ Flagship AR Glasses, Now Available &amp; Priced at $599]]></title><description><![CDATA[XREAL today announced XREAL 1 Pro+, a hardware refresh of its One Pro flagship AR glasses.Launching today at $599, Xreal 1 Pro+ includes a modest set of improvements over the original One Pro, which launched in early 2025. Principally, Xreal 1 Pro+ includes brighter displays, as well as improvements to spatial viewing and comfort.Like One Pro, the new model includes XREAL’s X1 spatial computing chip, three degrees of freedom (3DOF), 57-degree field of view (FOV), and the same 1,920 × 1,080 p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/xreal-announces-1-pro-flagship-ar-glasses-now-available-amp-priced-at-599/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/xreal-announces-1-pro-flagship-ar-glasses-now-available-amp-priced-at-599/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valve is Building a Deluxe Audio Strap with Hot-swappable Battery for Steam Frame]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you were hoping for better audio and battery life from Valve&rsquo;s recently released Steam Frame, the company has confirmed it&rsquo;s creating a headstrap to solve just that.Valve confirmed with PC Gamer (via Skarred Ghost) that it&rsquo;s working on a new headstrap with hot-swappable batteries and Balanced Mode Radiator (BMR) drivers which are said to match the off-ear speakers seen in Valve Index.Index, which was just discontinued, has long been the audio bar for VR headsets since its r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/valve-is-building-a-deluxe-audio-strap-with-hot-swappable-battery-for-steam-frame/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/valve-is-building-a-deluxe-audio-strap-with-hot-swappable-battery-for-steam-frame/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sandisk is Releasing Official ‘Made for Meta’ Expandable Storage for VR Glasses]]></title><description><![CDATA[The launch of Meta VR Glasses next year will mark the first time any of the company&rsquo;s standalone headsets has featured expandable storage. Now, Meta and Sandisk have partnered to offer official &lsquo;Made for Meta&rsquo; microSD and USB-C flash drive storage options.The NewsSandisk is set to be the exclusive provider of flash storage solutions for Meta VR Glasses, which are slated to launch in Spring 2027, priced at $1,300.<br />
Meta VR Glasses (128GB internal storage) are said to support mic]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/sandisk-is-releasing-official-made-for-meta-expandable-storage-for-vr-glasses/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/sandisk-is-releasing-official-made-for-meta-expandable-storage-for-vr-glasses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Index Headset Goes on Sale for the First Time Ever as Valve Announces Discontinuation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Index, Valve&rsquo;s PC VR headset released in 2019, is officially on its way out. And to see it along, Valve has dropped the price of everything Index-related.<br />
The NewsValve Index is no longer being produced, which means this could be your last chance to get new stock of the company&rsquo;s landmark PC VR headset.Everything is now 20 percent off on the Valve Index page, including:Valve Index Headset was $499.00, now $399.20Valve Index Replacement Left Controller was $149.00, now $119.20Valve I]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/index-headset-goes-on-sale-for-the-first-time-ever-as-valve-announces-discontinuation/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 07:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/index-headset-goes-on-sale-for-the-first-time-ever-as-valve-announces-discontinuation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Best Way to Sideload Games on Quest Just Got Better]]></title><description><![CDATA[SideQuest has been the number one unofficial store for Quest games ever since its founding in 2019. Now, it just got a lot easier to download and get playing.Downloading SideQuest used to mean going through a cumbersome setup process, although now SideQuest CEO and co-founder Shane Harris says in a Reddit post the team has effectively reduced the process down to just a few steps.All new users have to do is sign into your Meta Account and allow SideQuest to connect over Bluetooth, enabling wirel]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/the-best-way-to-sideload-games-on-quest-just-got-better/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 11:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/virtual-&-augmented-reality/the-best-way-to-sideload-games-on-quest-just-got-better/</guid></item></channel></rss>