VR Social Platform Rec Room Partners With YouTuber MrBeast

Get your hands on a limited edition MrBeast t-shirt for your Rec Room avatar.Just a few months into 2022 and Rec Room is already making waves with a series of major partnerships. Today we learned that the popular VR social platform is teaming up with MrBeast, a popular YouTuber and philanthropist best known for his expensive stunts and generous giveaways.
From now until May 1st, players who log into Rec Room will score a killer MrBeat t-shirt for their Rec Room avatars for the low price of $0.00

According to recent import records, Valve seems to be gearing up for the imminent launch of Steam Frame.As spotted by XR analyst Brad Lynch, Valve has imported a large number “virtual reality devices” to its US-based warehouses, which can be none other than its long-awaited Steam Frame standalone VR headset.
The first Steam Frame imports arriving in Valve’s USA Warehouses pic.twitter.com/TfEO9SPo0b— Brad Lynch (@SadlyItsBradley) June 12, 2026
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According to video discovered in Pico’s public SDK, it appears the company’s next flagship headset has just been leaked.Trusted data miner and serial leaker Luna was sent what appears to be a number of tutorial videos for Project Swan, which were buried in Pico’s public SDK.Luna, who also leaked multiple devices in the past including Meta Ray-Ban Display, additionally confirmed the videos seen below are indeed authentic.
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According to video discovered in Pico’s public SDK, it appears the company’s next flagship headset has just been leaked.Trusted data miner and serial leaker Luna was sent what appears to be a number of tutorial videos for Project Swan, which were buried in Pico’s public SDK.Luna, who also leaked multiple devices in the past including Meta Ray-Ban Display, additionally confirmed the videos seen below are indeed authentic.
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Qualcomm seems to be teasing its next-gen Snapdragon XR chipset targeted at standalone headsets, something the company says we’ll learn more about “soon.”It’s uncertain whether Qualcomm is getting ready to announce its next-gen Snapdragon XR3 platform, or Gen 3 of its previously released XR2 chipset. What is certain though is XR’s biggest chip manufacturer has something new in store, teasing a “new reality” in a short clip posted on X.
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If you’re a regular reader of Road to VR you’ll notice the site just got a huge facelift. I’m excited to introduce this new version of Road to VR, the first major revision to our humble publication in a decade.I have to hand it to our old site. Although it evolved over the years, the foundation was technically the same server and layout that launched all the way back in 2015. It wasn’t perfect, but it did the job for far longer than it should have reasonably been asked t

Apple spent a major portion of its WWDC 2026 keynote this week talking about new AI features that are part of an enhanced version of Siri. While most of the features will be accessible across devices, Siri on visionOS 27 has some unique touches that take advantage of Vision Pro.The NewsAn overhauled version of Siri—which Apple is now calling “Siri AI”—is headed to Apple’s version 27 operating systems. The company detailed a wide range of capabilities, both new and

We’re nearly halfway through the year, but there are still plenty of VR games to look forward to before year’s end.While some may be tolling the death knells of VR (once again), the rest of us will be busy playing some genuinely exciting games this year from new and veteran VR studios alike.
Note: If you don’t see your most anticipated VR game on the list, let us know in the comments below.
At least for now, our list is still a little thin on PSVR 2 titles. As it goes, develop

With the introduction of visionOS 27, Apple is opening the door for third parties to make their own high performance tracked controllers and accessories for Vision Pro.The NewsVisionOS 27, available to developers starting today, adds new support for actively-tracked accessories like motion controllers, which Apple is calling ‘spatial accessories’. Prior updates to visionOS allowed for passively-tracked objects which were tracked by their appearance but did not actively communicate w

Meta announced that it is rolling out updated kiosks inside of Best Buy, the biggest electronics retailer in the US. The new 900 square-foot “store in a store” offers a place for customers to demo Meta’s AI glasses and VR headsets.The NewsMeta has a long-running relationship with Best Buy and is no stranger to placing in-store kiosks with trained staff in stores to give customers the opportunity to go hands-on with its hardware. However, the company’s most recent kiosks

It’s been nearly a decade since Vertigo Games released Arizona Sunshine (2016) on PC VR headsets, serving up one of the industry’s first immersive zombie-shooting adventures. Now the Netherlands-based studio is bringing the franchise to PC and console as a “reimagined” flatscreen game.While names can be deceiving, the flatscreen version of Arizona Sunshine isn’t a VR-to-flatscreen port of either the original 2016 version or the more recently released Arizona Sunshi

The developer behind The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is no longer working on VR projects following a merger last year that has effectively retooled the studio to develop a traditional PC/console title.
According to Game File, the former Skydance team—which developed VR titles The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (2020), The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Chapter 2: Retribution (2022), and Skydance’s Behemoth (2024)—is now working on an unannounced non-VR t

Vertigo Games, the Netherlands-based VR veteran behind a host of popular titles, is closing its Amsterdam studio, citing continued challenges within the VR games market.
The news was announced by CEO Richard Stitselaar in an open letter, noting “the VR market remains a challenging space,” which is resulting the in closure of Vertigo Studios Amsterdam.Originally called Force Field before being acquired by Rotterdam-based Vertigo Games in 2021, the studio produced a number of VR games

Snapchat parent Snap has acquired Illumix, an augmented reality software company behind Five Nights at Freddy’s AR: Special Delivery (2019), an AR adaptation of the popular horror franchise. The acquisition goes far beyond developing games for Snap’s upcoming AR glasses though.As first reported by Variety, Snap has acquired Bay Area-based Illumix for an unspecific amount, something that’s slated to boost the company’s AR glasses efforts—and not by stocking the next

We still don’t know exactly when Steam Frame, Valve’s standalone VR headset, is set to launch, although now the company has confirmed both it and Steam Machine areslated to arrive this summer.Valve previously aimed to launch Steam Frame and Steam Machine, its console-style PC, in early 2026.
Due to the ongoing component crisis though, which has seen RAM and storage prices skyrocket, Valve said in February it had to rethink release and pricing around both devices.Now, Valve has at le

We still don’t know exactly when Steam Frame, Valve’s standalone VR headset, is set to launch, although now the company has confirmed both it and Steam Machine areslated to arrive this summer.Valve previously aimed to launch Steam Frame and Steam Machine, its console-style PC, in early 2026.
Due to the ongoing component crisis though, which has seen RAM and storage prices skyrocket, Valve said in February it had to rethink release and pricing around both devices.Now, Valve has at le

Supernatural won’t be in ‘maintenance mode’ for long, because Meta announced it’s effectively spun out the VR fitness app into an independent company, Supernatural Health.The founders and coaches behind Supernatural are parting ways with Meta. Soon, users can look forward to more fresh content, which has notably been missing from the subscription-based VR fitness app since Meta announced in January that it would no longer be pushing content updates as a part of a wider p

PiEEG, a Scotland-based brain-computer interface (BCI) startup, announced it’s launching a facial interface for Quest headsets that aims to turn your brain signals and facial micro-expressions into real-time avatar control.PiEEG has specialized in BCI since it was founded by Dr. Ildar Rakhmatulin in 2022, specifically to provide low-cost solutions for researchers, developers and hobbyists. Now the company says it’s getting ready to launch a Kickstarter soon for its PiEEG XR, a neura

Lightstorm Vision, James Cameron’s 3D production studio, has acquired STEREOTEC, a 3D camera maker that’s powered a number of films and multi-camera immersive concerts.Details of the deal are still under wraps, however Lightstorm Vision says the acquisition will help integrate Stereotec’s technology directly into its 3D production pipeline, enabling capture, processing, and delivery of 3D video.“By capturing consistent ‘ground truth’ depth data at the source,

Spatial, the parent company to Animal Company studio Wooster Games, announced it’s closing down its own Spatial Creator platform, ending free and pro subscription tiers and discontinuing 3D world hosting next month—effectively ending the platform’s metaverse ambitions.Spatial, which released its app at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in late 2020, confirmed that Enterprise users won’t be affected, as the platform will remain operational and continue receiving support

According to an internal memo viewed by The Information, Meta is aiming to release up to four more smart glasses models this year. Meanwhile, the company is reportedly developing an AI pendant, with testing slated to start next year.The memo, which thus far hasn’t been confirmed by Meta, was reportedly authored by Meta Wearable VP Alex Himel. In it, Himel details on some of the projects currently in the works at the company’s Reality Labs XR hardware division.Amid expectations to se

Acer unveiled two new XR glasses, marking nearly a seven-year absence from the XR space.
The last we saw the ‘Acer’ brand emblazoned on an XR headset was its final Windows PC VR headset released in 2019, the OJO 500, which was mostly targeted at businesses. Since then, the company has been conspicuously absent from the XR space, seemingly investing more in its glasses-free 3D displays, laptops, and cameras, which it sells under the SpatialLabs brand.Now the Taiwanese tech giant is s

Guest Article By Julian Reyes
Julian Reyes is an award-winning XR producer, with more than two decades of experience spanning immersive media, storytelling, music culture, and technology. He is the Founder and Director of the Virtual Worlds Museum, where he leads efforts to preserve, explore, and showcase the history, culture, and future of virtual worlds. This June, he’ll speak at the AWE USA 2026 panel discussion, “How We Can Preserve Online Worlds and Why It Matters”.
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Believe it or not, Beat Saber is turning eight years old, so to celebrate Meta has tossed out three new free tech-dance bass tracks.The update, which is already live on Quest and SteamVR headsets, includes three songs: ‘Phantom Fangs’, an original in-house track from Zakka G, ‘KILLSHOT’ from Boom Kitty x MDK’s, and Astral Blossom from Skybreak & Daeya.
Notably, Zakka G is the block-slashing rhythm game’s official Level Designer, having joined the studio i

Valve announced that Steam Deck is getting a sizable price hike, bringing an increase of $240 to $300 to its handheld gaming PC–not exactly a vote of confidence for those of us waiting for Steam Frame, its upcoming standalone VR headset.The company revealed the 512 GB OLED Steam Deck has increased from $549 to $789, while the 1 TB variant is going from $649 to a whopping $949, making for a 44% and 46% price increase respectively.What’s more, the cheaper 256 GB LCD Steam Deck is no l

Hello Games released its next major update for No Man’s Sky (2016), introducing large-scale faction warfare, community objectives, and the game’s biggest space battles to date.Called ‘The Swarm’, the update arrives ahead of No Man’s Sky’s 10th anniversary in August, centering around a new threat known as the ‘Hive of Glass’, a massive structure appearing in planetary skies across the galaxy. The studio says in a PS blogpost that players are d

Demeo x DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: Battlemarked (2025) just got a new content update, adding a fresh standalone adventure, expanded multiplayer options, and additional campaign customization features. Based on the Penny Arcade DnD series ‘Acquisitions Incorporated’, Battlemarked now has a new standalone adventure called ‘A Golden Opportunity’.The update introduces Omin Dran, CEO of Acquisitions Incorporated, voiced by Jerry Holkins of Penny Arcade and the Acquisitions

Sony is kicking off its annual ‘Days of Play’ sale on May 27th, which comes along with a $100 price drop on PSVR 2.Sony hasn’t revealed all of its promotions for the upcoming Days of Play sale, which is slated to go until the June 10th, although the company teased a few deals today when buying direct from the PlayStation Store and through the usual online retail partners.
$100 USD off PSVR 2$50 USD off Pulse Explore wireless earbuds$40 USD off Pulse Elite wireless headset$30 U