ByteDance details its “Project Swan” headset, set to launch in 2026 with micro-OLED panels with 4,000 pixels per inch, and unveils Pico OS 6, its revamped XR OS
ByteDance shares details about its “Project Swan” headset, set to launch this year with a 4,000-PPI micro-OLED display, and unveils Pico OS 6, its new XR OS
ByteDance's Pico announced the key display and compute specs of its “Project Swan” headset, coming later this year …
Meta says it is “explicitly separating” Quest VR from its Worlds platform, making Worlds “almost exclusively mobile” to better compete with Roblox and Fortnite
Horizon Worlds is now going to be a platform that's ‘almost exclusively mobile.’
Sources: Meta has revived a previously shelved smartwatch project, now code-named Malibu 2, and plans to release it in 2026 with health features and Meta AI
Meta Platforms plans to release its first smartwatch in 2026, according to two people familiar with the matter.
YouTube launches an app for the Apple Vision Pro, with standard videos, 180° and 360° videos, and YouTube Shorts; the M5-powered Vision Pro can play 8K videos
Memo: Meta considered adding facial recognition to its smart glasses during a “dynamic political environment” in the US when civil society groups are distracted
In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature's release.
YouTube launches an app for the Apple Vision Pro, with standard videos, 180° and 360° videos, and YouTube Shorts; the M5-powered Vision Pro can play 8K videos
Starting today, an official YouTube app is available on the Apple Vision Pro, allowing you to watch videos on a theater-sized screen …
Meta's VR layoffs may help the industry long term, as most of the ~1,500 roles worked on first-party content and games that competed with the broader ecosystem
I have an opinion on the Meta layoffs that is contrary with most of the VR industry and much of the media, but strongly held. This is not a disaster. They still employ the largest team working on VR b...
Meta confirms it is laying off Reality Labs staff and will “reinvest the savings” in wearables; CTO Andrew Bosworth says 1,000+ staff will be notified Tuesday
Meta Platforms Inc. is beginning to cut more than 1,000 jobs from the company's Reality Labs division …
As part of its Reality Labs cuts, Meta is closing three VR gaming studios and will stop developing new content and features for its VR fitness app Supernatural
Developers from Twisted Pixel Games and Sanzaru Games have posted about their studios being closed down.
As part of its Reality Labs cuts, Meta is closing three VR gaming studios and will stop developing new content and features for its VR fitness app Supernatural
Developers from Twisted Pixel Games and Sanzaru Games have posted about their studios being closed down.
As part of its Reality Labs cuts, Meta is closing three VR gaming studios and will stop developing new content and features for its VR fitness app Supernatural
Developers from Twisted Pixel Games and Sanzaru Games have posted about their studios being closed down.
Meta confirms it is laying off Reality Labs staff and will “reinvest the savings” in wearables; CTO Andrew Bosworth says 1,000+ staff will be notified Tuesday
Meta Platforms Inc. is beginning to cut more than 1,000 jobs from the company's Reality Labs division …
Meta confirms it is laying off Reality Labs staff and will “reinvest the savings” in wearables; CTO Andrew Bosworth says 1,000+ staff will be notified Tuesday
Meta Platforms Inc. is beginning to cut more than 1,000 jobs from the company's Reality Labs division …
Leaked memos: Meta is delaying the release of its MR glasses codenamed “Phoenix” from H2 2026 to H1 2027 for “more breathing room to get the details right”
Jyoti Mann / Business Insider :
Leaked memos: Meta is delaying the release of its MR glasses codenamed “Phoenix” from H2 2026 to H1 2027 for “more breathing room to get the details right”
- Meta delays the release of its “Phoenix” mixed reality glasses to 2027, aiming to “get the details right.”
Meta says it's shifting some of its metaverse investment to AI glasses and wearables “given the momentum” and “we aren't planning any broader changes than that”
hammering on something they think is working, the rayban glasses Luna / @lunayian : To my knowledge, what you should probably expect to see near-term is a lot of RL's metaverse efforts being focused m...
Apple confirms that VP of Human Interface Design Alan Dye is leaving the company to join Meta; Tim Cook says Apple UI Designer Stephen Lemay will replace Dye
Meta Platforms Inc. has poached Apple Inc.'s most prominent design executive in a major coup that underscores a push …
Meta rolls out link sharing to let users invite up to eight people into their Hyperscape virtual rooms via a Quest 3 or 3S headset, or the Horizon mobile app
The company is rolling out the ability to hang out in Hyperscape rooms with your friends.
Valve unveils the Steam Frame, a VR headset that can stream games from a PC or run Windows and Android games locally, expected to launch in 2026 for under $999
Valve is about to launch a new virtual reality headset, and with it, a comprehensive new approach to what a VR device should be.