Virtual Reality

‘Walkabout Mini Golf’ Studio Announces Another Round of Layoffs Following DLC Price Hike

Mighty Coconut, indie studio behind hit VR game Walkabout Mini Golf (2020), announced another round of layoffs affecting ~35% of staff. “This is an incredibly hard message to write, but I want to continue to be transparent with the Walkabout community,” writes Mighty Coconut CEO Lucas Martell in a company blog post. “Due to the […]
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Meta Plans VR Glasses Strap Accessory for Active VR Gaming

Meta VR Glasses can play all of the same games you might on Quest, whether it be through integrated hand-tracking or by pairing optional Touch Plus controllers. But if you’re planning on getting active, Meta says they’ll be selling an accessory for that. We haven’t seen any images yet, however at Connect 2026 last week […]
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Meta VR Glasses, Quest 3 & Steam Frame Compared – Specs & Features

2026 is another big year in VR hardware, but which headset should you consider buying? The old reliable Quest 3? Valve’s Steam Frame? Or maybe you should wait for Meta VR Glasses? Read on to see the specs—and probably more importantly—their use cases compared. Skip to the conclusion, please. Here’s the quick and dirty conclusion […]
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Arcturus Vision Steam Frame Add-on Review – A Literal Night and Day Difference

Arcturus Vision Camera is an add-on module for Steam Frame which greatly enhances its passthrough camera quality. The obvious visual improvement, tiny size, and reasonable price make it easy to recommend. In the course of my decade plus of using VR headsets and various accessories, I can’t think of any that were as straightforwardly recommendable […]
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Hands-on: Meta’s ‘Hologram’ Avatars Aim to Take on Apple Personas on VR Glasses

Meta’s long-promised photorealistic avatars are set to release in the next few months, which the company is calling ‘holograms’. I went hands-on the annual Connect developer conference to see just how Meta plans to take on Apple. Meta announced it’s finally rolling out its immersive avatars, and they’re coming first to its Meta Ray-Ban Display […]
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Meta Launches $1M Developer Competition to Stock ‘VR Glasses’ with More Hand-tracked Apps

At Meta’s annual developer conference today, the company announced its next VR Start Developer Competition, this time slated to award a prize pool of $1 million to spark the community to get cracking on Meta VR Glasses-compatible content. Meta is hoping to appeal to developers of both new and existing projects across entertainment, gaming, and […]
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Meta VR Glasses Hands-on: What Apple Vision Pro Probably Should Have Been

Meta has finally unveiled its next-gen mixed reality headset, Meta VR Glasses. While they could technically fit somewhere in its Quest lineup, Meta seems to be making a concerted effort to bridge the gap between its experimental augmented reality projects, like Orion, and its much bulkier Quest gaming platform. Previously known as ‘Project Phoenix’, Meta […]
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Meta Announces ‘VR Glasses’ Next-Gen XR Headset, Priced at $1,300

Meta today unveiled its long-awaited next-gen mixed reality headset: Meta VR Glasses. Previously known under the codename ‘Project Phoenix’, Meta VR Glasses was announced today, but isn’t launching just yet; the compute puck-tethered device is slated to go one sale sometime in Spring 2027, priced at $1,300. While we’re still waiting on a precise release […]
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‘Beat Saber’ is Getting a Big Hand-tracking Update Next Year, Ditching Blocks for Orbs & Rods

Today at Meta’s annual Connect developer conference the company unveiled its next-gen mixed reality headset: Meta VR Glasses. Coming alongside it early next year is an update to everyone’s favorite block-slashing rhythm game that flips the script for hand-tracking-centric input. Beat Saber (2019) is getting an update in Spring 2027 on Meta VR Glasses and […]
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Meta Ray-Ban Display is Finally Rolling Out Internationally Starting Today

Meta Ray-Ban Display has been a US-only device since launch last year, but now the company announced at Connect 2026 that it’s coming to international markets starting today. Meta Ray-Ban Display is a pair of $800 smart glasses that comes with a single waveguide display in the right eye and an EMG-powered ‘Neural’ wristband for […]
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