X Tests Dedicated Video Tab in Lower Function Bar

Another step in its efforts to become a video first platform. 

X Plans to Launch ‘Money’ in Limited Form This Year

Elon’s grand vision for an ‘everything app’ still seems to be a long way off.

TikTok Shares Tips for Valentine’s Day Campaigns

Some tips for your Valentine’s Day campaign planning. 

TikTok Adds More Generative AI Features

TikTok continues to add AI options that enhance the user experience.

SteamVR Saw Near-Record Usage In December

December 2024 saw the second highest percentage of Steam gamers using a VR headset ever, when adjusted for Chinese users.

What’s the future of SteamVR tracking?

It’s the beginning of a new year, and I started thinking about the future of immersive realities for 2025 and beyond. There is one question that is recurring in my mind: with the possible advent of the standalone Deckard headset with inside-out tracking, is Lighthouse-based SteamVR tracking still going to be relevant? Will it survive […]

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Google’s Latest Smartglasses Design Minimises Light Loss

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has published a Google patent application for a smartglasses design that seeks to reduce the amount of light lost from the microdisplay. The Apple IP news blog Patently Apple, which shared the news, described the innovative smartglasses design as centring around a curved thin see-through lightguide with large eyebox. […]

The 2025 Samsung/Meta Ray-Ban AR Smart Glasses Competition Begins

Last year was a busy year for XR. Avid XR Today readers will be more than familiar with the big XR moments in 2024, including the likes of MR headsets, digital twins, Apple Vision Pro, Orion, and others; those moments are becoming history, however, and tomorrow’s innovations will take a stride. In 2024, the AI […]

Valve Deckard: Leaks Suggest a New Valve Headset is Near

It feels like a lifetime since Valve released the Index headset – a high-powered (relatively expensive) VR headset initially introduced in 2019. The Index remains an extremely popular headset today. But it’s quickly becoming pretty outdated – that’s where the Valve Deckard comes in. Rumors started circulating about a successor to the Valve Index way […]

Bluesky Adds Trending Topics, Exceeds 25M Users

Bluesky continues to gain traction and add new features.