Meta’s called on its Oversight Board to help it establish clearer parameters and penalties.
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Memoreum Director Tries Patreon & Sideloading To Distribute New Quest Game
Memoreum’s director is attempting Patreon and sideloading for an episodic Quest 3 project inspired by Starship Troopers.
Palmer Luckey: Meta Isn’t Abandoning VR, Studio Closures “A Good Thing”
Palmer Luckey thinks Meta closing its VR game studios is “a good thing for the long-term health of the industry”, and that the narrative of it “abandoning” VR is “obviously false”.
The XR Week Peek (2026.01.20): Meta performs layoffs in VR but doubles down on smartglasses, and more!
The past few days have been pretty complicated for our XR ecosystem. In this newsletter episode, of course, I’ll talk a lot about the negative situation at Meta, but I’ll also leave space to other pieces of news… and some of them are actually pretty positive. So here you are, the most interesting XR news […]
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Sleeper Hit ‘UG’ Has Become One of Quest’s Most Popular and Top Earning Games in Less Than 6 Months
While a flurry of VR studio cuts and closures in the last 12 months has painted a picture of a deeply struggling landscape for VR developers, modern Quest success stories have largely flown under the radar. The free-to-play title UG, for instance, has exploded in both popularity and earnings, matching top titles like Gorilla Tag and Beat Saber in […]
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VITURE Calls XREAL Lawsuit “patent-troll-style” in Escalating AR Glasses IP Battle
AR glasses maker XREAL is taking its competitor VITURE to court over a patent dispute, claiming that it’s selling and/or importing units into the US that infringe on its intellectual property. Viture claims however that Xreal is using the suit as a weapon to unfairly compete in the market rather than as a legitimate defense of […]
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This Samsung 2-in-1 Laptop and Tablet Combo Is $450 Off Right Now
This 16-inch 2-in-1 has a flexible tablet-to-laptop design.
?? OpenAI Talks Ads, Everyone Pays Attention
PLUS: Claude gets a coworker mode, Replit ships “prompt-to-app,” and the tool list this week is ?…
The Download: the US digital rights crackdown, and AI companionship
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What it’s like to be banned from the US for fighting online hate Just before Christmas the Trump administration dramatically escalated its war on digital rights by banning five people from entering the…
Going beyond pilots with composable and sovereign AI
Today marks an inflection point for enterprise AI adoption. Despite billions invested in generative AI, only 5% of integrated pilots deliver measurable business value and nearly one in two companies abandons AI initiatives before reaching production. The bottleneck is not the models themselves. What’s holding enterprises back is the surrounding infrastructure: Limited data accessibility, rigid…
Could Apple’s OLED MacBook Pro Redefine the Work Laptop?
Apple is preparing a significant upgrade for professional laptops. The long-awaited transition to OLED displays for MacBook Pro models is reported to already be underway, suggesting the company’s next-generation laptop could arrive much sooner than previously expected. The new OLED panels are reportedly being produced on Samsung Display’s 8.6-generation line in South Korea. Unlike smartphone-focused […]
Microshifting: What You Need to Know About the Trend Rethinking the Corporate Workday
A new workplace trend is gaining momentum in 2026, offering a fresh perspective on how employees can structure their workdays. Called “microshifting,” this approach breaks the workday into smaller, non-continuous blocks scattered throughout the day, marking a significant departure from both traditional schedules and hybrid work models. The model allows employees to work when they […]
Supernatural’s Uncertain Future Leaves VR Fitness Users Looking For Options
Fitness with VR depends on habit, trust, and long-term commitment.
Options for Supernatural subscribers are plenty.
The Meta layoffs, the VR Winter, the XR outlook
I took some time after the recent news to reflect on what happened and what the consequences may be for all of us. This article is the result of this thought process, and I hope it may offer you some food for thought to reflect on the current situation. The news In case you lived […]
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Oculus Founder on Meta Cuts: “The ‘Meta abandoning VR narrative’ is obviously false”
In light of Reality Labs’ reorganization, which has seen recent internal studio closures and layoffs, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey calls the doomer narrative “obviously false.” The News Luckey literally kickstarted consumer VR more than a decade ago with the founding of Oculus, which in 2014 was acquired by Meta (ex-Facebook) for $2 billion. Having departed […]
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‘Cyberpunk 2077’ VR Mod Taken Down Following Legal Complaint, But There May Still Be Hope
Luke Ross, the prolific VR modder, has been forced to remove his popular Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod, citing legal concerns from CD PROJEKT. The News Ross released word via his Patreon on Saturday that Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt had issued a DMCA takedown notice for the removal of the game’s unofficial VR mod—just one […]
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VR vs AR vs MR: Which XR Technology Is Right for Your Business?
When enterprises explore extended reality (XR), they often make one critical mistake: they start with the technology instead of the business problem. Virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) do not compete with one another. Instead, each serves a distinct operational purpose, supports different workflows, and delivers value at different stages of […]
UC Identity Risks are Evolving: Deepfakes, Impersonation, and UC-Based Fraud
For years, fraud and scam risks mostly lived in inboxes. We’d get emails from people we’d never heard of, packed with suspicious-looking links or bad grammar. It was easy enough to spot the risk, forward the message to security, and forget about it. Now, AI is reshaping UC identity risks. Voice cloning and video synthesis […]
X Announces $1 Million Prize For Top X Article This Month
X is making a splashy push to get more journalists posting to the app.
Eye Tracking Is The Missing Piece In Mark Zuckerberg’s VR Strategy
Why did Meta take a pause on eye tracking after the Quest Pro?
Lifehacker Deals Live Blog: The Best Tech Sales, All in One Place
Keep up with all of the best deals that Lifehacker publishes, including laptops, speakers, TVs, security cameras, and more.
How to Choose a UC Compliance Partner (and Avoid Regrets)
Unified Communications (UC) tools are now synonymous with the modern workplace. Decisions are made in chat, approvals happen in meetings, and evidence lives in recordings and transcripts. The catch is that this content is spread across platforms and storage locations, which can make compliance slow and painful when an audit, investigation, or lawsuit hits. Microsoft’s […]
Your Ultimate Guide to Enterprise Connect 2026: Navigate Its Vegas Like a Pro
Look, we know you’re busy. Your inbox is a disaster, you’ve got three Zoom calls stacked back-to-back, and someone just Slacked you “got a minute?” (spoiler: they need 30). But here’s the thing: You’re about to drop serious money on an Enterprise Connect pass, flights, hotel, and probably some questionable late-night Vegas decisions. If you’re […]
Dark Fantasy RPG Legendary Tales Arrives On Quest
Dark fantasy RPG Legendary Tales made the jump from PC VR to Quest this week.