The XR Week Peek (2025.05.21): Google teases its smartglasses, Valve Deckard gets an unexpected leak, and more!

Hello from Shenzhen, China! This is the last city of my Chinese trip, and together with some very interesting discussions I’m having with people here and some new great friends I’m making, I’m also enjoying a lot of Chinese food, since my B&B is in a part of the city full of small local restaurants. […]

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‘Budget Cuts’ Studio Announces Norse-inspired Roguelite ‘Crossings’ for Quest & PC VR Headsets

Neat Corp, the veteran VR studio behind the Budget Cuts series, announced its next VR game Crossings, which lets you melee and spell-cast your way through the Norse afterlife. The co-op roguelite takes you through “an ever-changing world in a quest for vengeance and survival in an epic Adventure through the Norse afterlife,” Neat Corp says. “Meet fellow […]

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‘Deadly Delivery’ Brings Co-op Package Delivering Dungeon Crawler to Quest & PC VR Later This Year

Flat Head Studios, the team behind time-bending VR puzzle We Are One (2023), announced its next VR game: Deadly Delivery. The game’s trailer shows off a clever mashup of a package delivery sim and dungeon crawler, casting players delivery goblins slinging packages to dungeon-dwelling monsters—who are probably hoping their Amazon Prime deliveries can make it same-day through the […]

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Google Teases Next Android XR Device: XREAL’s Upcoming AR Glasses ‘Project Aura’

When it launches later this year, Android XR is coming first to Samsung’s mixed reality headset, Project Moohan. Now, Google has tapped AR glasses creator XREAL to be the second with its newly unveiled Project Aura. Google announced at its I/O developer event that China-based XREAL will be the second device officially slated to run […]

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Google Partners with Prominent Eyewear Makers for Upcoming Android XR Smartglasses

Google today announced that it is working with eyewear makers Warby Parker and Gentle Monster to bring the first Android XR smartglasses to market. The move mirrors Meta’s early partnership with EssilorLuxottica, the dominant eyewear maker that’s behind Meta’s Ray-Ban smartglasses. While no productized Android XR smartglasses have been announced, Google said today it is working […]

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Crew Packs Dragon for Thursday Departure and Keeps Up Research

The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is one day away from departing the International Space Station and the Expedition 73 crew members are finishing packing it with science and cargo. The orbital residents also continued their life science activities and lab maintenance duties on Wednesday.

Meta’s Ray-Ban AR Smart Glasses: From European Best-Seller to Indian Expansion

Following increasing interest in AR smart glasses as an emerging technology and the advancement of mobile computing from the hand to the eye, Meta is helping lead the charge from a consumer point of view with its Ray-Ban partnership, which aims to distribute AR-lite wearables to general audiences outside of XR enthusiasts. The firm is […]

HTX Labs $5.8 Million to Scale XR Training

HTX Labs, an immersive learning software company, has secured a $5.8 million Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) grant from AFWERX.  This comes after HTX Labs completed a Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project, in which it created and delivered a virtual training solution on the KC-135 aircraft for personnel at RAF Mildenhall in the UK.  […]

XR Innovation Takes Center Stage at AWE USA 2025

Get ready to immerse yourself in augmented, mixed, and virtual reality at AWE USA 2025, which will take place from June 10 to 12 in Long Beach, California. The event will bring together innovators, thought leaders, and enthusiasts to explore the latest advancements of XR technology.   At AWE USA 2025, attendees will have the opportunity […]

WhatsApp Underlines Commitment to Privacy in New Ad Campaign

WhatsApp is looking to reassure users that DMs remain private.