Rounding off a busy week for the XR industry, PIXO VR made further strides in bringing VR immersive training solutions to the forefront by collaborating with safety and regulatory compliance solutions provider J. J. Keller & Associates to scale and enhance workplace training into the latter’s portfolio of training services. The move allows J. J. […]
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Big XR News from Samsung, HTC VIVE, Valve
This week was another busy period for XR; between two significant events, the XR world saw continued innovation towards increased adoption in the workplace and beyond. At Industrial Immersive 2025, enterprise XR firms and industry experts gathered to explore how immersive solutions are helping to solve broad vertical challenges today. Meanwhile, Mobile World Congress 2025 […]
Threads Tests Interests Display on User Profiles
A new way to encourage more users to follow profiles.
Instagram Previews More Features of Its Edits App
Instagram’s coming video editing platform will have a range of handy features.
Meta: Suppliers “Heavily Pursuing” Producing “Wonder Material” Enabling Orion’s Field Of View
Meta says suppliers across the world are now “heavily pursuing” producing optical-grade silicon carbide, the “wonder material” that enabled the Orion AR glasses prototype’s relatively wide field of view.
Niantic’s Gaussian Splat Scaniverse Is Now An App On The Quest Store
Niantic’s Scaniverse is now available as an app for Quest 3 and Quest 3S on the Horizon Store, not just WebXR anymore.
Samsung’s Headset Could Launch In Q3, With A Very High Price
Samsung’s headset will launch in Q3, South Korea’s Business Post reports, with a low production scale that suggests a very high price.
Rogue Piñatas: VRmageddon Review – A Roguelite Fit For The Whole Family
With frantic action and a hilarious co-op mode, Rogue Piñatas: VRmageddon is a rogue-lite perfect for players of all ages.
‘Electrician Simulator’ Arrives on All Major VR Headsets This Month, Trailer Here
Take IT Studio, the developer behind Electrician Simulator (2022), is bringing a VR version of the game to Quest, PSVR 2 and PC VR headsets this month. Electrician Simulator VR is getting things up to code by letting you go hands-on as a Sparky, tasking you with everything from repairing outlets and switches, laying cables in walls, to […]
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Quest’s Most Popular Mini Golf Game Gets a Brand New Course of Mythic Proportions
Mighty Coconut just released a new course for Walkabout Mini Golf (2020), letting you putt-putt your way around the home of the gods: Mount Olympus. As the game’s latest paid DLC, the Mount Olympus map brings two 18-hole courses (one easy, one hard) intertwined around classical Greek temples. As per usual, there’s also an unlockable […]
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Station Swaps Commanders and Keeps Up Research Before Crew Swap
Expedition 72 changed commanders today as a new crew prepares to launch to the International Space Station and four orbital residents get ready to return to Earth. Meanwhile, human research, fluid physics, and spacesuits wrapped up the end of the week aboard the orbital outpost.
Cellid Leads the Charge Toward Everyday AR at MWC
Cellid Inc. has emerged as a standout innovator at Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona, showcasing their cutting-edge spectacle-type AR glasses that promise to make augmented reality more accessible and practical for everyday use. While several AR wearables captured attention at the event, Cellid’s approach to lightweight, unobtrusive AR is a refreshing take on a […]
1500 PPI at Ultra-Low Power: TCL CSOT’s XR Display Sets New VR Headset Standard – MWC ’25
While MWC 2025—on the XR side of things—primarily focused on the surging AR smart glasses market and, of course, Samsung’s Moohan, display technology leader TCL CSOT took to the event to unveil a new virtual reality display that promises competitive visual fidelity and low power consumption for headset vendors that wish to adopt its technology […]
LinkedIn Continues to Add European Users
LinkedIn’s DSA report provides insight into the platform’s actual active users.
Reddit Looks to Facilitate More Activity With New Posting Updates
Some new updates to make it easier to participate in subreddit communities.
US TikTok Negotiations Stall With Only a Month Left to Arrange a Deal
TikTok may or may not be banned in the U.S. officially next month.
Meta Implements New Requirements for Advertisers Targeting Singapore
Some new measures to meet updated Singapore advertising requirements.
Climb Mount Olympus In Walkabout’s Largest Course
Mount Olympus is now a Walkabout Mini Golf Course you can visit.
Pavel’s Gulag Getout Mixes Dark Humor & Precision Platforming On Quest
Pavel’s Gulag Getout promises to mix dark humor with physics-based precision platforming, and it’s out today on Quest.
Symphoni Hands-On: Conducting The Classics With Your Hands Is Intuitive If Simplistic
Symphoni brings the mixed reality rhythm game to Quest today, and we went hands-on before launch.
Meta’s Unity & Unreal “OpenXR” SDKs Block Other PC VR Headsets, Developers Report
Meta’s Unity and Unreal “OpenXR” SDKs block other PC VR headsets, going against the spirit of the standard, and developers aren’t happy about it.
Fewer, better, stronger
Once in a while, I remember that this is a blog, and so I like to tell you something about the lessons I’ve learned in my working life as a VR developer, entrepreneur, and blogger, hoping that they may be useful for other people who, like me, are facing similar challenges. Today is one of […]
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‘Animal Company’ Breaks 1 Million Monthly Users, Passes ‘Gorilla Tag’ as Quest’s Top-earner This Week
Animal Company, the free-to-play early access game on Quest, nabbed the top spot for Quest’s highest-earning game this week, overtaking long-time viral hit Gorilla Tag in the weekly charts. Now, developer Wooster Games tells Road to VR it’s not only already profitable, but Animal Company has surpassed one million monthly active users (MAU), cementing its status as VR’s […]
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Meta Delists ‘Max Mustard’ & ‘Richie’s Plank Experience’ from Quest, Citing Violation of Platform Abuse Policy
Toast Interactive announced their VR games Max Mustard (2024) and Richie’s Plank Experience (2017) have been removed from the Horizon Store for Quest. For now, it’s unclear precisely why, however the veteran indie studio says the move has left them feeling “betrayed and powerless.” “Unfortunately, Meta has unilaterally chosen to remove Toast and its two games, Max Mustard and Richies […]
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Station Preps for Command Change, Conducts Heart and Bone Research
The Expedition 72 crew will change commanders on Friday as four crewmates prepare for their return to Earth. Meanwhile, the International Space Station residents continued their ongoing human research activities while unpacking supplies from a new cargo craft.