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Threads Continues To See Strong Download Momentum in May
Meta continues to dominate the social app top download charts.
Snap Says It Will Launch Consumer AR Glasses, Called Specs, In 2026
The company behind Snapchat says it will launch fully standalone consumer AR glasses, called Specs, next year.
Qualcomm Reveals Snapdragon AR1+ Chip For High-End Smart Glasses
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon AR1+ Gen 1 is a new chipset for high-end smart glasses, and the company says it can run small language models on-device.
Sandbox VR Announces Third Netflix Collaboration With Stranger Things: Catalyst
Stranger Things: Catalyst is a new location-based experience coming to Sandbox VR later this year.
Microsoft Employee Working On SteamVR Driver To Revive Windows MR Headsets
A lone Microsoft employee is working on a native SteamVR driver to bring Windows MR headsets back to life after Windows 11 24H2 removed support for them.
The XR Week Peek (2025.06.09): Apple announces a lot of visionOS updates, Meta may release a lightweight headset, and more!
Hello everyone from the Los Angeles area! I’m back in the US for AWE, and I’m very excited to start this new adventure today! As usual, I will be your eyes there and I will report to you everything interesting that I see there. If there is something you are curious about, let me know, […]
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Snap Plans to Launch New Consumer ‘Specs’ AR Glasses Next Year
Snap, the company behind Snapchat, today announced it’s working on the next iteration of its Spectacles AR glasses (aka ‘Specs’), which are slated to release publicly sometime next year. Snap first released its fifth generation of Specs (Spectacles ’24) exclusively to developers in late 2024, later opening up sales to students and teachers in January […]
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‘Stranger Things’ Multiplayer VR Experience is Coming to Sandbox VR Destinations Later This Year
Sandbox VR, the location-based VR destination, is working with Netflix to create a multiplayer VR experience based on the hit TV show Stranger Things. Coinciding with the fifth and final season of the show, the upcoming VR experience Stranger Things: Catalyst is slated to let you gear up with friends to face supernatural threats plaguing […]
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Vision Pro Will Allow ‘Optional’ and ‘Required’ Designations for Apps Using Motion Controllers
One of the biggest pieces of Vision Pro news from today’s WWDC is that the headset will be getting support for PSVR 2 motion controllers and a Logitech motion stylus with the release of visionOS 26. Now we’re learning more of the details, including the fact that developers will be able to publish Vision Pro […]
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