More people are being guided on their purchase activity by TikTok.
BodyLink Is A Kickstarter Body Tracking Camera For TV Games & VR
BodyLink is a funded Kickstarter for a standalone body tracking camera for TV games and VR headsets.
I Am Security Becomes A Top Seller On Quest After Recent Update
I Am Security is now a top-selling app on Quest, joining the studio’s hit VR sandbox game I Am Cat.
Somnium VR1 Starts Shipping To US As Price Increase Coming Soon
Somnium VR1, the wide field of view PC VR headset, has started shipping to the US.
But for future orders, the company will no longer sell most variants, and will increase prices soon.
Dawn Of Jets Offers Aerial Combat With A Fully Interactive Cockpit On Quest
Dawn of Jets, a VR aerial combat game with a fully interactive cockpit, recently entered early access on Quest.
MarineVerse Sailing Club to Host Inaugural Yacht Racing Tournament
Novice and veteran sailors around the globe are invited to participate in the MarineVerse Inaugural Yacht Racing Tournament. MarineVerse Sailing Club (renamed from MarineVerse Cup in December 2024) is the product of years of research, development, design, and testing. In fact, VR Fitness Insider first covered this sailing app in 2019 and have shared news […]
Somnium Begins Shipping VR1 PC VR Headset in the US, Announces Incoming Price Hike
Somnium Space, the Prague, Czechia-based social platform creator, has officially begun launching its PC VR headset, Somnium VR1, in the US. Additionally, the company announced its streamlining the number of available variants, bringing it to just three consumer-focused versions, and also increasing prices soon on its higher-end units. The company says it’s now discontinuing a […]
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Meta Officially Discontinues Quest Pro, Its First (and most expensive) Mixed Reality Headset
Meta has officially discontinued Quest Pro, the company’s first mixed reality headset. Meta announced back in September that it was winding down Quest 2 and Quest Pro sales. At the time, the company said remaining stock would be sold through the end of the year or until they ran out, whichever came first. Now, in […]
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Spacewalk Preps, Science, and Cargo Work Kick Off New Year
Expedition 72 is beginning the New Year preparing for an upcoming spacewalk to service science hardware and install communications gear. The International Space Station residents also conducted space agriculture and worked on cargo duties at the beginning of the week. Two NASA astronauts are scheduled to exit the orbital outpost’s Quest airlock this month for …
The XR Week Peek (2025.01.05): Vivo to launch a mixed reality headset, VR usage on Steam on the rise, and more!
This is the first newsletter of 2025, so happy new year to you all! I wish you all the best! It’s a very special day for me because I’m taking soon the plane to go to CES! I’m very excited because it’s the first time I’m going there and I’m sure it will be amazing! Since I […]
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Epyka Promises A Magical VR Puzzle Adventure Soon On Quest
Epyka uncovers the mystery of Earth’s first civilization in a VR puzzle adventure next week on Quest.
Big XR News from Google, Meta, Ray Ban, Samsung
Following a busy year for the immersive industry, during which leading XR and broader technology firms started to lay a foundation for the future of smart glasses and 3D spatial data for enterprises, 2025 could be yet another transformative year for XR, with last year’s innovations turning into tangible products. Despite just entering the new […]
XanderGlasses Review: Addressing Hearing Loss with AR
Usually, when I’m looking for smart glasses to review, I focus on “enterprise” use cases. I’ve been searching for smart spectacles that genuinely make people safer, more productive, or more efficient at work. But the XanderGlasses caught my eye for a different reason. These glasses, created by “Xander” a team of audio experts and tech […]
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.
Threads Experiments with Custom Display Names, Cover Images for Profiles
Some important updates incoming for your Threads presence.