Deep dives into virtual reality, spatial computing, real-time rendering, and the art & science behind immersive experiences.
Steam Frame is days from launch, Meta's next headset just surfaced in Horizon OS firmware, and in the same stretch XR lost Polyarc, Lynx and Breachers: Outbreak. XR does not have a hardware problem: it has a distribution problem, and the studios are the ones paying for it.
The Dolphin XR emulator now lets you physically aim Samus's arm cannon in 6DOF VR. Metroid Prime's diegetic HUD and scanning mechanics map so naturally to VR that it's hard to believe the original game is over two decades old.
DPVR revealed Project Titan at VR AR Expo China 2026, a 4K-per-eye, 110-gram mixed reality headset targeting CES 2027. But the demo unit wasn't real, the heat was unbearable, and the hardest problems remain unsolved.
Quest 3 and Valve's Steam Frame are both standalone headsets, but they are built for different players. Here is how the specs, PC streaming, passthrough, libraries, and prices actually compare.
Steam Frame reservations open at $1,059 with shipping starting September 18th, Valve confirms a standalone Half-Life: Alyx port, Polyarc closes, Apple cuts around 100 Vision Pro roles, and a Neural Band app turns a Mac into an XR input target.
Today's XR, computer graphics, and game development news roundup: a Steam Frame unboxing leaks with new hardware details, EssilorLuxottica quietly absorbed Lynx after liquidation, a 50 GB/s Neural Engine erratum gets fixed, and Meta's Project Phoenix shows up in firmware.
Today's XR, computer graphics, and game development news roundup: Apple leaves spatial capture off the iPhone Duo, WebAssembly runtimes get benchmarked properly, RayNeo ships camera-free glasses while Oslo bans them in schools, plus Godot, DeepSeek, and a MetaHuman character breakdown.
Today's XR, computer graphics, and game development news roundup.
Today's XR, computer graphics, and game development news roundup.
Today's XR, computer graphics, and game development news roundup.
Today's XR, computer graphics, and game development news roundup.
Today's XR, computer graphics, and game development news roundup.
Today's XR, computer graphics, and game development news roundup.
Today's XR, computer graphics, and game development news roundup.