Metaverse
Pico Space Pro Filed B3110. Q4 Is a Target.
UploadVR's Oct. 11 read of Japanese filings shows Pico Space Pro as model B3110. The company still targets Q4 2026. No price is in the filing story.
Metaverse
Discover the digital worlds built with virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality technologies
Metaverse
Crystal Pro Is $1,399. The Ship Date Is Three Sentences.
Pimax announced Crystal Pro in San Jose on Oct. 6 at $1,399. The release, the FAQ, and the store disagree on the ship date.
Metaverse
Eight Minutes at Teahupo'o. The Frame Is 180.
UploadVR says the Teahupo'o Vision Pro film is eight minutes, from Oct. 1 at 6pm PT. SurferToday dates the launch Oct. 2.
Metaverse
Meta VR Glasses: $1,299, 100 Grams, a Puck
Meta's VR Glasses are $1,299, ship in spring 2027, and weigh 100 grams only if you ignore the 300-gram puck. The FOV is 70 by 66 degrees.
Metaverse
Meta's Phoenix Leak Is a Tease. Connect Cannot Sell You a Headset This Year
Road to VR's September images show a slim MR face piece, a left-temple tether, and sensors pointing sideways and down. vr.org's roadmap still says Griffin and Puffin ship in 2027, not off the Connect stage.
Metaverse
Meta Connect 2026 Is a Glasses Show
Meta's September 23 keynote is built around smart glasses, not Quest 4. A six-ounce office visor and a recording-light patch say more about the metaverse than another headset tease.
Metaverse
Metaverse Enterprise Adoption in 2026: From Hype to Real-World Deployment
Enterprise metaverse adoption has shifted from experimental pilots to production deployments. Here's what's actually working and what's still aspirational.
Metaverse
Snap's $2,195 SPECS AR Glasses Open for Preorder — And the Headset Era Might Be Over
Snap's SPECS AR glasses are available for preorder at $2,195 with a $200 refundable deposit. Here's why this price point could finally break AR into the mainstream.
Metaverse
Roblox's $1.5 Billion Quarter Still Wasn't Enough — What the Metaverse Economy Actually Looks Like in 2026
Roblox posted $1.47 billion in Q2 revenue but missed bookings estimates and withdrew full-year guidance. The stock dropped 34%. Here's what the numbers reveal about the metaverse's actual economic model.
Metaverse
The Metaverse Isn't Dead — It Just Moved to the Office
Meta lost $4.6 billion in Q2. HTC pivoted to enterprise. Apple scaled back its cheaper headset. But smart glasses and industrial XR are quietly growing.
Metaverse
The XR Industry Just Got Clinical: XRHealth Acquires Swing Therapeutics
XRHealth has acquired Swing Therapeutics, creating the largest multi-device XR digital health platform for chronic conditions. The deal brings FDA-approved VR therapy for fibromyalgia to millions of patients — and signals a turning point for extended reality as a clinical tool.
Metaverse
The XR Hardware Shakeup: Meta Charges Forward as Apple Retreats
As Meta teases multiple next-gen headsets and Apple shelves its cheaper Vision Pro, XREAL pushes AR glasses to $300 and HTC pins its survival on AI-powered eyewear. Three competing strategies are reshaping the XR hardware market.
Metaverse
AI-Generated Influencers Are Taking Over Social Media — and Brands Are Paying Attention
Brands are increasingly using AI-generated virtual influencers to promote products on social media, raising questions about authenticity, disclosure, and the future of influencer marketing.
Metaverse
The Vision Pro's Hardware Chief Just Left Apple for OpenAI. What Does That Tell Us?
Paul Meade, the VP who built Apple's Vision Pro hardware and was leading its smart glasses push, has departed for OpenAI. The talent move signals more than just a career change — it maps the shifting fault lines between spatial computing and AI.
Metaverse
AWE 2026: The XR Technology That's About to Redefine How You Experience Digital Content
Augmented World Expo 2026 showcased a wave of XR innovations — from haptic gloves to next-gen headsets — that signal the extended reality industry is entering a new phase of hardware maturity and content ecosystem development.
Metaverse
Brain-Computer Interfaces Just Helped an ALS Patient Return to Full-Time Work
A brain-computer interface has enabled a person with ALS who lost the ability to speak to work a full-time job, demonstrating that BCI technology has crossed from laboratory demonstration to life-changing assistive technology.
Metaverse
The Digital Fashion Industry Is Booming — and Online Games Are Driving the Whole Thing
Virtual clothing, accessories, and skins have grown into a multi-billion-dollar economy, with online games serving as the primary marketplace for digital fashion that never physically exists but commands real money.
Metaverse
Meta Fury AI Glasses Review: The Worst Company Still Makes the Best Smart Glasses
Gizmodo's review of Meta's Fury AI glasses confirms what the AR industry has been dancing around: Meta is winning the smart glasses race, and it's not particularly close.
Metaverse
Meta Spins Out Supernatural Instead of Killing It — The VR Fitness Market Just Got Validated
Meta's decision to spin out VR fitness app Supernatural as an independent company rather than shutting it down signals that virtual reality fitness has crossed a viability threshold that even cost-cutting tech giants recognize.
Metaverse
The Metaverse Entertainment Market Is Projected to Hit $122 Billion by 2032 — Here's What's Driving It
A new market analysis projects the metaverse entertainment sector will reach $121.96 billion by 2032, driven by immersive gaming, virtual concerts, and the convergence of social media with interactive 3D experiences.
Metaverse
NVIDIA's Three-Computer Architecture Is Building the Digital Brain of Manufacturing
NVIDIA's new three-computer architecture — combining AI training, simulation, and real-time digital twin rendering — is being adopted by manufacturers worldwide to create AI-powered virtual replicas of production facilities.
Metaverse
Smart Glasses in 2026: The Designs That Finally Make AR Wearable
Seven new smart glasses designs hitting the market in 2026 demonstrate that augmented reality eyewear is solving its form-factor problem, with implications for enterprise adoption and consumer acceptance.
Metaverse
Spatial Audio Is the Quiet Revolution Making Virtual Experiences Feel Real
Advances in binaural audio rendering and head-tracked spatial sound are transforming how we experience virtual content, with implications for entertainment, communication, and accessibility.
Metaverse
Unilever Is Scaling AI Digital Twins Across Its Entire Factory Network
Consumer goods giant Unilever is deploying AI-powered digital twins across its global manufacturing footprint, using real-time simulation to optimize production, reduce waste, and accelerate sustainability goals.
Metaverse
VisionOS 27: The Upgrades That Could Finally Make Apple's Spatial Computing Mainstream
Apple's upcoming VisionOS 27 is rumored to bring significant upgrades that address the platform's biggest adoption barriers, potentially transforming Apple Vision Pro from a developer curiosity into a mainstream computing platform.
Metaverse
Volumetric Capture Technology Is Turning the Physical World Into Digital Content
Advances in 3D spatial video and volumetric capture are enabling the creation of photorealistic digital twins of people, places, and objects — with applications spanning entertainment, education, and enterprise.
Metaverse
VR Is Quietly Transforming Medical Training — and Saving Lives in the Process
Virtual reality surgical simulation and medical training platforms are demonstrating measurable improvements in clinical outcomes, moving VR from interesting experiment to essential medical education infrastructure.
Metaverse
Metaverse Interoperability in 2026: Why Open Standards Are the Key to a Connected Virtual Future
As major metaverse platforms remain walled gardens, a growing coalition of developers, standards bodies, and enterprises is pushing for open interoperability protocols that could finally connect virtual worlds into a unified digital ecosystem.
metaverse
Snap and XREAL Just Made AR Glasses a Real Threat to Meta's Dominance
Two competing AR hardware launches in June 2026 signal that the glasses wars are no longer theoretical — and Meta's early lead is suddenly at risk.
metaverse
Smart Glasses in 2026: How AR Platforms Are Finally Competing With Smartphones
Smart glasses sales are projected to quadruple in 2026 as Meta, Google, Apple, and Snap ship real consumer devices. The question is no longer whether AR can replace your phone — it is which platform will win the race.
metaverse
Samsung AR Glasses 2026: The Race for Spatial Computing Heats Up
Discover Samsung's upcoming AR glasses and how they compare to Apple Vision Pro. Learn about the future of wearable augmented reality in 2026.
metaverse
visionOS 26: How Apple Rewrote the Rules of Spatial Computing
Apple's latest visionOS update transforms Vision Pro from a curiosity into a productivity tool. Explore the new shared experiences, volumetric APIs, and what this means for enterprise adoption.
metaverse
Physical AI Meets Spatial Computing: The VR+ Revolution
How Physical AI and spatial computing converge to transform VR, AR, and MR into enterprise tools, reshaping manufacturing, healthcare, and beyond.
Metaverse
The Metaverse: Building Immersive Digital Worlds
Exploring the metaverse concept, virtual reality technologies, and the future of immersive digital experiences that blend physical and virtual realities