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Meta Ultra-Wide FOV & "Hyperrealistic VR" Prototypes Impressions Aug 15, 2025

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Interesting Quest Apps
1. BeamXR Live Lets You Stream To Twitch & YouTube From Quest Without A PC
2. Adobe Substance 3D Reviewer Lets Quest Owners View 3D Models Together For Free
Quest SDKs & Development
3. Meta's Quest Runtime Optimizer Helps Unity Developers Fix Performance Bottlenecks
4. Niantic Spatial SDK Brings Outdoor VPS & Long-Distance Live Meshing To Quest 3
M5 Vision Pro & Vivo's Clone
6. New Vision Pro With M5 Chip Spotted In Apple Code
7. Vivo's Apple Vision Pro Copycat Is An In-Store Demo Only, For Now
8. Pico 4 Ultra Gets Enhanced Body Tracking With 5 Pico Trackers & Travel Mode
9. PlayStation VR2's Eye Tracking Now Works On PC Via Open-Source Driver Mod
Meta's Boba 3 & Tiramisu Prototypes
10. Meta Boba 3 Prototype Hands-On: Ultra-Wide Field Of View Without Compromise
11. Meta Tiramisu "Hyperrealistic VR" Hands-On: A Stunning Window Into Another World

Are AI 'World Models' The Path To Photorealistic Interactive VR? Aug 08, 2025

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1. Elysian Is The First WebXR Game On Quest's Horizon Store
2. Instagram On Quest Now AI-Converts Videos To 3D Too
3. Horizon Worlds Can Now Be Accessed Inside Instagram & Facebook
360° Video
4. DJI Osmo 360 Captures HDR 8K 360° Video At 50FPS
5. Touching the Sky Is An Hour-Long 3D 360° Experience From Red Bull & Meta
Mark Zuckerberg & Tim Cook Quotes
6. Zuckerberg: People Without Smart Glasses Will Be At "Cognitive Disadvantage"
7. Tim Cook: Apple Continues To Be "Very Focused" on visionOS
Interesting Research
8. YORO Increases VR Frame Rates By Rendering One Eye & Synthesizing The Other
9. Meta Got 3 Full-Body Codec Avatars Running In Real-Time On Quest 3
10. Proxies Could Be The Key To Interacting With Physical Objects In Mixed Reality
11. Meta Shares Details Of Ultra-Wide FOV & "Hyperrealistic VR" Prototype Headsets
AI For Virtual Worlds
12. Horizon Worlds Desktop Editor's 'Creator Assistant' AI Agent Automates Development
13. Why Genie 3 Suggests AI 'World Models' Are The Path To Photorealistic Interactive VR

Ray-Ban Meta Sales Skyrocket, Quest Sales Down Again Jul 31, 2025

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1. Premier League Player Airs A Live VR Recreation Of A Football Match Next Week
2. Quest's New Boundary System Is A Dangerous Safety Regression
Quest / Horizon OS Software Updates
3. Quest v79 Matches The Color Temperature Of 2D Windows To Your Ambient Lighting
4. Meta Avatars Get Deeper Body & Face Customization, AI Outfit Assist
Meta Research
5. Meta's Prototype 'Codec Avatars' Now Support Changeable Hairstyles
6. Meta & Stanford's Thin Holographic Display Brings "VR Glasses" Closer To Reality
Meta's Q2 2025 Earnings
7. As Ray-Ban Meta Sales Skyrocket, Quest Sales Are Down Again

M4 Apple Vision Pro & Pico Ultralight Rumors, Meta Ultra-Wide FOV Prototypes Jul 25, 2025

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Interesting Quest Apps
1. Zoom Is Now Available As A 2D App On Quest
2. Putt Window Lets You Use Your Real Putter & Ball In Quest 3 Mixed Reality
3. VR Android File Manager For Quest Lets You Install APKs Without A PC
4. Varjo Will Stop Supporting XR-3 & Aero Next Year
5. After One Key Change, Meta's Quest UI Overhaul Has Gone From Bad To Great
6. ByteDance Reportedly Working On Lightweight Pico Headset
Smart Glasses & Display Glasses
7. Meta Invests €3 Billion In EssilorLuxottica, Taking 3% Stake
8. Apparent Renders Of Next-Gen Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Leak
9. Meta Details EMG Wristband Gestures You'll Use To Control Its HUD & AR Glasses
10. Viture's 'The Beast' Display Glasses Have Industry-Leading FOV & Brightness
11. Rec Room Plus Subscribers Get Roomie, A Floating AI Companion
12. Billie Eilish Tease Suggests A 180° 3D Release Of Her Latest Concert
13. Sharp Is Developing A Hybrid Haptic VR Glove & Controller
14. M4 Apple Vision Pro Refresh With New Strap Reportedly Launching This Year
15. Meta Shows Off Research Towards Practical Ultra-Wide Field Of View Headsets

Meta 'Celeste' HUD Glasses Leaks & Apple Vision Air Rumors Jul 04, 2025

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1. Quest 3S Xbox Edition Sold Out From Meta
2. Bigscreen Beyond 2 Has Started Shipping To Customers
3. Meta 'Celeste' HUD Glasses Name, Design & EMG Wristband Gestures Leak
4. Apple Vision Air Coming In 2027, Supply Chain Analyst Claims

Oakley Meta HSTN Glasses & Quest 3S Xbox Edition Jun 26, 2025

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1. Samsung's Headset Will Reportedly Ship In October, To South Korea First
2. WebXR Apps On Quest's Meta Horizon Store Can Now Use In-App Payments
3. ModRetro Chromatic Now Displays Nintendo Game Boy Games In Quest Headsets
4. Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings Are Held Every Day In Virtual Spaces
Smart Glasses
5. Oakley Meta HSTN Glasses Have Double The Battery Life Of Ray-Bans & Capture 3K Video
6. Google Reportedly Investing In Gentle Monster To Take On Ray-Ban Meta
7. A Developer Built A Real-World Ad Blocker For Snap Spectacles

8. Quest 3S Xbox Limited Edition Available For $400
Immersive & Volumetric Video
9. F1: The Movie - Hot Lap Is An Immersive Teaser For Apple's Blockbuster
10. China's 4DV AI Releases WebXR Demo Of 6DoF Volumetric Video

Meta Ceases Onward Development & Merges Downpour Into Camouflaj Jun 19, 2025

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Quest Content
1. Puma Made A Quest-Only WebXR Shopping Experience For Its Latest Shoe
2. Jigsaw Night Is A Master Class In Interaction Design For Mixed Reality And VR
3. DAZN Gives US Quest Owners A Free 3D Tabletop View Of The FIFA Club World Cup
Meta Smart Glasses
4. Oakley Meta Glasses Seem To Be Launching On Friday
5. Prada Meta Glasses Are Reportedly Coming Too
SDKs & AI Generation
6. Meta's Spatial SDK For Engine-Free Quest Development Got Significant Upgrades
7. OpenXR Spatial Entities Extensions Standardize Surfaces, Markers, Anchors & Persistence
8. Meta Teases AI Generation Of Entire Horizon Worlds Coming "Very Soon"
Oculus Studios
9. Meta Ceases Onward Development & Merges Downpour Into Camouflaj
10. Beat Saber Is Ending PlayStation VR & PS VR2 Support

Snap Teases Consumer AR Specs & visionOS 26 Charts Apple's Future Jun 13, 2025

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Meta Section
1. Deadpool VR, Voiced By Neil Patrick Harris, Is Meta's Next Quest 3 Exclusive Blockbuster
2. Meta Shipped Quest v77 Update Knowing It Had Bugs, Despite Quality Control Pledge
3. Microsoft Employee Working On SteamVR Driver To Revive Windows MR Headsets
AWE 2025
4. Qualcomm Reveals Snapdragon AR1+ Chip For High-End Smart Glasses
5. Snap Says It Will Launch Consumer AR Glasses, Called Specs, In 2026
Apple Section
6. visionOS 26 Announced For Apple Vision Pro

Palmer Luckey's Anduril Partners With Meta, What Comes After Quest 3? Jun 05, 2025

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Meta Quest Hardware & Tech News
1. Meta Financing Now In The UK Too, Offering Quest 3S From Twelve £30 Monthly Payments
2. Quest's Web Browser Now Experimentally Supports Colocated WebXR
Immersive Video
3. Quest Owners Can Watch The NHL Stanley Cup Final Rinkside In 180° For Free
4. Bono: Stories Of Surrender, The First Feature-Length Apple Immersive Video, Is Out Now
Anduril-Meta Partnership
5. Palmer Luckey's Anduril Partners With Meta To Build Military XR Devices
Meta's Ultralight Headset With Puck & The Fate Of Quest 4
6. Meta Prioritizing Ultralight Headset With Puck For 2026 Over Traditional Quest 4
7. Meta's Ultralight Headset With Puck Will Reportedly Cost "Less Than $1000"
8. Meta "Courting" Disney & A24 To Make Immersive Video For Horizon OS

Apple Glasses In 2026 & Physical Meta Stores? May 29, 2025

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1. PlayStation VR2 Is $350 For Sony's Days Of Play 2025 Sale

2. Insomniac Games Does Not "Have Plans" For PlayStation VR2 Games
3. Apple Reportedly Plans To Launch Its Smart Glasses In Late 2026

4. D-Day: The Camera Soldier Is A New Kind Of Documentary On Apple Vision Pro
5. Team Beef Is Unofficially Porting Counter-Strike To Quest & Pico 4
6. Meta Reportedly Plans To Open More Physical Stores

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