The Puck Won: Why XR Compute Moved Off Your Face
Valve's Steam Frame queue runs into 2027, Pico's Space Pro leaks a tethered puck, and Meta's VR Glasses land at 100g. XR's compute has left the headset.
Where XR meets Computer Graphics
Deep dives into virtual reality, spatial computing, real-time rendering, and the art & science behind immersive experiences.
Deep Dives
View all →Why VR's Next Big Games Are Modded, Not Published
Astro Bot and Titanfall 2 now run in VR through AI-assisted mods while Walkabout Mini Golf cuts a third of its staff. Inside VR's real content pipeline.
Meta's $1,300 VR Glasses Ship Without a Controller. That's the Point
The display specs got the headlines, but Meta shipping VR Glasses without controllers, and paying $1M for hands-first apps, is the real bet.
Guides
View all →What Is Android XR? Google's XR Platform Explained
Android XR is Google's platform for XR headsets and smart glasses, built with Samsung and Qualcomm. Here is what runs on it, who ships it, and how to build for it.
WebGPU vs WebGL: Which Web Graphics API Should You Use?
WebGPU and WebGL both run GPU code in the browser, but only WebGPU has compute shaders. Here is how they differ, and what it means for WebXR.
How VR Eye Tracking Works
VR eye tracking fires infrared light at your eyes, reads the pupil and the corneal reflection, and turns that into a gaze vector. Here is the full pipeline.
Daily News
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XR Daily: Meta's Glasses Heard What They Shouldn't
Ray-Ban Meta recorded speech without the wake word, photos became splats inside a browser, Steam's Linux client went 64-bit, and a Godot sky got rebuilt.
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XR Daily: Valve Leaves ALVR to Fend for Itself
Valve disowns ALVR's current SteamVR release, a Linux overlay bug freezes games, Samsung's glasses leak at 41 grams, and Meta tours a Milan gallery.
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XR Daily: An OLED Steam Frame Hides in Valve's Kernel
Valve's kernel code leaks a 3,840-per-eye OLED Steam Frame, Godot 4.8 hits beta, XREAL ships 1,200-nit glasses, and Epic rebuilds Linux anti-cheat.
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XR Daily: Steam Frame Slips Into 2027
Valve's Steam Frame queue pushes into 2027, SteamOS 0.4 lifts battery life 12%, RimWorld dumps Unity for its own engine, plus Pico Space Pro filings.
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XR Daily: Valve Retires the Index
Valve discontinues the Index and cuts 20%, Xbox opens a lab for WebGPU ports, SideQuest drops the cable, and Mothergunship jumps to Unreal 5.7.
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XR Daily: Pico Leaks Its Vision Pro Rival
Pico Space Pro leaks inside and out in Japanese filings, Steam Frame slips to 2027, Epic tells devs to stop hand-writing code, plus real-time cutting.
XR Daily: Pimax Takes On Steam Frame
Pimax's $1,400 Crystal Pro, Norway's smart glasses ban, a WebGPU summarizer, Ultimechs delisting, and a browser museum of PS1 and N64 assets.
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XR Daily: College Football Kicks Off in 8K
Meta streams college football to Quest in 8K, VR Glasses reshape the Quest line, WebGPU shader components go mainstream, and hand tracking hits VR games.
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XR Daily: Meta Builds a Cinema Into Horizon OS
Meta hides a Theater Home cinema in Horizon OS, Norway moves to ban AI glasses in public, Unity ships a browser game editor, and Minecraft lands in Source 2.
XR Daily: Meta Buys Sony's XR Patents
Meta absorbs 43 Sony XR patents, Pimax prices Crystal Pro at $1,400, plus a WebGPU effects library, Nvidia's Vera core, and a 70-degree FOV simulator.