VR's Exclusives Are Leaving the Store That Paid for Them
A Quest emulator running exclusives on any PC headset, Valve admitting Frame buyers mostly play flatscreen, and Schell's second layoff of 2026.
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XR Briefing: Aura Ships at $1,099, and Godot Runs On It
Xreal's Aura opens at $1,099 with 32 PPD optics and a Godot editor running on the device, days after Valve admits Frame buyers mostly play flat games.
XR Daily: OpenXR Makes Room for 3D Apps
OpenXR ratifies spatial containers for 3D app multitasking, a 29 KB JPEG XL encoder on WebGPU, Godot's XR jam winners, and China's XR playbook.
XR's Next Platform War Is Over the 3D Compositor
OpenXR standardized spatial windows, Meta caps apps at two slots, and Pico moved rendering into the OS core. The compositor is XR's next platform.
XR Daily: An Open Headset With Two Brains
Vector Gear's dual-chipset open headset, Owlchemy's XREAL Aura lineup, Alibaba's eye-tracking glasses, and Bluey's 2D rendering trick.
XR Daily: Mario 64 on Your Table
Super Mario 64 as a tabletop diorama on Vision Pro, Owlchemy's Hyper Visor leads XREAL Aura's launch, browser Gaussian splatting, and Getty's Chapter 11.
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.
XR Daily: Quest Rebuilds Window Management
Horizon OS 2.9 rebuilds Quest window management and restores classic home environments, plus a Titanfall 2 VR mod and RBF rigging nodes for Blender.
XR Daily: A Browser Engine Generated From Specs
Bez generates a browser engine from spec text and its own tests, GrapheneOS patches an Android 17 kernel stall, and 180-degree immersive video gets sharp.
XR Daily: Android XR Glasses Clear FCC
Samsung's Android XR smart glasses clear FCC, Meta's $1,300 VR Glasses get a gaming strap, and Sony brings neural upscaling to the base PS5.
XR Daily: Splats Move Into Blender
Blender 5.3 makes Gaussian splats native scene data, Android XR Bridge runs Quest exclusives on PC VR at 4K per eye, and IDC puts glasses at 84.6% of XR.