#vr-headsets — Public Fediverse posts

Weekend Reading!

Someone at META FINALLY has seen the light in the VR tunnel and it is a dead train.

Meta recently announced starting on June 15, 2026, it will no longer be possible to build, publish or update VR worlds, and Horizon Worlds will not be accessible with VR headsets - the spaces will continue to be be available via the Horizon mobile app only.

This comes just a few weeks after Meta cut over 1,000 employees from Reality Labs, the unit responsible for the metaverse. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/18/meta-horizon-worlds-metaverse-vr.html

In 2018, I first wrote about how dedicated "VR Worlds" would be a #Fail and would be destined to be highly niche products and NOT be the world changing tech as claimed by proponents.

Read the post on TechAptitude here: https://techaptitude.substack.com/p/coming-soon-virtual-reality-is-destined?r=vn8b8 #Fail #VR #RealityLabs #Meta #Metaverse #HorizonWorlds #VRHeadsets #SocialMedia #TechAptitude #AR #AugmentedReality #VirtualReality

Disney’s Closed Muppet*Vision 3D Attraction Coming to VR

I began mourning Muppet*Vision 3D at Walt Disney World’s Hollywood Studios before the Mouse House even announced its…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Virtualreality #brianhenson #Disney+ #HollywoodStudios #Technology #TheWaltDisneyCompany #VirtualReality #VR #VRheadsets #waltdisneyworld
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/502030/

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/02/18/visionos-26-4-foveated-streaming-apple-vision-pro-xcxwbn/

Apple Vision Pro Gains Foveated Streaming in visionOS 26.4 Beta

#AppleVisionPro #Apple #NVIDIA #VisionOS #VRHeadsets #MixedReality #BigTech #Headsets

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/02/02/kaist-solves-red-pixel-challenge-ultra-sharp-ar-glasses-xcxwbn/

KAIST Solves Red Pixel Challenge for Ultra-Sharp AR Glasses

#AR #KAIST #VR #MR #Displays #Wearables #Engineering #Headsets #VRHeadsets #LEDLighting

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/01/26/meta-reality-labs-layoffs-vr-winter-fears-xcxwbn/

Meta Reality Labs Layoffs Trigger 'VR Winter' Fears

#MetaInc #Metaverse #VR #VRHeadsets #Layoffs #BigTech #Wearables #OculusVR

»#VRheadsets at #CES2026: Attack of the #lightweightmodels.« https://www.heise.de/en/news/VR-headsets-at-CES-2026-Attack-of-the-lightweight-models-11136426.html?Metaver.se #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #XR #VR #MR #AR #BeyondPictures

🚀 Ah, the tech world's crystal ball strikes again: 3D printed miniatures will revolutionize... something or other, just like VR headsets replaced reality, right? 😂 Watching these predictions unfold is like watching a tech-savvy blindfold relay race—amusingly aimless and inevitably full of #faceplants. 🤦‍♂️
https://matduggan.com/the-year-of-the-3d-printed-miniature-and-other-lies-we-tell-ourselves/ #techpredictions #3Dprinting #innovation #VRheadsets #futuretech #HackerNews #ngated

Breaking news: Researchers invent magic beanstalk for climbing into #fantasyland. 🌈✨ Because who needs reality when you can escape into a virtual utopia filled with pixelated unicorns and overpriced VR headsets? 🦄💸 #GameChanger
https://www.meta.com/en-gb/blog/worldgen-3d-world-generation-reality-labs-generative-ai-research/ #magicbeanstalk #virtualutopia #pixelatedunicorns #VRheadsets #HackerNews #ngated

Engadget's already dropping wisdom on the 'best VR headsets for 2025.' Because planning your virtual future *today* is crucial! They're touting ergonomics & immersion, but let's be real: how long until you hit that '404: Reality Not Found' error?

Still no Xbox VR, naturally. What's the one feature you're *actually* waiting for in future VR?
https://www.engadget.com/ar-vr/best-vr-headsets-140012529.html?src=rss
#VR #TechNews #FutureTech #Gaming #VRHeadsets

»#Meta, the Facebook and Instagram parent, is partnering with #Anduril Industries to develop #combat #VRheadsets for the #Army.« https://www.wsj.com/tech/meta-army-vr-headsets-anduril-palmer-luckey-142ab72a?eicker.news #tech #media #news

»Even #Apple wasn’t able to make #VRheadsets mainstream in 2024.« https://www.theverge.com/24303262/apple-vision-pro-vr-mainstream-meta-glasses?Metaver.se #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #VR #AR #MR

Meta setzt mit fehlerhaftem Update für Quest-Headsets neue Maßstäbe
Viele Nutzer:innen von Metas Quest-Headsets wollten die Feiertage für VR-Games nutzen – doch ein fehlerhaftes Firmware-Update machte die Geräte unbrauchbar. D
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/meta-setzt-mit-fehlerhaftem-update-fuer-quest-headsets-neue-massstaebe/
#News #Zubehr #Bricking #CrowdStrike #FehlerhafteUpdates #FirmwareUpdate #Kundendienst #MetaQuest #MetaSupport #MicrosoftBluescreen #Quest3S #VRHeadsets

I tried my kid's PSVR2. The dancing/music game was fun, but I tried the mountain climbing action game and was ready to puke in about 10 minutes.

My lifetime experience with VR, forever.

#PSVR2 #PSVR #PS5 #VR #gaming #virtualreality #Virtualrealityheadset #vrheadset #vrheadsets #vrgaming

Did 60mins at "Immersive Gamebox". *SURPRISINGLY FUN*

Not an #EscapeRoom & no #VRheadsets... but lots of movement, puzzles & teamwork!

Families will love this!

✅ #ImmersiveGamebox
https://youtu.be/ABIBFKHstGw

✅ #ValleyFair, #SanJose, CA
https://www.immersivegamebox.com/en-US/venues/%7Bvenue%7D

r/virtualreality u/BabbleBones :

https://www.reddit.com/r/virtualreality/s/y94yTy3kt3

#monado #wmr #linux #vr #VRHeadsets #YouTube

»The Best #VRHeadsets: Diving into #virtualreality is easier than ever — but here are a few key things to know.« https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-vr-headsets/?Metaver.se #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #VR #AR #MR

Lilbits: Goodbye Windows Mixed Reality, Hello Raspberry Pi 500, 80 Gbps USB4 v2 cables, and Rockchip RK3688 processor

Last year Microsoft announced that it would be ending support for Windows Mixed Reality and, sure enough, when the company begin rolling out Windows 11 24H2 this week it no longer included support for the virtual reality headsets released by companies like Acer, HP, and Lenovo between 2017 and 2020. The platform was never enormously popular, but this has to sting a bit for folks who bought those headsets.

In other recent tech news from around the web, Rockchip is starting to talk about a flagship processor that should offer big boost in CPU, graphics, and AI performance over the popular RK3588, Raspberry Pi has kind of, sort of confirmed that it’s working on a follow-up to the Raspberry Pi 400 computer-in-a-keyboard, the first USB4 v2 cables with support for 80 Gbps speeds and 240W charging are coming, and Samsung is porting it’s Tizen smart TV software to work with RISC-V processors.

Upcoming Rockchip RK3688 Armv9.3 AIoT processor [CNX Software]

Rockchip teases the upcoming RK3688 processor with an Armv9.3 CPU (with Cortex-A7xx series cores and an NPU with up to 16 TOPS of AI performance. The chip also supports 128-bit LPDDR4, LPDDR4x, or LPDDR5x memory and UFS 4.0 storage. The processor is expected to launch in 2025 or 2026.

The Raspberry Pi 500 Hints At Its Existence [HackADay]

The first mentions of the Raspberry Pi 500 in Raspberry Pi OS code suggests that a new computer-in-a-keyboard is in the way. It would be a follow-up to the Raspberry Pi 400, which launched in 2020 as a keyboard PC with the power of a Raspberry Pi 4. The new model would most likely have the same processor as the newer Raspberry Pi 5.

Google is killing its one-click app to run Chrome OS in a VM on Android devices [Android Authority]

Google kills ferrochrome, an app that would have made it easy to run ChromeOS in a virtual machine on Android devices with a one-click installer. It was probably more of a tech demo than a real product, and now it’ll never ship.

Windows Mixed Reality Headsets No Longer Function With Latest Windows 11 Update [UploadVR]

As promised/threatened, Microsoft is pulling the plug on Windows Mixed Reality. Windows 11 24H2 no longer supports any of the Windows MR headsets that were sold between 2017 and 2020.

Samsung Highlights Work to Bring RISC-V to Tizen [SiFive]

Samsung is porting the Tizen operating system that powers its smart TVs to work with RISC-V chips like the SiFive Performance P470

ELECOM releases Japan’s first certified USB4 Version 2.0 Type-C cable [PC Watch]

ELECOM is one of the first companies to announce it will soon release USB4 v2 cables capable of data transfer speeds as high as 80 Gbps. One cable will also support 240W USB Power Delivery, while a different (presumably cheaper) cable will top out at 60W charging speeds. Both support 8K/60Hz video output using DisplayPort Alt mode.

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#android #androidVirtualizationFramework #armv93 #chromeos #elecom #ferrochrome #lilbits #mixedReality #raspberryPi #raspberryPi500 #riscV #rk3688 #rockchip #samsung #sifive #tizen #usb #usb4v2 #virtualization #vr #vrHeadsets #windowsMixedReality

As promised/threatened, Microsoft is pulling the plug on Windows Mixed Reality. Windows 11 24H2 no longer supports any of the Windows MR headsets that were sold between 2017 and 2020. https://t.co/m8shOw5035 #WindowsMixedReality #VRHeadsets #MixedReality #VirtualReality #Windows1124H2 #Microsoft

Meta Quest führt KI-Funktionen ein
Die Meta Quest VR-Headsets werden in Kürze KI-Funktionen erhalten, noch bevor diese bei der Vision Pro eingeführt wer
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/meta-quest-fuehrt-ki-funktionen-ein/
#News #Tellerrand #AppleIntelligence #ExperimentelleFunktionen #KIFunktionen #M2Chip #MetaAIWithVision #MetaQuest #NeuralEngine #PassthroughTechnologie #Prozessorkapazitt #RayBanSmartGlasses #TechnologischeFortschritte #VisionPro #VRHeadsets #WearableTechnologien

Reports: Apple is halting its next high-end Vision in favor of something cheaper - Enlarge (credit: Samuel Axon)

A report by tech news site The I... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2032241 #augmentedreality #applevisionpro #theinformation #vrheadsets #visionpro #headsets #apple #tech

Mind Palace of Madness - "The VR Headset That We ALL WANT." #VRHeadsets https://youtube.com/watch?v=iPqVmVTSAlY&si=NTKbN99VrqiHa5ca

»Ready for the #Meta #Quest4? Meta’s next release could have amazing new features that end up making it one of the best #VRheadsets yet.« https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/meta-quest-4-what-we-expect/?Metaver.se #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #VR #AR #MR

Apple's face jail went on sale yesterday. @markhurst weighed in:

"It brings to mind the the facehugging xenomorph from the Alien movies: I really don’t care how much it weighs. A comfortable, well-designed parasite is still something that should be thrown in the river (or, if necessary, vented out the airlock)."

https://creativegood.com/blog/24/vision-pro-i-poison-vr.html

#visionpro #applevisionpro #VRHeadsets #VRHeadset #facejail #ipoisonvr

Meta Quest 3 review: One giant leap for consumer VR

#metaQuest3 #Quest3 #VRheadsets
https://www.niftysparks.com/blogs?recordId=recXIQLFHeUo2oGYV

Save $429 on HTC Vive Pro Focus Plus VR—now just $200 for a premier business VR solution with world-scale tracking and high-res visuals. Free shipping for Prime members!

#HTCvive #VRheadsets #HTCProFocus
https://www.niftysparks.com/blogs?recordId=recrIqxFd77Boqswq

The Meta Quest 3 is the most exciting thing you'll strap to your face this year

#metaQuest #metaQuest3 #Quest3 #VRheadsets #VRexperiences
https://www.niftysparks.com/blogs?recordId=recZE1BKF8jdgOUME

Magic Leap Shakes Up Leadership With New CEO

#MagicLeap #MagicLeap2 #VRheadsets #TechNews
https://www.niftysparks.com/blogs?recordId=rec9NbXuhOP5fdGT9

In a trial at Kidderminster Hospital, patients are being given VR headsets to help distract them during procedures.

#GoodNews #Tech #Health #VR #VRHeadsets #VirtualReality #Medicine #Peace #Calm #Care

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-66103295