⊲ Engadget ⊳ Meta is postponing the planned international launch of its Ray-Ban Display smart glasses, delaying availability in countries such as the UK, France, Italy and Canada. As VR/MR headset...
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Audio Augmented Reality
⊲ WIRED ⊳ Modern audio technology now moves beyond silencing the world to selectively filtering it. Advanced earbuds use spatial processing and artificial intelligence to isolate specific human...
VR/MR Headset Sales Faltered in 2025
⊲ The Register ⊳ In 2025, Apple faced significant challenges with its Vision Pro VR/MR headset, shipping only 45,000 units after halting production for the first three quarters. This marked a steep...
Advanced Warfighter AR Optics Order
⊲ Rochester Business Journal ⊳ Syntec Optics recently secured a follow-on contract to supply essential micro-display components for a major defence augmented reality system and supports advanced...
10 Years of XR Foreseen and Reviewed
⊲ Heise Online ⊳ Reviewing Jesse Schell’s 2015 predictions reveals a decade where technical milestones often outpaced market growth. While he correctly foresaw the shift to standalone systems and...
VR in Support of Agriculture
⊲ BBC Science Focus ⊳ The article discusses the potential of virtual reality to address significant challenges in modern agriculture, particularly in the UK. With climate change impacting crop...
Immersive Tech Seeks Mainstream Success
⊲ Critical Hit ⊳ This article argues that the current state of immersive hardware reveals a mix of technical progress and market hurdles. While new headsets offer impressive visuals, high costs and...
XR and Robotics Converge
⊲ Hackster.io ⊳ Professional VR developer Ludic Worlds has developed a robot that utilises a Meta Quest 3 headset as its central processing unit, capitalising on the headset's advanced sensors and...
AI Eclipses Metaverse in Tech
⊲ The Irish Times ⊳ The article discusses the decline of enthusiasm for the metaverse, initially hailed as the future of the internet, particularly during the pandemic. Meta, previously Facebook,...
Muscle Signals Replace VR Camera Tracking
⊲ Bioengineer.org ⊳ Researchers at Imperial College London have developed an ultrasound-based wearable that enables precise wrist and hand tracking for virtual reality without cameras or gloves....
Rheinmetall & Varjo XR Partnership
⊲ Rheinmetall ⊳ Rheinmetall and Varjo have partnered to integrate the new XR‑4 Series mixed-reality headsets into Rheinmetall’s mobile land training systems. These headsets will allow personnel to...
FPV Drone Team Trainer Launched
⊲ Airforce‑Technology ⊳ MVRsimulation unveiled its FPV Team Trainer at I/ITSEC 2025, a modular simulator designed for coordinated FPV drone training. Building on their previous FPV UAV Simulator,...