⊲ Thurrott ⊳ Valve has opened waitlist sign-ups for its Steam Frame XR headset, pricing the 256GB base model at $1059/£889/€1049 and a 1TB version at $1299/£1089/€1279. The wireless device runs...
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eXtended Reality
Digital World Preserves WW1 Battlefield
⊲ Popular Science ⊳ Virginia Tech’s ARIES team is turning archaeological records from Belgium’s Dig Hill 80 into an immersive virtual experience. The First World War trench site was excavated...
Snap’s “Wearable Computer”AR Glasses
⊲ Engadget ⊳ Snap has launched Specs, standalone AR glasses priced at $2,195 that replicate much of a mixed reality headset's functionality without a separate puck, controller or tethered...
Meta’s Camera-Free Smart Glasses?
⊲ TechRadar ⊳ Meta is reportedly developing camera-free smart glasses, codenamed Luna, in two styles called Clubmaster and Burbank, according to The Information. Lacking cameras, the wearables...
Meta’s Slimmer Headset Images Leaked
⊲ Road to VR ⊳ Images of Meta's Project Phoenix mixed reality headset have leaked ahead of its expected unveiling at Meta Connect on 23 and 24 September. Serial leaker Luna found firmware footage...
Eye Tracking Measures Pilot Airmanship
⊲ Varjo ⊳ UK training technology company Cineon’s TACET-M was trialled with RAF trainee pilots at RAF Cranwell, combining Varjo XR-4 mixed reality headsets, eye tracking and AI to assess...
Training and Simulation Get Spatial Audio Standard
⊲ audioXpress ⊳ MPEG-I Immersive Audio brings standardised 6DoF sound to VR, AR and mixed reality through compressed scene metadata and a normative renderer. It models geometry, materials,...
Gemini AI Coaching Arrives In Mixed Reality
⊲ TechRadar ⊳Xreal’s Aura smart glasses combine see-through 2K displays, a 70-degree field of view and Android XR in a lightweight design. Processing and battery duties sit in an external puck,...
Meta Unveils AI XR Tester
⊲ Road to VR ⊳ Meta has introduced XR Operator, an experimental OpenXR tool allowing MCP compatible AI agents to autonomously build, test, debug and visually verify VR applications. Available...
From Shotguns To Simulators: Ukraine’s Hard-Won Training Lessons
Martin Carr of AVS, Mikko Luhtava of Varjo and Kristine Kvam of Fynd Reality, one high-end headset maker and two training-system builders using it, recently joined a roundtable on how Ukraine's...
Military-Civil Aviation Training Crossover
⊲ Halldale Group ⊳ Military and civil aviation training share people, methods and technologies, yet formal exchange between the sectors remains limited. Skills can move well from military into...
£60m Immersive Tech & Analytics Sought by NHS
⊲ VR.org ⊳ The UK NHS Supply Chain has opened its Medical Simulation and Technologies Framework, earmarking £40 million +VAT for Lot 4, immersive technology and virtual clinical environments, and...