Bytedance's Upcoming Project Swan VR Headset Wants to Be the Computer Meta's Isn't Yet

Scott Stein / cnet - A higher-end mixed reality headset coming later this year wants to be a work device to rival Apple Vision Pro and Samsung Galaxy XR. It's got the power for it.

#vr #ar #mixedreality #china #bytedance #technology #spatialcomputing #gadgets #productivity #operatingsystems

They first seemed creepy but AI glasses are a surprise hit

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Alibaba's Qwen Enters AI Hardware: AI Glasses to Debut at MWC, Ring and Earbuds Coming in 2026

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Inside the Image AI Leap: How Google and ByteDance’s Latest Models Stack Up

4 days / decrypt / Jose Antonio Lanz

This is pretty cool! techcrunch.com/2026/03/02/n...

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Meta Tightens Grip on Smart Glasses Market as Global Shipments Soar 139%

4 days / cnet / Dashia Milden

A new app alerts you if someone nearby is wearing smart glasses

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Bytedance's Upcoming Project Swan VR Headset Wants to Be the Computer Meta's Isn't Yet

4 days / cnet / Scott Stein

Pico introduces next-gen VR OS 6 and teases 2026 flagship headset ‘Project Swan’

4 days / siliconangle / Kyt Dotson

Pico’s Project Swan XR Headset Wants to Go Where the Apple Vision Pro Failed

4 days / wired / Boone Ashworth

Meta's flagship metaverse service leaves VR behind

Samuel Axon / arstechnica - The company asserts it will continue to make VR headsets, though.

#mobiletech #vr #mixedreality #mobile #meta #business #apps #technology #spatialcomputing #gadgets

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Meta's Metaverse Leaves Virtual Reality

14 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Zuckerberg grilled about Meta's strategy to target 'teens' and 'tweens'

14 days / reddit / /u/DouglasDriveN

Meta's flagship metaverse service leaves VR behind

14 days / arstechnica / Samuel Axon

Meta's Pivot From VR Is Happening. Too Bad Glasses Aren't Ready for This Moment

14 days / cnet / Scott Stein

Meta’s metaverse leaves virtual reality

14 days / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Meta's metaverse is going mobile-first

Ian Carlos Campbell / engadget - Meta is formally sectioning off Horizon Worlds, the closest thing it has to a metaverse, from its Quest VR platform, according to a new blog post from Samantha Ryan, Meta's VP of Content, Reality Labs. While the decision runs counter to Meta's original pl…

#hardware #mobiletech #vr #mobile #meta #apps #spatialcomputing

Meta formally separates Horizon Worlds from Quest VR platform

14 days / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Meta, after laying off ~10 percent of Reality Labs, closing three VR studios, and stopping new content for VR fitness app Supernatural, is changing Horizon Worlds, which debuted in VR, to be "almost exclusively mobile." But it is still making VR

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Metaverse just went mobile first, leaving VR behind

15 days / digitaltrends

Meta's metaverse is going mobile-first

15 days / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

Meta says VR is still the future, but Worlds is going mobile

15 days / betanews / Wayne Williams

Meta’s VR metaverse is ditching VR

15 days / theverge / Jay Peters

The Vision Pro YouTube app is here and it fixes the biggest annoyances

digitaltrends - YouTube finally has an official Vision Pro app, ending the Safari workaround and adding offline downloads plus support for 3D and panoramic video. It’s free now, even as Netflix still stays away.The post The Vision Pro YouTube app is here and it fixes the…

#vr #wearables #mixedreality #apple #streaming #youtube #apps #technology #spatialcomputing #gadgets

Apple Vision Pro finally gets an official YouTube app

21 days / theshortcut / Reece Bithrey

The Vision Pro YouTube app is here and it fixes the biggest annoyances

21 days / digitaltrends

YouTube launches dedicated app for Apple Vision Pro

21 days / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

YouTube's bare-minimum app for Apple Vision Pro is better than nothing -- hands on

22 days / appleinsider

Roblox’s 4D creation feature is now available in open beta

Lauren Forristal / techcrunch - Roblox's highly anticipated 4D creation feature has officially arrived in open beta.

#ai #gaming #vr #genai #vfx #creativity #spatialcomputing #animation #developertools

Roblox answers Google’s Project Genie, launching the open beta for its “4D” AI creation tool

4 wks / sherwood / Max Knoblauch

Roblox’s '4D' creation toolset is now available in open beta

4 wks / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

Roblox calls its take on AI world models ‘real-time dreaming’

4 wks / theverge / Jay Peters

Roblox’s 4D creation feature is now available in open beta

4 wks / techcrunch / Lauren Forristal

Nintendo Virtual Boy hands-on: the 3D game console of your childhood dreams is back

Kevin Lee / theshortcut - $99 for the best piece of 1990’s Nintendo nostalgia

#gaming #vr #mixedreality #entertainment #nintendo #technology #spatialcomputing #gadgets #videogames

Nintendo Virtual Boy hands-on: the 3D game console of your childhood dreams is back

4 wks / theshortcut / Kevin Lee

Nintendo’s Virtual Boy Recreation Reminds Us Gaming Doesn’t Have to Be Fun

4 wks / gizmodo / Kyle Barr

Nintendo Virtual Boy First Impressions video

4 wks / cnet

The new Nintendo Switch Virtual Boy has the same problem it did in 1995. Thats a good thing

4 wks / mashable

The Switch 2's Virtual Boy is a tribute to Nintendo's wackiest console

4 wks / engadget / Sam Rutherford

Nintendo’s Virtual Boy Is a Silly but Fun Blast From the Past

4 wks / wired / Julian Chokkattu

Google debuts ‘Project Genie’ that can generate interactive worlds

Matthew Mountjoy / mobilesyrup - Google is now making its its world generating model available to the general public under the name Project Genie. According to 9to5Google, the model either uses a prebuilt world or lets you describe the environment you want to create, how you want to expl…

#ai #gaming #vr #computervision #google #genai #creativity #media #spatialcomputing #animation

Gaming market melts down after Google reveals new AI game design tool — Project Genie crashes stocks for Roblox, Nintendo, CD Projekt Red, and more

4 wks / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

Gaming market melts down after Google reveals new AI game design tool — Project Genie crashes stocks for Roblox, Nintendo, CD Projekt Red, and more

4 wks / tomshardware

Google’s Project Genie Experiment Causes Video Game Stocks to Suddenly Crash as Investors Believe Games Will Be Made Solely with AI

4 wks / wccftech / Alessio Palumbo

Video game company stock prices dip after Google introduces an AI world-generation tool

5 wks / theverge / Jay Peters

Google debuts ‘Project Genie’ that can generate interactive worlds

5 wks / mobilesyrup / Matthew Mountjoy

Videogame Stocks Slide On Google's AI Model That Turns Prompts Into Playable Worlds

5 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

Google expands access to Project Genie, its AI tool that turns photos and text into explorable worlds

5 wks / techspot

Google’s Project Genie Can Generate Photorealistic Worlds You Can Explore

5 wks / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Google Deepmind opens Project Genie to US Gemini subscribers for real-time AI world generation

Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - Google Deepmind opens Project Genie to its first users. The prototype creates interactive worlds from text or images in real time.The article Google Deepmind opens Project Genie to US Gemini subscribers for real-time AI world generation appeared first on …

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China approves first batch of Nvidia H200 chip imports

J.D. Capelouto / semafor - China began allowing purchases of Nvidia’s powerful H200 chips for the first time, pointing to a nascent US-China rapprochement ahead of a planned visit by President Donald Trump in April.

#ai #innovation #vr #meta #social #genai #business #zuckerberg #technology #algorithm

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Meta's Deep AI Investment Drive (3)
Zuckerberg's Bold AI Social Shift (6)

AI-Powered Wearables Advancements

Meta stock price surges as Mark Zuckerberg predicts most glasses will be AI-powered in ‘several years’

5 wks / fastcompany / Michael Grothaus

Zuckerberg: Meta’s AI glasses are reaching a “smartphone moment”

5 wks / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Geopolitics & Regulatory Side Notes

Italy becomes test case for Meta’s third-party AI chatbot pricing model

5 wks / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

China approves first batch of Nvidia H200 chip imports

5 wks / semafor / J.D. Capelouto

Meta's Deep AI Investment Drive

Meta Stock: Social Media Giant Posts Earnings Beat, Plans Massive AI Buildout

5 wks / parameter / Trader Edge

Meta to pour the GDP of Kenya into AI infrastructure push in 2026

5 wks / theregister / Dan Robinson

Meta to Nearly Double AI Spending

5 wks / eweek / eWEEK Staff

Zuckerberg's Bold AI Social Shift

Meta's CTO on VR layoffs, glasses, and the next AI model

5 wks / sources / Alex Heath

Zuckerberg Thinks Meta Has an AI Advantage Because It Knows So Much About You

5 wks / cnet / Katelyn Chedraoui

Zuckerberg promises 2026 AI blitz after Meta “rebuilt the foundations”

5 wks / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Meta to 'dramatically change' with AI, Zuckerberg says

5 wks / bbc

Mark Zuckerberg is all in on AI as the new social media

5 wks / theverge / Emma Roth

Zuckerberg teases agentic commerce tools and major AI rollout in 2026

5 wks / techcrunch / Russell Brandom

Meta is Shutting Down its Horizon Workrooms, its VR Remote Work App

Laurent Giret / thurrott - Meta is sunsetting Horizon Workrooms, its standalone remote work VR app, and it will also stop selling commercial SKUs of Meta Quest headsets.The post Meta is Shutting Down its Horizon Workrooms, its VR Remote Work App appeared first on Thurrott.com.

#vr #enterprise #mixedreality #meta #business #apps #technology #gadgets #productivity #office

Meta is Shutting Down its Horizon Workrooms, its VR Remote Work App

7 wks / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Remember Metas creepy Horizon virtual office? Its shutting down.

7 wks / mashable

Meta retreats from metaverse after virtual reality check

7 wks / theregister / Richard Speed

Meta is closing down its VR meeting rooms as part of its wider cull

7 wks / engadget / Mariella Moon

Meta Cuts 1,500 Reality Labs Jobs as AI Takes Priority

eWEEK Staff / eweek - The cuts represent roughly 10% of the division's workforce and signal Meta's accelerating pivot away from its metaverse ambitions toward AI dominance.The post Meta Cuts 1,500 Reality Labs Jobs as AI Takes Priority appeared first on eWEEK.

#ai #vr #meta #genai #business #jobs #layoffs #spatialcomputing

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Meta Layoffs: Shift from Metaverse to AI

How Meta's Latest Job Cuts Compare to Recent Broader Tech Sector Layoffs

7 wks / decrypt / Vince Dioquino

Meta’s metaverse dream fades as 1,000 employees are let go

7 wks / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Meta begins job cuts as it shifts from Metaverse to AI devices

7 wks / techxplore

Meta lays off more than 1,000 employees from metaverse division

7 wks / mashable

Meta is Cutting 10% of its Reality Labs Workforce as it Shifts its Focus to Mobile and Wearables

7 wks / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Meta Lays off VR Staff to Focus on AI

7 wks / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Meta layoffs today: Facebook parent reportedly slashing hundreds of workers from Reality Labs VR division

7 wks / fastcompany / Michael Grothaus

Meta confirms Reality Labs layoffs and shifts to invest more in wearables

7 wks / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Meta to Cut 10% of Reality Labs Workforce as Metaverse Vision Faces Reckoning

7 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Meta refocuses on AI hardware as metaverse layoffs begin

7 wks / engadget / Devindra Hardawar

Meta Begins Job Cuts as It Shifts From Metaverse to AI Devices

7 wks / slashdot / msmash

Meta Cuts 1,500 Reality Labs Jobs as AI Takes Priority

7 wks / eweek / eWEEK Staff

Meta Begins Job Cuts as It Shifts From Metaverse to AI Devices

7 wks / bloomberg / Kurt Wagner

Meta to lay off hundreds in Reality Labs amid shift from metaverse to AI

7 wks / techspot

Meta Cutting Reality Labs Workforce by 10%

7 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

VR Studio Shutdowns: Retiring VR amid pivot

Meta Closes Three VR Studios As Part of Its Metaverse Cuts

7 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

Meta's VR layoffs, studio closures underscore Zuckerberg's massive pivot to AI

7 wks / cnbc

Meta has closed three VR studios as part of its metaverse cuts

7 wks / engadget / Karissa Bell

Meta’s metaverse layoffs apparently include some of its VR studios

7 wks / theverge / Jay Peters

Meta Shuts Down Deadpool VR Studio Twisted Pixel and Asgard’s Wrath Studio Sanzaru Games Amidst 10% Cut to Reality Labs Division

7 wks / wccftech / David Carcasole

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Meta is laying off about 10% of its Reality Labs metaverse division, and the cuts include closing down some of its VR gaming studios. Twisted Pixel Games, Sanzaru Games, and Armature Studio are all being closed down

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Meta Plans To Cut Around 10% of Employees In Reality Labs Division

BeauHD / slashdot - Meta plans to cut roughly 10% of staff in its Reality Labs division, with layoffs hitting metaverse-focused teams hardest. Reuters reports: The cuts to Reality Labs, which has roughly 15,000 employees, could be announced as soon as Tuesday and are set to …

#ai #vr #ar #mixedreality #meta #business #layoffs #technology #spatialcomputing

Meta plans to lay off 10 percent of its metaverse group

7 wks / techzine / Mels Dees

Meta reportedly cutting up to 10pc of Reality Labs workforce

7 wks / siliconrepublic / Laura Varley

Oh no, the scam didn’t work! Oh well, on to the next scam. Sorry about your jobs

7 wks / bsky / @scottdagostino.ca / scottdagostino.ca

Meta reportedly prepares new round of Reality Labs layoffs as AI takes priority

7 wks / siliconangle / Duncan Riley

Meta Plans To Cut Around 10% of Employees In Reality Labs Division

7 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

Meta Reportedly Cutting About 1,500 VR and AR Jobs Amid Renewed Push to Become an AI Juggernaut

7 wks / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Meta plans to lay off hundreds of metaverse employees this week

7 wks / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Meta Plans to Cut 10% to 15% of Employees in Reality Labs Business

7 wks / reddit / /u/joe4942

Meta Plans to Cut 10% of Jobs at Company’s Reality Labs Division

7 wks / bloomberg / Kurt Wagner

Meta Plans to Cut 10% to 15% of Employees in Reality Labs Business

7 wks / nytimes / Mike Isaac,Eli Tan

Meta Plans to Cut 10% to 15% of Employees in Reality Labs Business

7 wks / nytimes / Mike Isaac and Eli Tan

Meta 'Pauses' Third-Party Headset Program

BeauHD / slashdot - Meta has paused its third-party Horizon OS headset program, effectively canceling planned VR headsets from Asus and Lenovo as it refocuses on "building the world-class first-party hardware and software needed to advance the VR market." Road to VR reports:…

#hardware #vr #ar #mixedreality #meta #business #technology #asus #lenovo

Meta’s Horizon OS isn’t coming to third-party headsets anytime soon

2 months / digitaltrends

Meta won’t share Horizon OS with third parties

2 months / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Meta 'Pauses' Third-Party Headset Program

2 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Meta pauses third-party Horizon VR headsets program

2 months / theverge / Jay Peters

Meta is 'pausing' third-party VR headsets from ASUS and Lenovo

2 months / engadget / Karissa Bell

Meta is pausing its dream of sharing Quest’s Horizon OS with third-party headset makers

2 months / techcrunch / Lucas Ropek

Meta reportedly plans to slash Metaverse budget by up to 30%

Amanda Silberling / techcrunch - The proposal reflects the overall lack of interest in products like Meta's social virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds.

#vr #mixedreality #meta #earnings #investment #business #recession

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Cuts and restructuring in Meta’s metaverse spending

Meta plans budget cuts as high as 30% to its metaverse efforts

3 months / scmp

Meta could reportedly let go 30% of its metaverse unit’s workforce

3 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Meta Weighs Cuts to Its Metaverse Unit

3 months / nytimes / Mike Isaac

Meta Weighs Cuts to Its Metaverse Unit

3 months / nytimes / nytimes.com

Meta Weighs Cuts to Its Metaverse Unit

3 months / nytimes / Mike Isaac

Meta to cut up to 30% of metaverse budget, Bloomberg News reports

3 months / reuters / reuters.com

Meta is reportedly going to slash spending on the metaverse

3 months / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

Meta reportedly plans to slash Metaverse budget by up to 30%

3 months / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Meta could axe up to one-third of its ‘metaverse’ budget next year

3 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Future doubts: metaverse losing its luster

Looks Like We Can Finally Kiss the Metaverse Goodbye

3 months / gizmodo / James Pero

Meta questions the metaverse — $70 billion later

3 months / qz / Shannon Carroll

Stock surges amid budget cut announcements

Meta stock price: META rises on report that Zuckerberg will cut up to 30% of metaverse division

3 months / fastcompany / Jennifer Mattson

Meta Stock Soars as Zuckerberg Plans to Slash Metaverse Budget by 30%

3 months / parameter / Trader Edge

Strategic pivot: emphasis on AI and smart hardware

Meta Considers 30% Budget Cuts for Metaverse Group Amid Shift to AI

3 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Zuckerberg Cuts Spending on Quest VR in 2026

3 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

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Looks Like We Can Finally Kiss the Metaverse Goodbye https://gizmodo.com/looks-like-we-can-finally-kiss-the-metaverse-goodbye-2000695825

3 months / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

Valve unveils its console Steam Machine with new hardware lineup

Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - Valve announced a new lineup of at-home hardware on Wednesday, revealing a new Steam Machine, a VR headset called the Steam Frame, and an updated Steam Controller. All three products are planned to ship in “early 2026,” with more specific timing to be ann…

#hardware #innovation #gaming #vr #technology #gadgets #steam

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Valve wants Half-Life: Alyx to work well standalone on Steam Frame

3 months / theverge / Jay Peters

Valve's trio of hardware announcements revived my Half-Life 3 fever dream

3 months / engadget

Valve’s Steam Machine Is Beating Xbox at Its Own Game

3 months / gizmodo / Kyle Barr

Valve just built the Xbox that Microsoft is dreaming of

3 months / theverge / Tom Warren

Android games are coming to Steam, starting with the Frame VR headset

3 months / digitaltrends

Steam Machine just put the PS5 and Xbox on notice – if Valve nails one more thing

3 months / theshortcut / Adam Vjestica

PC gaming giant Valve unveils new console to rival Xbox and PlayStation

3 months / bbc

Dbrand spins Portal magic for stylish Steam Machine

Dbrand’s Companion Cube is the perfect partner for your future Steam Machine

3 months / engadget / Matt Tate

Dbrand is turning the Steam Machine into a Companion Cube

3 months / theverge / Dominic Preston

dbrand is turning the Steam Machine into the Companion Cube from Portal

3 months / theshortcut / Adam Vjestica

Hardware specs unveiled with upcoming release dates

Are you ready for a $1,000 Steam Machine? Some analysts think you should be.

3 months / arstechnica / Kyle Orland

Valve announces new Steam Machine console: Price, specs, release date

3 months / mashable

Valve Announces Steam Machine, Controller, and VR Headset for 2026 Launch

3 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Valve announces Steam Frame standalone VR headset

3 months / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Valve unveils its console Steam Machine with new hardware lineup

3 months / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Steam Machine wants to ease gaming, but you have a long wait ahead for the real win

3 months / digitaltrends

Unrelated innovation news outside Valve’s hardware frenzy

Swiss startup Forgis raises €3.8 million to automate industrial machines as Europe confronts Asia’s manufacturing lead

3 months / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

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Dbrand did the inevitable thing

3 months / bsky / @dompreston.com / dompreston.com

Valve: "I’m sure someone will make a [Portal] Companion Cube out of this, but we did not" Dbrand: www.theverge.com/news/819863/...

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Valve enters the console wars

Sean Hollister / theverge - On the 15th floor of an upscale office building in Bellevue, Washington, security guards line the halls. They're here to make sure we don't stray - because I'm visiting Valve's headquarters, a place few journalists ever get to go. The guards help escort m…

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Comprehensive hardware reveals including controllers and multi-device reviews

Valve Steam Controller 2, new Steam Machine PC console, and Steam Frame VR coming in early 2026

3 months / techspot

Valve reveals new Steam console, VR headset, and controller, set to launch in 2026

3 months / mashable

Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Frame Headset, and Steam Controller

3 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

We tried Valve’s new VR headset, PC, and controller — ask us anything!

3 months / theverge / Jay Peters

Valve's Coming For Your Face And Your Living Room video

3 months / cnet / Scott Stein

Valve’s new Steam Controller might be my dream controller

3 months / theverge / Jay Peters

Exploring unexpected tech potential and alternative hardware directions

Valve thinks Arm has ‘potential’ for SteamOS handhelds, laptops, and more

3 months / theverge / Sean Hollister

In-depth looks at Valve's next-gen living room consoles

Valve’s Biggest Hardware Reveal Yet: 3 New Steam Machines

3 months / iphoneincanada / Austin Blake

Valve’s new Steam Machine finally brings PC power to the couch

3 months / digitaltrends

Steam Users Rejoice - Valve Just Announced Its Own PC

3 months / bgr

The new Steam Machine console could be the PlayStation killer the Xbox never was

3 months / pocket-lint / Craig Donaldson

Valve Enters the Console Wars

3 months / slashdot / msmash

Steam Machine returns as Valve reenters the console race

3 months / theshortcut / Kevin Lee

Valve is making a new Steam-based home console

3 months / mobilesyrup / Brad Bennett

Valve’s New Steam Machine Could Disrupt Console Gaming as We Know It

3 months / gizmodo / Kyle Barr

Valve announces new Steam Machine and Steam Controller

3 months / engadget

Steam Deck minus the screen: Valve announces new Steam Machine, Controller hardware

3 months / arstechnica / Kyle Orland

Steam Machines have returned: all the news about Valve’s new hardware universe

3 months / theverge / Verge Staff

Valve enters the console wars

3 months / theverge / Sean Hollister

Our first look at the Steam Machine, Valve’s ambitious new game console

3 months / theverge / Sean Hollister

Valve brings back Steam Machine and Steam Controller — hands-on with Valve's new AMD-based living room gaming hardware

3 months / tomshardware

Steam Machine

3 months / steampowered

On-site reviews of Valve's bold new VR headsets

Valve’s Steam Frame is an all-in one headset for VR, PC games, and streaming

3 months / digitaltrends

Valve Rejoins the VR Hardware Wars With Standalone Steam Frame

3 months / slashdot / BeauHD

The Steam Frame has two speakers on each side of your face for vibration cancellation

3 months / theverge / Jay Peters

The Steam Frame headset and new controller look very impressive

3 months / mobilesyrup / Brad Bennett

Valve’s new VR streaming trick won’t just work with its own headset

3 months / theverge / Jay Peters

How the Steam Frame compares to other VR headsets

3 months / theverge / Jay Peters

Valve’s New VR Headset Is (Thank God) All About Gaming

3 months / gizmodo / James Pero

Steam's New VR Headset Might Fix One Of VR's Biggest Problems

3 months / bgr

Valve’s Steam Frame VR headset is finally official and it's coming in 2026

3 months / engadget / Matt Tate,Kris Holt

Valve rejoins the VR hardware wars with standalone Steam Frame

3 months / arstechnica / Kyle Orland

The Steam Frame is a surprising new twist on VR

3 months / theverge / Jay Peters

Hands-on with Valve's new Steam Frame headset — Arm-powered, mixed-mode device uses new Fex translation layer for traditional x86 games

3 months / tomshardware

Steam Frame

3 months / steampowered

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Valve’s New Steam Machine Could Disrupt Console Gaming as We Know It https://gizmodo.com/valve-steam-machine-features-new-controller-release-date-2000684971

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3 months / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

hmmm arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...

3 months / bsky / @tft.io / tft.io

“A Steam Machine spec sheet shared by Valve lists a “semi-custom” six-core AMD Zen 4 CPU clocked at up to 4.8 Ghz alongside an AMD RDNA3 GPU with 28 compute units. The motherboard will include 16GB of DDR5 RAM and an additional 8GB of dedicated DDR6 VRAM

3 months / bsky / @kyleor.land / kyleor.land

Steam console you say? arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...

3 months / bsky / @thrakos.bsky.social / thrakos.bsky.social

COWARDS. www.tomshardware.com/video-games/...

3 months / bsky / @pseudohausen.bsky.social / pseudohausen.bsky.social

Yeeeessssss www.theverge.com/games/815061...

3 months / bsky / @natanael.bsky.social / natanael.bsky.social

Valve is about to launch a new virtual reality headset, and with it, a comprehensive new approach to what a VR device should be. The new headset is called the Steam Frame, and it’s trying to do several things at once. Read more from @jaypeters.net: www.t

3 months / bsky / @theverge.com / theverge.com

The Steam Frame is real. Valve has a new VR headset, and I got to try it at the company’s HQ. For those of you who this will matter to — yes, this is Deckard: www.theverge.com/games/816118...

3 months / bsky / @jaypeters.net / jaypeters.net

oh, interesting: jay peters at the verge says the strap actually has two speakers per side, and uses a 6ghz dongle to stream games from PC www.theverge.com/games/816118...

3 months / bsky / @esper.bsky.social / esper.bsky.social

(My colleague @jaypeters.net spent more time inside the Steam Frame than me, read his thoughts here!) www.theverge.com/games/816118...

3 months / bsky / @seanhollister.bsky.social / seanhollister.bsky.social

Apple wasting billions on spatial computing nonsense that no one wants, Valve quietly iterates on what people actually want to use VR for www.theverge.com/games/816118...

3 months / bsky / @chrsphr.uk / chrsphr.uk

oh my GOD www.theverge.com/tech/818111/...

3 months / bsky / @sixregrets.bsky.social / sixregrets.bsky.social

The Verge exists so @seanhollister.bsky.social can go deep on the new Steam Machine, the culmination of over a decade of Valve investing in making Linux run Windows games better than Windows www.theverge.com/games/818622...

3 months / bsky / @reckless.bsky.social / reckless.bsky.social

my bros @jaypeters.net and @seanhollister.bsky.social have every possible thing you could want to read about the new steam stuff (aside from the pesky price and release date) www.theverge.com/games/819080...

3 months / bsky / @andrewrweb.bsky.social / andrewrweb.bsky.social

Valvelta tuli VR-lasit. Nämä taitaa olla paras vaihtoehto jos on jättäyt Windows-maailman taakseen ja haluaa jatkaa VR-pelaamista. Hauska että itse laseissakin on KDE Plasma ja Arch Linux. https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamframe #steamframe #vr #

3 months / bsky / @cos.sauna.social.ap.brid.gy / cos.sauna.social.ap.brid.gy

Samsung Galaxy XR Event: Everything That Happened in 10 Minutes video

cnet - Watch Samsung unveil their long anticipated Galaxy XR headset and Android XR with Gemini built in at the Galaxy Event October 2025.

#hardware #mobiletech #vr #mixedreality #samsung #android #gadget #technology #smartphone

Samsung Galaxy XR is the first Android XR headset, now on sale for $1,800

4 months / arstechnica / Ryan Whitwam

Samsung Galaxy XR Event: Everything That Happened in 10 Minutes video

4 months / cnet

Samsung’s Galaxy XR controllers have already sold out

4 months / theshortcut / Reece Bithrey

Samsung’s Galaxy XR Takes on Apple Vision Pro for Half the Cost

John Quintet / iphoneincanada - Samsung has introduced the Galaxy XR, a mixed-reality headset built on the new Android XR platform co-developed with Google and Qualcomm. The device is the first in a planned lineup of AI-native products designed to merge virtual and real-world experience…

#vr #mixedreality #apple #samsung #android #gadgets

Future XR & Smart Glasses – Emerging wearable tech trends (3)
Hands-On Reviews – First impressions from live testing (4)
Pricing & Specs – Price, availability, and tech specs details (13)
Vision Pro Comparisons – Direct comparisons with Apple’s Vision Pro (4)
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Future XR & Smart Glasses – Emerging wearable tech trends

Samsung is building XR smart glasses with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster

4 months / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Samsung is working on XR smart glasses with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster

4 months / engadget / Steve Dent

Samsung Galaxy XR are a prelude to smart glasses – here’s what to expect

4 months / theshortcut / Max Buondonno

Hands-On Reviews – First impressions from live testing

Samsung Galaxy XR hands-on: A smarter, more open take on Apple's Vision Pro for half the price

4 months / engadget / Sam Rutherford

I Tried the Samsung Galaxy XR: The Headset That Could Rival Apple's Vision Pro video

4 months / cnet / Scott Stein

I Tried Samsung Galaxy XR: Like Apple Vision Pro for Half the Price (and Twice the AI)

4 months / cnet / Scott Stein

Samsung Galaxy XR hands-on: It’s like a cheaper Apple Vision Pro and launches today

4 months / theverge / Victoria Song

Pricing & Specs – Price, availability, and tech specs details

Samsung Galaxy XR Is Official: $1,799 Mixed Reality Headset With Gemini AI At The Core

4 months / bgr

Samsung Galaxy XR: Everything you need to know

4 months / engadget / Katie Teague,John Falcone

Apple Vision Pro Now Made in Vietnam

4 months / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Samsung Launches $1799 Galaxy XR Headset

4 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Samsung Launches $1,799 Galaxy XR Headset with Google to Challenge Apple Vision Pro

4 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Why the Samsung Galaxy XR can support 'almost all' Android apps

4 months / engadget

Samsung Galaxy XR price: how to save up to $1,000 with bonus subscriptions

4 months / theshortcut / Max Buondonno

Samsung bets on Android XR with the launch of its new Galaxy XR headset

4 months / pocket-lint / Craig Donaldson

Samsung’s Galaxy XR isn’t coming to Canada

4 months / mobilesyrup / Dean Daley

How to order the Samsung Galaxy XR headset

4 months / engadget / Will Shanklin

Google and Samsung's first Android XR headset is the $1,800 Galaxy XR

4 months / engadget / Kris Holt

Samsung's Galaxy XR Mixed Reality Headset Now Available for $1,800

4 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

Samsung’s Galaxy XR Mixed Reality Headset Is Here: Price, Release Date, Features

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Vision Pro Comparisons – Direct comparisons with Apple’s Vision Pro

Samsung takes on Apple’s Vision Pro with new Galaxy XR headset

4 months / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Samsung’s Galaxy XR Takes on Apple Vision Pro for Half the Cost

4 months / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

Samsung’s Vision Pro Killer Is Way Cheaper, but Still Very Expensive

4 months / gizmodo / James Pero

Samsung and Google attempt to one-up Apple with AI-powered headset

4 months / cnbc

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Galaxy XR costs $1,800, nearly half the price of the Vision Pro.

4 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Samsung Galaxy XR: it’s $1799, half the price of Vision Pro. I tried it, and spoke to Samsung’s COO of MX and Google’s head of Android about it www.cnet.com/tech/computi...

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4 months / bsky / @scottstein.bsky.social / scottstein.bsky.social

Meta Tells Workers Building Metaverse to Use AI to ‘Go 5x Faster’

Jason Koebler / 404media - Meta says that its coders should be working five times faster and that it expects "a 5x leap in productivity."

#ai #vr #mixedreality #meta #aiethics #technology #productivity

Meta Demands 5X Efficiency from Metaverse Divisions Using AI

4 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Meta’s Struggling Metaverse Team Told to Work 5 Times Faster With AI

4 months / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

Meta Tells Workers Building Metaverse to Use AI to ‘Go 5x Faster’

4 months / 404media / Jason Koebler

Google’s AI try-on imagines your feet in new shoes

Emma Roth / theverge - Google will now use AI to help you “try on” shoes while sitting at home. Now, when you browse through shoes on Google Shopping, you can hit the “try it on” button on the new heels, sneakers, or sandals you’re looking at to see how they might look on you. …

#ai #ecommerce #vr #google #aiethics #alphabet #fashion

Google's Latest AI Shopping Update Lets You Try On Shoes Without Leaving Your House

4 months / bgr

Google launches ‘Try On’ feature in Canada

4 months / mobilesyrup / Bradly Shankar

Google Expands Virtual Try-on Technology to Include Shoes

4 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

To virtually try on a pair of shoes, users need to tap on any product listing on Google, select the "try it on" button and then add a full length photo themselves.

4 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Google wants to see your feet (for virtual shopping purposes)

4 months / engadget / Matt Tate

Google’s AI try-on imagines your feet in new shoes