Author: James

Meta is delaying the international rollout of Ray-Ban display glasses with Neural Bands until the handwriting feature arrives in the United States.Meta’s handwriting feature promises heads-up input on any surface while wearing the Neural Band. The feature, which includes “the ability to send messages to WhatsApp and Messenger by writing with your finger on any surface,” will launch first in early access in the U.S. for English. Citing “unprecedented demand and limited inventory,” Meta said it was also suspending “international expansion into the UK, France, Italy and Canada, originally scheduled for early 2026.” “The product waiting list has now been…

The Canada-based development studio, which bills itself as the “creative heart of VR,” has laid off 70% of its staff.Cloudhead Games CEO Denny Unger released a statement announcing significant layoffs at the studio that developed Pistol Whip and The Gallery.”Due to industry forces beyond our control, Cloudhead is being forced to make the difficult choice of reducing its workforce effective January 7, 2026. 30% of our workforce will remain to continue our mission,” Unger’s memo said. “We continue to believe in the power of VR as a medium and as a shared dream machine that will one day transform humanity.…

Apple has revealed to local Vision Pro owners that six upcoming Lakers games will be streamed live in Apple Immersive format.The live schedule will feature multiple angles from Crypto.com Arena and one game from Ball Arena. Some angles are closer than courtside seats, with wide-field stereoscopic views including “the scorer’s table, the area under each basket, a high, wide view of the arena, the player tunnel, the broadcast booth, and a walking courtside perspective for interviews and commentary.” We want to know how Lakers fans feel about watching these games live, with them being aired on TV at the same…

Our 2026 review begins with Hasbro’s Marvel Legends Series 6-inch Gamerverse Punisher and Nick Fury figures inspired by the 1993 Marvel The Punisher video game. Both figures are inspired by this classic beat ’em up video game. The game begins in an illegal casino and on the streets of New York City, with the Punisher, who is parented by Nick Fury. They are after Mafia enforcer Bruno Costa, who ordered the murder of the Punisher’s family. The game continues with showdowns with classic Marvel characters such as Bonebreaker, Bushwacker, and Jigsaw, and ends with the final boss, the Kingpin himself.…

Bigscreen founder Darshan Shankar believes the Beyond headset could become one of the top five systems used on Steam in the next few years.In the process, Shankar hopes to fully catch up to February’s demand for Beyond 2 headsets and “ship within 1-2 business days, including custom fit and universal fit orders.” In April, Bigscreen celebrated 10 years of shared co-viewing in VR on Steam, and Shankar suggested in an email that it would “perhaps keep the ‘beta’ tag forever.”Shankar said Valve’s Steam Frame announcement coincided with “one of our biggest sale days,” and that “Beyond 2 has become an…

William Gibson’s 1984 novel Neuromancer depicts a man who uses a “custom cyberspace deck” to project his “disembodied consciousness” into a “consensual hallucination” of the Matrix. The hardware needed to spend time in VR is a “cyberspace deck” that appears to “bump” against the protagonist’s waist.In 2026, Reddit’s “Realworld cyberdecks” page, with hundreds of people offering new rigs every week, says, “As the era of virtual reality is here, so is the era of cyberdecks.”If the “era of virtual reality” is here, and “cyberspace decks” are the means to get there, what will the first “real world” decks look like?…

The Quest 3’s weakest link becomes apparent the moment you put it on. The stock cloth head strap is barely enough and not comfortable for many people. Meta has shipped variations of this strap over the years and the same thing happens every time. As a result, there’s a thriving aftermarket built almost entirely around solving problems that come bundled with headsets.My own comfort reference point comes from an unexpected place. My first experience with a headset was during the Apple Vision Pro demo. In addition to the visuals and floating screen, what left an impression on me was the…

More people than ever have chosen VRChat to ring in the new year. VRChat broke concurrent user records in various time zones as the year changed from 2025 to 2026, according to figures posted on social media by community leaders.From 11:59 PM Eastern Time to 12:00 AM Pacific Time on December 31st to 12:00 AM on January 1st, VRChat’s servers supported approximately 150,000 people to be online at the same time in different spaces as we celebrated the new year across the United States.Tupper, VRChat’s longtime community director, posted on Bluesky that Japan saw surprisingly high peaks over the holidays,…

Sailor Moon fans can see one of the series’ most iconic transformations come to life in a stunning new image. As seen in a recent X (formerly Twitter) post by cosplayer Madoka Tsukimiya, Sailor Moon’s classic Princess Serenity transformation is brought to life in an incredibly detailed new cosplay. Notably, the costume itself was produced by Madoka’s fellow professional cosplayer Princess Usako, who has made headlines many times for her past Sailor Moon cosplays. New Sailor Moon cosplay delivers stunning transformation of Princess Serenity Sailor Moon and other Sailor Guardians’ most iconic looks have been recreated in cosplay countless times,…

Welcome to the final entry in UploadVR’s 2025 Best of VR Awards.As the year draws to a close, we’re once again celebrating the year’s best releases across the VR and broader XR industry, highlighting some exceptional releases across both software and hardware. As always, each category features one clear winner and a varying number of honorable mentions. With the exception of certain early access categories, all winning titles are currently released in full.Similar to last year, we have split the awards into multiple rounds. For the first round, we covered our favorite platforms: Quest, PC VR, PlayStation VR2, and Apple…