Road to VR News on Meta Quest, PC VR, PSVR 2, & More
- ‘MultiBrush’ Studio Secures $4.5M Grant to Promote Positive VR Experiences for Eldersby Scott Hayden on November 4, 2025 at 14:06
Rendever, the company behind Tilt Brush-based multiplayer Quest app MultiBrush (2022), has secured nearly $4.5 million in grant funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), which the company says it will use to bring its elder-focused […]
- Sharp is Crowdfunding a Slim & Light PC VR Headset in Japan That Feels Positively Retroby Scott Hayden on November 3, 2025 at 17:06
Sharp announced it’s launching a crowdfunding campaign for a slim and light PC VR headset in Japan, called Xrostella VR1. The News Sharp first showed off a PC VR headset prototype at CES 2023, which was supposedly meant to ship sometime in 2024. […]
- Meta Reportedly Reshapes Metaverse Division Amid Leadership Shifts, Putting AI at Its Coreby Scott Hayden on November 3, 2025 at 11:14
Meta is reportedly restructuring its Reality Labs and Metaverse organizations as it doubles down on the integration of artificial intelligence across its products, according to a Business Insider report. The News In a memo obtained by Business […]
- ‘Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow’ Comes to All Major VR Headsets in December, New Gameplay Hereby Scott Hayden on October 31, 2025 at 11:00
Thief’s first ground-up VR game finally has a release date, bringing its immersive stealth-action to all major VR headsets on December 4th. Developed by Maze Theory and published by Vertigo Games, Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow arms you with a bow, […]
- One of the Best Single-player VR Games This Year Finally Comes to Questby Scott Hayden on October 31, 2025 at 09:02
Originally released on PSVR 2 and PC VR earlier this year, Arken Age (2025) is now available on Quest 3, bringing some of the most immersive and engaging single-player action we’ve experienced in 2025. Back in August, […]
- In-home Helper Robot ‘NEO’ Uses Remote VR Operators to Help with Choresby Scott Hayden on October 30, 2025 at 14:17
NEO is a humanoid robot from Palo Alto-based robotics startup 1X that could one day autonomously help out around your home. For now though, it’s using human operators wearing Quest 3 headsets to pick up the slack and teach Neo’s neural network […]
- Interview: Behind-the-scenes with Road to VR Executive Editor Ben Langby Ben Lang on October 29, 2025 at 18:34
Despite running Road to VR for 14 years, I’ve rarely had the opportunity to talk behind-the-scenes about the publication and my philosophy for covering this fascinating industry. Luckily I recently sat down with industry fellow Tony Vitillo to […]
- Magic Leap Announces Multi-year AR Hardware Partnership with Googleby Scott Hayden on October 29, 2025 at 16:33
Magic Leap announced this week at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia its latest AR hardware plans along with a renewed partnership with Google. The News Google and Magic Leap announced in May 2024 a “strategic […]
- Horizon OS Update Brings Rebuilt Home, Windows 11 Link & Closer ‘Horizon Worlds’ Integrationby Scott Hayden on October 29, 2025 at 12:59
Meta is rolling out Horizon OS v81, the latest major update for Quest. The update focuses on Home personalization, the new Windows 11 remote desktop, and reducing friction tl entering Meta’s Horizon Worlds social VR platform. The News The new […]
- Quest ‘Fall Frights’ Sale Brings up to 50% Off Some of VR’s Most Horrifying Gamesby Scott Hayden on October 29, 2025 at 11:41
Meta kicked off its latest Quest games sale, this time bringing up to 50% off some pretty spook-tacular titles to get your blood pumping this Halloween season. The News There are a ton of games currently discounted for Meta’s big ‘Fall Frights […]
- Meta to Ship Project Aria Gen 2 to Researchers in 2026, Paving the Way for Future AR Glassesby Scott Hayden on October 29, 2025 at 11:12
Meta announced it’s shipping out Project Aria Gen 2 to third-party researchers next year, which the company hopes will accelerate development of machine perception and AI technologies needed for future AR glasses and personal AI assistants. The […]
- Galaxy XR is the Headset the Industry Needs to Take Its Next Major Stepby Ben Lang on October 27, 2025 at 17:28
Samsung’s Galaxy XR is finally here, and with it, a perfect middle-ground of price and features to simultaneously turn up the competitive pressure on both Meta and Apple. Over many years I had been patiently waiting for Apple to launch its own […]
- Researchers Propose Novel E-Ink XR Display with Resolution Far Beyond Current Headsetsby Scott Hayden on October 27, 2025 at 15:34
A group of Sweden-based researchers proposed a novel e-ink display solution that could make way for super compact, retina-level VR headsets and AR glasses in the future. The News Traditional emissive displays are shrinking, but they face physical […]
- ‘VRChat’ Officially Releases on Android & iOS, Making Way for Next Big User Surgeby Scott Hayden on October 27, 2025 at 14:12
VR’s biggest social VR platform, VRChat, has finally come out of beta on iOS and Android. The News VRChat has officially launched its app on both Android and iOS following a lengthy testing period. The app’s alpha launch on Android was released […]
- Google’s XR Studio Releases ‘Job Simulator’ Style MR Experience Exclusive to Android XRby Scott Hayden on October 24, 2025 at 14:22
Owlchemy Labs, the Google-owned XR studio, released a new mixed reality title exclusively for Android XR which expands the Job Simulator universe. The News Owlchemy Labs, the studio behind VR games Job Simulator (2016) and Vacation Simulator […]
