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It works in fixed mode on any headset, and the setup guide, written by OpenXR Toolkit co-creator Matthieu Bucchianeri, covers eye tracking on 13 headset families including PS VR2, Quest Pro and Vision Pro.","featured":true,"url":"https://vr.org/articles/half-life-alyx-foveated-rendering-pc-eye-tracking-13-headsets-2026"},{"id":"meta-vr-hardware-major-breakthroughs-quest-3-3s-build-target-q3-2026","slug":"meta-vr-hardware-major-breakthroughs-quest-3-3s-build-target-q3-2026","title":"Meta Now Ships VR Hardware Only on 'Major Breakthroughs,' Leaving Quest 3 and 3S as the Build Target With No End Date","author":"Jordan Kuo","authorRole":"Staff Writer, VR.org","publishDate":"2026-10-26","updatedDate":null,"category":"xr","tags":["xr","hardware","software"],"snippet":"On Meta's October 21 earnings call, Zuckerberg said new VR devices will ship only when Meta has a major breakthrough, as lower Quest sales pulled Reality Labs revenue down 6 percent to $443 million. For developers, Quest 3 and 3S become an open-ended target, and Meta VR Glasses are the one new profile to plan for.","featured":true,"url":"https://vr.org/articles/meta-vr-hardware-major-breakthroughs-quest-3-3s-build-target-q3-2026"},{"id":"vr-is-dead-halloween-jam-2026-17-free-vr-games-graveyard-shift","slug":"vr-is-dead-halloween-jam-2026-17-free-vr-games-graveyard-shift","title":"Seventeen Free VR Halloween Games Came Out of a Jam Themed 'Graveyard Shift'","author":"Jordan Kuo","authorRole":"Staff Writer, VR.org","publishDate":"2026-10-24","updatedDate":null,"category":"gaming","tags":["gaming","software"],"snippet":"The VR IS DEAD Halloween Jam closed on October 22 with 17 free games on itch.io, and nine of them put the player on the clock under the theme Graveyard Shift. 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Owlchemy priced a glasses game at $1.99, Victoria wrote smart glasses into its school phone rules, Snap put Robert Downey Jr. on the SPECS org chart, and the PAYDAY: Aces High playtest runs through Monday.","featured":true,"url":"https://vr.org/articles/this-week-in-vr-2026-10-23"},{"id":"snap-specs-robert-downey-jr-honorary-cceo-world-series-no-ship-date-2026","slug":"snap-specs-robert-downey-jr-honorary-cceo-world-series-no-ship-date-2026","title":"Snap Gave Robert Downey Jr. a SPECS Officer Title and a World Series Slot, but Still No Ship Date","author":"Sam Whitfield","authorRole":"Contributing Writer, VR.org","publishDate":"2026-10-23","updatedDate":null,"category":"ar","tags":["ar","hardware","enterprise"],"snippet":"Snap's October 20 newsroom post names Robert Downey Jr. honorary Chief Customer Experience Officer of SPECS, with an original episode debuting during Game 1 of the World Series on October 23. 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Sales of The Last City and Zennies ended October 21, though Steam was still selling the $9.99 DLC a day later.","featured":true,"url":"https://vr.org/articles/zenith-vr-mmo-servers-closing-december-18-no-offline-mode-2026"},{"id":"owlchemy-hyper-visor-xreal-aura-1-99-google-play-launch-title-2026","slug":"owlchemy-hyper-visor-xreal-aura-1-99-google-play-launch-title-2026","title":"Owlchemy Prices Hyper Visor at $1.99 for XREAL AURA's Launch, a Tenth of What Job Simulator Costs","author":"Jordan Kuo","authorRole":"Staff Writer, VR.org","publishDate":"2026-10-22","updatedDate":null,"category":"ar","tags":["ar","xr","gaming"],"snippet":"Owlchemy Labs revealed Hyper Visor on October 22, an eight-level, hands-only arcade blaster for XREAL AURA at $1.99 on Google Play, where Job Simulator and Vacation Simulator sell for $19.99. 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The pinout shows the PCIe lane is shared with the left camera's pins, the port can draw 6 watts, and anything unapproved plugged into it voids the warranty.","featured":true,"url":"https://vr.org/articles/steam-frame-cad-files-front-port-pinout-44-pins-pcie-6-watts-2026"},{"id":"xr-blocks-0-22-0-webgpu-simulator-spatial-ui-gemma-4-2026","slug":"xr-blocks-0-22-0-webgpu-simulator-spatial-ui-gemma-4-2026","title":"WebGPU Lands in XR Blocks, but Not in the Part Developers Build With","author":"Jordan Kuo","authorRole":"Staff Writer, VR.org","publishDate":"2026-10-12","updatedDate":null,"category":"software","tags":["software","xr"],"snippet":"Google tagged XR Blocks v0.22.0 on October 10, its first release in more than six weeks. 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The same paragraph in the fiscal 2025 filing did not mention glasses.","featured":true,"url":"https://vr.org/articles/micron-fy2026-10-k-ar-glasses-memory-content-per-device-2026"},{"id":"phasmophobia-crimson-eye-2026-vr-rebuilt-rig-double-xp-how-to-play","slug":"phasmophobia-crimson-eye-2026-vr-rebuilt-rig-double-xp-how-to-play","title":"Phasmophobia's Crimson Eye Is Back, and VR Players Get It on a Rebuilt Body for the First Time","author":"Evan Marcus","authorRole":"Co-Founder, VR.org","publishDate":"2026-10-11","updatedDate":null,"category":"gaming","tags":["gaming","software"],"snippet":"Crimson Eye runs to November 1, and it is the first one since Kinetic replaced Phasmophobia's VR character rig. The three VR bugs still open in August were fixed 16 days later, Double XP starts October 15, and your friends do not need headsets to join.","featured":true,"url":"https://vr.org/articles/phasmophobia-crimson-eye-2026-vr-rebuilt-rig-double-xp-how-to-play"},{"id":"meta-espn-immersive-college-football-quest-first-game-seven-day-replay-no-price-2026","slug":"meta-espn-immersive-college-football-quest-first-game-seven-day-replay-no-price-2026","title":"ESPN's First Immersive Game on Quest Aired With a Seven-Day Replay and No Stated Price","author":"Sam Whitfield","authorRole":"Contributing Writer, VR.org","publishDate":"2026-10-11","updatedDate":null,"category":"enterprise","tags":["enterprise","software","xr"],"snippet":"Texas against Oklahoma streamed live in 180 degrees on Quest on October 10, with the replay up for seven days. Meta's post names the app and the playoff games still to come, and says nothing about price, countries or the next fixture.","featured":true,"url":"https://vr.org/articles/meta-espn-immersive-college-football-quest-first-game-seven-day-replay-no-price-2026"},{"id":"ultimechs-multiplayer-shutdown-october-20-spectator-vrml-2026","slug":"ultimechs-multiplayer-shutdown-october-20-spectator-vrml-2026","title":"Ultimechs Gets Twelve Days' Notice After Nearly Three Years of Steam Silence","author":"Evan Marcus","authorRole":"Co-Founder, VR.org","publishDate":"2026-10-10","updatedDate":null,"category":"gaming","tags":["gaming","software"],"snippet":"Resolution Games is retiring Ultimechs online multiplayer on October 20 and delisting both the game and its Spectator client the same day. The game had a VR Master League season and balance patches tuned on league match data, and its Steam page had been silent since October 2023.","featured":true,"url":"https://vr.org/articles/ultimechs-multiplayer-shutdown-october-20-spectator-vrml-2026"},{"id":"avp-play-quest-games-apple-vision-pro-klepton-2026","slug":"avp-play-quest-games-apple-vision-pro-klepton-2026","title":"AVP Play Rebuilds Your Quest Purchases for a Vision Pro: Seven Verified Games on Thursday, Thirteen by Saturday","author":"Nina Castillo","authorRole":"Staff Writer, VR.org","publishDate":"2026-10-10","updatedDate":null,"category":"software","tags":["software","xr"],"snippet":"AVP Play downloads the Quest games your Meta account owns, translates them with a fork of the Klepton toolchain, signs them with your own Apple developer certificate and installs them on a Vision Pro. Thirteen games have tested recipes, up from seven at Thursday's launch, about 17,000 are listed, and a paid Apple Developer membership is not optional.","featured":true,"url":"https://vr.org/articles/avp-play-quest-games-apple-vision-pro-klepton-2026"},{"id":"this-week-in-vr-2026-10-09","slug":"this-week-in-vr-2026-10-09","title":"This Week in VR: XREAL and Pimax Name Prices, and the Waitlist-Only Steam Frame Hits 1 in 244 VR Headsets on Steam","author":"Evan Marcus","authorRole":"Co-Founder, VR.org","publishDate":"2026-10-09","updatedDate":null,"category":"xr","tags":["xr","gaming","hardware","ar","enterprise"],"snippet":"XREAL priced AURA at $1,279, Pimax put $1,399 on Crystal Pro without agreeing with itself on a ship date, a reseller listed Pico Space Pro at $2,899, the Steam Frame got its first survey line, Sony Group's VR patents turned up at Meta, and Walkabout Mini Golf added a do-over button.","featured":true,"url":"https://vr.org/articles/this-week-in-vr-2026-10-09"},{"id":"vr-halloween-2026-events-calendar-crimson-eye-spookality-steam-scream","slug":"vr-halloween-2026-events-calendar-crimson-eye-spookality-steam-scream","title":"Halloween 2026 in VR: Every Event, Update and Launch With a Date on It","author":"Nina Castillo","authorRole":"Staff Writer, VR.org","publishDate":"2026-10-09","updatedDate":null,"category":"gaming","tags":["gaming","software"],"snippet":"Phasmophobia's Crimson Eye runs to November 1, VRChat's Spookality winners go on show October 16, a VR horror game jam closes October 22 and Steam Scream V opens October 26. Ten dates between now and November 2, each checked at its source.","featured":true,"url":"https://vr.org/articles/vr-halloween-2026-events-calendar-crimson-eye-spookality-steam-scream"},{"id":"schneider-electric-ptc-22-6-billion-vuforia-not-named-filings-2026","slug":"schneider-electric-ptc-22-6-billion-vuforia-not-named-filings-2026","title":"$22.6 Billion for PTC, and Vuforia Is Not Named in Any of the Paperwork","author":"Sam Whitfield","authorRole":"Contributing Writer, VR.org","publishDate":"2026-10-08","updatedDate":null,"category":"enterprise","tags":["enterprise","ar"],"snippet":"Schneider Electric signed an agreement on October 4 to buy PTC for $205 a share. The announcement describes the business as CAD, PLM, ALM and SLM, and PTC's latest 10-Q reports two product groups. Vuforia, which PTC still sells in four products, appears in none of them.","featured":true,"url":"https://vr.org/articles/schneider-electric-ptc-22-6-billion-vuforia-not-named-filings-2026"},{"id":"walkabout-mini-golf-planet-xylodon-mulligans-hand-tracking-2026","slug":"walkabout-mini-golf-planet-xylodon-mulligans-hand-tracking-2026","title":"Walkabout Mini Golf Just Gave Me a Do-Over Button. I Am Not Sure I Want One.","author":"Evan Marcus","authorRole":"Co-Founder, VR.org","publishDate":"2026-10-08","updatedDate":null,"category":"gaming","tags":["gaming","software"],"snippet":"Escape from Planet Xylodon landed today at $4.99, and the base game update underneath it matters more than the course. Mulligans are now a per-room setting you trigger from your wrist, and experimental hand tracking has arrived on Quest in a game whose entire skill ceiling is a grip.","featured":true,"url":"https://vr.org/articles/walkabout-mini-golf-planet-xylodon-mulligans-hand-tracking-2026"},{"id":"pimax-crystal-pro-1399-ship-date-press-release-faq-store-listing-2026","slug":"pimax-crystal-pro-1399-ship-date-press-release-faq-store-listing-2026","title":"Pimax Prices Crystal Pro at $1,399 and Gives Three Different Answers on When It Ships","author":"Alex Reeves","authorRole":"Staff Writer, VR.org","publishDate":"2026-10-08","updatedDate":null,"category":"hardware","tags":["hardware"],"snippet":"Pimax's press release says Crystal Pro's ship date comes later, its FAQ says spring 2027 and its store listing says 2027. Only the listing says the $1 reservation is non-refundable, and the headline streaming feature is a $599 add-on.","featured":true,"url":"https://vr.org/articles/pimax-crystal-pro-1399-ship-date-press-release-faq-store-listing-2026"},{"id":"horizon-os-v2-9-ptc-window-manager-classic-environments-2026","slug":"horizon-os-v2-9-ptc-window-manager-classic-environments-2026","title":"Horizon OS v2.9 Puts Your Windows in the Room and a Window Manager in Quick Settings","author":"Nina Castillo","authorRole":"Staff Writer, VR.org","publishDate":"2026-10-08","updatedDate":null,"category":"software","tags":["software","xr"],"snippet":"Horizon OS v2.9 reached the Public Test Channel the week of September 28. Windows launch spatially instead of into a fixed row, a Window Manager in Quick Settings lists everything you have open, and Desert Terrace and Space Station return through the Home Editor.","featured":true,"url":"https://vr.org/articles/horizon-os-v2-9-ptc-window-manager-classic-environments-2026"},{"id":"pico-space-pro-2899-knoxlabs-listing-february-2027-enterprise-2026","slug":"pico-space-pro-2899-knoxlabs-listing-february-2027-enterprise-2026","title":"A US Reseller Lists Pico Space Pro at $2,899 and Dates It February 2027","author":"Alex Reeves","authorRole":"Staff Writer, VR.org","publishDate":"2026-10-07","updatedDate":null,"category":"hardware","tags":["hardware","xr","enterprise"],"snippet":"Knoxlabs is taking backorders on a 16GB enterprise Space Pro at $2,899 and says the first week of February 2027. Pico has announced neither, and the listing gives three timelines that do not match.","featured":true,"url":"https://vr.org/articles/pico-space-pro-2899-knoxlabs-listing-february-2027-enterprise-2026"},{"id":"astroquest-astro-bot-rescue-mission-quest-3-shadps4-emulator-how-to-play-2026","slug":"astroquest-astro-bot-rescue-mission-quest-3-shadps4-emulator-how-to-play-2026","title":"AstroQuest Plays Astro Bot Rescue Mission on a Quest 3 by Emulating a PS4, a PS VR and a Camera","author":"Nina Castillo","authorRole":"Staff Writer, VR.org","publishDate":"2026-10-07","updatedDate":null,"category":"software","tags":["software","gaming","xr"],"snippet":"AstroQuest runs the shadPS4 emulator on a Quest 3 and fakes the PlayStation VR hardware around it. The repository lists 30 frames a second on the headset and 60 through a PC, and it sets one hard requirement: your own dump of the game from your own PS4.","featured":true,"url":"https://vr.org/articles/astroquest-astro-bot-rescue-mission-quest-3-shadps4-emulator-how-to-play-2026"},{"id":"xreal-aura-1279-price-95-grams-x1s-coprocessor-2026","slug":"xreal-aura-1279-price-95-grams-x1s-coprocessor-2026","title":"$1,279 and 95 Grams: XREAL Finally Put a Price on AURA","author":"Jordan Kuo","authorRole":"Staff Writer, VR.org","publishDate":"2026-10-07","updatedDate":null,"category":"ar","tags":["ar","xr","hardware"],"snippet":"XREAL priced AURA at $1,279 for 12GB and 256GB, and $1,499 for 16GB and 512GB, with purchases open to paid reservation holders and shipping promised before the holidays. The glasses weigh 95 grams and carry their own X1S coprocessor, and the base model lands $20.99 under Meta VR Glasses, which do not go on sale until spring 2027.","featured":true,"url":"https://vr.org/articles/xreal-aura-1279-price-95-grams-x1s-coprocessor-2026"},{"id":"sony-meta-xr-patents-uspto-record-sony-group-not-playstation-2026","slug":"sony-meta-xr-patents-uspto-record-sony-group-not-playstation-2026","title":"All Five Sony Patent Transfers Recorded to Meta Name Sony Group as the Seller, Not PlayStation","author":"Sam Whitfield","authorRole":"Contributing Writer, VR.org","publishDate":"2026-10-07","updatedDate":null,"category":"hardware","tags":["hardware","xr","enterprise"],"snippet":"USPTO records show Sony Group Corporation, not Sony Interactive Entertainment, assigned every patent recorded to Meta so far. The 419-patent schedule runs to 2041, the paperwork was signed in April, and two entries are indexed against another company's water repellent and a mass spectrometer method.","featured":true,"url":"https://vr.org/articles/sony-meta-xr-patents-uspto-record-sony-group-not-playstation-2026"},{"id":"steam-frame-first-steam-survey-reading-0-41-percent-september-2026","slug":"steam-frame-first-steam-survey-reading-0-41-percent-september-2026","title":"Valve Added the Steam Frame to September's Steam Survey Late: 1 in 244 VR Headsets After 13 Days of Waitlist Sales","author":"Alex Reeves","authorRole":"Staff Writer, VR.org","publishDate":"2026-10-06","updatedDate":null,"category":"hardware","tags":["hardware","gaming"],"snippet":"Valve's September survey first went up with no Steam Frame row and 'Other Headsets' at 1.93 percent. The table has since been revised: the Frame has its own line at 0.41 percent of VR headsets on Steam, about 1 in 244, after 13 days of reservation-queue sales, and 'Other' is 1.49. Quest 3 is back in first at 26.90.","featured":true,"url":"https://vr.org/articles/steam-frame-first-steam-survey-reading-0-41-percent-september-2026"},{"id":"diablo-2-resurrected-vr-mod-d2r-vr-four-views-how-to-play-2026","slug":"diablo-2-resurrected-vr-mod-d2r-vr-four-views-how-to-play-2026","title":"The Diablo II VR Mod Puts Sanctuary on Your Floor, and Labels Its Own First-Person View a Preview","author":"Evan Marcus","authorRole":"Co-Founder, VR.org","publishDate":"2026-10-06","updatedDate":null,"category":"gaming","tags":["gaming","software"],"snippet":"D2R VR is a free, MIT-licensed mod that runs Diablo II: Resurrected in a PC VR headset with four views: the classic camera in stereo, third person, a diorama on your floor, and first person. Its own README calls first person a preview. It is offline only, needs D2RLoader, and runs through a $15 app with a free tier.","featured":true,"url":"https://vr.org/articles/diablo-2-resurrected-vr-mod-d2r-vr-four-views-how-to-play-2026"},{"id":"norway-temporary-ai-glasses-ban-device-definition-hans-anders-2026","slug":"norway-temporary-ai-glasses-ban-device-definition-hans-anders-2026","title":"Norway's Proposed AI Glasses Ban Lists the Places First and Leaves the Device Definition Open","author":"Jordan Kuo","authorRole":"Staff Writer, VR.org","publishDate":"2026-10-05","updatedDate":null,"category":"ar","tags":["ar","hardware","xr"],"snippet":"Norway will propose a temporary ban on using AI glasses in parks, schools, gyms and clinics, with three candidate definitions of the device still open. In the Netherlands, Wehkamp and Hans Anders stopped selling Meta's glasses after the regulator had logged six signals and one complaint.","featured":true,"url":"https://vr.org/articles/norway-temporary-ai-glasses-ban-device-definition-hans-anders-2026"},{"id":"titanfall-2-vr-mod-how-to-install-circuitlord-northstar-2026","slug":"titanfall-2-vr-mod-how-to-install-circuitlord-northstar-2026","title":"How to Play Titanfall 2 in VR, and What CircuitLord's Installer Does to Your Game Folder","author":"Nina Castillo","authorRole":"Staff Writer, VR.org","publishDate":"2026-10-04","updatedDate":null,"category":"gaming","tags":["gaming","software"],"snippet":"The free Titanfall 2 VR mod installs from one 350 KB program. You need your own copy of the game, the EA app and a PC VR runtime. The installer keeps the mod in a separate TF2VR profile with its own saves, checks every download against a hash, and covers the campaign only.","featured":true,"url":"https://vr.org/articles/titanfall-2-vr-mod-how-to-install-circuitlord-northstar-2026"}]}