First Look at Steam Frame controllers

Here's a First Look at Steam Frame's motion controllers featuring capacitive finger tracking. They also have 6DOF tracking, TMR thumbsticks and a full gamepad-style layout, allowing them to work for both VR and traditional games. The straps are a seperate ... more - nathie@youtube

Headset Hour: New Quest 3 Games | VR Live

We are back to streaming, and we are starting with the newest Quest 3 games we have not touched yet. 👉 NEW: Our XR Hub, gear, packs & full studio setup → https://casandchary.com/gear In this live stream, we go hands-on with new Quest 3 games live ... more - casandchary@youtube

10 Reasons You Should ABSOLUTELY NOT Buy the Steam Frame

The Steam Frame looks incredibly promising, but there are some VERY good reasons why you might want to think twice before buying one. In this video, I break down the 10 biggest problems, compromises and potential dealbreakers you should know about BEFORE ... more - mrtv@youtube

Watch Valve set up the Steam Frame in its own leaked videos

Valve just leaked several new videos showing the Steam Frame's unboxing, setup process, and various accessories. The videos apparently appeared on the ARM Steam client following an update, but they were "quickly pulled after that," according ... more - theverge

How To Connect Wireless Adapter On Steam Frame

Here's a setup guide on how to connect the wireless adapter on Steam Frame. This dongle allows you to play PC VR games through Steam without needing a wire letting you dive into games like Half-Life: Alyx and VRChat. #tech #steamframe #valve ... more - nathie@youtube

Every Steam Frame Official Video LEAKED! - Unboxing & Setup

There's no better way to come back from vacation than with leaked official Videos about the upcoming STEAM FRAME just ahead ( fingers crossed ) of the upcoming releaset! Found on the ARM Steam Client. Well, there is a lot to discover, so let's get into ... more - tyrielwood@youtube

Unboxing the Steam Frame Headset & Controllers

The Steam Frame unboxing has finally been revealed showing its VR headset, capacitive motion controllers, headstrap, wireless dongle, battery and more! Looking forward playing Half Life: Alyx and VRChat's Spider Lair on it. The fact Valve uploaded this ... more - nathie@youtube

Price-drop alert: The 48-inch Sony Bravia A90K OLED TV just dipped under $1,000 for the first time

SAVE $401.99: The 48-inch Sony Bravia A90K OLED TV is on sale for $998, down from the normal price of $1,399.99. That's a 29% discount and the lowest we've seen at Amazon. Opens in a new window Credit: Sony 48-inch Sony Bravia A90K OLED TV $998 at Amazon ... more - mashable

The Smart Glasses You Can Buy Are Already Outdated

Lumus showed a 70 degree full-color waveguide at AWE 2026, more than three times the roughly 20 degree field of view of the Meta Ray-Ban Display, and made with regular glass instead of silicon carbide. Lumus made the lens inside the Meta Ray-Ban Display, ... more - casandchary@youtube

How to Find Every Major PC VR Mod in One Place

Finding PC VR mods has always meant wading through a patchwork of Discord threads, news articles and GitHub repositories. Thanks to a new PCVR Central database though, you can now find it all in one place. The News Reddit user ‘camracks’ launched the ... more - roadtovr.com

It’s about ethics in journalism, with Ben Smith

Today I’m talking to Ben Smith, the editor-in-chief of Semafor . Everywhere you go, people say they don’t trust the media — and yet they’ve never consumed more of it. Audiences have moved on from legacy names in favor of Substacks and podcasts and TikTok ... more - theverge

Headset Hour: New Quest 3 Games | VR Live

We are back to streaming, and we are starting with the newest Quest 3 games we have not touched yet. 👉 NEW: Our XR Hub, gear, packs & full studio setup → https://casandchary.com/gear In this live stream, we go hands-on with new Quest 3 games live ... more - casandchary@youtube

VITURE Pro 2: Cheaper, Lighter, and Missing Three Things

VITURE's newest XR glasses are lighter, sharper at the edges, and $160 cheaper than the pair they replace. But some things disappeared, and their marketing is not going to tell you about them. I will ;) 👉 NEW: Our XR Hub, gear, packs & full studio ... more - casandchary@youtube

‘High on Life’ is Getting an Official VR Port for Quest, PC VR & PSVR 2 Next Year

Announced during the VR Games Showcase, Flat2VR Studios revealed it’s collaborating with Squanch Games to again work its flatscreen-to-VR magic on the comedic sci-fi shooter, High on Life (2022) . The official VR port is targeting Meta Quest, PSVR 2 ... more - roadtovr.com

Everything Announced at the August 2026 VR Games Showcase

The VR Games Showcase’s second anniversary event just wrapped up, delivering massive new game announcements. Missed the show? Fear not – we’ve wrapped up every announcement for you right here, including all trailers show in both the main and pre-show. ... more - roadtovr.com

Pimax Went Small, And I Wasn't Expecting That

The Pimax Dream Air is a PC VR headset with Sony micro-OLED displays at 3840 x 3552 per eye, pancake lenses, and a visor weighing under 170 grams. Pimax spent years building its name on giant, ultra-wide field of view headsets, so it's genuinely interesting ... more - casandchary@youtube

Quest’s Second Best-selling VR Game of All Time is Getting a Flatscreen Sequel

FarBridge, the Austin-based studio behind Quest strategy Homeworld: Vast Reaches (2024) , has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help support the development of a flatsceen entry in the Job Simulator series. The News Called Job Simulator: Human Relations ... more - roadtovr.com

Hit VR Game ‘Beat Saber’ Gets First Price Cut After 7 Years, and I Think I know Why

Breakout VR rhythm game Beat Saber has been priced at $30 ever since its 2019 launch, and has never once gone on sale since. In a surprising move, Meta has quietly slashed the price of Beat Saber to $20 on Quest, SteamVR, and PSVR 2. The News Beat Saber ... more - roadtovr.com

Made by Google 2026: Heres what to expect

Google returns to New York on Wednesday, Aug. 12, for its annual Made by Google hardware event, and this year the show arrives with an unusually thin veil of secrecy. Between official teasers and a steady drip of leaks, most of the headline details about ... more - mashable

Threads has a VR app now

Meta has launched a Threads app for Meta Quest VR headsets, the company announced on Tuesday. The launch follows Meta bringing the app to its Ray-Ban Display AR glasses last month and the recent news that the platform has crossed 500 million monthly ... more - theverge

Play as Spider-Man in First Person VR

You can now become Spider-Man in VR thanks to a first person mode that works with the PC version of Spider-Man 2 by Insomniac Games. You can climb walls and swing through the streets of New York City. The virtual reality gameplay looks spectacular! Source: ... more - nathie@youtube

‘Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ VR Mod Nears 1.0 Release, ‘Mario Kart 8’ VR Mod Teased

Crementif released the ‘BetterVR’ mod for Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) last December, bringing full 6DOF support and motion controls to the game on PC VR headsets. Now, nearing the mod’s 1.0 launch, not only has BetterVR ... more - roadtovr.com

Apple Brings Live MLB Games to Vision Pro Starting August 28

Apple and Major League Baseball (MLB) announced they’re bringing a handful of live baseball games to Vision Pro, with livestreamed games starting on August 28th. When Apple initially announced the number of games it had licensed in the August baseball ... more - roadtovr.com

Bose CEO Lila Snyder on the fight for high-quality audio

Today, I’m talking with Lila Snyder, who is the CEO of Bose. You certainly know Bose — it’s one of the most famous brands in all of consumer tech. The company started 60 years ago selling speakers to consumers, and its focus on research and development ... more - theverge

Maybe We've Been Building Headsets Wrong

The XREAL AURA is a pair of Android XR smart glasses that move the processor and battery into a pocket puck, keeping the glasses under 95 grams with 6DoF and hand tracking. Most AR glasses cram everything onto your face, which means weight and heat. XREAL ... more - casandchary@youtube

VR Design Unpacked: Everyone Should Know These VR Interface Basics

Our series Inside XR Design examines specific examples of great XR design. Today we’re looking at the game Electronauts and what it can teach us about smart VR interface design. Editor’s Note: Electronauts was released eight years ago this week! It was ... more - roadtovr.com

Nobody Else Is Making Smart Glasses Like This

The Raven Prism is a privacy-first pair of smart glasses that's secretly a full Linux computer, with a physical camera cover, on-device eye tracking, and hot-swappable batteries. Most smart glasses point a camera at the world by default. The Raven Prism ... more - casandchary@youtube

‘MemoMind One’ Kickstarter Hits $1M, Making a Strong Case for Camera-less Display Glasses

China-based projector manufacturer XGIMI launched a crowdfunding campaign in June for its first smart glasses, MemoMind One, which is banking on consumer interest in display-clad smart glasses that don’t contain cameras. Now the campaign has reached ... more - roadtovr.com

Valve Quietly Lowered ‘Steam Frame Verified’ Badge Requirements for Native VR Games

Valve quietly changed the requirements for games aiming to run natively on Steam Frame, the company’s long-awaited standalone headset. The News Valve first announced at Game Developers Conference (GDC) earlier this year that developers would need to ... more - roadtovr.com

15 Meta Quest VR Games You’ll Want to Play on Steam Frame

These are the best Meta Quest VR games we want on Steam Frame. We're talking Marvel Powers United VR, Batman: Arkham Shadow, Iron Man VR and Star Wars: Vader Immortal. The VR experiences I cover are all Meta Quest exclusives both PC VR and standalone ... more - nathie@youtube