Nreal’s $599 mixed reality glasses are launching in the US on Verizon

Nreal Nreal’s augmented reality glasses are coming to the US through a Verizon partnership. The $599 Nreal Light glasses will appear in 20 Verizon stores nationwide on November 30th and be available for purchase online December 2nd. The glasses are compatible ... more - theverge

Mario Kart Live’s 2.0 update makes multiplayer much easier and cheaper

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit , Nintendo’s AR-powered Mario Kart game that lets you race physical toy karts around your home with the Nintendo Switch, just got updated to version 2.0 with a much-requested feature: splitscreen local multiplayer. Previously, ... more - theverge

HaptX says Meta copied its patented design for haptic glove

Meta Reality Labs Haptics company HaptX claims Meta (formerly Facebook) copied its patented designs in a glove that the tech giant revealed yesterday. HaptX — a longtime player in the virtual and augmented reality industry — says parts of the glove appear ... more - theverge

Meta’s sci-fi haptic glove prototype lets you feel VR objects using air pockets

Meta Reality Labs You cannot pet a dog in Meta’s new, high-tech virtual reality gloves. But researchers are getting closer. Meta (formerly Facebook) is known for its high-profile moves into virtual and augmented reality. For seven years, though, it’s ... more - theverge

VR treatment for chronic pain gets FDA authorization

Applied VR The Food and Drug Administration authorized a virtual reality system as a prescription treatment for chronic back pain, the agency announced today. The therapy, called EaseVRx, joins the short list of digital therapeutics cleared by the agency ... more - theverge

Meta CTO thinks bad metaverse moderation could pose an ‘existential threat’

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Meta (formerly Facebook) CTO Andrew Bosworth warned employees that creating safe virtual reality experiences was a vital part of its business plan — but also potentially impossible at a large scale. In an internal ... more - theverge

HTC’s Vive Focus 3 update could free arcades from VR backpacks

Photo by Adi Robertson / The Verge HTC is adding a few big updates to its Vive Focus 3 virtual reality headset, aiming to make it better for big, free-roaming multiplayer VR games. The Vive Focus 3 — a $1,300 non-consumer-focused wireless headset — is ... more - theverge

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Spaces try to make it easier to get apps ready for augmented reality

Image: Qualcomm While a lot of talk about the metaverse has focused on virtual reality experiences that use a VR headset to put people in digital environments, other approaches use augmented reality (AR) or mixed reality (XR) to blend digital and physical ... more - theverge

Niantic launches platform to build ‘real-world metaverse’ apps

Niantic Niantic is releasing a platform for building what it calls “real-world metaverse” apps. Called Lightship, the platform is “built around the parts necessary to stitch together the digital and the real world,” CEO John Hanke tells me. According ... more - theverge

Riot swapped a live show for a massive music video at Worlds 2021

Every year, one of the highlights of the League of Legends World Championship is the opening ceremonies. It’s been a regular chance for developer Riot to create a real-world spectacle ahead of the big game. In the past that’s meant everything from holographic ... more - theverge

There will never be another Pokémon Go

Pokémon Go. | Photo by Sam Byford / The Verge Creating a follow-up to Pokémon Go is an impossible task. The game was the kind of breakout success that had never been seen before — and might never happen again; it’s hard to overstate how the game was ... more - theverge

The latest Oculus Quest update will help to prevent accidental dog punching

“Watch out, kid. You’re in my guardian.” | Meta Fresh off of Meta’s Connect 2021 keynote, where Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was announced for Quest 2, the company announced the latest set of software feature updates arriving on Quest and Quest 2 headsets ... more - theverge

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is shutting down next year

Photo by Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge Niantic, the developers of the smash hit Pokémon Go , will be shutting down its Harry Potter-themed AR game Harry Potter: Wizard’s Unite on January 31st, 2022. The game will be pulled from the App Store, Google Play, ... more - theverge

Microsoft is planning 3D metaverse apps for Xbox and gaming

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft just announced its Microsoft Teams metaverse for meetings and video calls, but the company also has plans for gaming and entertainment. Speaking to Bloomberg TV, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the software ... more - theverge

The next privacy crisis

Imagine a world where you barely notice the barriers between digital and physical space. Instead of looking at a TV or phone, you have a pair of glasses that can project a screen anywhere. You can seamlessly pull up translations for any street sign or ... more - theverge

Fitness app Supernatural is becoming part of Meta after Facebook touts VR fitness

Image: Supernatural Meta has announced that the studio behind VR workout game Supernatural will be joining the company, adding to the roster of studios owned by what used to be known as Facebook’s Oculus division. The company says that Within, the company ... more - theverge

Nilay Patel on Facebook’s reckoning with reality—and the metaverse-size problems yet to come

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge ‘It might well be unsolvable’ Continue reading… ... more - theverge

SteelSeries’ latest headsets have better battery life and USB-C charging

The Arctis 7P Plus is available in white or black. | SteelSeries SteelSeries’ new Arctis 7 Plus and 7P Plus wireless headsets have two key improvements over their predecessors: better battery life, going up to 30 hours per charge from 24 hours with three ... more - theverge

Will the Oculus Quest still require a Facebook account? It’s complicated

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Facebook (which is now called Meta) knows a lot of virtual reality headset owners hate logging in with Facebook. Requiring Facebook logins created bad blood almost immediately and even accidentally locked some ... more - theverge

Facebook’s Oculus Quest will soon be called the Meta Quest

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is rebranding its hardware to match its new name. Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth announced that the company is phasing out its Oculus branding, including on the Oculus Quest virtual ... more - theverge

Facebook Connect: all the news about ‘Meta’ and Mark Zuckerberg’s VR dream

Vjeran Pavic/The Verge The company unveiled a new name and vision for the future in its keynote Continue reading… ... more - theverge

Facebook teases ‘Project Cambria’ high-end VR / AR headset

A screenshot of the Project Cambria device Facebook is planning a high-end virtual and augmented reality headset codenamed “Project Cambria.” The device, which was teased briefly during Facebook’s Connect keynote, features cameras that pass high-resolution ... more - theverge

How to watch the Facebook Connect livestream

Facebook Connect 2021 event site Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to deliver the opening keynote to the Facebook Reality Labs event, Facebook Connect, this Thursday, October 28th at 1PM ET / 10AM PT. The annual VR / AR announcement and live demonstration ... more - theverge

Let’s discuss how we’re reviewing the 2021 MacBook Pro

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales It is morning. The birds are chirping, a coffee percolator is bubbling, keyboards are clacking, and an Apple startup chime is ringing. The Verge ’s Dieter Bohn, Nilay Patel, and Monica Chin are also walking into the recording ... more - theverge

Supernatural, the VR workout app, adds boxing for more variety

You will punch your way to a much higher heart rate. | Supernatural Supernatural, the Beat Saber -like VR app for the Oculus Quest and Quest 2 that gets you to work up a sweat by beating targets with virtual bats, has added another way to wreck a target: ... more - theverge

Facebook is spending at least $10 billion this year on its metaverse division

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook plans to spend at least $10 billion this year on Facebook Reality Labs, its metaverse division tasked with creating AR and VR hardware, software, and content. “We are committed to bringing this long-term ... more - theverge

This sure looks like Facebook’s rumored Oculus Pro

Oculus.com Facebook has been teasing work on a pro version of its Oculus Quest headset for quite some time, and now a series of what appear to be setup videos for the unreleased product have leaked from its own servers. The videos were first spotted ... more - theverge

Elgato’s app that turns iPhones into webcams gets AR Snap Lens support

Image: Elgato EpocCam, the app from streaming brand Elgato that lets you repurpose your iPhone as a webcam for your PC or Mac, has been updated with native support for Snap Lenses augmented reality filters, Elgato’s parent company Corsair has announced. ... more - theverge

Facebook Messenger now lets an entire group share an AR experience

Facebook Messenger is adding “group effects” that allow everyone on a video call to participate in the same augmented reality experience at the same time. The effects are available now across Messenger video calls as well as Messenger Rooms, the service’s ... more - theverge

VR treatment for lazy eye in children gets FDA approval

Luminopia The Food and Drug Administration approved a virtual reality-based treatment for children with the visual disorder amblyopia, or lazy eye, the company behind the therapy announced today. Patients watch modified TV shows or movies through a virtual ... more - theverge