Meta’s biggest reveal at last week’s Connect conference was definitely the Orion prototype AR glasses, which the company says it’s been working on for nearly five years.
Meta’s Head of XR Apologizes to Oculus Founder Regarding His Ousting
Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth, Meta CTO and Reality Labs chief, has publicly apologized to Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus who was ousted from the company in 2017 for political reasons.
Windows 11 No Longer Supports Microsoft’s Windows VR Headsets
Microsoft revealed last year it had plans to pull the plug on support for its entire WMR platform on Windows.
Microsoft Discontinues HoloLens 2, Support to End in 2027 with No Successor in Sight
Microsoft announced to enterprise partners last week that it’s discontinuing its latest AR headset, HoloLens 2, and pulling the plug on support updates at the end of 2027, leaving many to question whether the Redmond tech giant is shelving the platform altogether.
HTC’s Vive Ultimate Trackers Now Compatible with All SteamVR Headsets
HTC announced that its Vive Ultimate Tracker is now compatible with third-party PC VR headsets that support SteamVR.
Originally developed for the Vive Focus 3 and Vive XR Elite, Vive Ultimate Tracker is a puck-like device that comes equipped with two cameras, allowing it to track its position without external devices or base stations, supporting both object and full-body tracking.
Meta Expects Orion-like AR Glasses to Launch Before 2030, Priced Between Phones and Laptops
On stage at Connect yesterday, Meta unveiled Orion, an AR glasses prototype that, while impressively slim, isn’t making its way out of the Meta offices anytime soon.