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September 11, 2025 Horizon Worlds AI NPCs, Meta Connect 2025 Predictions & Expectations
We discuss iPhone 17 Pro still being limited to 1080p 30 FPS for spatial video, Alterego’s “silent speech” approach to discreet dictation, the US Army’s field tests of hundreds of Anduril and Rivet AR headsets, Amazon reportedly working on Echo HUD glasses and the broader smart glasses boom, Porsche’s colocated Apple Vision Pro showcase of its new drivetrain and BMW using Quest 3 to train EV battery technicians, Meta reportedly burying Horizon Worlds child safety research, new scriptable conversational AI NPCs in Horizon Worlds, and our predictions and expectations for Meta Connect 2025.
3 hr 33 min
September 04, 2025 Windows MR Headsets Revived, Is Steam Frame Valve's New Headset?
We discuss Meta’s next steps for smart glasses, including Meta AI gaining calendar access and Meta Connect’s agenda essentially confirming a smart glasses SDK; Wist’s Minority Report-style memory replay on Apple Vision Pro and Quest; a surge in Quest 3 and 3S usage on SteamVR and whether sales and the Xbox Edition drove it; how Windows MR headsets are being revived by the free Oasis SteamVR driver, now auto-installed by the SteamVR beta; Valve bringing Steam Link to Pico headsets; and whether Valve’s newly registered Steam Frame trademark points to its next headset.
1 hr 50 min
August 29, 2025 Samsung Android XR Headset Price Rumor, Quest's VR Home Overhaul
Smart Glasses
1. Oakley Meta HSTN Glasses Now Shipping
2. Meta Doesn't Expect To Sell Many Units Of Its HUD Glasses
3. Meta's HUD Glasses Could Support Third-Party Apps
4. Google Hasn't Yet Decided Whether To Release Its Own Glasses

Development & Computer Vision
5. Quest v78 Improved The Passthrough Camera API's Image Quality
6. Quest 3 Unity SDK Update Lets Developers Easily Track QR Codes
7. Lynx Releases Open-Source Android 6DoF Positional Tracking System
8. Horizon Worlds Creators Can Now AI-Generate Islands, And AI NPCs "Very Soon"

9. No Man's Sky Is The First VR Game To Use PS5 Pro's PSSR AI Upscaling

10. Samsung's Android XR Headset Will Reportedly Be $1800-$3000

11. Rec Room Halves Staff After 'Pushing A Giant Vision We Couldn't Realistically Deliver'

12. Quest v81 PTC Completely Overhauls Your VR Home & Improves Meta AI

13. Invisible Mobile Robots Can Make Deliveries To VR & AR, Princeton Researchers Show

14. The VR Retail Experience Needs A Hard Reboot
4 hr 26 min
August 21, 2025 Vivo Vision Specs, Will Meta's HUD Glasses With EMG Wristband Be $800?
1. Sony Increases PS5 Console Prices In The US

Meta Quest News
2. Spatial Phone Lets You Use Your iPhone Or Android While Immersed On Quest
3. Hauntify On Quest 3 Now Uses Lasertag's Continuous Scene Meshing
4. Meta Delists Quest App That Let You Install APKs Without A PC
5. Meta CTO Gives Update On Quest 3's Long-Delayed Augments Feature

visionOS Media Watching Environments
6. Disney+ On Apple Vision Pro Gets Alien: Earth Environment
7. Hogwarts Great Hall Opens To HBO Max Subscribers On Apple Vision Pro

8. Vivo Vision Is 40% Lighter Than Apple Vision Pro & "Could" Be 1/3 The Price

Meta Smart Glasses News
9. Oakley Meta HSTN Glasses Preorders Open, Shipping Next Week
10. Meta To Reportedly Sell HUD Glasses With EMG Wristband For $800
11. Why Meta's First HUD Glasses Will Only Have A Display In One Eye
3 hr 26 min
August 15, 2025 Meta Ultra-Wide FOV & "Hyperrealistic VR" Prototypes Impressions
Interesting Quest Apps
1. BeamXR Live Lets You Stream To Twitch & YouTube From Quest Without A PC
2. Adobe Substance 3D Reviewer Lets Quest Owners View 3D Models Together For Free

Quest SDKs & Development
3. Meta's Quest Runtime Optimizer Helps Unity Developers Fix Performance Bottlenecks
4. Niantic Spatial SDK Brings Outdoor VPS & Long-Distance Live Meshing To Quest 3

M5 Vision Pro & Vivo's Clone
6. New Vision Pro With M5 Chip Spotted In Apple Code
7. Vivo's Apple Vision Pro Copycat Is An In-Store Demo Only, For Now

8. Pico 4 Ultra Gets Enhanced Body Tracking With 5 Pico Trackers & Travel Mode

9. PlayStation VR2's Eye Tracking Now Works On PC Via Open-Source Driver Mod

Meta's Boba 3 & Tiramisu Prototypes
10. Meta Boba 3 Prototype Hands-On: Ultra-Wide Field Of View Without Compromise
11. Meta Tiramisu "Hyperrealistic VR" Hands-On: A Stunning Window Into Another World
2 hr 20 min
August 08, 2025 Are AI 'World Models' The Path To Photorealistic Interactive VR?
1. Elysian Is The First WebXR Game On Quest's Horizon Store

2. Instagram On Quest Now AI-Converts Videos To 3D Too

3. Horizon Worlds Can Now Be Accessed Inside Instagram & Facebook

360° Video
4. DJI Osmo 360 Captures HDR 8K 360° Video At 50FPS
5. Touching the Sky Is An Hour-Long 3D 360° Experience From Red Bull & Meta

Mark Zuckerberg & Tim Cook Quotes
6. Zuckerberg: People Without Smart Glasses Will Be At "Cognitive Disadvantage"
7. Tim Cook: Apple Continues To Be "Very Focused" on visionOS

Interesting Research
8. YORO Increases VR Frame Rates By Rendering One Eye & Synthesizing The Other
9. Meta Got 3 Full-Body Codec Avatars Running In Real-Time On Quest 3
10. Proxies Could Be The Key To Interacting With Physical Objects In Mixed Reality
11. Meta Shares Details Of Ultra-Wide FOV & "Hyperrealistic VR" Prototype Headsets

AI For Virtual Worlds
12. Horizon Worlds Desktop Editor's 'Creator Assistant' AI Agent Automates Development
13. Why Genie 3 Suggests AI 'World Models' Are The Path To Photorealistic Interactive VR
3 hr 9 min
July 31, 2025 Ray-Ban Meta Sales Skyrocket, Quest Sales Down Again
1. Premier League Player Airs A Live VR Recreation Of A Football Match Next Week

2. Quest's New Boundary System Is A Dangerous Safety Regression

Quest / Horizon OS Software Updates
3. Quest v79 Matches The Color Temperature Of 2D Windows To Your Ambient Lighting
4. Meta Avatars Get Deeper Body & Face Customization, AI Outfit Assist

Meta Research
5. Meta's Prototype 'Codec Avatars' Now Support Changeable Hairstyles
6. Meta & Stanford's Thin Holographic Display Brings "VR Glasses" Closer To Reality

Meta's Q2 2025 Earnings
7. As Ray-Ban Meta Sales Skyrocket, Quest Sales Are Down Again
2 hr 56 min
July 25, 2025 M4 Apple Vision Pro & Pico Ultralight Rumors, Meta Ultra-Wide FOV Prototypes
Interesting Quest Apps
1. Zoom Is Now Available As A 2D App On Quest
2. Putt Window Lets You Use Your Real Putter & Ball In Quest 3 Mixed Reality
3. VR Android File Manager For Quest Lets You Install APKs Without A PC

4. Varjo Will Stop Supporting XR-3 & Aero Next Year

5. After One Key Change, Meta's Quest UI Overhaul Has Gone From Bad To Great

6. ByteDance Reportedly Working On Lightweight Pico Headset

Smart Glasses & Display Glasses
7. Meta Invests €3 Billion In EssilorLuxottica, Taking 3% Stake
8. Apparent Renders Of Next-Gen Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Leak
9. Meta Details EMG Wristband Gestures You'll Use To Control Its HUD & AR Glasses
10. Viture's 'The Beast' Display Glasses Have Industry-Leading FOV & Brightness

11. Rec Room Plus Subscribers Get Roomie, A Floating AI Companion

12. Billie Eilish Tease Suggests A 180° 3D Release Of Her Latest Concert

13. Sharp Is Developing A Hybrid Haptic VR Glove & Controller

14. M4 Apple Vision Pro Refresh With New Strap Reportedly Launching This Year

15. Meta Shows Off Research Towards Practical Ultra-Wide Field Of View Headsets
3 hr 32 min
July 04, 2025 Meta 'Celeste' HUD Glasses Leaks & Apple Vision Air Rumors
1. Quest 3S Xbox Edition Sold Out From Meta

2. Bigscreen Beyond 2 Has Started Shipping To Customers

3. Meta 'Celeste' HUD Glasses Name, Design & EMG Wristband Gestures Leak

4. Apple Vision Air Coming In 2027, Supply Chain Analyst Claims
2 hr 49 min
June 26, 2025 Oakley Meta HSTN Glasses & Quest 3S Xbox Edition
1. Samsung's Headset Will Reportedly Ship In October, To South Korea First

2. WebXR Apps On Quest's Meta Horizon Store Can Now Use In-App Payments

3. ModRetro Chromatic Now Displays Nintendo Game Boy Games In Quest Headsets

4. Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings Are Held Every Day In Virtual Spaces

Smart Glasses
5. Oakley Meta HSTN Glasses Have Double The Battery Life Of Ray-Bans & Capture 3K Video
6. Google Reportedly Investing In Gentle Monster To Take On Ray-Ban Meta

7. A Developer Built A Real-World Ad Blocker For Snap Spectacles
8. Quest 3S Xbox Limited Edition Available For $400

Immersive & Volumetric Video
9. F1: The Movie - Hot Lap Is An Immersive Teaser For Apple's Blockbuster
10. China's 4DV AI Releases WebXR Demo Of 6DoF Volumetric Video
2 hr 19 min