Vuforia is PTC’s AR suite for turning product data into work instructions, inspections and remote assistance. Schneider Electric already owns AVEVA, whose software covers industrial engineering and op...
Amazon has responded to The XR Beat after a Bloomberg interview raised concerns about image capture around customers’ homes. The company says unblurred originals aren’t stored and third pa...
AMD has agreed to buy Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2bn, bringing research into AI-generated 3D worlds closer to its processor business. The acquisition could strengthen competition with NVIDIA in th...
AutoVRse wants to turn the training manuals companies already have into VR exercises they can build and update themselves. Cutting the development bill could help more employers afford training tailor...
Meta will begin rolling out the first stable release of its AI glasses toolkit on 30 September, as developers get new tools for Ray-Ban Display and the forthcoming VR Glasses. The second day of Connec...
At its ‘Meta Connect 2026’ event, Meta has unveiled 100g VR Glasses for virtual screens and video calls, introduced camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses and started selling Meta Ray-Ban ...
Smart glasses spending on major Chinese platforms has more than doubled. RayNeo, Alibaba and XREAL are pursuing growth through displays, AI and international partnerships, although Meta retains a subs...
Snap’s 16 September launch put field service, remote support and retail alongside its consumer demos. Employers now have named applications to investigate, although Snap hasn’t said when each one will...
A new report dentifies enterprise VR demand as a relative bright spot in a shrinking market. Busy fleets and robot-training projects could support more software and services spending without producing...
New COO Scott Carden will oversee Magic Leap’s operating plan and waveguide production while the company searches for a new CEO. His promotion follows its move away from first-party devices and 269 pl...
In seperate, same-day announcements, Snap announced the promotion of Harris to CCO, and its firm commitment to selling its SPECS glasses in the enterprise. Harris’ promotion brings experience in...
US shipments started last week whilst UK shipments begin on 21 September. Developer tools and a Lumyeye integration extend the glasses’ potential beyond HTC’s own AI features – forward-thinking ...
GoPro and Starman Optical have named defense, robotics and aerospace as growth markets. GoPro’s compact cameras could provide the operator view and first-person demonstrations used in VR teleoperation...
An unnamed customer has told ENGAGE XR it won’t take any further licenses, leading the company to pursue a court-approved liquidation. Trading in the spatial computing company’s shares has been ...
NVIDIA says Noble Machines uses VR teleoperation and thousands of simulated Moby robots, and can place a digital Moby inside a customer’s facility twin when one is provided. Noble says it delivered it...
California records have confirmed 147 permanent Apple layoffs across Cupertino and Sunnyvale, including software engineers working on AR and VR. The XR Beat and Bloomberg reported more than 200 job cu...
Japanese multinational TDK AIsight acquired what it describes as all OQmented assets in May 2026 and hired the company’s team. TDK has told The XR Beat that it acquired all OQmented assets and hired i...
PICO has moved the Chinese launch of Space Pro (codenamed ‘Project Swan’) from 2 September to Q4 after deciding on a major software upgrade during final testing. It has not named the featu...
Around 100 roles tied to Vision Pro are being cut as Apple reduces gaming and first-party immersive production with around 200 layoffs. Apple still sells Vision Pro for design, training, healthcare an...
Meta has disabled camera access on thousands of AI glasses after detecting capture-light tampering. The white LED identifies photography, video and livestreaming, although some camera-based AI functio...
