Meta's Quest Sales Are Falling — and the Company Says Only "Major Breakthroughs" Will Justify New VR Hardware
Meta's Q3 2026 earnings show Quest headset sales declining as Reality Labs posts $4.13B in losses. Zuckerberg says future VR devices will ship only when they deliver major breakthroughs. »
Meta Adventurer Goes on Sale: Own-Brand Smart Audio Glasses at $249
Meta's camera-free Adventurer smart glasses officially went on sale October 23, 2026, as the company's first own-brand audio glasses push beyond the Ray-Ban partnership. »
Valve Opens the Steam Frame to Modders — CAD Files, Schematics, and KiCad Designs Free to Download
Just weeks after the Steam Frame shipped, Valve dropped its full hardware reference on GitLab: STEP models, expansion port specs, and two PCB reference designs — one in Altium, one in KiCad. »
XREAL AURA: The First Android XR Glasses You Can Reserve — Starting at $1,279
XREAL revealed pricing for the AURA Android XR glasses on October 7: $1,279 for the base model, undercutting Snap by $700 and shipping ahead of Meta's equivalent. »
Valve Opens the Steam Frame to Modders — Free CAD Files, PCIe Access, and a MIPI Camera Port
On October 10, Valve published a full hardware reference repository for the Steam Frame VR headset, giving modders STEP models, expansion port documentation, and PCIe and MIPI reference designs in KiCad and Altium. »