Bigscreen’s October 17 guide quotes HTC saying a base station discontinuation is “unlikely to happen at this time,” but HTC’s US store shows the VIVE Pro 2 is no longer available and the Tracker 3.0 is out of stock. Bigscreen is also building a 3DoF mode for Beyond 2.
Valve’s October 15 beta makes the Linux Steam client 64-bit inside a Steam Runtime container, but its new README says 64-bit-only x86_64 systems are not supported, and a March issue over a 32-bit helper is still open.
Lawaken’s camera-free X-AI memory glasses go on presale in China from CNY 699, with 12-hour recording and MCP links to Claude, Codex, Doubao and Feishu. But the price, battery, frame and mic claims no longer match the July WAIC launch.
Eclipse Automation says its RealitySync factory-review app is now in free public preview on iPhone, iPad and Apple Vision Pro. Apple’s listing shows the app has been live since May, the current build dates to June 23, and customer projects stay behind a pilot.
A PLOS One pilot of AdaptRehab VR at Jimma University reports 93% adherence and big arm-function gains in 18 stroke survivors, but it had no control group, was run by the system’s own developers, and its ClinicalTrials.gov record was first submitted months after the stated recruitment window closed.
A Frontiers in Medicine scoping review of 69 Apple Vision Pro medical papers finds only two confirmatory studies, slower radiology reads and a compassion cost at the bedside. Its regulatory section does not mention the FDA’s July 17 De Novo for Stryker’s SportSuite Vision.
The October 13 update lets Quest 3 and 3S players flood scanned floor surfaces and keep a real TV in view. Devs United Games says the room-scan mode is currently Quest-only.
Meta’s improved Meta Account is replacing Accounts Center for Facebook, Instagram, Meta AI, AI glasses and Quest, with central passwords, passkeys and shared ad preferences. Meta’s own pages disagree on where passkeys work, and say nothing about how glasses sign-in changes.
Amazon’s Bee Frontier wearable is on sale for $74.99 and Bee Eclipse is coming from $99.99. Both listen and summarize conversations, but Alexa+ and Amazon.com shopping links need Bee Pro at $11.99 a month, putting year one at $206.88, still below camera-free AI glasses.
The Consumentenbond, Offlimits and The Firewall will face Meta in summary proceedings in Amsterdam on November 26. Offlimits and The Firewall want sales stopped; the Consumentenbond wants a redesign first and a ban only as a fallback, with a medical exemption.