Apptopia: Meta Muse Outpaces ChatGPT’s Early Mobile Launch
Apptopia estimates Meta’s Muse beat ChatGPT’s first 12 days of U.S. and Canada iOS downloads with 1.8 million, while glasses support is still coming soon.
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Quest Fitness Accessories: Knuckle Grips and Battery Straps
Quest fitness accessories that work, per UploadVR’s Craig Storm: knuckle grips, a rear-battery strap, a sweatband, a room fan and wipeable face foam.
VR-Ready PCs for 2026: Steam Frame Joins the $1,700 Tier
VR-ready desktop prices for 2026 from Road to VR put Steam Frame with Quest 3 in a $1,700 enthusiast PC tier and show DIY builds cost more than prebuilts.
Meloscene Founder: Phoenix Weight Beats Processing for XR
Meloscene founder Chad Gerber says Meta Project Phoenix’s biggest win for long studio XR sessions is weight, not silicon, and a compute puck is fine.
Unity Ships Codex and Claude Plugins With No XR Skills
Unity published first-party Codex and Claude Code plugins for Unity 6+ with 31 and 29 skills, but MIXED notes none cover XR, VR or OpenXR development.
Valve Drops 1440p Floor From Steam Frame Playable Criteria
SteamOS 0.3.0 drops the 1440p floor from Steam Frame Playable criteria, yet Steamworks still flags VR games below 1440×1440 as Unsupported today.
Mixed Reality Link Adds Meta Avatars as a Windows Camera
Mixed Reality Link 26.9105.9070.0 adds an Avatar Camera so Quest 3 and 3S owners can appear as Meta avatars in Windows video apps, and Zoom already works.
ZuckOff Flags Ray-Ban Meta and Snap Glasses Over Bluetooth
ZuckOff, a free app, detects Ray-Ban Meta, Oakley Meta and Snap Spectacles nearby from their Bluetooth broadcasts, but cannot prove anyone is recording.
AR Insider Hands-On: Snap Specs Make the Intuitive AR Case
AR Insider’s Mike Boland frames Snap’s $2,195 Specs as standalone optical AR, not lite smart glasses, with Specs Intelligence and XREAL Aura as its rival.
Acute Immersive Powers Branded visionOS Immersive Video Apps
UploadVR profiles Acute Immersive’s white-label visionOS apps and CMS for Apple Immersive Video, with Android XR and XREAL Aura support on its roadmap.