Empire At Sea Brings Shared Vision Pro Drama to Venice Immersive
Venice Immersive opens September 2 with Empire At Sea: a 22-minute shared Vision Pro drama around an LED table, headed to Lincoln Center in 2027.
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XREAL AURA Hits 10,000 Reservations. Founder Passes Sold Out in 36 Hours.
Android XR’s first consumer glasses finally have a public demand signal: 10,000-plus refundable reservations, a sold-out $299 Founder tier, and a $1,500 base-model ceiling — with Canada off the launch list and no MSRP yet.
ENGAGE XR Heads Into Liquidation After Its Biggest Customer Walks
AIM-listed ENGAGE XR Holdings Plc suspended trading on September 1, 2026 and moved toward Irish court-approved liquidation after its largest customer said it will take no further licences, with no shareholder return currently expected.
HTC’s VIVE Eagle Finally Has a U.S. Path. Lucyd Gets First Dibs.
Innovative Eyewear will sell HTC’s VIVE Eagle on Lucyd.co in September with U.S. Rx fulfillment. An earlier Amazon leak priced the glasses at $499—$200 above entry Ray-Ban Meta.
Samsung’s Android XR Glasses Will Be Premium. Meta Already Owns $299.
Samsung calls intelligent eyewear pricing reasonable and premium. Meta’s non-display glasses start around $299. Fall 2026 is when that gap matters.
Quest 3 Just Hit 207 Hz. The 240 Hz Mode Costs Resolution.
Horizon OS 2.7 lets Quest 3 apps request up to 207 Hz at full resolution via standard APIs. 240 Hz needs Developer Mode and display scaling that trades image quality.
Meta Is Splitting Horizon Worlds Into Horizon Create. Mobile Games Get Their Own Front Door.
Dataminer finds in the Meta Horizon mobile app point to a spin-off of mobile game Worlds into a separate app, codenamed Eclipse and labeled Meta Horizon Create in pre-release strings. Meta has not announced it.
Apple’s Vision Layoffs Went Wider Than Gaming. Glasses Still Aim at 2027.
Gurman’s September update says Apple’s Vision Products Group cuts reached security, audio, Siri integration, testing, and visionOS—not just gaming and immersive video. Vision Pro and visionOS remain; Ternus’s near-term bet is still smart glasses.
Steam Frame Backend Points to Free Half-Life: Alyx. Price Still Missing.
Brad Lynch found Steam strings for a Frame hardware promo that would give buyers Half-Life: Alyx free. Valve still has not named price or ship day.
Snap Locked SPECS to September 16. Spiegel Still Will Not Talk Units.
Wednesday, September 16, 4:00 p.m. PT in Los Angeles. $2,195, a $200 refundable deposit, fall shipping in the US, UK, and France. Snap’s CEO still will not talk unit volume.