Apple Didn’t Just Kill the Cheap Vision Pro. It Killed the Panel.
Samsung Display is winding down G-VR, the glass-substrate micro-OLED for a cheaper Apple headset. Formal termination is set for September.
Police Memos Flag Meta Glasses as Covert Recording Risk
The Guardian reviewed a dozen U.S. police and fusion-center memos warning that Ray-Ban Meta glasses can covertly record inside stations and jails. Meta says the recording LED cannot be turned off.
Spirit Ritual Puts Volumetric Ghosts in Your Living Room
Nyamyam’s Spirit Ritual puts volumetrically captured actors into Quest, Pico, and SteamVR passthrough. You hunt ghosts with a spirit camera and a spirit board. No ship date yet.
Ghosts of Tabor Leaves Beyond Frames. Neem Pays the $1M Bill.
Beyond Frames sold publishing rights to Ghosts of Tabor, Silent North, and GRIM for $1 million. Combat Waffle named Neem Interactive as the new publisher and said the studio is not shutting down.
COVR Aims at Hardcore VR Milsim. Quest and SteamVR in Q4.
XREAL Games locks COVR for Meta Quest and SteamVR in Q4 2026—a harder CQB milsim after Onward’s active development ended. Wishlist live; day and price still open.
Meta Faces Illinois BIPA Suit Over NameTag Glasses Face Recognition
Alvarez v. Meta (N.D. Ill., filed Sept. 4) alleges Facebook and Instagram photos trained NameTag, an unreleased face-recognition system for Ray-Ban and Oakley Meta glasses. Distinct from the California bystander suit.
Lumus Licenses Quanta to Build Thinner Waveguides for AI Glasses
Lumus expanded its Quanta partnership with a license covering Z-30 2.0 and A-Lens waveguides — thinner, lower-cost geometric optics already proven in Meta’s Ray-Ban Display line.
SimX Ships Two Autonomous Nursing Curricula. Students Run VR Sims Alone.
SimX opens Nursing Essentials and Workforce Readiness series for unattended VR sims. Auganix covers the launch; the company release is dated August 27.
Meta Virtual Display Brings Mac Quick Connect and Input Forwarding to Quest
UploadVR finds Meta Virtual Display on macOS now matches Windows on look-at-Mac connect, display formats, and Touch input forwarding after the Horizon OS 2.7 rename.
Knights of Fiona Reviews Land Mixed. Free Start Still the Honest Pitch.
Five days after launch, UploadVR and Virtual Grip agree: strong systems, thin combat, and a free-to-start model that still asks for an $18.99 Story Pass. Steam sits Mixed at 50% of 66.