A peer-reviewed study on VR exercise found the least fit, least confident participants completed the most sessions The people the fitness industry has failed the hardest are the ones showing up most in VR

The average age of headsets in use on SteamVR. I think this is actually a pretty useful metric because it helps understand the balance between existing users who keep using their headset vs. hardware that's attracting people to upgrade (or join VR for the first time). This value consistently getting higher suggests PC VR hardware hasn't been 'hot' enough to drive upgrades for a while. This data is as of September, so Steam Frame hasn't entered the picture yet. Granted, I don't expect it to make a very big impact to this chart.

XREAL Aura starts from $1,279. I guess the price has been carefully studied so as not to be more than Meta VR Glasses. Even if the devices are different (this one is AR, the other is MR/VR), they share some use cases, and XREAL wanted to be sure to be more affordable. I think it's a fair price for what it offers. I tried it at AWE and it seemed to me a pretty solid AR device. What are your thoughts? #AugmentedReality #AR #China #XREAL

I took these photos during Connect, and thinking about the intersection of these technologies is extremely exciting. From VR, where I started, to wearables and now AI with Muse, there’s so much to explore. If you asked me where to focus today, I’d 100% recommend learning agentic workflows inside and out. Grab a Quest 3/3S, start building, and keep Meta VR Glasses on your radar! But never forget your core skills. Keep coding, designing, and applying your own taste. Don’t let the noise around bad AI practices keep you from exploring these tools and developing skills that I believe will be incredibly valuable going forward.

They should very much reconsider and build a new "Avatar Expressions" API. Even with varied fidelity, it makes little sense to withhold abstracted data from devs if the hardware supports it. Really hope we don't get a repeat of the QPro launch where features were unfinished.

It might not save VR, but Steam Frame is going to change the world.

You know who’s most excited for Meta VR Glasses in my house? MY WIFE! She wants to enjoy VR with me but HATES wearing the Quest. Messes with her hair, heavy, uncomfortable. I think the form factor will open the market to more people than “they” think, who Quest didn’t serve.

Today was the best day in the history of VR/AR.

I have to say this again. Here is what actually happened. Apple did pause the Vision Air project last year, but not because it gave up on headsets. Internally, Apple concluded that Vision Air was still not light or thin enough. So the company chose a more aggressive path instead. That new project is roughly similar in direction to Meta’s Phoenix, a much lighter and thinner headset. It is being developed by a separate, newer team inside Apple. Apple will probably run another internal review toward the end of this year, comparing Vision Air with this newer, more aggressive direction, before making a final decision on which product to move forward with.

I know this isn't a popular opinion, but I learned a lot when I started the Google Glass project. A key insight was how important human eye contact is. Removing the ability to see someone's eyes when talking with them negatively changed the entire dynamic. So, while I am impressed with Meta's new glasses, they continue the huge error (imho) of blocking eye-to-eye contact. I don't think any glasses that are dark / block you from seeing another person's eyes will have mainstream, broadly appealing success.

Meta has new audio-only Ray-Ban glasses, VR glasses that no longer look like a nerd helmet and a new voice-and-video mode for its Muse AI agent. I sat down with @finkd to talk about it all. And yes, we got into trust, privacy and that tiny matter of whether AI might kill us...

I had a timer running to see how long it took for us to see VR at Meta Connect… Turns out it was the first thing