For the last week, I’ve been working on my computer with a pair of glasses, projecting the screen in front of my eyes, as my main monitor. Watching Netflix on my face while wandering around the house. Absurd? Transformative? A bit of both. TCL’s NXTWear G glasses have surprised me. In fact, I wrote this …

Facebook said on Tuesday that it’s temporarily halting sales of the Oculus Quest 2, a month before a planned update to a new entry-level model with more onboard storage. The move comes after several reported cases of skin reactions to the headset’s included foam faceplate, the social media giant confirmed. In a Facebook post on the issue from earlier this …

Facebook is betting big on metaverses, and a new organization within Facebook Reality Labs will focus on the hot territory. The new group will aim to be the “connective tissue” between the company’s VR, AR and telepresence products like Facebook Portal, Andrew Bosworth, VP of VR and AR products at Facebook, said Monday. “The metaverse is already here as a …

Facebook’s double ambitions in virtual and augmented reality could be meeting in the middle with the Oculus Quest 2. A new developer toolkit for the Quest allows blending of passthrough cameras with VR graphics, enabling mixed reality. Mixed reality has been bubbling up on the Oculus Quest for a while: In addition to the headset’s way of scanning the world …

Google’s new Samsung-codesigned version of Wear OS is officially called Wear OS 3, and it’ll be on Samsung’s next-gen Galaxy Watch soon. But for many watch owners it won’t arrive until 2022. Or, you won’t be able to get the new software at all. The latest news comes from a new update from Google, which will make watches eligible for …

My dreams for an iPad Pro that could practically meld into becoming a Mac haven’t been realized yet. And that’s despite an M1 processor dropping into the latest iPad Pros, giving them the same CPU as current Macs. Apple’s iPadOS remains its own stubborn beast: Not quite Mac/PC, but also not quite iPhone. It’s growing into something unique, but that …

Super Mario on your wrist? Sure, it can happen. For over $2,000, if you buy TAG Heuer’s limited-edition Connected smartwatch, announced Tuesday. TAG Heuer’s unique new custom-designed watch promises animated Super Mario watch faces, along with gamified fitness animations. The dial “becomes livelier and more animated the more the wearer is active,” according to TAG Heuer’s press release. Other than …

The Nintendo Switch is getting a few key upgrades in a new OLED-screened model coming Oct. 8. But does it mean it’s a system you need to wait for? The Nintendo Switch has been around for over four years. There have already been a few upgrades since 2017: A version of the original Switch with better battery life arrived in late …

This summer, a lot of people are going to actual places in the real world. I’ve visited one really memorable place in the virtual world: the Museum of Other Realities, an app available on SteamVR that’s hosting a joint showcase of immersive art and storytelling through July 17. The XR3 Festival, a joint production between Cannes XR, Tribeca, and the …

A new version of the Nintendo Switch was expected this year, but we didn’t know exactly when, or what would be different about it. Now we know. A version with a larger OLED display is OLED display is coming Oct. 8, right alongside the company’s biggest holiday game, Metroid Dread. The suddenly announced new $350 Switch feels like an afterthought …