“Back to the Future Part II ”star says she was once Elton John's 'beard' for a night: 'Got to keep up the image, darling'

Darlene Vogel recalled a night in Hollywood decades ago when she was Elton John's "beard." The Back to the Future II star ...
Forbes

Sandbox VR Scales Up As Location Based VR Finds Its Footing

Players in Sandbox VR, a free roam warehouse scale VR experience open to the public at malls and other locations around the world. Last month I took a group of students from my emerging media class at ...
Ars Technica

Meta’s flagship metaverse service leaves VR behind

Meta announced today that it will divorce its Horizon Worlds social and gaming service—once promoted as the company’s first major step into the metaverse—from its Quest VR headset platform and digital ...
Lifehacker

Meta Is Taking VR Out of 'Horizon Worlds'

Meta is shifting Horizon Worlds from a VR-first platform to a mobile-only destination. The company remains committed to releasing VR hardware, but is shying away from first-party software. Meta plans ...
Gizmodo

It’s Time to Admit Working in VR Has Been One Big Failure

As I sit here and type these words, I can’t help but think of the Meta Quest Pro. According to Meta, I was supposed to be doing all of what I’m doing right now in a VR headset, not on a tired old ...
TechCrunch

Meta burned $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won’t be any better

Earlier this month, Meta laid off 10% of the staff for Reality Labs, its virtual reality unit, reportedly cutting as many as 1,000 employees. Now, in a development that seems directly related, the ...
TechRepublic

Meta’s Reality Labs Cuts Add to Fears of ‘VR Winter’

Your email has been sent Few believe Meta will abandon VR entirely, but many see an unmistakable pivot as resources move toward AI systems and devices such as smart glasses. Image generated by Google ...
CNBC

Meta's Reality Labs cuts sparked fears of a 'VR winter'

Meta's deprioritizing virtual reality in favor of artificial intelligence and Internet-connected smart glasses has chilled the VR industry. "The market has spoken," said Jitesh Ubrani, an analyst for ...
Tom's Guide

Meta abandoning VR is 'obviously false,' according to Oculus founder, but Meta's own actions scream the opposite

VR & AR 'A moment similar to when smartphones arrived': Mark Zuckerberg reveals where Meta's money is going in 2026 — and it’s not VR Virtual Reality Meta Quest 4 is not dead — CTO indicates ...
CNBC

Meta's VR layoffs, studio closures underscore Zuckerberg's massive pivot to AI

Just over four years after Facebook changed its name to Meta, the company is scaling back its virtual reality ambitions. Meta is cutting about 10% of staff who focus on metaverse-related VR projects ...
Engadget

Meta has closed three VR studios as part of its metaverse cuts

Several of Meta's VR studios have been affected by the company's metaverse-focused layoffs. The company has shuttered three of its VR studios, including Armature, Sanzaru and Twisted Pixel. VR fitness ...