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A blog all about virtual and augmented reality from a professional working in the space since 2014. Here you can find interviews, reviews, news, tutorials... and a bit of VR fun :)

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October 2026

  1. EXCLUSIVE preview of KAT Walk C3 Ultra: a fun VR treadmill
  2. The XR Week Peek (2026.10.26): RDJ becomes Snap’s Chief Experience Officer, Samsung glasses have been leaked, and more!
  3. The Vector Gear aims to be the VR makers’ dream open headset
  4. Alibaba N1 Pro brings eye tracking to smartglasses
  5. The XR Week Peek (2026.10.19): Valve discontinues the Index and may be working on an OLED Frame… and more!
  6. Cleanbox Nano and Mini make headsets (and glasses!) sanitization portable
  7. The XR Week Peek (2026.10.12): XREAL Aura costs $1,279, everyone is in love with Titanfall 2 VR, and more!
  8. Smartglasses represent a new opportunity for devs, but are unripe
  9. The XR Week Peek (2026.10.05): Samsung glasses get FCC clearance, Snap opens SPECS pop-up store, and more!
  10. My take on Meta VR Glasses

September 2026

  1. The XR Week Peek (2026.09.27): Meta launches VR Glasses, Apple may be working on a new AVP, and more!
  2. My exciting and embarrassing interview with Boz
  3. My point of view about the Meta Connect 2026 keynote
  4. My predictions for Meta Connect 2026
  5. The XR Week Peek (2026.09.21): Steam Frame launched for $1,059, Snap shows use cases for SPECS, and more!
  6. Snap unveils new details about Specs: Use cases, AI assistant, enterprise support, cellular connectivity
  7. Steam Frame starts from $1,059/€1,049
  8. The XR Week Peek (2026.09.14): Steam Frame is launching, Meta Phoenix has been leaked, and more!
  9. RayNeo iO Smart Glasses full review: a strong focus on audio
  10. The XR Week Peek (2026.09.07): Steam Frame is getting a passthrough add-on, GPT-6 democratizes the creation of 3D content, and more!
  11. RayNeo iO Smart Glasses hands-on impressions
  12. You can now try Quest3’s 207Hz smooth framerate with The Unity Cube!

August 2026

  1. The XR Week Peek (2026.08.31): VR was featured in GTA VI trailer, Quest 3 got a framerate boost, and more!
  2. XREAL Aura impressions: very interesting AR glasses
  3. The XR Week Peek (2026.08.24): Pico teases the launch of the Space Pro, Steam Frame videos leaked, and more!
  4. Hands-on: Immersix may revolutionize eye tracking with its accuracy
  5. The XR Week Peek (2026.08.17): VR Games Showcase, the pressure on smartglasses, and more!
  6. 10 years of The Ghost Howls
  7. Oxford Optical Labs aims to make varifocal headsets possible
  8. The XR Week Peek (2026.10.08): New rumors on Steam Frame, new VR mods, and more!
  9. Raven Prism are the glasses that care the most about privacy
  10. The XR Week Peek (2026.08.03): SPECS’s specs to be unveiled in September, Altspace VR is being rebooted, and more!

July 2026

  1. Hands-on Canon’s $20K headset and very small MR prototype
  2. The XR Week Peek (2026.07.27): AI-coded mods are bringing new content to PCVR, Samsung unveils new glasses, and more!
  3. Radiant Images offers a portable system to record Gaussian Splat videos
  4. Android XR prototype glasses hands-on: the usual great UX from Google
  5. The XR Week Peek (2026.07.20): Smartglasses have a privacy issue, Lenovo lays off XR business unit, and more!
  6. Interview with Jeff Baz, the man who made 80,000+ people play with VR
  7. Lenovo laid off its XR business unit to focus on AI and wearables
  8. The XR Week Peek (2026.07.12): Meta teases VR announcements at Connect, Steam features “Great On Frame” section, and more!
  9. Prehension lets you easily implement gestures in your VR games
  10. Meta hints at VR announcements for Connect, but this won’t stop the Winter
  11. The XR Week Peek (2026.07.06): Samsung smartglasses leaked, Meta introduces a subscription for its glasses, and more!
  12. The pain of innovation for tech corporates

June 2026

  1. The XR Week Peek (2026.06.30): Steam Machine costs $1050, Meta launches its cheap smartglasses, and more!
  2. The XR Week Peek (2026.06.22): Snap unveils Specs, Steam Frame is launching soon, and more!
  3. bHaptics TactGlove can provide great touch sensations in VR
  4. Lumus’s new waveguides enable 70° FOV thin glasses
  5. Snap unveils Specs: exclusive interview with the company, and some insights from the show floor
  6. A short visit with a lot of fun at REK
  7. The XR Week Peek (2026.06.14): Apple announces updates to VisionOS, Pico Project Swan was leaked, and more!
  8. The best features of all the smart glasses I tried in China
  9. The XR Week Peek (2026.06.07): Steam Frame releases this summer, Meta silently releases a facial recognition system, and more!
  10. A visit to Huawei R&D Campus and some crazy tests with Huawei AI Glasses
  11. See you at AWE USA 2026!
  12. The XR Week Peek (2026.06.01): Apple wants to conquer the eyewear market, Meta plans to launch 4 smartglasses, and more!

May 2026

  1. An exclusive preview of 5 companies exhibiting at AWE USA 2026
  2. Huawei AI Glasses hands-on: exclusive impressions from my hands-on in China
  3. The XR Week Peek (2026.05.25): Google shows its glasses, Snap Specs may cost $2500, and more!
  4. Hands-on: Xvisio’s HoloLens substitutes may be what companies are looking for
  5. DPVR aims at making PC MR small and performant with Project Titan
  6. The XR Week Peek (2026.05.18): Meta announces Connect, Samsung may unveil its glasses in July, and more!
  7. GravityXR’s reverse passthrough put my eyes on a headset
  8. May I have just randomly found in China a potential substitute for the HoloLens?
  9. The smallest VR headset I’ve ever tried: hands-on with GravityXR
  10. The XR Week Peek (2026.05.11): We may know more about Android glasses soon, Valve prepares to ship its hardware, and more!
  11. OpenXR OSX lets you play PCVR games on Mac
  12. The XR Week Peek (2026.04.05): Valve launches the Steam Controller, the Samsung glasses have been leaked, and more!

April 2026

  1. Braindance VR’s volumetric videos may be a revolution for adult entertainment (and beyond)
  2. The XR Week Peek (2026.04.27): Steam Frame is approaching its launch, Samsung is working on new glasses, and more!
  3. Meta AI Agentic Workflow for WebXR development: how to get started and hands-on impressions
  4. The XR Week Peek (2026.04.21): Quest prices increase, Huawei launches its AI glasses, and more!
  5. 4 Chinese companies give us insights about XR in China
  6. First Look: Pimax Dream Air Lighthouse hands-on impressions
  7. The XR Week Peek (2026.04.13): Android XR adds autospatialization of 2D apps, Meta announces new AI for glasses, and more!
  8. The other M-word
  9. The XR Week Peek (2026.04.07): Rec Room shuts down, Meta launches two new glasses, and more!
  10. Join the VR funeral event to celebrate the end of the metaverse [APRIL FOOLS’ POST]

March 2026

  1. Rec Room shuts down, and some of its assets have allegedly been acquired by Snap
  2. The XR Week Peek (2026.03.30): Meta to launch two new smartglasses, the metaverse dies again and again, and much more!
  3. Reebok by Lucyd Octane smartglasses review: good glasses to have a run with
  4. The XR Week Peek (2026.03.23): Meta almost shuts down Horizon Worlds VR, NVIDIA had its GTC conference, and more!
  5. 2Sync hands-on: true mixed reality that adapts to your real environment
  6. The XR Week Peek (2026.03.16): Lynx is liquidating, Meta talks about the VR market at GDC, and more!
  7. The same things, always the same things
  8. The XR Week Peek (2026.03.11): Meta sued for the Ray-Ban Meta scandal, Steam Frame is now “coming soon”, and more!
  9. HTC reassures us it is still very active in the XR business
  10. The XR Week Peek (2026.03.03): Pico teases Project Swan headset, The8thWall goes opensource, and more!
  11. Pico teases its new Vision-Pro-like headset and operating system

February 2026

  1. From Experiment to Medium – How Passthrough AR Is Reshaping Adult Content
  2. The XR Week Peek (2026.02.24): Apple is accelerating glasses development, Pico may detail its headset at GDC, and more!
  3. The XR Week Peek (2026.02.17): Meta smartglasses sold 7M units, Boz says glasses are having retention, and more!
  4. Hands-on with Scentient: feel the perfume of VR!
  5. The XR Week Peek (2026.02.09): Valve delays Steam Frame, Meta confirms work on two headsets, and more!
  6. Hands-on: 220° FOV optical system by Hypervision
  7. The XR Week Peek (2026.02.02): Meta confirms the work on new headsets, Google Genie builds worlds with AI, and more!

January 2026

  1. The XR Week Peek (2026.01.26): Boz talks about the layoffs, Lynx unveils R2 headset, and more!
  2. The XR Week Peek (2026.01.20): Meta performs layoffs in VR but doubles down on smartglasses, and more!
  3. The Meta layoffs, the VR Winter, the XR outlook
  4. The XR Week Peek (2026.01.12): A Special Edition with the best XR news from CES 2026!
  5. The XR Week Peek (2026.01.06): Best of 2025, and opensource headset, and more!

December 2025

  1. Happy XR Holidays 2025!
  2. XPANCEO showcased smart contact lenses with wireless power
  3. The XR Week Peek (2025.12.22): Meta cancels 3rd party headsets, Ready Player Me sold to Netflix, and more!
  4. TCL RayNeo X3 Pro review: very advanced smartglasses, for a price
  5. Pimax Crystal Super Hands-On: a really super visual experience
  6. The XR Week Peek (2025.12.15): Google unveils Likeness and showcases Project Aura, Quest had a successful Black Friday, and more!
  7. Youbiquo: an enterprise VR headset made in Italy
  8. SkyjetVR hands-on: a virtual jetpack for families
  9. Neural Balance Innovations took control of my body and canceled my motion sickness
  10. UnitedXR Europe Day 1: Vive Eagle glasses hands-on, and the Zoo Of The Future
  11. The XR Week Peek (2025.12.08): Meta disinvests in MR but is still committed for the future, and more!
  12. We Won a Meta Horizon Award! Here Are 16 Lessons We Learned
  13. A preview of United XR Europe: a VR jetpack, super-wide-FOV VR, smart contact lenses, and more!
  14. The XR Week Peek (2025.12.01): Pico to launch a Vision Pro competitor in 2026, Cyber Monday’s XR deals are here, and more!

November 2025

  1. How I succeeded at Slush as an XR entrepreneur
  2. The XR Week Peek (2025.11.24): Hyperscape spaces become multiplayer, The 8th Wall shuts down, and more!
  3. My hands-on sessions at MatchXR: Obers’s cheap VR treadmill, NOKIA audio innovations, and more!
  4. Rokid launches stylish glasses in collaboration with Bolon (but only in China for now)
  5. The XR Week Peek (2025.11.17): Valve launches Steam Frame, Samsung to train 20,000 employees with Galaxy XR, and more!
  6. Steam Frame may be great, but it may not be a game changer for XR
  7. The XR Week Peek (2025.11.10): Some real numbers on the Quest Store, people are hyping the 12th of November, and more!
  8. Next Reality Festival: hands-on with Peak Rhythm and Unhome
  9. The XR Week Peek (2025.11.03): Google partners with Magic Leap, Meta had an internal restructuring, and more!

October 2025

  1. The XR Week Peek (2025.10.27): Samsung releases Galaxy XR, Apple the M5 Vision Pro, and more!
  2. The 9 most important takeaways from today’s Galaxy XR event
  3. The XR Week Peek (2025.10.21): Samsung launches its headset tomorrow, Apple refreshes the Vision Pro, and more!
  4. The new M5 Vision Pro is boring, but it may be the right move for Apple
  5. The XR Week Peek (2025.10.13): Valve is ramping up the production of Steam Frame, Apple is prioritizing smartglasses, and more!
  6. Ben Lang gives us great lessons about XR journalism, marketing, and technology
  7. The XR Week Peek (2025.10.06): Meta launches its display glasses, Apple prepares to launch a refresh of AVP, and more!

September 2025

  1. The XR Week Peek (2025.09.30): Meta bets on Horizon Worlds on mobile, Meta opens physical stores, and more!
  2. Meta Horizon Hyperscape Capture review: an impressive way to capture and teleport to places
  3. Quick hands-on impressions from Connect: Deadpool VR, Star Wars, and more!
  4. Meta Connect: useful advice for attendees
  5. The XR Week Peek (2025.09.22): A big summary of Meta Connect, Snap and Apple’s glasses update, and more!
  6. Meta announces Meta Wearables Device Access Toolkit
  7. Ray-Ban Meta Display hands-on: a step forward towards AR glasses
  8. My predictions for Meta Connect 2025
  9. The XR Week Peek (2025.09.15): Amazon plans to launch its smartglasses, Nintendo Virtual Boy is back, and more!
  10. Play For Dream hands-on: an MR headset with potential
  11. The XR Week Peek (2025.09.09): Apple may launch Vision Air in 2027, Valve headset may be called “Steam Frame”, and more!
  12. See you for the first time at Meta Connect!
  13. VR Headsets sanitization machines hands-on: Uvisan VRProXS and Cleanbox CX1
  14. The XR Week Peek (2025.09.02): Meta may release an SDK for glasses, Samsung may launch Moohan in October, and more!
  15. Vivo Vision hands-on: a good, cheaper clone of the Apple Vision Pro

August 2025

  1. Big interview with Kyle Riesenbeck about Upload VR, the XR space, the “good old days”, and more!
  2. The XR Week Peek (2025.08.24): Vivo announces in-store demos of its headset, preorders for Oakly Meta glasses are open, and more!
  3. Why we don’t have the “killer app” of mixed reality
  4. The XR Week Peek (2025.08.19): Meta prototype headsets show the future of VR, Meta Celeste may cost $800, and more!

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