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News

Quest 2 and Quest Pro Get Their Final OS Feature Release, v2.13, in March 2027

The December 2027 security date was already on Meta's policy page. What is new is the March 2027 feature cutoff and the December app submission cutoff, and what owners and developers keep after both.

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Steam Frame Reaches 4.13 Percent of VR Headsets in Valve's October Survey

Valve's October 2026 hardware survey puts Steam Frame at 4.13 percent of VR headsets in its first full month on sale, up from 0.41. Quest 3 leads at 27.27 and the Index slips under 10 percent.

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XREAL AURA Goes on Sale at $1,099 Through 2026, Shipping Mid-November

Orders for the first Android XR glasses opened in three countries with $180 to $200 off both models until year end, and earlier buyers get the difference refunded. Prices, dates and what changed.

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News

Quest 2 and Quest Pro Get Their Final OS Feature Release, v2.13, in March 2027

The December 2027 security date was already on Meta's policy page. What is new is the March 2027 feature cutoff and the December app submission cutoff, and what owners and developers keep after both.

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News

Steam Frame Reaches 4.13 Percent of VR Headsets in Valve's October Survey

Valve's October 2026 hardware survey puts Steam Frame at 4.13 percent of VR headsets in its first full month on sale, up from 0.41. Quest 3 leads at 27.27 and the Index slips under 10 percent.

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News

XREAL AURA Goes on Sale at $1,099 Through 2026, Shipping Mid-November

Orders for the first Android XR glasses opened in three countries with $180 to $200 off both models until year end, and earlier buyers get the difference refunded. Prices, dates and what changed.

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Reports

The XR Spec Gap

Across 125 live posts, 197 cells read Not disclosed or Not published. Vendors withhold the four fields buyers ask for first and publish the one specification that no longer separates anything.

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Reports

Who Owns XR

A shortlist that names a company and its parent is naming one supplier twice. Who owns the XR hardware brands, software platforms and development suppliers on current lists, with the page that proves each one.

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Reports

XR Hardware Price Index

The most expensive item in XR is not a headset. Every manufacturer's own published price for headsets, glasses, treadmills, trackers, haptics and accessories, each with the date it was read.

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Listings

Custom XR event-demo providers: a shortlist for reusable product experiences

The shortlist spans commissioned software, a sales platform and installed experiences. Each provider has a different fit, with operational and contract questions left for the actual brief.

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Listings

Top Product Visualization Companies

Threekit is ranked in three BestInXR configurator lists and its own homepage now leads on AI-Native CPQ, with the words 3D, visualization and augmented absent from the page.

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Top Virtual Tour Companies

Most comparisons rank products you subscribe to against companies you hire as if they were one purchase. One ends when payment stops and the other ends with something you own.

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