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A $149 Module Gives Steam Frame the Color Passthrough Valve Did Not Ship
Valve's spec sheet still says monochrome passthrough. It also documents an expansion port and a compatibility mark, and a third party used both to sell 5K HDR color for $149.
Meta Publishes Privacy Notices for Voice and Wrist, Not for the Glasses Camera
Meta's AI glasses legal index carries a privacy notice for what the glasses hear and one for the wristband, and none for the camera. Its own policy says glasses media may improve the models behind Meta AI.
Meta Published the VR Glasses Field of View to Developers, Not to Buyers
Meta's announcement gives no field of view. Its developer documentation gives 70 by 66 degrees, narrower than Quest 3, plus the per-eye resolution, memory and refresh rate the product page omits.
A $149 Module Gives Steam Frame the Color Passthrough Valve Did Not Ship
Valve's spec sheet still says monochrome passthrough. It also documents an expansion port and a compatibility mark, and a third party used both to sell 5K HDR color for $149.
Read moreMeta Publishes Privacy Notices for Voice and Wrist, Not for the Glasses Camera
Meta's AI glasses legal index carries a privacy notice for what the glasses hear and one for the wristband, and none for the camera. Its own policy says glasses media may improve the models behind Meta AI.
Read moreMeta Published the VR Glasses Field of View to Developers, Not to Buyers
Meta's announcement gives no field of view. Its developer documentation gives 70 by 66 degrees, narrower than Quest 3, plus the per-eye resolution, memory and refresh rate the product page omits.
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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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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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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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Best WebAR Platforms and Authoring Tools
8th Wall went open source and free, and the subscriptions did not move. What each platform meters, why one counts views you serve from your own server, and why searching for an AR studio returns software.
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Best VR Companies for Driving and Crash Simulation
Four unrelated products answer to this name, and the first question is whether the car exists yet. Crash simulation splits again into designing a vehicle and reconstructing a collision for a court.
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Best VR Companies for Firefighter Training
Live fire training is now a classified carcinogen exposure, which reframes this purchase from cost to occupational health. The two markets one search term returns, and the only product tested independently.
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