New reports suggest that prototype models of Apple's mixed reality headset are now in third-party developers' hands.

In the latest edition of his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple intends to announce its long-awaited AR/VR headset product in the spring, before WWDC in June.

A sleep mask that tracks eye movement to help you better understand sleep patterns and quality is certainly unusual, and the prototype device in our photos shows it looks pretty mad too. That’s reason enough to talk about it, but the real reason Somalytics’ SomaSleep sleep mask is exciting is due to the amazing eye-tracking sensors hidden inside.

The Information claims to have once again received insider information from sources close to Apple who are familiar with the development of Apple’s XR headset. The report contains numerous technical details about the headset, including new information.

A farmer in Turkey is testing VR headsets on his cows to see if they would produce more milk when they're tricked into thinking they're on green fields.

Last year, Apple announced significant changes to its privacy policy to give users greater control of their data, adding opaqueness and complexity for advertisers. What Apple calls IDFA was a bold move that was set to potentially disrupt advertisers that had depended on relatively easy to gain access to user data to help target advertisements. As Apple implemented these new policies there were many questions as to which advertisers would be most significantly impacted.

Meta is betting big on virtual reality as an anchor technology for its metaverse, but VR isn't catching on yet within the mainstream.

A prominent video game creator who helped lead Facebook's expansion into virtual reality has resigned from the social networking service's corporate parent after becoming disillusioned with the way the technology is being managed. John Carmack cut his ties with Meta Platforms, a holding company created last year by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, in a Friday letter that vented his frustration as he steeped down as an executive consultant in virtual reality.

“We built something pretty close to the right thing.”

HTC will reveal a virtual reality and augmented reality headset at CES.

Avatars dancing to house music on a tropical island doesn’t draw a crowd.

The metaverse is predicted to be $5 trillion in value by 2030 as per leading analysts McKinsey & Co.’s new research. These figures show that the metaverse may be just too big to ignore. Experts agree that the metaverse will influence the business ecosystem and leave imprints on all sectors.

The Notorious B.I.G., 25 years after his death, will be resurrected as a “true-to-life, hyperrealistic” avatar in a virtual-reality concert coming exclusively to Meta’s VR and Facebook platforms.

You’re better off buying three Quest 2s.

After spending about two weeks with it, here’s my takeaway: The Pro has an identity crisis. At $1,500, it’s far too expensive to be considered a consumer device for gaming. Unfortunately, most of the apps on the device haven’t been optimized for the new Pro, so it also doesn’t feel ready for professional use, either. Meta still needs VR developers who are looking to enhance the metaverse to buy the Pro and create more apps and use cases for the headset.

Palmer Luckey claims to have invented a VR headset that kills the wearer in real life, if they die in a virtual reality game. Ha ha. Cool...

The man who created the Oculus rift has invented a virtual reality headset that will explode the forebrain of a user who dies in a video game.

Meta's push to put computing into a headset will end in tears

Investors wiped more than $65 billion from Meta’s market capitalization on Wednesday after the Facebook owner reported another quarter of declining revenues and failed to convince investors that big bets on the metaverse and artificial intelligence were paying off.

He’s not the only exec to push back on the metaverse this week.