Best Prime Day deals on VR headsets and accessories up to 32% off

Best Prime Day deals on VR headsets and accessories up to 32% off

We may earn a commission from the links on this page. Deal price and availability subject to change after time of publication. From Prime Day June 23 to 26, Lifehacker shares the best sales based on product reviews, comparisons, and price tracking tools. Reality is exaggerated; Virtual reality, however, is severely underrated. Whether you’re a …

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Ray-Ban Meta Optics Review: A Great Fit Comes with a High Price – Engadget

Rear view of mirror showing inner nose piece.

As someone who wears contacts often, but uses my prescription glasses most days of the week, I don’t understand the Ray-Ban Meta glasses with see-through (but not prescription) lenses. I understand that having transition lenses can make an expensive pair of glasses useful in more situations, but I generally prefer the sunglass form factor because …

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Steam Frame price, pre-order and release date may be revealed tomorrow

Steam frame

(Credit: Valve) UPDATED: While we wait for Steam Frame pre-orders to begin, Valve has announced Steam Engine pricing and pre-orders have begun. 👀 Valve is finally getting ready to unveil its next VR headset 🔜 Steam Frame announcement may come from tomorrow 🤔 Updates have added more graphics for the device to Steam’s backend – …

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A CU graduate and the Smithsonian hosted a trippy VR space show for Denver this summer.

"Smithsonian Starstruck: An Immersive Experience" is a virtual reality show depicting cosmic wonders like black holes and the birth of stars using real astronomical data. (provided by fever)

A remote virtual reality show led by University of Colorado graduate and top Smithsonian astronomers transports viewers to exploding stars and black holes while standing atop the James Webb Space Telescope and other space observatories. “Smithsonian Starstruck: An Immersive Experience” is a 1-hour show with 40-minute “free roam” virtual reality that will open in Denver …

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Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon chip paves the way for more compact XR headsets and glasses

Qualcomm's new Snapdragon chip paves the way for more compact XR headsets and glasses

Qualcomm announced at the Augmented World Expo (AWE) Snapdragon Reality Elite, a new app that aims to make future XR headsets and glasses thinner. Focusing on in-device AI, improved performance and lower power consumption, Qualcomm is targeting both the Snapdragon Reality Elite standalone XR headsets and lightweight connected AR glasses. As Snapdragon Reality Elite is …

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Snap unveils expensive ‘Specs’ augmented reality glasses

Our impressions of the Android XR glasses from Google I/O 2026

Snap today showed off the specs of a pair of premium, standalone augmented reality glasses that aim to “bring computing to the world around us.” “We believe great technology fades into the background, helping when it’s needed and getting out of the way when it’s not,” Snap says. “That’s why we developed the specifications.” (Credit: …

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