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Rokid Opens a Staff-Free AI Glasses Store at Hong Kong’s Harbour City, With a Robot Arm and a Gift Bundle Worth as Much as the Glasses

October 17, 2026 by mw
Rokid executives and guests cut a ribbon at the opening of Rokid’s self-service AI glasses experience store at Harbour City, Hong Kong

Rokid’s new Harbour City shop lets visitors demo and buy its display glasses without a salesperson. The first 500 buyers get a Joy Pack Rokid values at HK$4,688, the same as the glasses’ list price, but hours, staffing and results are unstated.

Cleanbox Opens $399 and $799 Pre-Orders for Portable UVC Cases Aimed at Smart Glasses and Headset Demos, but Both Ship in Q1 2027

October 17, 2026 by mw
Cleanbox Nano UVC case open on a counter, holding a pair of smart glasses, a smartwatch and a smart ring

Cleanbox is taking pre-orders for the $399 Nano, a battery-backed UVC case for AI glasses, rings and watches, and the $799 Mini for a single VR headset. Both list Q1 2027 shipping, and the specs in circulation don’t all match the company’s own pages.

RayNeo AI 1.0.6 Adds Downloadable ‘Offline’ Translation Models Without Naming a Single Language, as an Unofficial Spare io System Targets the RayNeo iO

October 17, 2026 by mw
Metaverse Watcher comparison chart of RayNeo AI 1.0.6 and the unofficial Spare io system for RayNeo iO glasses

RayNeo’s companion app now downloads translation models and can use the phone’s mic, but lists no languages or sizes. An independent Spare io system for the RayNeo iO spells out 8+ languages and on-device recognition, with its TestFlight beta still pending.

Kopin Lands a Second Pentagon Award for Color MicroLED: $18.6 Million for Soldier and Pilot Displays, $34 Million in Total

October 16, 2026 by mw
Bar chart of Kopin IBAS color MicroLED awards: $15.4 million in September 2025 and $18.6 million in October 2026, totaling $34 million

Kopin’s new $18.6 million sole-source IBAS award funds two more color MicroLED displays, for ground-soldier gear and pilot HUDs, and U.S. manufacturing. It brings the company’s IBAS total to $34 million, but there are no specs or production orders yet.

Arizona Sunshine’s Next Game Drops VR Entirely, and Vertigo Dates the Third-Person Version for January 21, 2027

October 16, 2026 by mw
Arizona Sunshine key art from Vertigo Games Steam listing for the January 21, 2027 third-person release

Vertigo Games’ next Arizona Sunshine is a $24.99 third-person co-op shooter for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Switch 2, launching January 21, 2027, and its Steam listing carries no VR support.

Steam Frame’s Source Code Is Now Browsable on GitHub: 24 Mirrored Repositories, 414 Kernel Branches, and Valve Engineers’ Commits

October 16, 2026 by mw
Valve Steam Frame VR headset with its two controllers, official Valve product image

An unofficial mirror called evlaV turned Valve’s Steam Frame source tarballs into 24 GitHub repositories in under 13 minutes. We checked the timestamps, branches, and commit authors.

I Am Your Beast VR’s Support Group Adds Nine Levels and an Epilogue Four Weeks After Launch, and Flat2VR Says It’s Free

October 16, 2026 by mw
I Am Your Beast VR Steam store screenshot (Impact Inked)

Impact Inked’s free Support Group expansion adds nine levels and a new epilogue to I Am Your Beast VR on SteamVR, the third update in four weeks, as the flatscreen original gets its own prequel DLC on October 20.

Valve Says the Current ALVR Release Is ‘Not Supportable’ on SteamVR for Linux, and the Build in Question Is 15 Months Old

October 16, 2026 by mw
Timeline chart of ALVR stable releases and SteamVR for Linux issues 901, 1005 and 1017, ending with Valve calling the current ALVR point release not supportable

Valve closed SteamVR for Linux issue #1017 in about three and a half minutes, saying the current ALVR point release (v20.14.1, from July 2025) is not supportable on SteamVR’s side, and pointed the Steam Link VR half of the report to issue #1005.

CONVRGENCE’s First Big Verdict Since Early Access: UploadVR Calls It Fun but Flawed as Steam Players Rate It 88% Positive

October 16, 2026 by mw
CONVRGENCE VR extraction shooter screenshot from the Steam store page

UploadVR praises CONVRGENCE’s weapon handling but flags linear levels, weak enemy AI and polish gaps, while the $24.99 PC VR extraction shooter holds a Very Positive Steam rating.

Steam Next Fest’s Early PC VR Demos Are Already Live, From Rustmourne to Crashland

October 16, 2026 by mw
Original chart of early PC VR demos ahead of Steam Next Fest October 19 2026

UploadVR’s October 15 shortlist flags early Steam demos for Rustmourne, The Rifted Skies, RAID VR, and more ahead of Next Fest’s October 19 open.

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