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Meta reported that weaker Quest headset sales pushed Reality Labs revenue down 6% in the third quarter of 2026, even as AI glasses continued to grow. CFO Susan Li attributed the decline to Quest, and the company reaffirmed that future VR hardware must deliver major breakthroughs.

XR creative technologist Lucas Martinic used AI vibecoding and a decompiled version of Super Mario 64 (1996) to create a VR mod that reportedly lets players reexperience the seminal 3D platformer in mixed reality.

Voxel Playground has launched on Steam for PC VR today. This follows a major update to the original Quest release that occurred earlier this month.

Road to VR has published a Halloween-themed list of 13 VR horror games, covering titles available on Quest 3, PSVR 2 and PC VR headsets. The roundup aims to offer recommendations for players regardless of which headset they own.

Broadcast-graphics company wTVision utilizes its technology to power the immersive sports graphics in Apple Vision Pro. This technology, which provides real-time graphics and sports-data connectivity, has been used in selected immersive basketball and baseball productions for the headset.

Meta reported declining sales for its Quest headsets in its recent quarterly earnings. The company stated that future VR products must achieve "major breakthroughs" to be productized, while AI glasses growth is partially offsetting the revenue slump in Reality Labs.

Valve says SteamOS 3.9, numbered 3.9.5, is now available on the stable channel to all users. The update lowers Steam Deck idle power consumption when no audio is playing and fixes streaming and display issues across SteamOS devices, including Steam Machine.

Nvidia expanded Cosmos with tools for generating training examples that are difficult or unsafe to collect in the real world. These additions include synthetic video of rare events, manufacturing defects, and changes in weather or lighting.

Valve temporarily disabled hibernation on the Steam Deck in the latest SteamOS beta due to 3.9.4 due to unresolved driver bugs. SteamOS 3.9.4 also fixes issues from testing, such as games running behind the loading screen and screenshots being limited to 720p. This is a Beta and Preview channel update.

The upcoming VR game 'Good Morning' by developer Shababeek Labs is an office mystery that can be played entirely while seated. Players take a job at Consolidated Dynamics and spend twelve in-game days working analogue machinery to understand the company's production.

GitHub now allows eligible companies to compare their use of Copilot agents with similar businesses. This industry-comparison section in the Copilot impact dashboard is opt-in and disabled by default.

The Elder Scrolls Online added Greymoor and Wolfhunter to its base game, providing existing players with more Skyrim content and two dungeons without a separate purchase. The new season also introduced solo versions of Moon Hunter Keep and March of Sacrifices.

GitHub has introduced a package firewall that can block dependency installations before a coding agent or automated build downloads them. The public preview is available to Enterprise Cloud customers, including those using data residency. It currently supports npm packages only, is free during the preview, with usage-based billing planned at general availability.

An iPhone Duo owner in Australia reported that the inner screen cracked after roughly six hours of ownership and fewer than 20 openings. According to the owner, Apple replaced the phone during a store visit.

Terry’s Terraforming, developed by Really Interactive, has launched on Quest 3 and Quest 3S. Players restore damaged planets for alien clients using hand tracking or controllers. The sci-fi adventure includes a six-hour story campaign and daily challenges.

A Gears of War: E-Day VR mod is currently in development, supporting the entire single-player campaign. An early build has demonstrated features such as manual reloads, two-handed aiming, and combat from cover, and the modder stated the finished project will be free.

Anthropic reported that an automated system matched or surpassed the best human submissions in 24 comparisons designed to test biological-weapons safety classifiers. The system won 23 of those comparisons and tied the remaining one.