# VR News for 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** HMD Discussion\ **Created:** [January 11, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/vr-news-for-2025/41827 "2025-01-11T23:21:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![SmallBaguette](https://forum.openmr.com/user_avatar/forum.openmr.com/smallbaguette/32/24247_2.png) [@SmallBaguette](https://forum.openmr.com/u/SmallBaguette)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 8:57am UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/vr-news-for-2025/41827/362 "2025-10-03T08:57:09Z")
Very interested to see what AndroidXR will bring to the table. It will probably be fairly barebones initially, like visionOS was at launch, but progress should hopefully be swift enough. Unless Google does their usually abandoning act but I don’t think that is likely in this case. ---
**Author:** ![XRC](https://forum.openmr.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/ecd19e/32.png) [@XRC](https://forum.openmr.com/u/XRC)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/vr-news-for-2025/41827/363 "2025-10-03T16:46:27Z")
![IMG_20171211_105811](https://forum.openmr.com/uploads/default/original/3X/0/d/0dd4f0464c3a88b4b9e738cd8a0591b5fdeb9ccf.jpeg) Loved my daydream (shown here with “Daydream Cool” mod). Some amazing experiences on that little headset, ran with Pixel XL so looked sharper than my Vive or Rift Google UX design was 😘 ---
**Author:** ![Heliosurge](https://forum.openmr.com/user_avatar/forum.openmr.com/heliosurge/32/28073_2.png) [@Heliosurge](https://forum.openmr.com/u/Heliosurge)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/vr-news-for-2025/41827/364 "2025-10-07T14:41:56Z")
> **[3D Printing A Cheap VR Headset](https://hackaday.com/2025/10/04/3d-printing-a-cheap-vr-headset/)** > > The modern era of virtual reality really kicked off in earnest just over a decade ago, when the Oculus Rift promised 3D worlds beyond your wildest dreams. Since then, nobody’s been able to co… ---
**Author:** ![Heliosurge](https://forum.openmr.com/user_avatar/forum.openmr.com/heliosurge/32/28073_2.png) [@Heliosurge](https://forum.openmr.com/u/Heliosurge)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/vr-news-for-2025/41827/365 "2025-10-07T14:43:19Z")
@Djonko > **[Apple’s Vision Pro refresh: from M2 to M5 in one leap - Gizmochina](https://www.gizmochina.com/2025/10/03/apples-vision-pro-refresh-from-m2-to-m5-in-one-leap/)** > > The upgrade could tackle several shortcomings of the first generation—most notably its two-hour battery life. ---
**Author:** ![Djonko](https://forum.openmr.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Djonko](https://forum.openmr.com/u/Djonko)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/vr-news-for-2025/41827/366 "2025-10-09T20:57:58Z")
Interesting! A lot of news is coming out lately, first the Valve info and now Project Moohan leaks with tons of info: [Exclusive: Samsung Galaxy XR 'Project Moohan' Headset Official Renders and Information](https://www.androidheadlines.com/samsung-galaxy-xr) Looks like a really cool headset, potentially blowing the AVP out of the water, definitely will try hard to get one ASAP. ---
**Author:** ![Heliosurge](https://forum.openmr.com/user_avatar/forum.openmr.com/heliosurge/32/28073_2.png) [@Heliosurge](https://forum.openmr.com/u/Heliosurge)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/vr-news-for-2025/41827/367 "2025-10-09T23:13:58Z")
Indeed lots of cool things are on the Horizon. The Article you linked looks very promising However the chart in the specs seems off as it seems to imply the Q3 and AVP are using similar micro OLEDs. And we know the AVP is using dual 4kish panels ![1000009698](https://forum.openmr.com/uploads/default/original/3X/3/f/3f05152b99a71266cf01662a527deff44315bae6.jpeg) Unless I am misreading that. 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Djonko](https://forum.openmr.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Djonko](https://forum.openmr.com/u/Djonko)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/vr-news-for-2025/41827/368 "2025-10-10T01:05:48Z")
haha yeah that’s not right, q3 res is way lower, 2064 x 2208 ---
**Author:** ![Heliosurge](https://forum.openmr.com/user_avatar/forum.openmr.com/heliosurge/32/28073_2.png) [@Heliosurge](https://forum.openmr.com/u/Heliosurge)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/vr-news-for-2025/41827/369 "2025-10-12T03:48:15Z")
![1000009739](https://forum.openmr.com/uploads/default/original/3X/d/4/d4778fd0733124e26e9ba8ab0665e82cb1b71189.png) ![1000009740](https://forum.openmr.com/uploads/default/original/3X/0/d/0d3fb5efbcaf700a569d600aaff80fcda72789d7.png) ![1000009741](https://forum.openmr.com/uploads/default/original/3X/9/6/965ce6033cb628ee667abededdb75733b2848743.jpeg) ![1000009742](https://forum.openmr.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/b/6bfccd743b47eb823193d0d10be2f71a5e346d14.png) - Filtering Reviews ![1000009743](https://forum.openmr.com/uploads/default/original/3X/b/d/bdda481102c9544ed9df2d70b2d95336e40a0a3a.png) ![1000009744](https://forum.openmr.com/uploads/default/original/3X/4/3/436334a911771a889b89b7448b5d8eaa5439a037.jpeg) ![1000009745](https://forum.openmr.com/uploads/default/original/3X/d/6/d671c6442d423f28abe2cd6c80e0433719e27882.png) * * * [Link to BSB Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/BigscreenBeyond/s/x0AdrAg4Hf) ---
**Author:** ![Djonko](https://forum.openmr.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Djonko](https://forum.openmr.com/u/Djonko)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/vr-news-for-2025/41827/370 "2025-10-22T02:47:05Z")
Ordered the Galaxy XR, hopefully it’s any good 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Djonko](https://forum.openmr.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Djonko](https://forum.openmr.com/u/Djonko)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/vr-news-for-2025/41827/371 "2025-10-27T21:16:23Z")
Voodoo is loving it: [https://www.reddit.com/r/virtualreality/comments/1ohpk04/is\_the\_samsung\_galaxy\_xr\_the\_1800\_apple\_vision/](https://www.reddit.com/r/virtualreality/comments/1ohpk04/is_the_samsung_galaxy_xr_the_1800_apple_vision/) Can’t wait to test it myself ---
**Author:** ![Heliosurge](https://forum.openmr.com/user_avatar/forum.openmr.com/heliosurge/32/28073_2.png) [@Heliosurge](https://forum.openmr.com/u/Heliosurge)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 6:57am UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/vr-news-for-2025/41827/372 "2025-11-05T06:57:45Z")
> BsB2 with AVP duo knit band & Index audio strap mod ---
**Author:** ![nim1](https://forum.openmr.com/user_avatar/forum.openmr.com/nim1/32/28232_2.png) [@nim1](https://forum.openmr.com/u/nim1)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/vr-news-for-2025/41827/373 "2025-11-05T11:36:07Z")
Agreed - all over it ---
**Author:** ![Heliosurge](https://forum.openmr.com/user_avatar/forum.openmr.com/heliosurge/32/28073_2.png) [@Heliosurge](https://forum.openmr.com/u/Heliosurge)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/vr-news-for-2025/41827/374 "2025-11-06T14:42:31Z")
> **[Sharp is Crowdfunding a Slim & Light PC VR Headset in Japan That Feels...](https://www.roadtovr.com/sharp-retro-slim-light-vr-headset-japan/)** > > Sharp announced it’s launching a crowdfunding campaign for a slim and light PC VR headset in Japan, called Xrostella VR1. The News Sharp first showed off a PC VR headset prototype at CES 2023, which was supposedly meant to ship sometime in 2024. It’s... ---
**Author:** ![XRC](https://forum.openmr.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/ecd19e/32.png) [@XRC](https://forum.openmr.com/u/XRC)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 7:34am UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/vr-news-for-2025/41827/375 "2025-11-07T07:34:52Z")
Greetings fellow Pimaxians This is big news. Almalence have open sourced their digital lens technology If anyone from Pimax is reading, please integrate into Pimax Play > **[Digital Lens for Better Picture Quality in VR/AR Displays](https://almalence.com/topic/digital-lens/)** ---
**Author:** ![VRGIMP27](https://forum.openmr.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/838e76/32.png) [@VRGIMP27](https://forum.openmr.com/u/VRGIMP27)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/vr-news-for-2025/41827/376 "2025-11-07T20:03:25Z")
Integrating this into IMAX play would solve all of the chromatic aberration issues on the different lenses, as well as add sharpness to the lower PPD models. This indeed should be integrated right away ---
**Author:** ![proxyon](https://forum.openmr.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/848f3c/32.png) [@proxyon](https://forum.openmr.com/u/proxyon)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/vr-news-for-2025/41827/377 "2025-11-07T22:02:20Z")
Sorry but that’s not what they’ve open sourced. They’ve open sourced a camera based eye tracking algorithm, not the digital lens. [GitHub - almalence/eyetracking: Fast, Iris-based eye tracking, implemented in MATLAB and native C](https://github.com/almalence/eyetracking) ---
**Author:** ![PimaxQuorra](https://forum.openmr.com/user_avatar/forum.openmr.com/pimaxquorra/32/15692_2.png) [@PimaxQuorra](https://forum.openmr.com/u/PimaxQuorra)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/vr-news-for-2025/41827/378 "2025-11-10T02:08:18Z")
Let me forward this to the dev team and see if they can work something out for this. ---
**Author:** ![Djonko](https://forum.openmr.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Djonko](https://forum.openmr.com/u/Djonko)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/vr-news-for-2025/41827/379 "2025-11-12T18:23:37Z")
> **[Valve Unveils Steam Frame VR Headset to Make Your Entire Steam Library Portable](https://www.roadtovr.com/valve-steam-frame-release-date-price-specs/)** > > Valve has finally unveiled its long-awaited standalone VR headset, Steam Frame (aka ‘Deckard’). While pricing and release date are still pending, the company says we’re due to learn more “in early 2026” following the release of developer kits. Steam... 2k \* 2k, wow what a bummer. Dead on arrival ---
**Author:** ![Heliosurge](https://forum.openmr.com/user_avatar/forum.openmr.com/heliosurge/32/28073_2.png) [@Heliosurge](https://forum.openmr.com/u/Heliosurge)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/vr-news-for-2025/41827/380 "2025-11-12T18:29:43Z")
> **[Steam Frame](https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamframe)** > > VR and non-VR gaming Steam Frame inbound. Some cool things for sure but the resolution (2169×2169) per eye seems to be more like Reverb G2. FoV doesn’t specify if it is Diagonal, horizontal or vertical at 110°. - Snapdragon gen 8 with 16g ddr5 - 256g & 1TB with sdcard slot to expand storage - FoV 110° with refresh 72hz & 120hz (144hz Experimental) - Wireless pc streaming & standalone - Foveate streaming with ET. - SteamOS Arm based with KDE plasma - And more Seems promising in sine areas and potentially a disappointment in others. However the target consumer be a nice headset/gaming console it seems New SteamController & Steam Machines in the works ---
**Author:** ![risa2000](https://forum.openmr.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e36b37/32.png) [@risa2000](https://forum.openmr.com/u/risa2000)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.openmr.com/t/vr-news-for-2025/41827/381 "2025-11-12T21:10:08Z")
I suspect that the underwhelming screen resolution is a victim, or possibly a smart trade-off, of two aspects of Frame: Foveated streaming (and possibly rendering) and Snapdragon driving capabilities. The first degrades the picture quality in general so Valve might have thought that getting 2k panels would be sufficient (or 4k would be a waste). The second, I believe that Snapdragon would not be able drive 4k panels at the same refreshes, or even keep up with the required streamed bandwidth. I am personally put off more by IPD limited to 70 mm (would need 72) and being able to use prescription frames only 140 mm wide max. So unless they come up with prescription lenses (or inserts) and 70 mm IPD turns out to be viable even for me, I am out ☹. But apart from this subjective constraint I am hoping that Valve manages same level of disruption they did with OG Vive, or later Index. [Previous page](https://forum.openmr.com/t/vr-news-for-2025/41827.md?page=18) [Next page](https://forum.openmr.com/t/vr-news-for-2025/41827.md?page=20)