Sam Cole | FitXR

Hey @grok, a 40-year-old dad has only 20 minutes a day to exercise. Which gives the greatest health benefits over 1 year? A. Walking B. Incline walking C. Weightlifting D. Running E. Swimming F. Biking G. Sports Compare VO2 max, heart health, muscle and body fat.

XR veterans are hard to surprise. Videos can’t quite capture what Sphenomenon feels like. These reactions can. Without excited developers, there’s no thriving spatial computing ecosystem. @finkd @sama @satyanadella @sundarpichai @elonmusk @boztank @DavidSHolz want to try what got them this excited? I’d love to give you a personal demo.

I think one of the biggest surprises of 2026 is how resilient Quest hardware sales have been. Despite Meta scaling back hardware subsidies and raising prices due to higher memory costs, Quest unit sales may have declined much less than expected. I suspect this is one reason Meta feels confident cutting subsidies further and reducing Reality Labs spending. And don’t put too much trust in the Quest shipment estimates from market research firms. They tend to overestimate sales when things are going well and underestimate them when things are going badly.

The average age of headsets in use on SteamVR. I think this is actually a pretty useful metric because it helps understand the balance between existing users who keep using their headset vs. hardware that's attracting people to upgrade (or join VR for the first time). This value consistently getting higher suggests PC VR hardware hasn't been 'hot' enough to drive upgrades for a while. This data is as of September, so Steam Frame hasn't entered the picture yet. Granted, I don't expect it to make a very big impact to this chart.

XREAL Aura starts from $1,279. I guess the price has been carefully studied so as not to be more than Meta VR Glasses. Even if the devices are different (this one is AR, the other is MR/VR), they share some use cases, and XREAL wanted to be sure to be more affordable. I think it's a fair price for what it offers. I tried it at AWE and it seemed to me a pretty solid AR device. What are your thoughts? #AugmentedReality #AR #China #XREAL

I took these photos during Connect, and thinking about the intersection of these technologies is extremely exciting. From VR, where I started, to wearables and now AI with Muse, there’s so much to explore. If you asked me where to focus today, I’d 100% recommend learning agentic workflows inside and out. Grab a Quest 3/3S, start building, and keep Meta VR Glasses on your radar! But never forget your core skills. Keep coding, designing, and applying your own taste. Don’t let the noise around bad AI practices keep you from exploring these tools and developing skills that I believe will be incredibly valuable going forward.

They should very much reconsider and build a new "Avatar Expressions" API. Even with varied fidelity, it makes little sense to withhold abstracted data from devs if the hardware supports it. Really hope we don't get a repeat of the QPro launch where features were unfinished.

It might not save VR, but Steam Frame is going to change the world.

You know who’s most excited for Meta VR Glasses in my house? MY WIFE! She wants to enjoy VR with me but HATES wearing the Quest. Messes with her hair, heavy, uncomfortable. I think the form factor will open the market to more people than “they” think, who Quest didn’t serve.

Embrace the epic sax @Muse

Today was the best day in the history of VR/AR.

I know this isn't a popular opinion, but I learned a lot when I started the Google Glass project. A key insight was how important human eye contact is. Removing the ability to see someone's eyes when talking with them negatively changed the entire dynamic. So, while I am impressed with Meta's new glasses, they continue the huge error (imho) of blocking eye-to-eye contact. I don't think any glasses that are dark / block you from seeing another person's eyes will have mainstream, broadly appealing success.