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Meta Connect 2026

Beat Saber’s Flux Mode Trades Sabers for Hand-Tracked Tether in Spring 2027 VR GAMES Beat Saber’s Flux Mode Trades Sabers for Hand-Tracked Tether in Spring 2027 Beat Games' biggest update yet lets players slice notes with bare hands via a new "Flux Tether," landing on Meta VR Glasses and Quest… Meta VR Glasses Unveiled: $1,299.99 Mixed Reality Headset Ships Spring 2027 VR GEAR Meta VR Glasses Unveiled: $1,299.99 Mixed Reality Headset Ships Spring 2027 Meta's puck-tethered headset, once codenamed Project Phoenix, weighs about 100 grams on the face and ships worldwide in spring 2027. Meta VR Glasses’ 70-Degree Field of View Trails Quest 3’s 110-Degree View VR GEAR Meta VR Glasses’ 70-Degree Field of View Trails Quest 3’s 110-Degree View Meta's own developer blog confirms its $1,299.99 VR Glasses see roughly 70 by 66 degrees, well short of Quest 3's 110 by 96 degree… ESPN’s 8K, 180-Degree Immersive Sports Lands on Meta Quest This Year With College Football Only VR INDUSTRY ESPN’s 8K, 180-Degree Immersive Sports Lands on Meta Quest This Year With College Football Only Meta confirmed ESPN's Immersive Sports format at Connect 2026, but the only sport dated for Quest this year is college football, with more coming… Dragon Grove: Schell Games’ Free VR Puzzler Lands Spring 2027 on Quest 3, Meta Glasses VR GAMES Dragon Grove: Schell Games’ Free VR Puzzler Lands Spring 2027 on Quest 3, Meta Glasses Schell Games unveiled Dragon Grove at Meta Connect, a free hand-tracked puzzle game with 200+ levels launching alongside Meta VR Glasses. Two Point Hospital VR Heads to Meta VR Glasses and Quest 3 in Spring 2027 VR GAMES Two Point Hospital VR Heads to Meta VR Glasses and Quest 3 in Spring 2027 Two Point Studios' hospital sim gets a hand- and eye-tracked VR remake, announced at Meta Connect 2026 for Meta VR Glasses, Quest 3 and… Meta Connect 2026: Phoenix Headset, Camera-Free Luna Glasses Expected Sept 23 VR GEAR Meta Connect 2026: Phoenix Headset, Camera-Free Luna Glasses Expected Sept 23 Zuckerberg's September 23 keynote is tipped to cover a leaked Phoenix mixed reality headset, camera-free Luna glasses and a hologram-style calling demo. Meta Set to Unveil Project Phoenix MR Headset, Hologram Calls at Connect 2026 VR GEAR Meta Set to Unveil Project Phoenix MR Headset, Hologram Calls at Connect 2026 The Information reports Meta will demo photorealistic "hologram-like" video calls on Project Phoenix at Connect, running September 23-24.