Title: XR Weekly Recap (May 5, 2025): Meta Quest Sales Slump, Passthrough Apps Launch on Horizon Store, and More!

Sure, let’s dive in! Okay, so I was gonna say this week in XR was super exciting, but honestly, I’d be lying through my teeth. Blame it on the May holiday vibe or something, but it was pretty much snooze city over here. Despite that, I still got some cool stuff brewing for the upcoming days—stay tuned for my piece tomorrow! Meanwhile, let’s delve into the random XR highlights I managed to scrape together.

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### The Big-ish News

So, Meta’s Reality Labs? Not having the best quarter, let’s say. Their earnings call spilled the beans about a 6% revenue drop in Q1 2025 compared to last year. Not a tragedy, but still, a bit of a nose dive. If it weren’t for those Ray-Ban glasses, it might’ve been worse. Quest sales bombed hard—like, some folks say down 30%. Meta claimed great engagement on the Quest 3S, but sales are meh. The Horizon Store backs this up with Ghost Town selling a pitiful number of copies—only 6500 folks unlocked the first achievement. Ouch. But oh, those Ray-Bans! Tripled sales. Props to Zuck! Smartglasses all the way, huh? Isn’t it ironic that VR didn’t even crack Zuck’s list of big future plays?

Check out the Meta earnings drama (psst, lots more info floating around there).

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### Other Bits and Pieces

Guess what? Apps with camera access are officially a thing on the Horizon Store now! It’s about time, honestly. Now we can have fancy AI-magic apps on the Quest Store. ImmerGallery turned the Quest 3 into a 3D camera, which is nuts. Privacy issues, sure, but hey, users gotta give their blessing for camera access. Meta put their foot down on privacy abuse, at least that’s what they say.

More details on this Quest revolution (yep, some juicy geek updates).

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### Little Nuggets of Curiosity

Data mining tea about Quest’s future? Upload did a direct line to Luna’s leaks. Short and sweet route, if you ask me. Looks like we’re getting a UI overhaul, and maybe even eye-tracking unlocks in the Quest 4. Fingers crossed, people.

Pimax Connect—yep, another one of those virtual gatherings, but hey, they promised updates on the tiny Pimax Dream Air. Sounds like we’re in for a mini reveal party.

Oh, and Shiftall’s MeganeX 8K had a rocky debut. Reddit’s buzzing about bad fits and so-so software. No refunds, peeps. Buyer beware and all that.

Infinite Reality, anyone? They snagged a cool $3B from some mystery backer. Sterling Select? Shady much. Why is this still giving me trust issues?

And there’s this genius Quest 3 live meshing hack, not camera-driven, but powered by Depth APIs. Pretty energy hungry though. Still, neat tech.

Need to block Horizon Worlds? Annoyed with it? No worries, Reddit’s got hacks to keep that from launching. Meta, game on.

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### Quick Hits

EA pausing Rally Games is a bummer—RIP the OGs of virtual rally. With VR support gone, we feel it twice as bad. Gaming crisis vibes, am I right?

Some fresh content scoops: Psytec went Titan Isles instead of Windlands 3, and Remnant Protocol’s VR space vibes are coming soon. Legends BMX and Surviving Mars: Pioneer hit the scene on May 8.

Elsewhere Electric, I, Robot, and Immerrock all have their neat angles, challenges too. Immerrock’s guitar-MR concept needs lag fixes, but it’s out there trying.

Check some reviews and content insights—lots of varied perspectives to soak up.

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### The Tiny Stuff

Apple’s adding support for Vision Pro in Godot gaming, Homerise is like ‘home control meets VR,’ Lowe’s letting you design kitchens in VR, and Motorola phones going VR with Quest. Plus, Meta’s dropped an interview about the Star Wars MR scene.

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### Shameless Plug for Friends

Under the Pillow: Kitten Mormitten—isn’t that just the cutest? Shout out to Georgy on the Quest Store! Multiplayer Open Brush is live too. Get those creative juices flowing with pals in VR, folks!

Phygtl’s hiring. Yep, a Silicon Valley-based company is waving hello to Unity Developers. Fancy being a digital engagement gamechanger? Dive in!

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### Just for Laughs

Is it just me, or is this Quest 3 sus? No, really. Also, here’s some “definitely-not-spam” humor for you.

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### Giving Back

You know the drill, folks. Skip the donations to me this week—let’s help those heavily hit by war. The Red Cross in Ukraine is still doing incredible work. If you’ve got a few bucks to spare, let’s channel those good vibes that way.

And a massive thank you to all my fantastic Patreon supporters! You’re the real MVPs.

Wanna show support? Here’s your link: Red Cross Ukraine Mission.

(Header image by Meta)