VR News for August 25, 2026: Pico’s Vision Pro Competitor Delayed Amid Cancelled September Reveal

August 25, 2026: Pico has postponed both the reveal and release date of its next flagship standalone XR headset, previously scheduled to debut early next month. The ByteDance subsidiary had positioned the device as an Apple Vision Pro competitor, but the planned September appearance is now delayed. No replacement reveal date, release date, price, specifications, or availability details were supplied.

Pico Delays Its Flagship XR Headset

Source: Road to VR

The change affects two milestones at once: the public reveal and the headset’s release. Pico’s next flagship was expected to arrive as an important standalone XR product, with its Apple Vision Pro competitor framing supplied as part of the coverage. The September debut should therefore be treated as postponed rather than as evidence that the headset itself has been cancelled.

For now, the announcement leaves the product’s next confirmed step open. The source material does not identify a new date or explain the reason for the delay, so there is no supported basis for drawing conclusions about the headset’s hardware, software, positioning, or eventual availability.

Arm Patent Explores Ultrasound for XR Motion Sickness

Source: Road to VR

A newly granted Arm patent describes a head-mounted system designed to address motion sickness through the relationship between displayed images and the wearer’s sense of balance. The system analyzes motion in the images being sent to a display, then produces control signals for ultrasonic transducers.

Those transducers are intended to stimulate the vestibular system. In practical terms, the patent describes an attempt to coordinate visual motion with signals affecting the body’s balance system. The supplied material presents this as a patented method, not as a demonstrated feature in a shipping headset or an announced commercial product. It also does not establish that the approach has been adopted by a headset maker or proven effective in consumer use.

visionOS 27 Moves to Its Seventh Developer Beta

Source: MacRumors

Apple has seeded the seventh developer beta of visionOS 27. The update remains an upcoming platform release provided for developer testing, placing it in the software-testing phase rather than describing a general consumer launch.

The beta gives developers another version of visionOS 27 to evaluate as they prepare software for Apple’s headset platform. The supplied report does not provide a public release date, pricing information, or a detailed list of changes in this build.

Into the Radius 2 Sets PS VR2 Date

Source: PlayStation.Blog

Into the Radius 2 reaches PS VR2 on September 24. At launch, the game includes an expanded single-player campaign. Two-player co-op is planned for Q4 2026, meaning the cooperative mode is scheduled for a later period rather than identified as part of the launch package.

That gives the PS VR2 version two distinct milestones: the September 24 arrival with its expanded solo campaign, followed by the planned co-op addition during the fourth quarter of 2026.

COVR Appears in IGN’s Video Listing

Source: IGN

IGN has a videos and information page for COVR, listing categories such as release date, trailers, news, reviews, guides, and gameplay. The supplied material does not provide a release announcement, platform information, feature details, or development update, so the listing stands on its own as a brief source item.

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